Tony Winner and True Blood Star Denis O'Hare Ties The Knot With Longtime Partner Hugo Redwood

Tony Award-winning actor Denis O'Hare married his longtime boyfriend, interior decorator Hugo Redwood, on July 28, according to the actor's Twitter page.

"Okay. It happened. Hugo and I just got married," O'Hare wrote. Earlier that afternoon his page also included a post that said, "Who thought I'd ever see this day?"

O'Hare received a Tony Award for Take Me Out and an additional nomination for Assassins. His other Broadway credits include Elling, Inherit the Wind, Sweet Charity, Major Barbara, Cabaret and Racing Demon. He is set to perfom a self penned solo show An Iliad at off-Broadway's New York Theatre Workshop during the 2011-2012 season. On television, O'Hare earned raves for his portrayal of murderous vampire Russell Edgington on True Blood, has been featured in the recurring role of an annoying judge in The Good Wife and starred in the pilot for Glee creator Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story, which was recently picked up by F/X.

The Help's Rising Star Emma Stone Hopes to Head to Broadway

Hot young film actress Emma Stone hopes to add Broadway star to her growing resume, but notes a medical issue may sidetrack her musical dreams, according to Showbizspy.com.

"I would absolutely love to be on Broadway, but I have vocal nodules, so it's like a miracle I have made it through this week without my voice being gone," Stone said. "I lose my voice all the time. That would be the only thing that would be hard about doing live theater and projecting every night. When I was a kid doing theater, I lost my voice every other day, and it made the performances really difficult. If I could get a real handle on that, I would love to do theater."

Stone recently sought some advice about fixing her problem from a famous friend: "I was talking to Justin Timberlake and he had that surgery a couple of years ago and he was on vocal rest. And he thought he was never going to be able to sing again. But you have to have vocal rest for a month. A month of me not talking? That would be very hard!"

Stone will appear in the upcoming films Crazy, Stupid, Love and The Help as well as next year's The Amazing Spider-Man. Her many film credits include Superbad, Easy A, Zombieland, Friends With Benefits, The House Bunny, The Rocker and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.

Date Set For 2011 Broadway Flea Market

The annual Broadway Flea Market will set up shop in Shubert Alley at 44th Street on September 25. Fans can enter the market from 10am to 7pm.

Each year at the Flea Market, merchant tables sell a variety of theater memorabilia such as costume pieces, scripts, photographs and more. A Grand Auction also takes place in which guests bid on prizes that often include walk-on roles in hit Broadway shows. Other highlights include a silent auction as well as a Celebrity Table, where prominent Broadway stars greet autograph-hungry fans. Participating stars will be announced at a later date. All proceeds from the event benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Last year's Grand Auction featured prizes including walk-on roles in The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, In the Heights, Rock of Ages and Wicked as well as a meet and greet with Stephen Sondheim, dinner with Anthony Rapp, an autographed tank top worn by Daniel Craig, costume pieces worn by Brian d'Arcy James in Shrek, the chance to conduct The Phantom of the Opera and more.

Godspell: Tickets now on sale

Tickets are now on sale for the 40th Anniversary production and first-ever Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's Godspell, produced by Ken Davenport, will arrive on Broadway in the fall, opening at the Circle in the Square on 7 Nov 2011, following previews from 13 Oct 2011.

The Broadway revival will reunite director Daniel Goldstein (Boradway debut) and choreographer Christopher Gattelli (Tony Award-winner: South Pacific), the creative team of the critically-acclaimed 2006 Paper Mill Playhouse production of Godspell.

Goldstein and Gattelli are the same team that were to have helmed the 2008 Broadway revival of Godspell by producer Adam Epstein that was set to open at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on 23 Oct 2008. In Aug 2008 Epstein announced that his production had been indefinately postponed. That revival was to have starred Gavin Creel in the title role of 'Jesus,' alongside 'American Idol' finalist Diana DeGarmo as 'Mary.'

The revival features scenic design by David Korins (Passing Strange, Bridge and Tunnel), costume design by Miranda Hoffman (Well), lighting design by Ben Stanton (Angels in America) and orchestrations by Michael Holland (Hurricane).

Godspell is a modern-day version of the gospel of Matthew. John the Baptist calls a group of young disciples to leave their daily lives and follow Jesus the Christ. Jesus explains the gospel to his followers, leading them in acting out the parables using song, mime and comedy.

Conceived and originally directed by John-Michael Tebelakwith, Godspell features music and new lyricss by Academy and Grammy Award winner and six time Tony Award nominee Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin), which includes recognizable songs, such as "Day by Day", that have become staples of both the American musical theatre and popular culture alike.

The original production of Godspell opened off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre on 13 May 1971 and in August of 1971 moved to the larger Promenade Theatre where it ran for 2,124 performances making it one of the longest running Off-Broadway musicals in history.

After five years of sold-out audiences Off-Broadway, Godspell made its Broadway debut on 22 Jun 1976 at the Broadhurst Theatre. The show moved to the Plymouth and the Ambassador before closing on 4 Sep 1977 after 527 performances. In all, the musical achieved more than 2,600 performances both on Broadway and off.

Conceived and originally directed by John-Michael Tebelakwith music and new lyrics by Academy and Grammy Award winner Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin), Godspell has continued to electrify audiences throughout the country since its original New York premiere in May 1971.

You can find tickets here

Maury Yeston Goes on Holiday

from: TheaterMania.com

Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist Maury Yeston is a master of adaptation, having had major Broadway hits with such shows as Nine, Grand Hotel, and Titanic. His latest show,Death Takes a Holiday, now at the Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre, features a book by the late Peter Stone and Thomas Meehan, and boasts a star-studded cast including Rebecca Luker, Julian Ovenden, Jill Paice, Michael Siberyy, and Max von Essen.

