July 2011 On Stage

Signature’s Target Open House on July 23!

Get ready for the return of Signature’s Annual Target Open House! On July 23, 2011 from noon to ten pm, Signature will open its doors to all, for FREE.

We have 5 performance venues with a new show starting every fifteen minutes. Jump from stage to stage and enjoy the best of Broadway, a sneak peek into our new season with five world premieres, a moon bounce and the annual Broadway on the Plaza concert! And we’ll feature concerts with original cast members of the hit musical Million Dollar Quartet! And did we mention that it is all FREE?

GET IN LINE!
Once again, we have a limited number of performances that we’re offering 50% off single tickets. It’s always the biggest sale of the season on the best shows in town! Also, one day only, you can purchase a 3 show subscription and get a 4th show for FREE. It’s the Signature super sale of the year! This offer is only good on July 23 so mark your calendar and start picking your shows!

Signature’s Target Open House full schedule will soon be listed here.

The popular Signature Idol returns! 

Signature Idol features a panel of celebrity judges providing their feedback on the best undiscovered singers in the DC region showing off their stuff in Signature’s MAX Theatre at 3:45pm. Finalists will be chosen by Signature’s artistic staff, based on audition videos submitted by the July 11th deadline.

The winner of the Signature Idol Competition will have the opportunity to perform in the Broadway on the Plaza finale concert at the Target Open House.

SIGNATURE IDOL RULES AND GUIDELINES

  • The deadline for video submissions is midnight next Monday, July 11th.
  • Applicants can select any musical theater song; audition performances may be a cappella or with accompaniment. A pianist will be available to accompany finalists.
  • Those interested can either upload a video to YouTube and send Signature the link at idol@signature-theatre.org or submit a DVD/videotape to Signature Theatre, Attn: Signature Idol, 4200 Campbell Avenue, Arlington, Virginia, 22206.
  • You may not apply if you performed at last year’s inaugural Signature Idol competition.
  • No one who has been paid to perform on the Signature stage may audition.
  • Finalists must be available to attend a rehearsal and the Open House on July 23rd
  • Finalists will be notified by email.

Signature’s Target Open House is sponsored by Target.


The Sizzlin’ Summer Cabaret Series

Signature opens its air-conditioned doors once more for our annual Sizzlin’ Summer Cabaret, starting July 16 and running through August 6.

With a different act of amazing talent each night, there’s always something to keep you entertained! Broadway stars Marc Kudisch and Julia Murney make their Signature cabaret debuts alongside Signature friends Will Gartshore, Sandy Bainum and Lauren Williams. We also have a few new voices as well! You’ll hear jazz, Broadway, Sinatra and more…the perfect summer getaway. Grab a glass of wine or spinach-artichoke dip at Signature’s own Ali’s bar, sit back, relax and enjoy the cool tunes.

Tickets are going fast so reserve yours today!

Tickets for all cabarets are just $25 each. Click here for tickets or call the Box Office at 703 820 9771.

Signature offers a special All-Access Pass for only $125. See all the cabarets you want, but hurry, Signature is only offering 100 passes to the first callers.
Call 703 820 9771 for your all-access pass today!

Sizzlin’ Summer Cabaret Schedule

21/24: I Capture the Castle…………………………………….July 16 & 17 at 8:00pm
Signature’s Open Mic Night……………………………………July 20 at 8:00pm
Will Gartshore: All the King’s Men…………………………….July 21 at 8:00pm & July 22 at 7:30pm
Peter Fox: Be Yourself (Everyone Else is Taken)…………..July 22 at 9:30pm
Let Me Sing & I’m Happy: The Music of Irving Berlin……….July 29 at 7:30 & 9:30pm
Colleen McHugh: Prêt-à-Porter………………………………..July 30 at 7:30pm
Bob McDonald: What About Bob?……………………………July 30 at 9:30pm
Marc Kudisch: What Makes Me Tick…………………………August 1 & 2 at 8:00pm
Sandy Bainum: Great Songs Seldom Heard…………………August 3 at 8:00pm
Lauren Williams: What Would Doris Do?…………………….August 4 at 8:00pm
Julia Murney in Concert…………………………………………August 5 & 6 at 7:30pm
Erin Driscoll: Coming Into Focus………………………………August 5 at 9:30pm
Revenge of the Understudies…………………………………..August 6 at 9:30pm

To learn more about individual cabarets click here.

