American Idol winner Taylor Hicks is being promoted as the star of the current tour of Grease -- and he's fabulous in his one scene as Teen Angel -- but the real star here is director-choreographer Kathleen Marshall's updated...
The touring production of Legally Blonde the Musical that was just in Dallas has moved across Interstate 30 to Fort Worth, appearing at Bass Hall under the aegis of Casa MaƱana through Sunday. I went on Tuesday (opening night)...
If you want to be a nun, a hillbilly, a teacher or someone who travels around the world, dust off your acting chops and head to one of several community theater companies holding auditions in January. Casa Manana is looking...
Casa Manana has hired Wiliam (Wally) Jones as its new president and executive producer. Mr. Jones has most recently run the North Carolina Theatre -- which amassed a $2 million reserve under his leadership. The new boss will take the...
Casa Manana just announced that Executive Committee board member Rob Hood is its interim president and executive producer. (Former boss Denton Yockey just left for Kansas City.)...
Richard Kind, who's playing the diabolical Mr. Applegate in Casa Manana's Damn Yankees, had a leading role in the Chicago and Washington Stephen Sondheim show that has never made it into New York, Bounce. The show will finally make it...