Kansas City Repertory Theatre will open its 201718 season with Between The Lines, a new musical based on the best-selling book by New York Times bestselling authors Jodi Picoult and her daughter Samantha Van Leer that features music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson, book by Timothy Allen McDonald and be directed by Tony Award-nominated director Jeff Calhoun.
- 8/27/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
On the heels of the national tour of Lincoln Center's Tony Award-winning Broadway revival sweeping the country now, educators and students will be whistling a happy tune when RampH Theatricals, a division of Rodgers amp Hammerstein, an Imagem Company, releases Getting To Know... The King and I it was announced today by Rodgers amp Hammerstein president Ted Chapin and iTheatrics founder and CEO Timothy Allen McDonald.
- 12/1/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Stage and screen stars Darren Criss Glee, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Andrew Keenan-Bolger Newsies, Tuck Everlasting, Ben Platt Pitch Perfect, Dear Evan Hansen, Tony-nominated composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Dear Evan Hansen, A Christmas Story, Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach, Philip McAdoo The Lion King and Rent, Brad Simmons Camp, Lysistrata Jones, Jacob Brent Cats Cory Lingner On the Town, and writing team Kate Anderson and Elyssa Samsel Camp-Wish-No-More, My Little Brony are some of the talent confirmed for the 2016 Junior Theater Festival JTF16, it was announced today by Timothy Allen McDonald, founding chairman of iTheatrics and the Junior Theater Group.
- 1/6/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach, featuring a score by Tony-nominated songwriters Justin Paul and Benj Pasek and a book by Timothy Allen McDonald, has been acquired for licensing in the Tya, student and community theater markets by Music Theatre International Mti. The musical is based on the beloved best-selling book of the same name by Roald Dahl.
- 3/26/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The final decisions have been made regarding which shows the various networks plan to cancel or renew, and which new ones they intend to pick up.
At NBC the fate of its last two undecideds - "Parenthood" and "Dracula" - have been sealed. "Parenthood" will be getting a sixth and final season which will serve as a proper conclusion. Similarly, the network's long-running comedy "Parks and Recreation" will finish up with a seventh and final season sometime early next year.
Meanwhile "Dracula" has been cancelled. The lavishly produced series scored good reviews for its ambitious reinvention of the story - turning it into something more akin to "The Count of Monte Cristo" meets "The Prestige" but with romanticism and throat ripping.
The series was produced under a lower license fee model and had a passionate fanbase. For its Friday timeslot, ratings were consistent but underwhelming.
Part of the reason for...
At NBC the fate of its last two undecideds - "Parenthood" and "Dracula" - have been sealed. "Parenthood" will be getting a sixth and final season which will serve as a proper conclusion. Similarly, the network's long-running comedy "Parks and Recreation" will finish up with a seventh and final season sometime early next year.
Meanwhile "Dracula" has been cancelled. The lavishly produced series scored good reviews for its ambitious reinvention of the story - turning it into something more akin to "The Count of Monte Cristo" meets "The Prestige" but with romanticism and throat ripping.
The series was produced under a lower license fee model and had a passionate fanbase. For its Friday timeslot, ratings were consistent but underwhelming.
Part of the reason for...
- 5/11/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Tony-nominated songwriters Justin Paul and Benj Pasek and book writer Timothy Allen McDonald , the creative team behind the musical James and the Giant Peach Jatgp, are launching a nationwide search to cast a young actor as James Participant for the musical's official album which will be recorded May 12 and May 13 in New York City. The creators are seeking boys with unchanged voices and excellent singing and acting skills. Online and DVD submissions will be received by iTheatrics who will run the casting call.
- 4/14/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tony-nominated composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Andy Jones Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, Heidi Blickenstaff The Little Mermaid, Ashley Brown the original Mary Poppins, Merle Dandridge Tarzan, Aida, Josh Strickland the original Tarzan, Andrew Keenan-Bolger Newsies, and Alton Fitzgerald White The Lion King, will join 4,500 students and teachers representing 93 groups from 26 states and the District of Columbia at the 2014 Junior Theater Festival, it was announced today by Timothy Allen McDonald, founding Chairman of iTheatrics and the Junior Theater Group. The Junior Theater Festival is being held January 17, 18 and 19 at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta.
