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Announcement: Laurel Mill Playhouse First Annual Gala Fundraiser

By • May 2nd, 2006 • Category: ShowBizRadio

Laurel Mill Playhouse is hosting their First Annual Gala Fundraiser on Sunday, May 21st at 7:30 PM. The festivities will be held at their theater location at 508 Main Street in historical Laurel. Refreshments, Hors d’oeuvres, Silent auction and Entertainment will take place. Black tie invited. $50.00 donation appreciated. Please call -snipped- Maureen Rogers, President of […]



Improvements at ShowBizRadio.net

By • Apr 18th, 2006 • Category: ShowBizRadio

The site has been upgraded, and seems to be working much better. It is very nice to be able to add new pages again. If you find a page on the site that is broken in some way, please let us know. Over the next few weeks we will continue adding the cast and crew […]



ShowBizRadio.net is growing too large!

By • Apr 17th, 2006 • Category: ShowBizRadio

We’ve been adding hundreds of pages to the web site over the past few months. The largest section of the site is People of Showbiz, with 633 people listed. We are really starting to strain the WordPress system we’ve been using. On a test server, we’ve upgraded to the newest WordPress version, 2.02, which has […]



Auditions? What Auditions?

By • Apr 3rd, 2006 • Category: ShowBizRadio

Many theaters have been sending us their audition notices. We haven’t had a good way to publish those notices on the site. But we will soon. So if your theatre has any audition notices they’d like publicized, please send them to us, and we’ll get them some exposure. And if you’d like to help us […]



Spooky Action Theater: Professional Theatre for free

By • Mar 21st, 2006 • Category: ShowBizRadio

The Spooky Action Theater in downtown Washington DC, is performing Rameau’s Nephew, for free. Why free theater? We ask our actors to put themselves out there and push the limits like aerialists working without a net. The result can be thrilling and dangerous. We do it because we want to connect with our audience. Spooky […]



WATCH Winners for 2005

By • Feb 27th, 2006 • Category: ShowBizRadio

The 6th annual Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH) Award Ceremony was held last evening at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. Mike Baker, Jr. was the Master of Ceremonies. It was an enjoyable evening. Here are the winners: Production Categories “Outstanding Choreography” Pam Mueller, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Kensington Arts Theatre “Outstanding Special Effects” […]



Calendar Ideas Wanted

By • Feb 17th, 2006 • Category: ShowBizRadio

One of the features of the ShowBizRadio web site is the listing of upcoming shows. We also have the calendar on the sidebar that allows you to hover over a date so you can see what shows are playing. There are several problems with that calendar (such as some browsers display it very badly, leaving […]



Playbills Wanted

By • Feb 14th, 2006 • Category: ShowBizRadio

Performance playbills are an important record of the work that has been done in the theater. And because of the very nature of live theater, playbills are the only record of the effort made by the communities that create these works of art. ShowBizRadio would love to have copies of playbills from old performances. We […]



Contest! Win 2 tickets to the WATCH Awards

By • Feb 10th, 2006 • Category: ShowBizRadio

Win 2 tickets to the Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH) Presentation Ceremony to be held on Sunday, February 26, 2006 at 7:00pm at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. How to enter: Simply join the ShowBizRadio Email Announcement mailing list. More information at http://www.ShowBizRadio.net/contest/.



Staying in touch with ShowBizRadio

By • Feb 3rd, 2006 • Category: ShowBizRadio

ShowBizRadio has made it even easier for you to stay up to date with our reviews and articles. You can read the web site daily. New reviews and articles are posted on the web site regularly. Reviews (both audio and a full transcript) are posted the day after we see a show. You can subscribe […]