Now, you can virtually send your music director home with each and every member of your cast! Show|Ready™ allows you to play a customizable rehearsal track of your show, complete with individual vocal parts, on a Mac, PC, or iOS device. With an intuitive interface, Show|Ready™ gives you complete control over which parts you hear, and lets you modify the key or tempo and cut, vamp, or repeat measures as you please. With Show|Ready™, songs aren’t just categorized by show order, but may also be sorted by cast member, ensemble, or dance number. All shows include the Piano/Conductor, bass, drum, and individual and ensemble vocal parts. Show|Ready™ makes it easy for music directors to communicate with their casts, as the edits made are saved locally and distributed via the internet to cast members. This enables your entire cast to rehearse correctly from the beginning, saving you valuable time. Having quality performance tracks that directors can count on makes a big impact on your show. Stage|Tracks™ features state-of-theart sound and true musicality.

Stage|Tracks™ top-quality sound comes complete with astounding flexibility, as Stage|Tracks can be edited to integrate your individual changes from Show|Ready™, right into your performance track.

Show|Ready™ is currently available for

ALL SHOOK UP
BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO
CHANGING MINDS
THE COLOR PURPLE
CURTAINS
GREASE
GREASE, School Edition
MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT, the Tony Award-Winning Best Musical has coconutted its way to the West End for an Olympic time run at the Harold Pinter Theatre. The reviews are confirming what we at TRW already knew: It’s an unmitigated smash hit with the Brits! The Daily Star’s Joe Mott gushes: “IF I had an extra half a star I’d give it to Spamalot. I honestly haven’t laughed so hard and so many times in years.”

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT is available in North America for productions with performance dates commencing September 1, 2013. Some cities are available now! Find your grail, TRW customers, and give your audiences and performers the chance of a lifetime to experience one of the greatest Broadway musicals of the modern age. The Tony® Award Winning Best Musical, SPAMALOT!  Click here to get started.

Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL, SPAMALOT retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people. Did we mention the bevy of beautiful show girls?

Click here to read the Daily Star’s review.

Click here to get started on licensing YOUR production of MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT.

Landor's CURTAINS in action!

The Landor Theatre is located on the first floor of The Landor Pub in Clapham, South London and seats an audience of up to 60 people comfortably, who all enjoy an intimate and friendly experience – within 3 rows of the performance! The Landor’s reputation for delivering top-quality professional theatre in a smaller venue is unequaled in London’s world-class theatre scene. Their just opened production of Kander & Ebbs Broadway smash CURTAINS is earning rave reviews from the U.K. press and is providing a super opportunity for British TRW customers to check out this fantastic book musical.

“The audience is awestricken in close-proximity to the infectious excitement of the ensemble throughout the performance at the Landor. This high-spirited intimate production could brighten the darkest of days with its fearless enthusiasm…” This glowing review is from TheFourthWallMagazine.com’s Danielle McNally, who “finds the Landor once again proves it deserves its burgeoning reputation as London’s premier producing house for musicals.” And from TheUpcoming.co.uk, this praise: “Curtains is knowing of its provenance, a loving parody of all things theatrical and retrospective. A smash hit on Broadway, this is the first professional European performance of Curtains, and marks the professional debut of several of the troupe who get to play alongside seasoned musical performers. It is only at the Langdon for six weeks, and the venue is small, so remind yourself or discover why you love theatre by getting to see this treat of a show.”

Francis Loney as Lt. Cioffi in Landor Theatre's CURTAINS

CURTAINS is set in the brassy, bright, and promising year of 1959. Boston’s Colonial Theatre is host to the opening night performance of a new musical. When the leading lady mysteriously dies on stage the entire cast & crew are suspects. Enter a local detective, who just happens to be a musical theatre fan! TRW is proud to represent this great Broadway show in our catalogue of blockbuster titles.

Click here to read the Upcoming’s review of Landor’s defining production of CURTAINS.

Click here to read the Fourth Wall’s review of Landor’s defining production of CURTAINS.

Click here to find out about licensing YOUR production of CURTAINS anywhere in the world.

Kent Couch (L) and Fareed Lafta as they Lift-Off!

The thought of attaching some balloons to your lawnchair and flying away was once the legend of just a few, strange folks out there who dreamed of soaring above their mundane existences. No more. According to a new USA Today article, the Lawnchair Flight Phenomenon is growing!