- 1/14/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Seattle Children's Theatre presents the world-premiere musical, James and the Giant Peach. Just in time for the holidays, Timothy Allen McDonald's wonderful adaptation from Roald Dahl's best seller will include original music by Tony-Award nominated lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. James and the Giant Peach runs at Sct's Charlotte Martin Theatre through January 12, 2014. Sct Artistic Director Linda Hartzell directs. BroadwayWorld has a behind-the-scenes look at the show below...
- 12/9/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Thirty high schools around the country, including three New York-based schools, are currently final contenders for the “Smash” Make a Musical campaign. The NBC musical show has partnered with the home improvement store Lowe’s to help high schools make much needed repairs to their theater spaces. The campaign is administered through iTheatrics, a program that develops theater works for elementary, middle and high school students. The five-winning schools will each receive a $3,000 gift card to Lowe’s. “These 30 exceptional schools all deserve to win the grand prize,” said iTheatrics founding chairman Timothy Allen McDonald in a statement. “Please find your own unique way to express support of young people in the arts in your community, whether it’s buying tickets to a show, donating time or resources, or congratulating a student performer or member of the backstage crew.” Of the three New York schools competing in the campaign, two...
- 3/15/2013
- backstage.com
Oscar and Tony Award-winning composer Alan Menken, director Jeff Calhoun and producer Thomas Schumacher will join Kara Lindsay, Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Mike Faist, stars of the Tony award-winning Broadway musical, Newsies, for a special presentation to 4,000 students and teachers representing 82 groups from 23 states at the 2013 Junior Theater Festival, it was announced today by Theater of the Stars President Nick Manos and Timothy Allen McDonald, founding Chairman of iTheatrics. The Junior Theater Festival is being held January 18, 19 and 20 at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta.
- 1/7/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
A thundering chorus of 3,000 Broadway stars, students and teachers will lock step and raise their voices and hearts in song during the 2012 Junior Theater Festival, a monumental celebration of on-stage and backstage excellence happening January 13 - 15, 2012 in Atlanta, Ga, it was announced today by Theater of the Stars president Nick Manos and Timothy Allen McDonald, founding chairman of iTheatrics. Presented by New Yorks iTheatrics and Atlantas Theater of the Stars and sponsored by leading theatrical licensor Music Theatre International Mti, Disney Musicals and NBC, the Junior Theater Festival is the worlds largest musical theater festival dedicated to groups working with elementary school, middle school and high school aged students.
- 1/3/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Christian Slater's new show premieres tonight and I realized I'd seen him in a few new shows in the past couple of years so I checked. In the last three years Christian Slater has been the lead in three different television series. 2008 gave us "My Own Worst Enemy" which lasted all of nine episodes. 2009 gave us "The Forgotten" which lent itself to all sorts of bad puns yet continued through 2010 and boasted a total of 17 episodes before disappearing from the airwaves. Tonight we see the premiere of "Breaking In" where Slater will no doubt play a wise-cracking hard ass of some variety who mayhaps has a soft side. I'm not sure yet, we'll have to see. In between all that unsuccessful television Mr.Slater has been keeping busy, since he currently has 8 other projects listed as completed or in post-production and one more in pre-production. I'm not kidding, look for yourself.
- 4/6/2011
- by Intern Rusty
Here's a project that's come to my attention (thanks to the Hollywood Cog) that's made even more interesting in light of the current late-night wars. Playtone Productions -- Tom Hanks' production shingle -- is quietly developing a movie based partially on the life of Mitzi Shore. Yes: She is Pauly Shore's Mom, but she also founded L.A. Comedy Store, which is in fact where a lot of older generation comedians got their start, like David Letterman and Jay Leno. If you're a popular comedian in your late 40s or 50s, chances are, you worked The Comedy Store at some point, and that list includes Eddie Murphy, Tim Allem, Bob Saget, Chevy Chase, Jim Belushi, Jim Carrey, etc., etc.
The narrative arc of the story, which is based on William Knoedelseder's nonfiction book, I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-up Comedy's Golden Era , focuses...
The narrative arc of the story, which is based on William Knoedelseder's nonfiction book, I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-up Comedy's Golden Era , focuses...
- 1/27/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
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