ANNIE
North Carolina Theatre
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Duke Energy Center For The Performing Arts
2 E. South St. Raleigh, NC 27601
July 23-28
Tony Award-winning producer Michael Rubenstein (Pippin), along with producers Robin Milling (Less Than 50%) of Trilliant Entertainment Group, and Stephanie Rosenberg (Moulin Rouge) of The Empress Productions LLC will present an industry reading of Carol of Carroll Gardens by playwright Bob Stewart on June 17, 2019.
Starring Tony Award-winner Karen Ziemba (Contact, Curtains, Prince of Broadway) in the title role of Carol. The reading is being directed by Broadway veteran and award-winning director, Jonathan Cerullo (The Boys from Syracuse, Legs Diamond, Cats).
The ensemble cast features Lou Martini, Jr. (The Deuce, The Sopranos), BJ Gruber (Younger, The Queens Project), Scottie Thompson (12 Monkeys, NCIS), and Anthony Simone (Orange is The New Black, The Blacklist). Stage Directions will be read by Alex Muscaro.
The reading is being stage-managed by Nikolas George Brown (Classic Stage Company, NY City Center)
Michael Aguirre and Sarah Norris of New Light Theatre Projects are the General Managers and Peter Petkovsek is Assistant to the Director.
Carol of Carroll Gardens, set in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, is a poignant comedy about a single, Baby Boomer curmudgeon, Carol Chapin, who is struggling with her health. She is helped along by Scotty, her lonely caregiver. Aided by an eccentric doctor, an ever-changing phlebotomist, a tolerant Olive Garden date, metaphysical portals, and a mysterious, unseen Oracle all delightfully voiced by Carol's well-informed house cats! This is a story about two people caught in a vortex about how to learn to love each other and themselves.
Ivan Faute of New Play Exchange raved, "This is a wonderfully theatrical play that takes an honest and profound but also humorous look at illness and the human relationships that are inextricably bound up with caregiving, growing up, and growing older. The play offers great roles for a variety of ages including a juicy one for an older female. It also offers a lot of possibilities for designers and directors to exercise their creativity."
This reading is Invitation Only. For more information contact: Robin Milling, Trilliant Entertainment Group -
Photo Credit: Walter McBride / WM Photos
All About Dogs. In Song.
Featuring Karen Ziemba, Kenita Miller, and more!
May 19 - 23, 2019
Written and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer
Music Direction, Arrangements, Piano, and Vocals by Billy Stritch
Bass & Vocals by Jay Leonhart
Stage Direction by Mark Waldrop
Featuring:
Kenita Miller (Once On This Island, Xanadu, The Color Purple)
Ross Lekites (Frozen, Brigadoon)
Karen Ziemba (Tony Award for Contact, Prince of Broadway, Curtains, Steel Pier)
BUY TICKETS
Tiler Peck, Terrence Mann, and More Preview Ahrens and Flaherty's Marie, Dancing Still
The new musical will play Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre.
The stars of the 5th Avenue Theatre production of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Marie, Dancing Still met the press at their rehearsal studio on March 4. Directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, the show was formerly titled Little Dancer upon its 2014 premiere at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, DC. The Seattle run takes place March 22-April 14.
Leading the company is Tiler Peck as Marie, returning to the role she originated in Washington. Also reprising their performances are Karen Ziemba as Martine Van Goethem, Jenny Powers as Antoinette Van Goethem, and Kyle Harris as Christian. New to the show are Terrence Mann as Edgar Degas, Louise Pitre as Adult Marie, Dee Hoty as Mary Cassat, Christopher Gurr as Corbeil and Degas Understudy, and Noelle Hogan as Charlotte Van Goethem.
The creative team includes Beowulf Boritt (scenic design), William Ivey Long (costume design), Ken Billington (lighting design), Kai Harada (sound design), Benjamin Pearcy (projection design), and Paul Huntley (hair and wig design).
Marie is described as follows: "In this era of groundbreaking artistry, a girl named Marie dreams of being the next star of the ballet. Despite the odds of her hardscrabble life, she scrimps, saves, and steals in pursuit of her ambitions. But when fate leads her to the studio of Impressionist Edgar Degas, she unknowingly steps into immortality — becoming the inspiration for his most famous sculpture ever: Little Dancer."
Members of the original Broadway production of John Kander, Fred Ebb, Rupert Holmes, and Peter Stone's
CURTAINS
which opened on Broadway in 2007, will reunite for a concert presentation of the musical
at
Feinstein's/54 Below
Thursday, January 25th, 2018,
at 7:00pm & 9:30pm
BROADWAY WORLD ARTICLE
IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS 2017 TOUR SCHEDULE:
November 14th-November 19th
Fort Worth, Texas (Bass Performance Hall)
November 21st-December 3rd
Chicago, Illinios (Cadililac Pallace Theatre)
December 5th-December 10th
Dallas, Texas (Music Hall at Fair Park)
December 12th-December 17th
San Antonio, Texas (The Majestic Theatre)
December 19th-December 24th
New Orleans, Louisiana (Saenger Theatre)
For tickets and more information, visit www.irvingberlinswhitechristmas.com.
Karen is appearing in
PRINCE OF BROADWAY
thru October 22nd at
The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY
By Jerry Sterner
Directed by Marc Bruni
November 23 – December 18, 2016
CLAIRE TOW STAGE IN THE C. NEWTON SCHENCK III THEATRE
Long Wharf Theatre
222 Sargent Drive
New Haven, CT 06511
longwharf.org
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Sharon Playhouse, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Simpkins and Managing Director Justin Ball,
presents
Tony Award-winner Karen Ziemba in GYPSY
performances from June 16 through July 3 at Sharon Playhouse.
Opening Night is June 16 at 7:00pm.
Ziemba is joined by Rufus Collins as Herbie and Kyra Kennedy as Louise.
Collins returns to Sharon Playhouse having starred last season as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady. Kennedy makes her Sharon Playhouse debut.
Sharon Playhouse Box Office:
49 Amenia Road, Sharon
860-364-SHOW ext 201
Hours of Operation:
Tuesday-Saturday, 2pm-6pm
Sunday, 1pm-5pm
A pair of one-act comedies by George Bernard Shaw, The Fascinating Foundling and Augustus Does His Bit, are next on the list for Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw series. Under the leadership of artistic director David Staller, the readings will take place on April 25 at Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre.
Written in 1909, The Fascinating Foundling brings two foundlings together, whether they like it or not. Augustus Does His Bit, written in 1916, pits a female spy against British male bureaucracy.
The company for the readings includes Malcolm Gets (Allegro), Ed Dixon (Anything Goes), Daniel Jenkins (Mary Poppins), and Karen Ziemba (Bullets Over Broadway).
Now celebrating its 11th year, Gingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw made history in December 2009 as the first company ever to present performances of every one of Shaw's 65 plays.