THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES Tickets Now On Sale to American Express Card Members

TICKETS NOW ON SALE TO AMERICAN EXPRESS CARD MEMBERS

BEN STILLER, EDIE FALCO, JENNIFER JASON LEIGH

RETURN TO BROADWAY IN

JOHN GUARE’S COMEDIC MASTERPIECE

THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES

DIRECTED BY DAVID CROMER

PRODUCTION OPENS MONDAY, APRIL 25 AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE

PREVIEWS BEGIN MONDAY, APRIL 4

www.HouseOfBlueLeaves.com

Tickets for the Broadway revival of John Guare’s comedic masterpiece THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES starring Ben Stiller, Edie Falco and Jennifer Jason Leigh are now on sale exclusively to American Express card members and to the general public beginning January 15.  THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, directed by David Cromer, will open on Monday, April 25, 2011 at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48^th Street). The strictly limited 16-week engagement will begin previews on Monday, April 4, 2011.

In addition to Ben Stiller as Artie Shaughnessy, Edie Falco as Bananas Shaughnessy and Jennifer Jason Leigh as Bunny Flingus, the cast includes Alison Pill as Corrinna Stroller, Christopher Abbott as Ronnie Shaughnessy, Mary Beth Hurt as Head Nun and Halley Feiffer as Little Nun. Additional casting will be announced soon.

In THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, Ben Stiller is Artie Shaughnessy, a zookeeper and wannabe songwriter, who is trying to cope with a schizophrenic wife (Falco), an impatient girlfriend (Leigh) and a visit from the Pope, all while sustaining his dream of hitting it big. THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES is a satirical take on celebrity, religion, and the frequent merging of the two.

The production team includes Scott Pask (Scenic Design), Jane Greenwood (Costume Design) & Brian MacDevitt (Lighting Design).

Broadway’s Wonderland star Kate Shindle in the news

 

IS IN THE NEWS 

CLICK HERE TO READ A FEATURE ON KATE SHINDLE IN WATERMARK

NOW PLAYING AT THE DAVID A. STRAZ JR. CENTER 

FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

THROUGH JANUARY 16

 

OPENS ON BROADWAY

AT THE MARQUIS THEATRE

APRIL 17, 2011

PREVIEWS BEGIN MARCH 21

WONDERLAND – A New Alice.  A New Musical is featured in Watermark.  Writer and editor Steve Blanchard sat down with Kate Shindle, who stars as Mad Hatter, to talk about her role in WONDERLAND and her work as an activist for HIV/AIDS:

There are many layers to Broadway actress Kate Shindle. The 1998 Miss America is recognized for her crown, her stint as a correspondent for Today and her roles in films and Broadway plays. But the New Jersey native, who is currently playing the villainess Mad Hatter in Wonderland: A New Alice. A New Musical. is also a big-time HIV/AIDS activist.

Shindle is relatively new to the musical, which has been revamped and reworked since it debuted in Tampa nearly a year ago. The 33-year-old has only been with the show since Labor Day 2010, and even in that short period of time she has seen the production evolve.
While she may play a villainess on the stage, Shindle is anything but evil in real life... 

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY 

http://www.watermarkonline.com/index.php/lgbt-arts-culture/stage/4981-Kate-Shindle-takes-the-Mad-Hatter-role-the-revamped-Wonderland.html

Broadway Wonderland in the news

 

IS IN THE NEWS

CLICK HERE TO READ FEATURE #1 IN THE TAMPA TRIBUNE

CLICK HERE TO READ A FEATURE #2 IN THE TAMPA TRIBUNE

CLICK HERE TO WATCH A VIDEO SEGMENT FROM WTSP TV

NOW PLAYING AT THE DAVID A. STRAZ JR. CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

JANUARY 5 – JANUARY 16

OPENS ON BROADWAY

AT THE MARQUIS THEATRE

APRIL 17, 2011

PREVIEWS BEGIN MARCH 21

 

WONDERLAND – A New Alice.  A New Musical is in the news.  The Tampa Tribune’s Walt Belcher had this report on the first performance:   A revamped and Broadway-bound “Wonderland” opened Wednesday night at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts to a packed house, standing ovations and a good vibe shared by the audience and the cast.

Listen to songs from Broadway’s Wonderland

CLICK HERE LISTEN TO SONG CLIPS FROM THE SHOW

NOW PLAYING AT THE DAVID A. STRAZ JR. CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

JANUARY 5 – JANUARY 16

OPENS ON BROADWAY

AT THE MARQUIS THEATRE

APRIL 17, 2011

PREVIEWS BEGIN MARCH 21

WONDERLAND – A New Alice.  A New Musical is now playing at The David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts (Judy Lisi, President and CEO) in Tampa, Florida through January 16, 2011.  WONDERLAND will open on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway between 45^th & 46^th Streets) April 17; previews begin March 21. 

