Broadway by the Year at The Town Hall

Today and tonight I will be assisting Mark Stuart and The Mark Stuart Dance Theatre for their presentation at Broadway by the Year: Musicals of 1982. MSDT will be performing three pieces. "Taking a Chance on Love" from BLUES IN THE NIGHT, "Summer in the City" from ROCK 'N ROLL! The First 5,000 Years, and "Macavity" from CATS. 

There is a great line up of performers on the bill. (During a rehearsal yesterday I got hear Karen Akers, Kerry O'Malley, Kevin Early, Kenita Miller and Barbara Walsh go through some of their music. Amazing!!!!)

I hope to see you at Town Hall!

High Hopes for Porgy and Bess

A nytimes.com Arts Beat blurb. High Hopes for Porgy and Bess.

A BroadwayWorld.com blurb: Is Broadway Next for Porgy and Bess?

NYC Industry Look at Porgy and Bess

Click below for a Playbill.com blurb about the Porgy and Bess workshop: 

PORGY and BESS

It has been an AMAZING three weeks ... an amazing workshop!! I'm so glad I could be a part of it!

PORGY AND BESS @ A.R.T. : NYC Workshop

I'm so excited! I will be a Production Assistant for the workshop of PORGY AND BESS directed by Diane Paulus. (!!!!!) The workshop will be in NYC. The production will play at The American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, MA starting August 17th, 2011.

Casting has been announced for some of the principal roles: Norm Lewis as Porgy, Audra McDonald as Bess and David Alan Grier as Sportin' Life. The piece is being re-imagined by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. The creative team will also include choreographer Ronald K. Brown. 

I am thrilled to be a part of the workshop. I had a fantastic time observing Diane direct THE CAPEMAN last summer for The Public's Shakespeare in the Park. I know this eperience will be just as rich. 

RUINED nominated for Huntington Theatre production

This just announced - Boston's Elliot Norton Award nominations. Three for RUINED!

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION (LARGE THEATER)
“Ruined” (Huntington Theatre Company)

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS (LARGE THEATER)
Tonye Patano – “Ruined” (Huntington Theatre Company)

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
“Ruined” (Huntington Theatre Company)

Congratulations to everyone involved!

Additional congrats to the Huntington Theatre Company for their noms for “Circle Mirror Transformation” (Outstanding Production Large Theatre) and "Bus Stop" (Outstanding Ensemble).