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Date of Death: November 23, 2006 (87)

Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY, USA

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Northwestern Announces Summer Musical Theatre Festival
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2007


This June, Northwestern University's department of theatre and the Theatre and Interpretation Center will premiere the first of three new music theatre events that are part of the University's 2007 Summer Music Theatre Festival

Band Wagon, Greenberg, Etc. Join Old Globe Line-Up
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2007


The Old Globe Theatre has announced a complete 10-production winter season with the new musical A Catered Affair, a stage adaptation of the classic film musical The Band Wagon and the West Coast premiere of a new Richard Greenberg play among the highlights.

Behind the 'Curtains' with Karen Ziemba
by TJ Fitzgerald - May 8, 2007


The Tony Award winning actress talks candidly about CURTAINS and life as an actress.

Ghostlight to Release High Fidelity Cast Album May 15
by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2007


Ghostlight Records will release the original cast album of the Broadway musical High Fidelity on May 15, 2007

Photo Flash: English National Opera's On the Town
by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2007


On the Town returns this Friday, April 20, to the London Coliseum for 20 performances only until May, 25 2007

The Little Mermaid's Palmer Among ENO On the Town Stars
by BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2007


Broadway actor Sean Palmer, who is playing 'Chip' in ENO'shit production of On the Town, will play the leading role of 'Prince Eric' in the forthcoming Broadway production of Disney's The Little Mermaid.

Broadway Scene Stealers: Coming Back A Star!
by Michael Dale - Apr 12, 2007


Two new CDs from Masterworks Broadway and PLAYBILL Editors' Choice feature two dozen star turns from performers who were little known on opening night... Click in for the review and for never-before-seen photographs of some of the stars exclusively on BroadwayWorld.com.

Broadway Bullet Interview: 2007 Tony Nominee Karen Ziemba
by Michael Gilboe - May 16, 2007


Tony award winner, Karen Ziemba talks to BroadwayBullet backstage at Curtains, her new musical with David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk. She also discusses the show 'Contact' which brought her award and much more!

Marcovicci's Weill in America CD Features Maggart, Etc.
by BWW News Desk - Apr 5, 2007


Andreasong and the 92nd Street Y, home of the long-running 'Lyrics & Lyricists' series, have announced the release of Kurt Weill In America, the new CD of the original concert conceived, written and directed by Andrea Marcovicci

Bernstein & Comden&Green's 'On The Town'
by Beau Higgins - Mar 23, 2007


In The Heights: Interesting People On 181st Street
by Michael Dale - Mar 13, 2007


Lin-Manual Miranda and Quiara Alegria Hudes's musical celebration of Washington Heights is easily one of the best musicals to open in New York this season, if not the best.

Masterworks & Playbill Debut 2 Editors' Choice Compilations
by BWW News Desk - Mar 11, 2007


Masterworks Broadway, a label born out of the SONY/BMG merger, has gathered together collection of these 'sleeper' hits sung by some of the theater's most talented performers in its new release, 'Broadway Scene Stealers,' featuring songs sung by supporting characters in musicals.

Davis, Malloy, and Palmer Join ENO's On the Town
by BWW News Desk - Mar 5, 2007


Joshua Dallas, Ryan Molloy and Sean Palmer will star as Gabey, Ozzie, and Chip in ENO's production of the original 'New York, New York' musical On the Town. Having broke ENO box office records in 2005, On the Town will return to the London Coliseum for 20 performances, April 20 through May 25 2007.

June Whitfield Joins O'Connor in ENO's On the Town
by BWW News Desk - Feb 26, 2007


June Whitfield will play the role of Madame Maude P. Dilly in ENO's smash hit production of the original 'New York, New York' musical On the Town.

Nanette Fabray to Headline Damsels Dialogues in L.A.
by BWW News Desk - Feb 9, 2007


Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress Nanette Fabray will headline the cast of The Damsel Dialogues, a new musical revue by Dick De Benedictis in which five women (and one guy) bare their souls in song and dance.

Her Song: Noteworthy Women
by Michael Dale - Jan 28, 2007


A new musical revue at Birdland salutes women songwriters from Katherine Lee Bates and Nora Bayes to Donna Summer and Stevie Nicks

Caroline O'Connor Returns as Star of ENO's On the Town
by BWW News Desk - Jan 24, 2007


Caroline O'Connor will return to ENO from April 20-May 25, 2007 to recreate her acclaimed performance as 'Hildy Esterhazy' in the record-breaking staging of Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's musical On the Town.

Kristin Chenoweth, Live At The Met: Silly And Sublime
by Michael Dale - Jan 22, 2007


A sense of flippant musical comedy silliness, combined with a legit soprano of crystalline clarity, provided a keen balance of artistry and entertainment in Kristin Chenoweth's Metropolitan Opera concert debut

O'Hara, Grammer to Star in NY Philharmonic's My Fair Lady
by BWW News Desk - Jan 10, 2007


The New York Philharmonic presents Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady in four semi-staged performances, March 7-10, 2007. The musical - a New York Philharmonic premiere - will star Kelli O'Hara, Kelsey Grammer, Charles Kimbrough, Brian Dennehy, Marni Nixon and Tim Jerome.

Philly's Walnut Street Theatre Announces '07-'08 Season
by BWW News Desk - Dec 29, 2006


Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre has announced its 2007-2008 season

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