by Paula Kaplan-Reiss The late great William Finn wrote the music and lyrics for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, originally workshopped at Barrington Stage Company in 2004 and premiered on Broadway in 2005. A winner of two Tony awards, this sweet, endearing and hilarious musical depicts the competitors…
(Pittsfield, MA) Barrington Stage Company (Alan Paul, Artistic Director) announces the 2025 Summer Series of Mr. Finn’s Cabaret downstairs at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center (36 Linden Street) from June 15 through September 7. Tickets are now available. The exciting lineup features Stephanie Blythe (June 15-16), Tony Award-winner John Lloyd Young (June 22-23), Tony Award-winner Lillias White (June…
by Mark G. Auerbach Rob Ruggiero, Artistic Director of TheaterWorks Hartford, is planning the theatre’s 40th anniversary season. Meanwhile, he stages Dear Evan Hansen at St. Louis Muny, July 28-August 3, and the 50oth anniversary production of A Chorus Line at Goodspeed which runs September 5-October 28.. For tickets to the latter: www.goodspeed.org. Ben Scranton,…
Williams College Theatre DepartmentpresentsFalsettoland By William Finn ’74 Directed By Sari Klainberg ’25MAR 7th & 8th | 7:00 PM | Directing Studio | Free William Finn (Williams ‘74) and James Lapine’s 1990 musical Falsettoland follows an unconventional family that learns to form a community. Set in 1981 in the aftermath of their divorce, Marvin and…
October Auditions for Falsettos! Book by William Finn and James LapineMusic and Lyrics by William Finn Production StaffDirector/Choreographer: Melissa Mason LacijanMusic Director: Leslie EliashukProducers: John Meglino and Debbie PanicciaStage Manager: Abbi Roy Performance DatesJanuary 17-19 and 23-26, 2025(Thursday, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm)SLOC Mainstage, 427 Franklin Street, Schenectady, NY 12305 About…
Spelling Bee Audition Announcement CALL FOR ADULT PERFORMERS! Director: Ben AmeyMusic Director: Emily Rose RiveraChoreographer: Eleah Jayne PealProducers: Julie Phillips & Steven Baldwin Steamer No. 10 Theatre and the production team are committed to building a diverse, authentic cast. Artists of any gender identity, ethnicity, and neurodiversity are encouraged to…
Congratulations to Tony Award-winner and Barrington Stage Associate Artist William Finn on the announcement of his being inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame! The Theater Hall of Fame Inc. has announced its 2024 inductees: actors Elizabeth Ashley (Take Her, She’s Mine; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Boyd Gaines (Gypsy, The Heidi Chronicles), Stephen McKinley…
Schuylerville Community Theater is excited to continue announcing our 2024/25 Season. Our Spring 2025 musical will be The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. We are thrilled to welcome back Jonathan Nichols-Pate (directed Cinderella) as our director of this show! Both productions this season will be at the Town Hall…
