Here are a few interesting stories I’ve read on the web over the past few weeks:
BackStage.com: Theatre Breaks Barriers for Disabled Actors
Inside Higer Ed: Worried About Guns? Ban a Campus Musical
TimeOut Chicago: Everyone’s a critic
Here are a few other reviews of Phillip Grace’s Heartstrings: A Valentine Fable, playing Friday and Saturday at the Twin Beach Players in North Beach, Maryland:
Jana Barberio, The Washington Post (Southern Maryland section):
‘Heartstrings’ Plucked at Black Box Theatre
Pat Ullberg, North County News Column Reports for the The Calvert Recorder:
Twin Beach Players production is a not-so-funny [...]
The Young Hearts are producing the musical Pippin as a fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The Young Hearts was created after Ryan McLaughlin died in December 1999 at the age of 13, from t-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, an uncommon form of leukemia. Since then his family and friends have raised money to be [...]
These are the ShowBizradio reviews of the 2007 shows that were nominated for a WATCH award. We reviewed 39 of the 46 nominated productions. Excellent work all around, and congratulations to the nominees. Get your tickets for the March 2nd awards ceremony now, available at The Birchmere box office (in person) or TicketMaster (by phone/web, service charge will apply). The list is in chronologic order; the number in parenthesis at the end of each line is the number of nominations the production earned.
The Heritage Theatre Company, a non-Equity company in Silver Spring, Maryland, still has several roles to fill for it’s September 12 - October 11, production of Pueblo, the Stanley R. Greenberg drama about the 1968 U.S.S. Pueblo incident and the courageous crew who survived it. This is an all-male cast. Several roles — including ‘Commander [...]
Springfield Community Theatre will be holding auditions this week (Wednesday, Friday and Saturday) at 7:30pm at Immanuel United Methodist Church in Annandale. Rehearsals will take place next week, February 11th through the 15th. Performances will be Saturday the 16th through Tuesday the 19th at 7:30.
Richard Cory, by A.R. Gurney, will be performed as a staged [...]
The OutOftheBlackBox Theatre Company (O2B2) will hold a workshop on basic theatrical makeup techniques on Saturday, February 23, 2008 from 2 to 4 PM at Goodloe Memorial Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 1540C Pointer Ridge Place, Bowie, MD. Cost is $15. Due to space limitations, reservations are necessary and should be made by calling 301-262-5201 or through [...]
The Montgomery Playhouse is proud to announce that The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin has been held over for an additional weekend. Performances for the remaining shows are as follows:
Friday and Saturday, February 1 and 2, at 8 PM
Sunday, February 3, at 2 PM
Friday and Saturday, February 8 and 9, at 8 PM
Reservations can be [...]
Announcement of Nominations
8th Annual Washington Area Theatre Community Honors
THE WATCH AWARDS
Nominations Announced: January 20, 2008 – 7:30 pm at The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA
Award Ceremony: Sunday, March 2, 2008 – 7:00 pm at The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA. Tickets $15.50 at the Birchmere Box Office or through Ticketmaster (plus service charge)
The directors of Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare are still looking for a few actors. Several roles are available for young men in their late teens (18+) - 30, and one role for a man 30 - mid 50s. There is one role available for a woman (30s - 50s). These are not [...]