Ben Sprecher News

Vy Higginsen and her partners welcome radio mogul Oscar Joyner, in presenting the highly anticipated Broadway revival of David Mamet's masterpiece American Buffalo. Starring an extraordinary multi-cultural cast - John Leguizamo, Cedric the Entertainer, and Haley Joel Osment - American Buffalo is directed by Robert Falls, and will begin performances Friday, October 31 at Broadway's Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.

Producers Ben Sprecher and Louise Forlenza of the newly formed production entity GLOBAL BROADWAY Inc. officially signed a deal this evening with the Vereinigte Buhnen Wien Theatre to bring the hit musical REBECCA to Broadway in 2010. The signing took place in front of the sold-out re-opening night audience for REBECCA following the performance with Sprecher, Forlenza, VBW Artistic Director Kathrin Zechner and Manager Thomas Drozda. REBECCA, based on the classic Daphne Du Maurier novel (and later turned into an Oscar-winning film by Alfred Hitchcock) features book and lyrics by Michael Kunze, music by Sylvester Levay, and direction by Francesca Zambello, director of Broadway's The Little Mermaid and the new musical Little House on the Prairie, which just had its world premiere at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis.

David Mamet's 'American Buffalo,' brings in Oscar nominee Haley Joel Osment as the third member of the show's junk shop trio which already includes John Lequizamo and Cedric the Entertainer. Osment will be making his Broadway debut in the production which opens November 17th at the Belasco Theatre.

Cedric the Entertainer will make his long-awaited Broadway debut this fall when he joins award-winning actor John Leguizamo in David Mamet's most powerful play, American Buffalo.

All eyes right now are on the Guthrie's production of Little House on the Prairie as it now adds national tour to its list of future endeavors.

Producers Ben Sprecher and Louise Forlenza announced today the formation of GLOBAL BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS INC., a new production entity created to develop and produce new musicals for Broadway, the road, and international stages.

The Old Vic's production of A Moon for the Misbegotten, the most successful production of the Eugene O'Neill classic in Broadway history, will play its final performance as scheduled on Sunday, June 10th at 3:00pm at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre

Kevin Spacey, star of the current Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's A Moon For The Misbegotten will appear nationally on 'The Late Show With David Letterman' on CBS Friday, May 25 at 11:30 p.m.

The Old Vic's production of A Moon for the Misbegotten, the most successful production of the Eugene O'Neill classic in Broadway history, has recouped all production costs on its $2.4 million capitalization in just 52 performances

Actors Patrick Swayze and Melissa Gilbert will join the cast as 'Pa' and 'Ma' in the workshop presentation this April of PRAIRIE, a new twenty character musical based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's enduringly popular Little House on the Prairie book series.

The full cast of the acclaimed Old Vic production of A Moon for the Misbegotten will recreate their performances when the show moves to Broadway.

Olivier Award winner Eve Best, Academy Award and Tony Award winner Kevin Spacey and Golden Globe nominee Colm Meaney will reprise their acclaimed performances in The Old Vic Theatre Company production of Eugene O'Neill's A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 W 47th St) for 84 performances only.

Playwright Tricia Walsh-Smith and her husband Shubert president Philip J. Smith, recently held a holiday party in the stunning penthouse apartment of the late J.J. Shubert

The hit Old Vic production of the Eugene O'Neill classic A Moon for the Misbegotten, which stars Kevin Spacey and which recently opened to strong reviews in London, may rise over Broadway

Tour dates in Phoenix, Boston, Fort Worth and Memphis have been added for the upcoming tour of James Kirkwood's claw-baring comedy Legends, featuring 'Dynasty' co-stars Joan Collins and Linda Evans

Full casting, as well as a tour schedule, has been announced for the upcoming tour of James Kirkwood's claw-baring comedy Legends, featuring 'Dynasty' co-stars Joan Collins and Linda Evans

The Promenade Theatre, the uptown Off-Broadway venue that is currently playing host to Tryst, will shutter on Sunday, June 11th

Tryst, a new play by Karoline Leach starring Maxwell Caulfield and Amelia Campbell, will play its final performance on Sunday, June 11th at 3PM at Off- Broadway's Promenade Theatre

Through January 22nd, Brad Garrett will fill Nathan Lane's role as The Odd Couple's Oscar while the latter actor recovers from laryngitis

The Odd Couple star Nathan Lane has come down with laryngitis, resulting in the cancellation of today's matinee and evening performance