 

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO SONG CLIPS FROM THE SHOW 

http://www.wonderlandonbroadway.com/sights-and-sounds.html

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC Through January 9 Only

“I’m not sure I’ve ever experienced with such palpable force – or such prominent goose bumps –

the sense of being present at an indelible moment in the history of musical theater.”

– Charles Isherwood, New York Times

 

BERNADETTE PETERS & ELAINE STRITCH

IN THE BROADWAY REVIVAL OF

COMPLETES CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BROADWAY RUN

FINAL PERFORMANCE SUNDAY, JANUARY 9

 

The first Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Tony Award–winning masterpiece A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, directed by Tony Award-winner Trevor Nunn and starring Tony, Grammy & Golden Globe Award winner Bernadette Peters and Tony & Emmy Award winner Elaine Stritch, will complete its critically acclaimed run this Sunday, January 9, 2011 at 3:00 PM after 20 previews and 425 regular performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).

Broadway’s LOMBARDI in Today’s New York Times

LOMBARDI in Today’s New York Times

 

Broadway’s LOMBARDI has just announced a new block of tickets on sale through June 19 2011.  In today’s New York Times, reporter Patrick Healy writes about the challenges facing shows currently running on Broadway, and what LOMBARDI’s producers are doing to attract audiences ’beyond the usual theatre crowd.”

 Delving Into the Broadway Playbook to Stay Open

“In the face of daunting odds — odds that led nine Broadway shows to close on Sunday — stands “Lombardi,” the play about the legendary Green Bay Packers coach that is the only brand-new drama to survive the fall season. The producers of “Lombardi” made the bullish announcement on Tuesday that they would extend ticket sales through June 19, even though the winter is traditionally a graveyard for plays like this one, which lack audience-drawing stars.

So what fills the producers with a fighting spirit that Vince Lombardi would admire? Confidence in a marketing strategy that is aimed at sports fans and men, not just the usual theater crowd. The producers of this biographical play have already booked visits by fans from colleges with proud sports traditions, like Fordham (Lombardi’s alma mater), Syracuse and Boston College, and they have promoted the show as a kind of leadership training to draw in CBS sales executives on a team-building retreat and members of the Miami Dolphins who were in town to play the Jets last month.

The producers are also reaching a more traditional Broadway crowd by promoting their two lead actors, Dan Lauria as Lombardi, and Judith Light as his wife, Marie, who are giving critically praised performances.”  READ THE ENTIRE STORY HERE

Wonderland begins performances in Tampa tonight

PERFORMANCES BEGIN TONIGHT

IN TAMPA

AT THE DAVID A. STRAZ JR. CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5

OPENS ON BROADWAY

AT THE MARQUIS THEATRE

APRIL 17, 2011

PREVIEWS BEGIN MARCH 21

Performances of WONDERLAND – A New Alice.  A New Musical begin tonight, Wednesday, January 5 at 7:30pm at The David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts (Judy Lisi, President and CEO) in Tampa, Florida where it will run through January 16, 2011.  WONDERLAND will open on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre on April 17 and begin previews on March 21. 

 

WONDERLAND stars Janet Dacal (In The Heights) as Alice, Darren Ritchie (Little Shop of Horrors, Thoroughly Modern Millie) as White Knight, E. Clayton Cornelious as Caterpillar, Jose Llana (Spelling Bee, Flower Drum Song) as El Gato, Karen Mason (Hairspray, Mamma Mia!) as Queen of Hearts, Kate Shindle (Legally Blonde, Cabaret, Jekyll and Hyde) as Mad Hatter, Carly Rose Sonenclar (Les Miserables, Little House on the Prairie) as Chloe, Edward Staudenmayer (Spamalot, Martin Short:  Fame Becomes Me) as White Rabbit and Danny Stiles (Regional productions of Guys and Dolls and Sister Act:  The Musical) as Morris.  With a book by Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy, lyrics by Jack Murphy, music by Frank Wildhorn, choreography by Marguerite Derricks and direction by Gregory Boyd, WONDERLAND will open at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre on Sunday, April 17, 2011, and performances will begin Monday, March 21. 

 

The ensemble includes April Berry, Grady Bowman, Sae La Chin, Dan Domenech, Mallauri Esquibel, Derek Ferguson, Wilkie Ferguson, Laura Hall, Natalie Hill, Lauren Lim Jackson, Morgan James, Ryan Link, Kate Loprest, Renee Marino, Heather Parcells, Stefan Raulston, Julius Anthony Rubio, and Tanairi Vasquez.

 

The design team is comprised of Neil Patel (set), Susan Hilferty (costume), Paul Gallo (lighting), Peter Hylenski (sound) and Sven Ortel (video and projection).