Cole Porter News

Reprise Theatre Company presents An Evening With Liz Callaway. It will have one performance only on Monday, September 19 at 8:00 pm, at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.

A powerhouse of a performer like Sutton Foster comes along only once a generation or so - the last of her likes on these shores was undoubtedly grande dame EVITA diva Patti LuPone and, across the pond, original EVITA and CATS headliner and current FOLLIES revival star, Elaine Paige - and in her debut lead performance in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE more than ten years ago Ms. Foster set Broadway babies' hearts aflutter and tongues a-wagging with her steam train take on the title role and nabbed a well-earned Best Actress Tony Award for her considerable efforts. After that, starring roles in LITTLE WOMEN, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN and SHREK followed - as well as a stupendous turn in the Encores! ANYONE CAN WHISTLE opposite Raul Esparza and Donna Murphy - but it was not until this very last season on Broadway that Sutton Foster truly received her shot to tap, strut, belt and, well, blow, in the old big Broadway Diva fashion. Make that even more to the point - in true Ethel Merman fashion. The new Tony on her mantle bespeaks Sutton's power in the theater, yet what about on the fresh new 2011 Broadway revival recording out this week on PS CLASSICS? And, what about her co-stars like Oscar-winner Joel Grey, Broadway stalwarts John McMartin and Adam Godley and the newer generation of Broadway hoofers like Colin Donnell, Jessica Stone and Laura Osnes? Come on aboard the S.S. Broadway World and find out for yourself!

Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble, one of New York's longest-running experimental theatres, is granting its audiences' wishes, reviving Cole Porter's first big hit, Paris.

Ghostlight Records will release the digital cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony-Award winning production Anything Goes on August 23rd and the physical recording on September 20th.

Known for their signature themed concerts, The Palm Beach Pops will launch its 2011-2012 season with acclaimed performances of the most requested songs from the past 20 years of concerts and bring back all-time favorite performers such as Clint Holmes, Lillias White, David Burnham and Lynn Roberts, as well as showcasing some of today's top performers including John Pagano and Lea Salonga.

42nd Street Moon today announced casting for the first production of 2011-12, its nineteenth season.

KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Celebrates 20th Anniversary Season A Sizzling Line Up of Smash Broadway Hits, Comedy Giants and Rock, Pop & Classical Music Superstars Joshua Bell, Chris Botti, Cleveland Orchestra, Larry King, Kings of Salsa, Patti LaBelle, Larry the Cable Guy, Huey Lewis & The News, Matisyahu, Dennis Miller, Bernadette Peters, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman, Diana Krall, Martin Short, Wanda Sykes, & THE ADDAMS FAMILY, DAMN YANKEES, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, FOREVER TANGO, HAIR, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, LES MISÉRABLES, MAMMA MIA!, MY FAIR LADY, SOUTH PACIFIC And So Much More!

Sutton Foster will be in-studio at NY1 'On Stage', beginning Saturday, August 20th and repeated six times over the weekend.

Anything Goes will be on TV this weekend. Tune in to ABC's 'The View' on Friday, August 19th to see a rebroadcasted episode featuring the company performing the title number. Also, Sutton Foster will be in-studio at NY1 'On Stage', beginning Saturday, August 20th and repeated six times over the weekend.

Prospect Theater Company (Cara Reichel, Producing Artistic Director / Melissa Huber, Managing Director) is pleased to announce the following subscription opportunities for their upcoming 2011-12 Season, which includes a new production of the original musical comedy, Iron Curtain (book by Susan DiLallo, music by Stephen Weiner and lyrics by Peter Mills); a re-envisioned staging of Adam Guettel's song cycle Myths and Hymns, with new narrative and direction by Elizabeth Lucas; and a re-conceived version of Cole Porter's 1933 musical Nymph Errant, with new libretto by Rob Urbinati and direction by Davis McCallum.

Known for their signature themed concerts, The Palm Beach Pops will launch its 2011-2012 season with acclaimed performances of the most requested songs from the past 20 years of concerts and bring back all-time favorite performers such as Clint Holmes, Lillias White, David Burnham and Lynn Roberts, as well as showcasing some of today's top performers including John Pagano and Lea Salonga.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) announced that Erin Mackey (Sondheim on Sondheim, Wicked) will assume the role of 'Hope Harcourt' on Tuesday, September 13th. Original cast member Laura Osnes will play her final performance on Sunday, September 11th. Anything Goes is a limited engagement that has been extended through January 8th, 2012.

The Broadway at Birdland concert series is proud to announce that jazz vocalist Jane Monheit will be performing swinging new Mary Ann McSweeney arrangements of the beloved Cole Porter classic, Anything Goes on Monday, September 19 at 7pm. Broadway leading man Marc Kudisch will be Jane's special guest.

Ghostlight Records is thrilled to confirm release dates for the new Broadway cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony-Award winning production Anything Goes. The album is set for August 23rd digital and September 20th physical release, and features the stellar cast of this year's best musical revival. Anchored by Tony Award Winning Best Actress Sutton Foster's commanding performance, Anything Goes was also the winner of this year's Drama Desk and Outer Circle Awards for Outstanding Revival of a Musical. Learn more about Ghostlight's CD release and pre-order, here: http://sh-k-boom.com/anythinggoes.shtml

Sweet Spot, the latest release from West Coast cool jazz vocalist Mark Winkler,spotlights the multitalented singer/songwriter's smooth swinging voice and hip insightful lyrics on what may well be the critically acclaimed song man's best outing yet.

On Wednesday, August 17, 2011 1-2pm

The 6th Street Playhouse premieres its new cabaret series with 'The Cole Porter Songbook.' Enjoy an intimate, de-lovely, swellegant affair when the 6th Street Playhouse opens the songbook of this sophisticated, witty, respected and beloved composer and lyricist.

Reprise Theatre Company's production of the classic American musical 'Cabaret,' which opens the 2011-2012 Reprise season and plays September 13 to 25 (press opening September 14, 2011) at UCLA's Freud Playhouse, includes a cast of new talents as well as Broadway and West End veterans - Zach Bandler as Ernst Ludwig, Lisa O'Hare as Sally Bowles, Jeff McLean as Cliff Bradshaw, Katrina Lenk as Fräulein Kost, Mary Gordon Murray as Fräulein Schneider, Robert Picardo as Herr Schultz and Bryce Ryness as the Master of Ceremonies.

Jennifer Sheehan, winner of the Noël Coward Foundation Cabaret Award and the Mabel Mercer Foundation's Julie Wilson Award, brings her critically-acclaimed show, 'You Made Me Love You: Celebrating 100 Years of the Great American Songbook' to Bob Egan's in New Hope on Saturday September 3. Show time is at 8:30 pm. Tickets are $25.00