Dan Whitten News

Mothers, protect your sons! And don't miss Cougar, The Musical this month when it plays New York's Theatre at Saint Peters for three performances only: Saturday, January 9th at 5:30PM and 9:30PM and Monday, January 11th at 7:30PM.

Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!, winner of the 2007 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event, will return to New York, producer Dan Whitten of TIGER Theatricals announced today. The one-weekend only event will play from January 8-10, 2010, at the Theatre at Saint Peters.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; W. David McCoy, Chairman of the Board) will honor Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway songwriters Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick with the 18th Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre on Monday, November 23rd.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; W. David McCoy, Chairman of the Board) will honor Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway songwriters Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick with the 18th Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre on Monday, November 23rd. The award will be presented to them by Alice Hammerstein Mathias, daughter of Oscar Hammerstein II.

The New York Times has revealed that the York Theater's production of ENTER LAUGHING, based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Carl Rainer about a young actor managing his life and women, that ran off-Broadway last season will head to the Great White Way in the 2010 - 2011 season. No theater has been booked.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; W. David McCoy, Chairman of the Board) will honor Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway songwriters Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick with the 18th Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre on Monday, November 23rd.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; W. David McCoy, Chairman of the Board) will honor Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway songwriters Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick with the 18th Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre on Monday, November 23rd. The award will be presented to them by Alice Hammerstein Mathias, daughter of Oscar Hammerstein II.

TIGER Theatricals www.tigertheatricals.com and The Bravitas Group are producing a FREE weekend of New Play Readings at LUNA STAGE.

TIGER Theatricals www.tigertheatricals.com and The Bravitas Group are producing a FREE weekend of New Play Readings at LUNA STAGE.

Producing team Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley (in conjunction with William Collier) took the 2008 Tony Award-winner for Best Theatrical Event, Jay Johnson: The Two and Only to England. The show is being performed for a limited run, from June 25th to September 28th at the Arts Theatre London.

Due to popular demand, the Marin Theatre Company (Mill Valley, CA) production of 'Jacques Brel is Alive and Well & Living in Paris' has been extended through June 22, 2008.

Dan Whitten, recent Tony Award-winning producer of Jay Johnson: The Two & Only!, has announced that the acclaimed 2006/2007 Off-Broadway revival of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris will fill the final slot of Marin Theatre Company's 2007/08 season

Producer Dan Whitten, recent Tony Winner for Jay Johnson: The Two And Only, has announced plans for the hit Off-Broadway show Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris and the launch of 'Showstoppers Musical' T-shirts, a new line of theatrical apparel.

Acclaimed solo show Jay Johnson: The Two and Only! will embark on a national tour this fall.

Chanteuse Gay Marshall discusses her recent run in the revival of 'Jacques Brel is Alive and Well...'

The New York radio station WBAI-FM (99.5) has announced that it will offer up a special one-hour broadcast celebrating the current revival of Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.

The revival of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris will close at the end of the month.

Constantine Maroulis joined the cast of Off-Broadway's hit Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris revival on January 9th

On Sunday, December 10th, following the 7pm performance, Dan Whitten, the producer of 'Jacques Brel...' will moderate a discussion focusing on the repercussions of war on the family and society as a whole

Dan Whitten, lead producer of the hit musical revival Jacques Bel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, now playing at The Zipper Theatre (336 West 37th Street) has extended an open invitation for local high school drama and music students to see the production for free through January 7th