21/24: I Capture the Castle Reading

  • Based on the novel by Dodie Smith
  • Music by Peter Foley
  • Lyrics by Marion Adler
  • Book by Kenneth Vega
  • Additional Lyrics by Peter Foley
  • Directed by Aaron Posner

Tickets only $20!

The 21/24 program, part of the American Musical Voices Project: Next Generation, returns for two nights this July with a new musical reading based on the novel I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (One Hundred and One Dalmatians). With music by Next Generation Composer Award recipient Peter Foley, lyrics by Marion Adler, book by Kenneth Vega and directed by Aaron Posner, I Capture the Castle is a charming tale of an eccentric artistic family, the Mortmains, who move into a decaying English castle in the 1930s.

It is the coming-of-age tale of two English roses (Lauren Culpepper and Alexis Brokovic) who find themselves becoming women in romantic – yet squalid – circumstances as their novelist father (Eric Hissom) and bohemian stepmother Topaz (Natascia Diaz) focus on their art rather than their children.

Using a range of musical styles from 1930 melodies to lyrical ballads, Foley and Adler capture the confusing, thrilling and exhausting experience of growing up and falling in love in a world that appears to be spinning out of control.

You won’t want to miss this beautiful musical elegy to a time long gone, and that moment in life when everything seemed possible – and yet so far away.

Click here for tickets or call the Box Office at 703 820 9771.

THE CAST
THOMAS  – Zack Colonna
LEDA/MRS. MARCY – Susan Derry
AUBREY/VICAR – James Konicek
MRS. COTTON – Helen Hedman
STEPHEN – Tim Rogan
TOPAZ – Natascia Diaz
NEIL – Danny Yoerges
SIMON – James Gardiner
ROSE – Alexis Bronkovic
CASSANDRA – Lauren Culpepper
MORTMAIN – Eric Hissom

The AMVP Rep: The Boy Detective Fails & The Hollow

Single tickets went on sale this past Tuesday so now you can buy tickets to all of the 2011/12 shows.  However, don’t forget that you can save big with a subscription.  Subscriptions start with as few as 3 shows.

Beginning August 23, Signature launches the first world premiere musical repertory with the American Music Voices Project: two never-before-seen musicals running at the same time with the same cast.

The Boy Detective Fails is a charmingly oddball tale about Billy Argo, former child wonder-sleuth, who while trying to solve the mystery surrounding the death of his young sister, discovers a world full of wonder and joy.  Signature favorite Stephen Gregory Smith (110 In The Shade) stars as Billy.

The Hollow is a haunting retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  When educated stranger Ichabod Crane enters a sleepy, old-fashioned neighborhood, friends and family members start eerily disappearing. Sam Ludwig (Signature’s [title of show], Sweeney Todd) stars as Ichabod.

SEE THESE TWO SHOWS FOR ONE LOW PRICE!

The Rep Musical Series offers you the chance to see two new musicals at one low price. Featuring the same set of actors and designers, this unique experience offers you the chance to get a ticket to both The Hollow and The Boy Detective Fails at a savings discount.  Simply use the code DUET and you’ll see both shows for the low price of $120.  That’s a savings of up to $52 off the regular ticket prices! Signature is the first theater in America to do a world premiere musical repertory series – don’t miss out on the excitement. This offer is only available through August 23rd by calling the Signature Box Office at 703 820 9771.

Click here to buy tickets to The Hollow or here for The Boy Detective Fails or call the Box Office at 703 820 9771. 

The AMVP Rep is sponsored by The Shen Family Foundation.


The Marcy and Zina Show: August 16 through 20

Zina Goldrich

Marcy Heisler

Signature’s 2011/12 cabaret series begins in August with the return of two popular singer-songwriters, Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich with The Marcy and Zina Show.  From August 16th through 20th at 8:30pm, this dynamic duo will play the ARK in a show that highlights their witty and romantic sensibilities.  A hit at last year’s Sizzlin’ Summer Cabaret Series, this time the talented pair is back for a full five performances and they are sure to have Signature audiences eating out of their hands with songs like “Taylor, the Latte Boy”.

David Finkle from The Village Voice proclaimed that “Bright as two buttons, they sing the songs they write with the kind of wit and intelligence of the dorothys Parker and Fields. As usual on ebullient nights such as these, they have Scott Coulter adding his pure notes and winning grin to the mix.”

Tickets are only $35 and available here, in person at the Signature Theatre Box Office, or by phone at 703 820 9771.