http://www.theatermania.com/ Read the latest stories from TheaterMania.com: theatre news, reviews, features, and photos from Broadway to Off-Broadway and beyond! en-us Copyright 2010 TheaterMania.com Inc. http://www.theatermania.com/images/rss.gif http://www.theatermania.com/ http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/arent-they-romantics_30247.html Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel, Jeremy Strong, and Adam Brody discuss the new ensemble film The Romantics. http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/arent-they-romantics_30247.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:00:00 GMT New York Feature Leslie (Hoban) Blake http://www.theatermania.com/san-diego/news/09-2010/hershey-felder-adrian-noble-et-al-set-for-old-glob_30263.html The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego has announced the schedule for its 2011 summer season. Adrian Noble will return as the Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Festival, with works to be presented in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre (May 29-September 25). Noble... http://www.theatermania.com/san-diego/news/09-2010/hershey-felder-adrian-noble-et-al-set-for-old-glob_30263.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:01:00 GMT San Diego Dan Bacalzo http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/jennifer-morrison-wayne-brady-laura-bell-bundy-ben_29470.html Former House star Jennifer Morrison, who co-starred in the Broadway revival of The Miracle Worker, will have a multi-episode role on CBS' How I Met Your Mother this season, as a romantic interest for the character of Ted (played by Josh Radnor), according to EW.com. As previously... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/jennifer-morrison-wayne-brady-laura-bell-bundy-ben_29470.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:10:00 GMT New York Brian Scott Lipton http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/linmanuel-miranda-marries-vanessa-nadal_30286.html Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda married longtime girlfriend Vanessa Nadal on Sunday, September 5. Miranda won the Tony Award for his score to In the Heights, and was also Tony-nominated for Best Actor in a Musical for the production. He is also set to play the part in the film... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/linmanuel-miranda-marries-vanessa-nadal_30286.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:52:00 GMT New York Brian Scott Lipton http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/hbos-in-treatment-with-gabriel-byrne-amy-ryan-dane_12505.html The third season of HBO's In Treatment, which stars Broadway veteran Gabriel Byrne as a therapist with issues of his own, will debut on October 25. The season's guest stars include two-time Tony Award nominee Amy Ryan, Off-Broadway veteran Dane DeHaan, Oscar nominee Debra Winger, and... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/hbos-in-treatment-with-gabriel-byrne-amy-ryan-dane_12505.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:00:00 GMT New York Brian Scott Lipton http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/rain-a-tribute-to-the-beatles-on-broadway-to-get-m_28517.html RAIN - A Tribute to The Beatles will air on WLIW (Channel 21) on Sunday, September 12 at 4pm, Tuesday, September 14 at 2:30am, and Thursday, September 16 at 10pm. In addition to perfornaces, the 90-minute special will also include interviews with performer-creators Joey Curatolo and Steve... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/rain-a-tribute-to-the-beatles-on-broadway-to-get-m_28517.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:55:00 GMT New York Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/farah-alvin-ann-harada-tom-hewitt-curtis-holbrook_30267.html Additional casting has been announced for several shows in the 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), which will run September 27-October 17. The festival will feature 27 musical productions, a developmental reading series and special events. Tony nominee Liz Larsen and Broadway... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/farah-alvin-ann-harada-tom-hewitt-curtis-holbrook_30267.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:30:00 GMT New York Dan Bacalzo http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/emmy-winner-david-rockwell-joins-board-of-cooperhe_30279.html Tony Award nominee, Emmy Award winner, and world-renowned designer and architect David Rockwell has joined the board of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in Manhattan, according to a report in The New York Times. Rockwell, who is founder and chief executive of Rockwell Group, has... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/emmy-winner-david-rockwell-joins-board-of-cooperhe_30279.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:29:00 GMT New York Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/connecticut/news/09-2010/david-hare-set-for-september-20-moderated-discussi_30283.html A Conversation with David Hare, a moderated discussion with the Olivier Award-winning playwright and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, will be held as part of the 2010 Yale Drama Series on Monday September 20 at 3:30pm at Yale University Art Gallery McNeil Lecture Hall. Hare has been... http://www.theatermania.com/connecticut/news/09-2010/david-hare-set-for-september-20-moderated-discussi_30283.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:50:00 GMT Connecticut Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/anne-steeles-strings-attached-cd-to-be-released-no_30282.html Anne Steele's debut studio album, Anne Steele: Strings Attached, will be released by PS Classics on November 2. The CD will feature music direction and arrangements by Kenny Davidson. The disc will explore both current and traditional music sensibilities. Among the songs on the... