Anne Letscher News

What do Broadway's Lindsay Mendez (Broadway's Elphaba),Sierra Boggess (Broadway's Little Mermaid), Patti Murin(Broadway's Lysistrata Jones), Marissa Perry (Broadway's Tracy Turnblad), Mary Faber (H2$'s Smitty) and Jenny Fellner(Broadway's Sophie in Mamma Mia) have in common? Ten years ago this October, they all began their New York careers as Princesses.

What do Broadway's Lindsay Mendez (Broadway's Elphaba), Sierra Boggess (Broadway's Little Mermaid), Patti Murin (Broadway's Lysistrata Jones), Marissa Perry (Broadway's Tracy Turnblad), Mary Faber (H2$'s Smitty) and Jenny Fellner (Broadway's Sophie in Mamma Mia) have in common? Ten years ago this October, they all began their New York careers as Princesses.

MAC Award nominated songwriter Drew Fornarola (COLLEGE The Musical) and Broadway's Marshall Pailet (writer - 'On a Glorious Day;' Fringe's upcoming JURASSIC PARQ: The Broadway Musical) team up to rock the Laurie Beechman Theatre on Wednesday, June 23 at 9:30pm, joined by some of Broadway's top young talent. Fornarola and Pailet will present selections from their shows, as well as debuting a set of songs from their first full-length collaboration, SUPER CLAUDIO BROS.: A Videogame Musical, which will have its world premiere this summer in Washington, DC (commissioned and produced by the New Musical Development Foundation, executive producer Charlie Fink). The evening will be directed by Scott Elmegreen with music direction by Zak Sandler.

MAC Award nominated songwriter Drew Fornarola (COLLEGE The Musical) and Broadway's Marshall Pailet (writer - 'On a Glorious Day;' Fringe's upcoming JURASSIC PARQ: The Broadway Musical) team up to rock the Laurie Beechman Theatre on Wednesday, June 23 at 9:30pm, joined by some of Broadway's top young talent. Fornarola and Pailet will present selections from their shows, as well as debuting a set of songs from their first full-length collaboration, SUPER CLAUDIO BROS.: A Videogame Musical, which will have its world premiere this summer in Washington, DC (commissioned and produced by the New Musical Development Foundation, executive producer Charlie Fink). The evening will be directed by Scott Elmegreen with music direction by Zak Sandler.

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival will produce the next world premiere from Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder, winner of the 2008 Elizabeth M. Osborn Award for Gee?s Bend, which has received over 5 regional productions since its world premiere at ASF in 2007. Her new play, The Furniture of Home, was commissioned by ASF and received readings at the 2007 and 2008 Southern Writers? Project Festivals. It will run in full production March 6-29, 2009 on ASF?s Octagon Stage. The play will be remounted for the 2009 Southern Writers Project Festival of New Plays May 15 ? 17.

A one-night-only concert performance Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, The New Musical on Tuesday, October 21, at Rochester, NY's historic Eastman Theatre earned a lengthy standing ovation from its full house of almost 3,000, and drew glowing reviews from local press.

Producers of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, The New Musical announce that Laura Osnes (Grease!, winner of Grease: You're the One that I Want!) will play the role of Elizabeth (Lizzy) Bennet in the Broadway-bound musical's one-night-only performance at Rochester's historic Eastman Theatre on Tuesday, October 21

Marriott Theatre celebrated its opening night of their regional premiere production of Les Miserables. The reception benefited Season of Concern, the Chicagoland theatre community's fund raising effort in the fight against AIDS. Having established a national reputation for launching Broadway musicals into the regional market, The Marriott Theatre is one of only five theatres chosen to produce this epic musical post-Broadway

Mint Theater Company today announced that Leo Tolstoy's dramatic landmark, The Power Of Darkness, has been extended through November 4.

The Mint provides a rare opportunity to see Leo Tolstoy's drama in an impressive and gracefully staged production

Mint Theater Company presents Leo Tolstoy's dramatic landmark, The Power Of Darkness, opening September 24 in a limited engagement run through October 28.

Mint Theater Company will present Leo Tolstoy's dramatic landmark, The Power Of Darkness beginning September 6th

Adobe Theater Company's Jeremy Dobrish will direct an upcoming reading of COLLEGE: The Musical

Donna English, Jenny Fellner and Tom Hewitt will be featured in a March 9th private industry reading of Matthew Wilder and David Zippel's Princesses

On February 24th, stars such as Barbara Cook, Brent Barrett and Brian D'Arcy James will be featured in either one or both performances of Go The Distance: The Lyrics of David Zippel

Henry, Sweet Henry features Matthew Arkin, Kaitlin Hopkins, Mark Nelson and Miriam Shor, and will be presented on Friday, October 8 at 8:00 pm, Saturday, October 3 at 2:30 pm and 8:00 pm and Sunday, October 4 at 2:30 and 7:30pm.