Over the weekend, July 13-14, a pair of lawnchair aviators took off from their home of Bend, Oregon. According to USA TODAY, about six hours into their flight, Kent Couch and Fareed Lafta started to descend from an altitude of 10,000 feet because of the weather.

About 90 volunteers and several hundred onlookers counted down and then cheered as the pair lifted off from Couch’s Shell gas station. The duo safely cleared a two-story motel, a coffee stand and a light post.

“The interesting thing is, anybody can do this,” Couch, the veteran of several lawn chair balloon flights, said before the flight. “They don’t have to sit on the couch thinking, ‘I should have done it.’ They can do it.”

Is Kent Couch the subject of the bright, brilliant, beautiful TRW musical FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN? Just who is the subject of the musical is…is the subject of some mystery! The show’s plot follows the quiet, suburban life of the fictional, (or is he!?) Jerry Gorman. When it all becomes too much to bear, Jerry attaches four hundred helium balloons to a backyard lawnchair and takes to the sky. Jerry meets a slew of very colorful characters and perhaps himself on this uplifting musical journey.

The musical’s subject has now become the stuff of real life once again, with Kent Couch in the pilot’s seat, this time with a patriotic co-pilot. Fareed Lafta, a mountain climber and sky diver, said he had shared Couch’s childhood dream of floating like a cloud. He sent Couch an email two winters ago after reading accounts of Couch’s earlier flights. He had a wish to use the flight to raise awareness of a subject he is passionate about. “I want to inspire Iraqis and say we need to defeat terrorists,” Lafta said. “We don’t need just an Army. We need ideology and to just have fun.”

Jerry Takes to the Sky in FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN in the Cumberland County Playhouse Production

The USA Today story relates that volunteers filled 350 5-foot diameter red, white, blue and black balloons with helium and tied them to Couch’s homemade tandem lawn chair rig. The balloons were arranged in bunches to represent the colors of the U.S. and Iraqi flags. An American flag flew from the bottom of the framework supporting the chairs. Just before liftoff, they had to ask children in the crowd to return four balloons to provide extra lift. And, they were off, albeit for a less successful flight than they had hoped, due to thunderstorms early in their trek. Click here to read the whole story in the USA TODAY.

The Lawnchair Flight thing was an little more than an urban myth when Hal Prince, took to the helm of the Robert Lindsay Nassif (composer-lyricist) and Peter Ullian (librettist) vehicle in 2000 as one of a trio of musical one-acts packaged as 3hree. Prince, the multiple Tony Award-winning producer and director who revolutionized Musical Theatre with his stagings of Cabaret, Company, Follies, Evita, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Phantom of the Opera and more, directed his third of the musical — which premiered at Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia in 2000 and played the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in 2001 — and then commissioned the expanded version of The Flight of the Lawnchair Man. Theatrical Rights Worldwide development staff have been fans of the show since its 2004 showcase at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre in New York City. It joined the TRW catalog in 2006.

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FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN is a delightful musical that can play to any audience on your season. Jerry Gorman’s plight appeals to every one of us at some level, especially to a ticket buyers feeling the pinch of rough economic times. Jerry Gorman is a hero of sorts for times like these, and his story is inspiring. TRW invites you to enjoy a 50% discount on a Perusal Copy of FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN!

Simply click here and enter the code LAWN1 at checkout for your 50% discount!

The forever young music of master tune-smith Neil Sedaka is alive and well in the form of the terrific musical BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO. The show features a virtual hit parade of songs from Sedaka’s matchless catalogue. Set at a Catskills resort in 1960, BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO is the sweetly comic story of Lois and Marge, two friends from Brooklyn in search of good times and romance over one wild Labor Day weekend. The score showcases 18 Sedaka classics, including “Where the Boys Are”, “Sweet Sixteen”, “Calendar Girl”, “Love Will Keep Us Together”, and of course, the chart-topping title song.

The songs are instantly familiar and are strongly evocative of this lovely era, the stylish early 1960′s. Weaving a very funny and engaging story line with Sedaka’s tunes, the creative team features a book by Erik Jackson and Ben H. Winters, Lyrics by Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield, and Philip Cody. The sizzling Orchestrations & Vocal Arrangements are by Tom Kitt (Next to Normal, Bring It On)

The Summer of 2012 has productions of BREAKING UP from coast-to-coast. Closing tonight, Wednesday, July 11, 2012, the Minot State University production finishes a rousing run at 8pm.