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/anne-steeles-strings-attached-cd-to-be-released-no_30282.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:55:00 GMT New York Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/jane-alexander-alec-baldwin-danny-glover-laura-lin_30274.html The Paley Center for Media has announced programming for its Fall 2010 Season in New York and Los Angeles. Events will explore the impact of media from politics to pop culture. Highlights in New York will include live appearances by Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/jane-alexander-alec-baldwin-danny-glover-laura-lin_30274.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:19:00 GMT New York Dan Bacalzo http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/09-2010/joe-delafield-jane-kaczmarek-jeffrey-nordling-kurt_30276.html The Antaeus Company has announced casting for Lillian Hellman's The Autumn Garden, to run October 23 - December 19. Larry Biederman will direct the production, which will feature two fully double-cast ensembles. The play, set in 1949, focuses on a group of middle-aged Southerners who... http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/09-2010/joe-delafield-jane-kaczmarek-jeffrey-nordling-kurt_30276.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:58:00 GMT Los Angeles Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/hal-holbrook-to-appear-on-nbcs-the-event_30281.html Tony Award winner Hal Holbrook will be seen in a multi-episode arc on NBC's forthcoming serial thriller The Event, according to a report on EW.com. The series is set to premiere on September 20. Holbrook will play a mysterious character by the name of Dempsey on The Event, which centers... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/hal-holbrook-to-appear-on-nbcs-the-event_30281.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:15:00 GMT New York Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/09-2010/american-airlines-renews-support-of-roundabout-the_30273.html American Airlines has announced a three-year renewal of its relationship with Roundabout Theatre Company for the American Airlines Theatre. As part of the companies' agreement, the venue will retain the name it has had for the past ten years. Currently, a revival of George Bernard... http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/09-2010/american-airlines-renews-support-of-roundabout-the_30273.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:52:00 GMT New York Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/chicago/news/09-2010/writers-theatre-announces-casting-for-travels-with_30280.html Writers' Theatre has announced complete casting for Giles Havergal's adaptation of Graham Greene's Travels With My Aunt, to run November 9 - March 27, with an official opening of November 18. Stuart Carden will direct the production. The play focuses on a mild-mannered retired banker,... http://www.theatermania.com/chicago/news/09-2010/writers-theatre-announces-casting-for-travels-with_30280.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:42:00 GMT Chicago Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/mona-mansour-richard-nelson-jonathan-marc-sherman_30278.html The Public Theater has announced the plays that will be offered as part of the the 2010-2011 Public LAB season, which will begin with the world premiere of Richard Nelson's That Hopey Changey Thing, to run October 26 - November 14, with an official opening of November 2. Nelson will... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/mona-mansour-richard-nelson-jonathan-marc-sherman_30278.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:18:00 GMT New York Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/09-2010/tom-hewitt-returns-to-broadways-chicago-september_30269.html Tony Award nominee Tom Hewitt will return to the Broadway production of Chicago, at the Ambassador Theatre, September 13-October 3. He will succeed John O'Hurley in the role of lawyer, Billy Flynn. Hewitt received Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations for his performance as Frank N.... http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/09-2010/tom-hewitt-returns-to-broadways-chicago-september_30269.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:04:00 GMT New York Dan Bacalzo http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/victor-garber-joe-mantello-michael-stuhlbarg-patri_30272.html Victor Garber, Jason Butler Harner, John Benjamin Hickey, Joe Mantello, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Patrick Wilson will star in a 25th anniversary reading of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, on October 18 at the Walter Kerr Theatre. As previously reported, Tony Award winner and Oscar winner... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/victor-garber-joe-mantello-michael-stuhlbarg-patri_30272.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:45:00 GMT New York Dan Bacalzo http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/casting-announced-for-knuffle-bunny-musical-tour-n_30271.html The Kennedy Center has announced casting for Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical, whch will embark on a national tour with an engagement at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, to run October 8-9. Rosemary Newcott will direct the production, which will have choreography by Paige... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/casting-announced-for-knuffle-bunny-musical-tour-n_30271.