Based on Alberto Casella's 1928 play, the work imagines what would happen if Death took a weekend off and got to learn what life is all about. Yeston recently spoke with TheaterMania about the enduring power of the story, his creative process, and the particular challenges of adapting well-known works to the stage.

THEATERMANIA: What was the impetus for this show?
MY: About half a year after we did Titanic, Peter Stone and I realized that you couldn't do more of mega-musical than that show -- with 37 people on stage, 26 people in the band, and millions of dollars of scenery. So we thought, you know what, let's go in the opposite direction and write a chamber musical, an intimate and romantic, funny, ensemble piece with a maximum of 15 people. And then Peter said, "What about Death Takes a Holiday? It's a story that's been beloved for more than 80 years

TM: So you were instantly convinced that this was the right material?
MY: No, I said to Peter, "I don't know if I want to do that. It's death, death, death." And he said, "No, it's holiday, holiday, holiday." I realized that even though the show may seem to be about one thing when you read the title, in fact, it's really all about the joy of life. It's about Death taking the weekend off, and nobody dies. He just has the best time in the world, and he finds out why life is so wonderful because he falls deeply in love with a beautiful girl, and she with him. The last thing he thought of is he'd have to leave her Sunday night, and all of sudden he realizes why it is that men value life so much. We don't have all the time in the world, so we fill it with love and the best things in life, and that's why we so dearly want to hang onto it.

TM: What was the creative process like for you in creating this show?
MY: Peter and I used to meet two or three times a week and literally talk the show into existence. Come up with ideas of how this would sing, how we would change the story to magnify the exuberance and celebration of life and the romantic story while bringing great comedy to it. It's really a matter of talking the structure of the show. It's not so much that you look for lyrics or music or even scenes, you look for the idea of a premise. It's the same way when you have a guy like Tevye who has no money -- you come up with the premise "if I was a rich man." That's something to sing about. The same is true of this show. You start coming up with, "what wonderfully ironic way is there to get into this story that will delight the audience and surprise them?" That's really the genesis of the idea.

TM: What is it about the process of adapting material that excites you?
MY: The answer is you have to do two completely opposite things: you have to honor the original work, which is essential. But you also have to have the courage and the wisdom to change it, because a book can't be read onstage and become a play, and a movie cannot be transformed into a live theatrical work. No matter what the original inspiration is, it must change in order to adapt to the new form. You're constantly working towards two different goals at the same time. TM: How did you specifically accomplish that with Death Takes a Holiday?
MY: Our show takes place on a bare stage, and it's only music, lyrics, words, and underscoring that harness the imagination of the audience to believe they are in the northern Italian lakes with the Alps in the background. It's just all done with theater magic.

Marc Kudisch Will Help Test Broadway-Bound On a Clear Day Revision in NYC Lab

Vineyard Theatre's developmental lab of the newly imagined, Broadway-bound musical On a Clear Day You Can See Forever will be presented to an invited audience July 25-30 at Vineyard's home on 15th Street. Marc Kudisch steps into the leading-man role for this developmental chapter; Harry Connick Jr. will star on Broadway.

The musical has a score by Burton Lane (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics), and a new book by Peter Parnell based on the original book by Lerner. The show is reconceived and directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer.

The On a Clear Day lab is only open to Vineyard Theatre members. (Tickets are not on sale to the general public.)

Connick "was unable to participate in the lab due to prior scheduling conflicts," so Tony nominee Kudisch (9 to 5, Thoroughly Modern Millie) was asked to play with the material. The cast for The Vineyard's developmental lab of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever also includes Heather Ayers, Stephen Booth, Ben Eakley, Drew Gehling, Kendal Hartse, Paul O'Brien, Kerry O'Malley, Jessie Mueller, Zach Prince, Sarah Stiles, David Turner, Alysha Umphress and Lori Wilner. This cast does not necessarily reflect future casting.

The Broadway run is currently on sale to American Express cardholders.

The Vineyard launched its Developmental Lab Program in 1991 "in order to provide artists with a safe and creative way to develop new works of theatre," according to the Off-Broadway not-for-profit. "Labs are small in scale and perform for a limited run that is closed to press. Every lab at The Vineyard is tailored to the needs of the developmental process of the piece; in the case of On a Clear Day, the format will be a concert presentation and due to the limited number of performances, will be open to current Vineyard Theatre members only."

7 Fingers Acrobats to Return to New York

from: New York Times

It’s turning out to be quite a summer for French-Canadian, hoop-diving, animal-free circus ensembles in New York City.

Cirque du Soleil recently opened its latest extravaganza, “Zarkana,” at Radio City Music Hall with a cast of 75 acrobats and performers. As a more downtown alternative, the seven cast members of the Montreal group 7 Fingers are bringing their own mix of acrobatics, music and dance to town with the show "Traces"

A fusion of circus and street performance, “Traces” is to begin a 10-week run starting July 29 at the Union Square Theater (where the comedy “Desperate Writers” recently closed). The show returns to New York after a run at the New Victory Theater in 2008; it recently had productions in Los Angeles, Denver and Chicago. The company’s cabaret-themed show “La Vie” was performed in New York in 2007.

7 Fingers (or Les 7 Doigts de la Main in French, translated as “The Seven Fingers of the Hand”) is currently collaborating with the producer Barry Weissler (“Chicago”) and the director Diane Paulus (“Hair”) on a revival of “Pippin,” in which the chorus is a circus troupe.

You can find the best tickets for all of them right here