Bringing the Best of Broadway to Southern New England
HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD, the Opening Night SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN Red Carpet Premiere, will be held on Friday, July 26, 2013 at the UMD Star Store Gallery and The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, 5 pm to 11 pm. The Premiere Includes: a pre-show Gala with gourmet food stations, a silent [...] Read more »
The New Bedford Festival Theatre is pleased to announce its exciting Summer 2013 Theatre Apprentice Program. Many area high school students have taken part in this program over the seventeen years it has been offered. Many have chosen to pursue Theatre Studies at the university and college level. Students from [...] Read more »
Local Auditions Open call for ALL ROLES at The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center (684 Purchase St., New Bedford, MA) Sunday February 24, 2013 11am-4pm – Stage door entrance on Acushnet, Ave. Bring head-shot and resume and be prepared to sing and dance. New England Theatre Conference Auditions Register through NETC [...] Read more »
New Bedford Festival Theatre’s “When You Wish Upon A Star”, a holiday celebration held recently at the Hawthorne Country Club, marked an outstanding year for the organization. The Moss Hart Memorial Trophy for the Best Production in the entire New England area awarded to HAIRSPRAY by the New England Theatre [...] Read more »
Screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed Based on the classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film By special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Inc. You remember the plot. You love the characters. You know “the song.” It’s no less than the stage adaptation of [...] Read more »
New Bedford Festival Theatre will celebrate the holidays with a reception entitled “When You Wish Upon a Star” honoring multi-talented performer, John Michael Dias Thursday, December 6, 2012, 5 to 8 pm at the Hawthorne Country Club, Dartmouth, MA John Michael Dias, originally from Tiverton, RI, has been associated with [...] Read more »
New Bedford Festival Theatre has received notification from the New England Theatre Conference that it has been selected as the recipient of The 50th Moss Hart Memorial Award Grand Trophy for presenting the outstanding production in New England displaying the highest standards of excellence in theatre for its production of [...] Read more »
New Bedford Festival Theatre is proud to announce the cast of its upcoming production of HAIRSPRAY which will be presented this summer – July 20-22, 26-29, 2012 for 7 performances at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, 84 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA. The cast features an array of exceptional talent [...] Read more »
New Bedford Festival Theatre will dedicate this summer’s production of HAIRSPRAY to the late Dick Clark. Since HAIRSPRAY is set in the early 1960’s and deals with a young girl’s struggle to be a part of an “American Bandstand” type of teenage dance show while integrating her black friends into [...] Read more »