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:27:00 GMT New York Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/boston/news/09-2010/chad-kimball-to-perform-at-grand-opening-of-boston_30270.html Chad Kimball, who received a 2010 Tony Award nomination for his lead role in Broadway's Memphis, will perform as part of a series of events to commemorate the grand opening of the Conservatory's new and improved theater building. Kimball, who is a Boston Conservatory Alumnus, will... http://www.theatermania.com/boston/news/09-2010/chad-kimball-to-perform-at-grand-opening-of-boston_30270.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:23:00 GMT Boston Metro Dan Bacalzo http://www.theatermania.com/connecticut/news/09-2010/carson-elrod-james-waterston-paxton-whitehead-et-a_30268.html Westport Country Playhouse has announced preliminary casting for a staged reading of Alan Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce, to be offered on October 4 at 7pm as part of the theater's Script in Hand Series. Anne Keefe will direct the performance. The play unfolds in three couples' separate... http://www.theatermania.com/connecticut/news/09-2010/carson-elrod-james-waterston-paxton-whitehead-et-a_30268.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:03:00 GMT Connecticut Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/09-2010/adriane-lenox-michael-mckean-katey-sagal-et-al-set_30264.html Casting has been announced for Harps and Angels, a new musical using the songs of Academy Award winner Randy Newman and conceived by Jack Viertel, to run November 10 - December 19 at the Mark Taper Forum. As previously reported, Jerry Zaks will direct the production.. The show,... http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/09-2010/adriane-lenox-michael-mckean-katey-sagal-et-al-set_30264.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:58:00 GMT Los Angeles Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/09-2010/jenna-russell-neil-stuke-catherine-tate-et-al-set_30266.html Casting has been announced for Alan Ayckbourn's Season's Greetings, which will begin performances on December 1 at the National Theatre, in anticipation of an official opening on December 8, according to a report on Whatsonstage.com. Marianne Elliott will direct the production. The play... http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/09-2010/jenna-russell-neil-stuke-catherine-tate-et-al-set_30266.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:39:00 GMT London Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/lucie-arnaz-to-host-abingdon-theatres-abie-awards_30265.html Lucie Arnaz will host the Abingdon Theatre Company's AB*IE Awards, to be presented on September 13 at 6:30 at the company's June Havoc Theatre. The awards ceremony, as well as pre- and post-show receptions, are free and open to the public. The prizes, voted on by Abingdon theatergoers,... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/lucie-arnaz-to-host-abingdon-theatres-abie-awards_30265.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:31:00 GMT New York Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/09-2010/misty-cotton-derek-keeling-et-al-set-for-cabrillo_30259.html Cabrillo Music Theatre has announced principal casting for its production of Happy Days: A New Musical, to be presented at the Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, October 22-31. Susan Morgenstern will direct. Featuring a book by Garry Marshall, with music and lyrics by... http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles/news/09-2010/misty-cotton-derek-keeling-et-al-set-for-cabrillo_30259.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:52:00 GMT Los Angeles Dan Bacalzo http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/roberta-maxwell-rocco-sisto-mary-testa-et-al-set-f_30262.html Julia Campanelli, Erik Heger, Roberta Maxwell, Conan McCarty, Alex Morf, Grant Neale, Rocco Sisto, Mary Testa and Jenne Vath will take part in a reading of Gammer Gurton's Needle, by Mr. S. Mr. of Art, to be presented by Red Bull Theater at the Theater @ St Clements on Monday, September... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/roberta-maxwell-rocco-sisto-mary-testa-et-al-set-f_30262.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:45:00 GMT New York Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/09-2010/director-clive-donner-dies-at-84_30261.html Stage and film director Clive Donner died on Tuesday, September 7 in London, following years of suffering from Alzheimer's, according to published reports. He was 84. Donner directed the 1974 stage production of Robert Patrick's Kennedy's Children, first at the King's Head in Islington,... http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/09-2010/director-clive-donner-dies-at-84_30261.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:25:00 GMT London Dan Bacalzo http://www.theatermania.com/boston/news/09-2010/gordon-clapp-to-star-in-peterborough-players-this_30260.html Emmy Award winner and Tony nominee Gordon Clapp will play American poet Robert Frost in A.M. Dolan's This Verse Business, to run September 15-26 at the Peterborough Players in New Hampshire. The play is inspired by Frost's "talks," which he usually gave in college towns before mixed... http://www.theatermania.com/boston/news/09-2010/gordon-clapp-to-star-in-peterborough-players-this_30260.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:06:00 GMT Boston Metro Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/09-2010/john-addison-daniella-gibb-robert-hands-et-al-set_30256.html Finborough Theatre has announced casting for Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's Me and Juliet, to run October 5-30. Thom Sutherland will direct the production. The musical focuses on the backstage drama that ensues after two members of a theater company are secretly married. ... http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/09-2010/john-addison-daniella-gibb-robert-hands-et-al-set_30256.