Minot State University Summer Theatre's BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO

The Northern Star Theatre’s BREAKING UP opens tonight, at their lovely theatre in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. The show continues it’s run through July 22. Click here for ticket information.

August 10-12, BREAKING UP plays a four performance run at the Flanagan Theater at Southgate, in Shrewsbury, MA. Click here for tickets and information.

The Lakeshore Arts Alliance’s The Red Barn Theatre takes on BREAKING UP at 7:30 on August 24 & 25. Click here for more information.

And, September 6 through October 14, The Ivoryton Playhouse, 103 Main Street in Ivoryton, CT, presents their professional production of BREAKING UP. Click here for tickets and information.

CLICK HERE for more information on booking YOUR production of BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO.

Omaha Nebraska’s Theatre Arts Guild’s (TAG) annual award nominees were announced this week, with The Candy Project‘s knock-out production of ROOMS: A ROCK ROMANCE earning a Best Actress nom for Jaimie Pruden. Her phenomenal performance as Monica will long be remembered by the audiences of The Candy Project’s August 2011 show.

ROOMS: A ROCK ROMANCE begins in late 1970′s Glasgow where Monica, an ambitious singer/songwriter meets Ian, a reclusive rocker. The two quickly become entangled creatively and romantically. Their music takes them first to London and ultimately to New York City, where they discover the vibrant new music scene and create an intimate partnership, their love deepening while their personalities drive them apart. A five-piece rock band accompanies these two characters as they search for the balance between ambition and happiness. The Candy Project production played August 4-20 at the Bancroft Street Market in Omaha.

To read the whole story, click here to go to the article at Omaha.com, the website of the Omaha World Herald.

Click here to get more information about booking your production of ROOMS: A ROCK ROMANCE.

GO-GO BEACH is a hot pop-musical treasure trove of great original 60′s styled rock grooves set to an irresistible summer love story.

The show takes place at…GO-GO BEACH! Duh! It’s the biggest weekend of the summer for the gang at the beach, with plans for a surfing race and the annual luau. Surfer Woody’s carefree and innocent California life is everything a boy could want: his future is set with the cutest girl on the beach, he’s got a great bunch of friends, and he has never wiped out. But when his old surfing pal Bulldog comes back from the emerging flower power scene in San Francisco, Woody’s eyes are opened to a new perspective and he begins to question his seemingly perfect world. Things get really complicated when he falls for a runaway teen pop star… and Woody is forced to face his truth and discover the real meaning of life.

The show was a runaway hit at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, and it is easy to see why. GGB has all the brilliantly over-the-top cult movie nods, but there’s more to this hip little show than that. After the NYMF production, authors John Wimbs, Michael Shaieb, Brent Lord wrote, “GO-GO BEACH is a sexy ‘60’s pop fantasy with killer songs and great dance numbers that is a thrilling showcase for amazing young talent. But at its core, it’s a story about empowerment and love, and the value of true friendship. It carries a gentle message of peace, and has a heart big enough to transform audiences… leaving them with a deeper emotional experience than they might expect.”

Let’s look at some upcoming GO-GOs around the globe:

Produced in partnership with the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, as part of the Festival of New American Musicals, GO-GO BEACH is set to play a four performance stint at the PAC’s Black Box Theatre on the College of the Canyons campus in Santa Clarita, CA.  Their production describes the story as a, “new pop musical fable inspired by the wildly popular beach party movies of the 1960s. It’s a coming-of-age story about a surfer who  gets into trouble with his girlfriend when he falls for a runaway teen  pop star… and the flower child who helps him get back in touch with the waves.” The show runs July 26-29.

'Girls In Bikinis' (UNCo 2004)

The Play Conservatory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is dedicated to providing Theatre Arts education for kids. Their production of GO-GO BEACH goes up in just four weeks of rehearsal, modeling a professional summer stock company! Rehearsals happen at New Mexico Youth Symphony space and they have awesome workshops for kids that include classes in yoga and nutrition. The PLAY Conservatory production of GGB has performances on Aug 3-12 at South Broadway Cultural Center, 1025 Broadway SE, Albuquerque. Click here for tickets and information.

