THEATER NEWS

Chicago Sun-Times - ‎6 hours ago‎

“White Christmas,” by Irving Berlin, through Jan. 1 at the Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire. The performance schedule is 1 pm and 8 pm Wednesdays; 8 pm Thursdays and Fridays; 4:30 pm and 8 pm Saturdays; and 1 pm and 5 pm Sundays.

New York Times (blog)

'Hand to God' to Return for 8 Weeks, Possibly Longer New York Times (blog) - ‎4 hours ago‎ By PATRICK HEALY Suzanne DeChillo/The New York TimesSteven Boyer, an actor in “Hand to God,” with a sock puppet from the play. HAND OF GOD to Move to Broadway in 2013?Broadway World Related: Ensemble Studios » The Drowsy Chaperone » Patrick Healy »

Embrace Theater in 2012 Patch.com - ‎1 hour ago‎ By Anthony Stoeckert Philip Goodwin as Scrooge in rehearsals for the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's production of "A Christmas Carol" at the FM Kirby Shakespeare Theatre in Madison.

Los Angeles Times

Monster Mash: NBC's 'Smash'; Big Daddy Roth museum Los Angeles Times - ‎6 hours ago‎ TV to stage? Could "Smash," the coming NBC series about making a musical on Broadway, actually spawn a musical for Broadway?

Parks Leads 'Porgy' to Broadway Wall Street Journal - ‎Dec 26, 2011‎ By BARBARA CHAI While adapting the Gershwin and Heyward classic, "Porgy and Bess," playwright Suzan-Lori Parks fell in love.

AVENUE Q To Open Cain Park's 2012 Season In The Alma Theater Broadway World - ‎2 hours ago‎ The City of Cleveland Heights and Cain Park 2012 Theater Artistic Director Russ Borski announce that AVENUE Q will open Cain Park's 2012 season in the Alma Theater June 15-July 1 (preview June 14).

Destiny Rising, Gala Performance to Benefit NYC Dance Alliance Foundation Broadway World - ‎1 hour ago‎ The NYC Dance Alliance Foundation (NYCDAF) will celebrate its first anniversary with a fundraising performance at The Joyce Theater on Monday evening, January 16, 2012 at 7:30 pm.

Press Herald

People & Entertainment Theater's reopening to bring Joy to Big Easy Press Herald - ‎17 hours ago‎ NEW ORLEANS - The Joy Theater's bright blinking "JOY" sign that for more than 50 years was as common a sight on Canal Street as the streetcars in New Orleans is blinking again for the first time since before Hurricane Katrina.

Memorable Moments, Performances of 2011 Connecticut Theater Scene Hartford Courant - ‎5 hours ago‎ By FRANK RIZZO Hartford Courant So here's a playful retro glance at some of the highlights, performances, newsworthy events and people who stood out in the state's theater scene (in no particular order).

Kansas City Star

Carol Channing's husband, Harry Kullijian, dies Seattle Post Intelligencer - ‎33 minutes ago‎ FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2005 file photo, Broadway legend Carol Channing introduces her husband, businessman Harry Kullijian, during a performance of her one-woman show in New York. Carol Channing's Husband, Harry Kullijian, DiesNPR See all 139 sources » Related: Carol Channing » Harry Kullijian » Rancho Mirage, California »

TheaterJones Performing Arts News in North Texas

Year in Review: Dance TheaterJones Performing Arts News in North Texas - ‎9 hours ago‎ by Margaret Putnam We know that at some point rain will again fall, but whether good fortune shines on dance is another question. The dance drought continues with no relief in sight.

thebahamasweekly.com

Grand Bahama Performing Arts Society opens 2012 with Chamber Music Concert thebahamasweekly.com - ‎1 hour ago‎ By The Bahamas Weekly News Team Freeport, Bahamas - The Grand Bahama Performing Arts Society (GBPAS) will open the new year with a Chamber Music Concert featuring four artists on Saturday, January 21st, at 8pm.

Mariusz Kwiecien, a profile BusinessWorld Online Edition - ‎10 hours ago‎ Once in a while I like to write about very good performers who are known abroad but not known in the Philippines. Mariusz Kwiecien, a 38-year-old fast-rising baritone from Krakow, Poland, is the one I have chosen for today.

Folsom Telegraph

'Musical of Musicals' offers laughs in Folsom Folsom Telegraph - ‎6 hours ago‎ By Eileen Wilson, Telegraph Correspondent If you want to start the New Year off with a kick, (a musical kick, that is), Sutter Street's “Musical of Musicals (The Musical),” is really four shows in one.

New York Daily News

City Island teens to face off in Teen Idol talent show on New Year's Eve ... New York Daily News - ‎11 hours ago‎ BY Tanyanika Samuels Maggie Ruzo, who runs the nonprofit New York Kids Theatrical Alliance, moved her theater group to City Island two years ago and right away, she noticed a need in the community with kids having nothing to do on weekends on the ...

Oman Daily Observer

ROH offers new pricing scheme Oman Daily Observer - ‎3 hours ago‎ New season for 2012 slated to begin on January 16 - By Kaushalendra Singh - MUSCAT - The new season of Royal Opera House Muscat will bring both, exciting performances for music lovers and much relief for all those who did not venture courage to go for ...

Celebrity soloists join orchestra Cranford Chronicle - NJ.com - ‎34 minutes ago‎ By Cranford Chronicle WESTFIELD - On Saturday, Dec. 31, at 7 pm, the fully professional Westfield Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro David Wroe presents That's Entertainment, a superb revue of the golden age of the American musical ...

Columbus Dispatch

Dance: Fine footwork kept audiences on their toes Columbus Dispatch - ‎Dec 25, 2011‎ So many good productions of great musicals made my year-end “best” list for central Ohio theater that it got me thinking about the best Broadway productions of musicals that I've seen during my life.

Local Playwright to be Featured in World Renowned Theater Festival WTRF - ‎58 minutes ago‎ By Ashley Mullins - email Just like the song says, "If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere." And that is just what one local playwright is doing.

Opera Works' 'Garden' in full, musical bloom Chicago Sun-Times - ‎3 minutes ago‎ By DOROTHY ANDRIES Contributor December 27, 2011 4:54PM Maggie Portman,(from left), Steve Peebles, Matthew Schroeder, Nick Foster, and Sophie Thatcher in Light Opera Works' "The Secret Garden.