theatre (theater) producers

Clegg's background is as a theatre producer but he has diversified in recent years and has his own drag identity – Miss Rosie Beaver – who has developed a major following through live performances and via London Live's Drag Queens of London. When it comes to drag representation in the West End, ...

Live musicians! Glorious costumes! Intricate sets! Show stopping song and dance numbers! Mix in two people in love on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a distressed theater producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan, a tipsy chaperone, ...

Stories like these were what made the concept of Madri compelling for Melone, a theater producer by trade, and Walish, an interior designer. Also, Melone grew up being involved in La Leche League, a nonprofit organization that helps provide learning tools to women who have chosen to breastfeed.

It was befitting on the part of the Arts Council to dedicate its first Awami Theatre Festival to the council's treasurer Shahnaz Siddiqui who passed away on April 13 because he himself was a renowned commercial theatre producer with plays such as the extremely popular Bakra Qiston Per to his credit.

Let's look at a recent example of estate-driven dogmatism: Last year, when a Portland theater producer cast a black actor in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the estate withheld the rights. Albee, who passed away in 2016, was apparently picky about casting choices. (The full Portland saga ...

In "The Drowsy Chaperone," four different love stories are told simultaneously via a wacky cast of characters including a bumbling best man, an audacious theater producer, gangsters disguised as pastry chefs, a dimwitted hostess and even monkeys. All performances will be held at Lake Zurich Middle ...

This year, Urban Arts Partnership honored acclaimed actor, activist and UAP Artistic Board Member, Michael Kenneth Williams, AT&T represented by President, Northeast Region, Marissa Shorenstein,? and Off-Broadway Theatre Producer and UAP Board Member, Niclas Nagler? for their indelible ...

Called the Women's Fund for Film and Theatre, New York's first-of-its-kind cash grant program is designed for filmmakers, playwrights and theatre producers working on projects by, for, or about women. Submission dates for the grants have not been announced, but those interested can sign up for ...

He wrote for “Saturday Night Live,” in the eighties, and he was an occasional contributor to this magazine, but commercial success eluded him, or he eluded it, until the theatre producer Margo Lion asked his agent, “Do you think Mark O'Donnell could write the book for a musical?” The musical was “Hairspray.” O'Donnell ...

Deerfield resident George J. Manisco wears two hats for the Saint Sebastian Players' production of “The Front Page.” He is producing the show, which runs from April 27 to May 20 at St. Bonaventure in Chicago, and is also playing Diamond Louis in the comedy. A member of the Screen Actors Guild, ...

Alex Beckett, best known for starring in BBC comedies W1A and Twenty Twelve, has died aged 36. The actor's agent announced the news in a statement on the Donmar Warehouse website. Beckett had been appearing in the theatre's play The Way of the World. “We're deeply saddened by the loss of Alex ...

“Her nomadic career means that she is survived by people all over the country and beyond that have been inspired by her, championed by her and are better people because of her,” says theatre producer and close friend Gemma Swallow, who first met Beddoe at 7:84. “She will be sorely missed by us all.

With an already impressive list of accomplishments in the theater industry before even graduating from college, one New Yorker with Queens ties is now bringing technological innovation to the table. Alexander Baron, a student at Penn State University and the son of Howard Beach attorney Scott Baron, ...

... Barlow and Howard Donald performed some of their most well-known songs to the sell-out audience, who thought they were just there for an evening of watching The Band. Earlier this week, rumours circulated the superstars may be making an appearance at the show after theatre producer, David Pugh, ...

Earlier this week, rumours circulated the superstars may be making an appearance at the show after theatre producer, David Pugh, tweeted: "TT Thursday" prompting people all over the country to try and buy tickets for that night's show. Take That on stage at Hull New Theatre (Image: Richard Addison).

Theater producer Jean-Marc Dumontet, who organized Wednesday's performance in Paris, stressed the three politicians took a risk. Dumontet told The Associated Press that "it brings women's issues to a very prominent position. They are really speaking out." Bachelot said she agreed to perform the play ...

“Rise” began when the theater producer Jeffrey Seller (“Hamilton”), now making his first foray into series TV, read an excerpt from “Drama High” in The New York Times Magazine in 2013. He bought the book. It made him cry. But the rights had already been sold. A few years later, when he'd joined up with ...

As a school board member, he's been on the management side of the bargaining table during contract negotiations, and he's been on the union side during talks with downtown theater producers. Gillespie, who is making her first run for elected office, pointed to roles during her business career where she ...

Sybil Christopher, 83, the wife Richard Burton left in 1963 to marry Elizabeth Taylor, and who became a theater producer and nightclub founder, died in New York. One year ago: WikiLeaks published thousands of documents described as secret files about CIA hacking tools the government employed to ...

Today, check out this shot of the late George Abbott pictured at "Damn Yankees" opening night at the Marriott Marquis in New York City on March 3, 1994. Abbott was an American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned nine decades.

... young directors and theater producers the world over would be so drawn to a German Marxist playwright born exactly 120 years ago. And yet, barely a week goes by without a new Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) production opening somewhere on the planet. Like Shakespeare, Brecht is a global playwright.

Manhattan Center's signature space is The Hammerstein, originally built by legendary Broadway songwriter and theater producer Oscar Hammerstein II. Joining this 3,500-capacity facility is a space of equal glory and splendor: The Grand. Less known than its sister space, The Grand is hardly less ...

A support group has been set up to help theatre producers with fundraising, after research revealed 93% of the independent sector relies on this type of income. The Independent Theatre Council has launched the Fundraising Forum, which will run free peer support sessions for chief executives, theatre ...

If you're a theater producer, a full-page advertisement in The New York Times will set you back about six figures, depending on color and placement. While smaller ads cost less, the price still has the potential to burn through most marketing budgets off-Broadway, with uncertain returns. "Big overarching ...

As the big-budget bet of "Frozen" arrives in New York targeting Broadway's lucrative family demographic, Schumacher himself recently took the reins as chairman of the board of the Broadway League, the trade association of theater producers, and presenters that pushes Broadway-wide initiatives and ...

Mike McGraner has been populating local theaters with interesting special programming for years. Whether it's the long-running and much-beloved Nite Owl Theatre, or his more recent effort, Terror from the Eighties, the Columbus native is always looking for new ways to entertain local filmgoers.

After an opening-day rainout, Uwharrie Senior Games conducted its track and field events at Albemarle High School on April 14. Golf, horseshoes and spincasting competition were also conducted on April 16-17 at Lowe-Warner Park in Troy.

NEW YORK — A few weeks ago, Bruce Sudano was walking down 46th Street in midtown Manhattan when his eyes suddenly filled with tears. As he rounded the corner, he'd spotted stagehands putting up an image of his wife's indelible face on the marquee of the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, where “Summer: ...

Mamma Mia! was adapted as a musical from the songs of ABBA when an English theatre producer heard their song “Winner Takes It All,” and recruited playwright Catherine Johnson to write the book that would one day become a play that has been performed internationally. The musical follows the story of ...

Except for the fact that the Oscar set is built for a live stage show, designing it isn't much like work on a play or a musical, McLane says. For one thing, he doesn't have to worry as much about durability, which is a concern for theater producers who hope their new musical will run for years. There's also less ...

Except for the fact that the Oscar set is built for a live stage show, designing it isn't much like work on a play or a musical, McLane says. For one thing, he doesn't have to worry as much about durability, which is a concern for theater producers who hope their new musical will run for years. There's also less ...