Tony Awards News

One of Cleveland's most popular musicals, WICKED, will return to PlayhouseSquare November 18 - December 13, 2009 as part of the U.S. Bank Star Performance Series at PlayhouseSquare.

If the critics can be believed, area theatergoers can expect some enchanted evenings and a handful of rather spectacular afternoons in their immediate futures.

The American Theatre Wing, the folks who bring us the Tony Awards every year, issued a book last month called "The Play That Changed My Life." In the 224-page paperback, 19 playwrights tell their tales of theater and epiphany.

Marcia Gay Harden, James Gandolfini, Jeff Daniels and Hope Davis give their final parental free-for-all in Yasmina Reza's hit Tony Award-winning comedy God of Carnage at the Bernard Jacobs Theatre Nov.

Here's a national tour to pay attention to, even though it's not quite in our backyard.

Would you enjoy a new musical about old school music? Only Jersey Boys tickets fit the bill.

Work on the multimillion dollar Broadway production - which has been scored by the Irish rock giants - was delayed this year , amid rumours of financial difficulties and spiralling costs.

Pull on your legwarmers. "The Wedding Singer" is bringing the 1980s back to Mesa and Phoenix.

A YOUNG Australian has scored the part of a lifetime - playing Billy Elliot on Broadway.

In a Sunday June 7, 2009 photo, Angela Lansbury poses with her trophy for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for "Blithe Spirit" at the 63rd Annual Tony Awards in New York.

RENT opened to a sold out house! Don't miss your chance to see the Oklahoma regional premiere of RENT at the Pollard Theatre in historic downtown Guthrie now through Saturday, October 31, 2009! Loosely based on Giacomo Puccini 's opera La Bohme, RENT is a fantastic journey with seven friends who live in New York City's East Village.

In the Heights a ' now onstage at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center for the first stop on its inaugural national tour a ' has non-stop energy.

Louisiana State University at Alexandria's Empty Space Players will perform "Angels in America: Millennium Approaches." The play -- which was adapted for television as an HBO miniseries in 2003 -- was written by Lake Charles-native Tony Kushner, whose father, William Kushner, conducted the Rapides Symphony Orchestra for 34 years.

By Dani White Berthoud Recorder Song, dance and murder. "Curtains: The Musical Comedy Whodunit," leaps directly from the Broadway stage to the Rialto Theater in a single bound.

Manchester, NH October 15, 2009 - The Palace Theatre in downtown Manchester, NH will continue its 2009-2010 Citizens Bank Performing Arts Series with the Broadway musical CATS, opening October 30th at 7:30pm. The show will run through November 14th.

Liza Minnelli 's Tony Award-winning performance "LIZA'S AT THE PALACE," American Public Television will distribute the long awaited Special in December, 2009.

Academy Award winning costume designer Colleen Atwood , collaborates with Swarovski on NINE to create a show stopping spectacle that sparkles throughout.

SDNN theater critic also writes about "Dog Act" and "Frozen" "The Tree of Life" in "The Lion King." The Lion Leaps Tonight THE SHOW: "The Lion King," the multi-award-winning mega-musical , at the Civic Theatre The King of Beasts is back.

Chalk up another triumph for local theater at the Southampton Cultural Center. Resident wizard Michael Disher and a cast of warmly adorable youngsters are offering 90 minutes of theater magic in their flawless, ignited production of Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn's treat for the heart and the funny bone, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling ...

Known as one of the most beloved and successful theatre men of the Twentieth Century, Tommy Tune has enchanted audiences over the past 50 years with his charisma, vision, and innovation.