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:01:00 GMT London Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/glee-and-broadway-star-matthew-morrisons-debut-cd_30257.html Glee star and Broadway veteran Matthew Morrison will now release his new solo CD in February, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As previously announced, the album had been scheduled for an unspecified fall release by Mercury Records. As previously reported, Morrison will be writing... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/glee-and-broadway-star-matthew-morrisons-debut-cd_30257.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:43:00 GMT New York Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/09-2010/gleekfest-inspired-by-fox-tvs-glee-set-for-londons_30258.html London's Arts Theatre will host Gleekfest, two evenings showcasing some of the UKs finest show choirs, and inspired by the television program, Glee. On Sunday, October 10 at 7pm, Toneacity will perform a mix of famous songs, forgotten gems and a mash up or two. On Sunday October 17... http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/09-2010/gleekfest-inspired-by-fox-tvs-glee-set-for-londons_30258.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:42:00 GMT London Dan Bacalzo http://www.theatermania.com/london/reviews/09-2010/deathtrap_30197.html Simon Russell Beale and Jonathan Groff are superb in Matthew Warchus' near-perfect revival of Ira Levin's marvelous thriller. http://www.theatermania.com/london/reviews/09-2010/deathtrap_30197.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMT London Review David Finkle http://www.theatermania.com/chicago/news/09-2010/goodman-theatre-extends-mary-zimmermans-candide-th_30255.html The Goodman Theatre has extended its production of Candide through October 31. The production, directed by Mary Zimmerman and featuring a new book by the director, begins previews on September 17. As previously reported, Zimmerman has returned to Voltaire's original 1759 Candide, Or... http://www.theatermania.com/chicago/news/09-2010/goodman-theatre-extends-mary-zimmermans-candide-th_30255.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:43:00 GMT Chicago Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/09-2010/the-awesome-dance_30227.html This group of four interrelated, short plays doesn't add up to a satisfying evening of theater. http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/09-2010/the-awesome-dance_30227.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:00:00 GMT New York Review Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/09-2010/robert-cuccioli-is-enjoying-this-moment_30173.html The Tony Award nominee is starring in Dietrich and Chevalier, directing Jekyll & Hyde, and preparing his cabaret debut at Feinstein's. http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/09-2010/robert-cuccioli-is-enjoying-this-moment_30173.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:00:00 GMT New York Feature Brian Scott Lipton http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/09-2010/whoopi-goldberg-to-return-to-west-end-sister-act-i_30005.html Whoopi Goldberg will return to the role of Mother Superior in the West End production of Sister Act, for five performances, October 22-25. The show, as previously reported, will play its final performance on October 30, and is expect to bow on Broadway in Spring 2011. Goldberg played... http://www.theatermania.com/london/news/09-2010/whoopi-goldberg-to-return-to-west-end-sister-act-i_30005.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:57:00 GMT London Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/boston/news/09-2010/greg-ferrisi-bill-salem-victor-shopov-et-al-set-fo_30254.html Zeitgeist Stage Company has announced casting for Lucy Prebble's Enron, to run September 24 - October 16 in the Plaza Black Box Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts. David J. Miller will direct the production. Inspired by real-life events, and using music, movement, projections and... http://www.theatermania.com/boston/news/09-2010/greg-ferrisi-bill-salem-victor-shopov-et-al-set-fo_30254.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:36:00 GMT Boston Metro Andy Propst http://www.theatermania.com/florida/news/09-2010/caldwell-theatre-announces-full-cast-for-follies_30253.html Caldwell Theatre Company has announced complete casting for Follies, the latest installment of the company's Broadway Concert Series, to be presented October 1-3. Clive Cholerton will direct the musical, which features a book by James Goldman, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.... http://www.theatermania.com/florida/news/09-2010/caldwell-theatre-announces-full-cast-for-follies_30253.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:58:00 GMT Florida Dan Bacalzo http://www.theatermania.com/maine/news/09-2010/george-dvorsky-rachelle-rak-sally-struthers-et-al_30250.html Principal casting has been announced for the Ogunquit Playhouse production of the popular John Kander-Fred Ebb musical Chicago, to run September 15-October 24. Gerry McIntyre will direct. As previously reported, the show will feature two-time Emmy Award winner Sally Struthers as Matron... http://www.theatermania.com/maine/news/09-2010/george-dvorsky-rachelle-rak-sally-struthers-et-al_30250.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:45:00 GMT Maine Dan Bacalzo http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/paley-center-for-media-creates-new-tv-awards-show_30249.html The Paley Center for Media will televise an awards show for television in May 2012, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The ceremony will take place in New York City during the so-called "upfronts," when the networks preview the upcoming TV season for advertisers and journalists. According to... http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/09-2010/paley-center-for-media-creates-new-tv-awards-show_30249.html Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:44:00 GMT New York Brian Scott Lipton