Art Garfunkel News

Reality TV merged with Musical Theatre again this weekend as presenter Graham Norton reunited with the 'Phantom Lord' Webber in BBC's I'd Do Anything, which aims to cast the roles of Oliver and Nancy for the upcoming Cameron Mackintosh production of Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Following in the footsteps of previous searches, which earned Connie Fisher and Lee Meade leading roles in The Sound Of Music and Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, twelve potential Nancys sang their hearts out in a bid to gain the votes of the viewing public.

The 30th Annual Kennedy Center Honors will be broadcast tonight, December 26 on CBS at 9PM (Eastern). Recipients to be honored at this year's national celebration of the arts are pianist Leon Fleisher, actor and writer Steve Martin, singer Diana Ross, film director Martin Scorsese, and songwriter Brian Wilson.

Rubicon Theatre Company Founders Karyl Lynn Burns and James O'Neil have just announced plans for the company's 10th Anniversary Season, at a press conference at Rubicon's home in Ventura.

­ Jujamcyn Theaters has announced that A Catered Affair, a new musical with book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, score by acclaimed composer John Bucchino and directed by Tony Award-winner John Doyle, will open on Broadway at a theater to-be-announced in the coming season (Spring 2008).

Rubicon Theatre Company's 10th Anniversary Season has been cloaked in secrecy, with the company planning a private preview event in May to announce next year's offerings. However, earlier this week company officials named two of the productions, which will be a part of the just-announced Southern California Festival of New American Musicals.

PS Classics will record It's Only Life: The Songs of John Bucchino following its January 27th performance at Lincoln Center's Allen Room