August 4-5 the amazing French Woods Festival in Hancock, NY will present GO-GO BEACH as a part of their legendary summer performing arts camp. French Woods is known for their incredibly talented kids, as well as a top-notch professional theatre staff. Their production is sure to be a knock-out. Click here for more information on the French Woods Festival.

And, we look forward to updates from our friends in Australia, on the upcoming Mitchell Shire Council show in Broadford, Victoria, September 7-16, 2012. A show set on the beach?? What would they know about that in Australia?! Should be a killer production!

Click here to find out about licensing your production of Go-Go Beach.

King Arthur (Davis Gaines) and Patsy (Jamie Torcellini, bottom) in Musical Theatre West's production of "Monty Python's Spamalot." (Alysa Brenna)

Musical Theatre West‘s current production of MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT is drawing rave reviews from critics all over the L.A. area! After a completely sold-out opening weekend the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, home to Musical Theatre West and a host of other top-filght entertainment for the Long Beach area is gearing up for the rest of the run. MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT continues through through July 15th. Click here for tickets and information.

Check out the slew of great reviews for MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT by Musical Theatre West:

Gazettes.com, Long Beach’s Favorite Community Newspaper

The Los Angeles Times

StageSceneLA

StageandCinema

Tomorrow, July 3, the Broadway company of JERSEY BOYS will welcome back John Lloyd Young, who created the role of Frankie Valli in the original Broadway company and on the Grammy-winning, platinum cast album. For his performance, Mr. Young won Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award for Leading Actor in a Musical and a Theatre World Award.

BroadwayWorld has some great photos of Young and the rest of the cast in action!

Read more: http://broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-John-Lloyd-Young-Returns-to-JERSEY-BOYS-as-Frankie-Valli-20120702##ixzz1zZWleFA3

Musical Theatre West is a brilliantly successful icon of American Regional Theatre excellence. Using a hot mix of professional actors from Broadway, SoCal and National Tours with the best in local pro talent, Musical Theatre West creates each of their shows directly from their producing facility in beautiful Long Beach, California.  MTW’s performances are at the gorgeous Carpenter Center (on the campus of California State University Long Beach) and are often mounted using sets and costumes from Broadway, London’s West End, and national tours. MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT, TRW’s uber-popular Tony Award winning Best Musical, is no exception. Paul Garman, Music Theatre West’s longtime Executive Director & Producer, bought the iconic Broadway sets and costumes and delivered a cast and production very worthy of the package. The show opened last Saturday night to a joyous, packed audience and is set for a great run!

Broadway vet Davis Gaines anchored MTW’s SPAMALOT with a phenomenal new take on King Arthur, while his Lady of the Lake, Tami Tappan Damiano brought down the house with her spot-on vocal prowess and top-notch comedy chops. The sold-out MTW audience devoured every delicious moment of the non-stop laugh riot show from the overture to the final bow as the awe-inducing cast nailed each scene and song with an infectious joie de vivre that electrified the house from the first row to the last.

TRW was in the house for Saturday’s stellar opening night, with our terrific duo of writers Bret Simmons and David Howard (FALLING FOR EVE, CHANGING MINDS). TRW’s developmental team was in L.A. for meetings with Howard & Simmons to pow-wow about Broadway buzz for CHANGING MINDS and the August staged reading of the hot new pop tuner in NYC.

Musical Theatre Wests's Opening Night of MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT (L to R) TRW's Fred Stuart with David Howard, MTW's Paul Garman and Bret Simmons

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT is lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. It retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people!

Musical Theatre West’s MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT continues now through July 15th at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, 6200 E. Atherton Street, Long Beach, CA. Click here for tickets and information.

For a great photo spread from the Opening Night After Party, click here to go to BroadwayWorld.com/LA.

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT is available in North America for productions with performance dates commencing September 1, 2013. Some cities are available now! Find your grail, TRW customers, and give your audiences and performers the chance of a lifetime to experience one of the greatest Broadway musicals of the modern age. The Tony® Award Winning Best Musical, SPAMALOT!  Click here to get started.

Click here to visit Theatrical Rights Worldwide for information on producing SPAMALOT in your theater.