David Rockwell News

Mother Courage, presented by the Public Theater, opened at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park on August 21st after beginning previews on August 8th

Joe Mandragona, Jenny Fellner and Susan Anton will headline the 30-stop national tour of All Shook Up, for which dates and cities have been announced

SHN has announced the world premiere Pre-Broadway debut of the new musical, 'Legally Blonde,' at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre January 23, 2007.

The producers of Legally Blonde, The Musical, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture, announced today that the musical will officially open at the Palace Theatre on Sunday, April 29, 2007

Tony winner Anthony Crivello talks about playing the title role in Phantom--The Las Vegas Spectacular

Broadway L.A. launches its 2006-07 season with the Los Angeles premiere of the Tony Award winning musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels for a two week run this summer (August 15-27) at the Pantages Theatre. Headlining the engagement is Norbert Leo Butz who recreates his Tony Award winning role as Freddy Benson.

BroadwayWorld.com brings you to opening night of 'Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular' featuring scenes from the show and interviews with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Carol Burnett, Linda Lavin, Rita Rudner and Robert Goulet. Click to watch now!

Hairspray will play its final performance at the Luxor Las Vegas on Sunday, June 11th

Due to construction delays on the new theatre housing its lavish underground lair, the highly anticipated Las Vegas production of Phantom--The Las Vegas Spectacular will now begin previews at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas on June 12th

The national tour of the hit 'Hairspray' returned to Los Angeles a year after its first engagement on Tuesday evening, and even after criss-crossing the country and casting changes in the lead roles, this show still pleases the senses, providing a joyous and ebullient evening of theatre!

San Francisco's Best of Broadway 2006-07 Season features many highly-anticipated theatre events! Including 'Jersey Boys,' 'The Light in the Piazza,' 'Legally Blonde,' 'Edward Scissorhands,' 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,' 'Doubt,' and 'Altar Boyz.'

Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals and Dori Berinstein, in association with MGM Onstage, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber, are psyched to announce LEGALLY BLONDE, the musical, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. Previews begin on March 30, 2007 and opening night is set for April 26, 2007 at a Broadway theatre to be announced. LEGALLY BLONDE will play a world premiere, pre-Broadway engagement in San Francisco at The Orpheum Theatre January 2007.

Harvey Fierstein and Dick Latessa will depart the Las Vegas production of Hairspary on April 30th, while Paul Vogt and Eddie Mekkla will take over on May 1st

Hairspray will spritz the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, TX from April 18th through 23rd.

Combining all-time favorite Elvis Presley songs with a surefire rock'n'roll story, All Shook Up, the musical that took Broadway by storm last season, will launch a 35-city First National tour starting September 12th at Milwaukee's Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.

A nation-wide search has delivered a cast handpicked by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Hal Prince and rich in Broadway experience for Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular, which begins preview performances in June at The Venetian Resort • Hotel • Casino in Las Vegas.

Contrary to a report in the Las Vegas Sun, John Goodman will not be playing Edna Turnblad in the Las Vegas production of Hairspray; Paul Vogt will begin performances as Edna on May 1st while Eddie Mekka will begin to play Wilbur that day

Jonathan Pryce Replaces John Lithgow in the hit musical; honestly!!

A national tour of All Shook Up will launch in Milwaukee in September of this year

For it is in act two that HAIRSPRAY has its finest moments in the duet Timeless to Me and in the diva moments given to the character of Motormouth