Interview: Writer/Director/Musician David P. Johnson on Creating Sally Spectre: The Musical at Theatre West
by Shari Barrett
- Oct 26, 2023
Each Halloween Season, many horror and science fiction offerings hit our stages. This year, David P. Johnson is bringing his Sally Spectre: The Musical back to Theatre West weekends through October 29. A combination horror and morality play, it centers around the ghost of a 5-year-old girl trying to escape from her locked bedroom where she was brutally murdered. But is this musical really for children? To find out, I decided to speak with David P. Johnson who not only wrote the book, music, and lyrics but also directs and co-produces it, and appears onstage accompanying the cast on keyboard during every performance.
Porchlight Announces The Cast Of NEW FACES SING BROADWAY 1984, April 25 & 26
by A.A. Cristi
- Apr 7, 2023
Porchlight Music Theatre announces the roster of new faces starring in its latest 2022 – 2023 season offering, New Faces Sing Broadway 1984, hosted by Honey West, directed by Tommy Novak with music direction and arrangements by Micky York. New Faces Sing Broadway 1984 takes place Tuesday, April 25.
Kokandy Productions Announces HUNDRED DAYS
by Stephi Wild
- Sep 24, 2021
Kokandy Productions will present the Chicago premiere of the bold new musical Hundred Days, featuring music and lyrics by The Bengsons, and book by The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher.
Eighth Blackbird Plays Music Of David Lang, Michael Gordon, And Julia Wolfe On New Album
by A.A. Cristi
- May 21, 2020
Chicago-based new-music sextet Eighth Blackbird, winners of four Grammy Awards for their previous Cedille Records albums, are heard in the world-premiere recording of Singing in the Dead of Night, a collaborative, all-instrumental program created for the ensemble by American composers David Lang, Michael Gordon, and Julia Wolfe, founders and leaders of New York's Bang on a Can collective.
David Johnson Wood Joins Cast Of IP MAN 4: THE FINALE
by A.A. Cristi
- Dec 19, 2019
David Johnson Wood joins the 'IP Man 4: The Finale' cast, which stars Donnie Yen, Scott Adkins, Chris Collins, Kwok-Kwan Chan, and Wu Yue. Additional cast includes Vanness Wu, Nicola Stuart-Hill, Jim Liu, Kent Cheng, Yue Wu, Jason Redshaw, Grace Englert, Steven Dasz, and Darren Leung. The 'IP Man 4: The Finale' film is being released in select theaters on December 20, 2019 (Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore) and December 25, 2019 (United Kingdom, United States).
Photo Flash: BUDDY: THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY Rocks Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
by A.A. Cristi
- Jul 29, 2019
Metropolis presents the biographical rock & roll musical Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story July 18 August 31, 2019. Buddy tells the true story of Buddy Hollys meteoric rise to fame from the moment in 1957 when Thatll Be the Day hit the airwaves until his tragic death less than two years later on The Day the Music Died.
Photo Flash: First Look at Strawdog Theatre Company's TAKE ME
by Julie Musbach
- May 20, 2019
Strawdog Theatre Company concludes its 31st season with the world premiere of TAKE ME, a musical comic fantasia written by Mark Guarino, with original music and lyrics by Jon Langford (The Mekons, The Waco Brothers),orchestrations and arrangements by Anabelle Revak, direction by ensemble member Anderson Lawfer* and music direction by Chuck Evans.
Strawdog Theatre Presents World Premiere Musical TAKE ME
by Julie Musbach
- Apr 10, 2019
Strawdog Theatre Company is pleased to conclude its 31st season with the world premiere of TAKE ME, a musical comic fantasia written by Mark Guarino, with original music and lyrics by Jon Langford (The Mekons, The Waco Brothers).
Outer Critics Circle Names David Gordon As New President
by Stephi Wild
- Jun 21, 2018
Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announced today that David Gordon of TheaterMania.com will serve as its new President.
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