Donna Summer News

After a successful premiere aboard the Manhattan-docked Steamship Lilac, THE REPORT OF MY DEATH sets out to follow the equator, re-creating Twain's international lecture tour from over a century ago.

After a successful premiere aboard the Manhattan-docked Steamship Lilac, THE REPORT OF MY DEATH sets out to follow the equator, re-creating Twain's international lecture tour from over a century ago.

The Human Race Theatre Company will begin the 2010-2011 Eichelberger Loft Season of The Human Race in a special collaboration away from The Loft, and will end it with a musical which it helped develop. In between, Dayton's own professional producing theatre will provide plenty of drama, comedy, and music for all.

Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts announces 54 new shows for summer 2010, representing the second of four performance installments featuring artists spanning a multitude of genres from rock, pop, opera, symphony, R&B, reggae, blues, and folk.

THE IRIDIUM WILL CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE LES PAUL THE MAN, HIS MUSIC AND HIS LEGACY EVERY MONDAY NIGHT.

This week, we are taking a trip to the West End, analyzing the cast recordings of the two biggest new musical hits on the boards, both based on successful and very music-centric films, SISTER ACT and PRISCILLA: QUEEN OF THE DESERT, and both showcasing songs in a seriously 70s soul/funk/disco style. We will go from the soaring sonorous heights of Heaven to the dungeon-like depths of musical Hell with these two entries...

Review of the returning hip hop theatre show, Into The Hoods.

The Elton John AIDS Foundation honored former President Bill Clinton, Evelyn and Leonard Lauder, Sharon Stone, and Lily Safra with Enduring Vision awards this past Monday night, November 16. The event was held in New York City.

Former HAIRSPRAY star Darlene Love and Swedish music group ABBA, whose music is showcased in the blockbuster Broadway musical MAMMA MIA! and the principles of which contributed to the scores of CHESS and the upcoming KRISTINA, are among the nominees for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.

The Rock Tenor makes its debut this summer beginning July 8, starring vocalist Rob Evan (Broadway performer and lead singer for the multi-platinum band The Trans-Siberian Orchestra), who conceived the show with director Vincent Marini (former Producing Artistic Director of New Jersey's Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center) officially opens July 15 and closes August 23. The Rock Tenor fuses rock and roll anthems, Broadway classics, opera favorites, country rhythms and classical melodies in a unique performance that showcases these familiar works in a whole new light. The Rock Tenor will be performed at The Wilma Theater, located at 265 South Broad Street. Tickets are $25-$40 and are available at www.therocktenor.com or by phone at (215) 546-7824.

The Rock Tenor makes its debut this summer beginning July 8, starring vocalist Rob Evan (Broadway performer and lead singer for the multi-platinum band The Trans-Siberian Orchestra), who conceived the show with director Vincent Marini (former Producing Artistic Director of New Jersey's Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center) officially opens July 15 and closes August 23. The Rock Tenor fuses rock and roll anthems, Broadway classics, opera favorites, country rhythms and classical melodies in a unique performance that showcases these familiar works in a whole new light. The Rock Tenor will be performed at The Wilma Theater, located at 265 South Broad Street. Tickets are $25-$40 and are available at www.therocktenor.com or by phone at (215) 546-7824.

Select cast members from WICKED will host a dance party at 45 Degrees on Thursday, June 11; on Friday, June 12, WICKED joins the members of NOISE! at Legends Show Lounge at Talbott Street to sing in a cabaret with Indy's own local performers and Saturday, June 13, cast members will ride in the Circle City IN Pride Parade as Grand Marshals.

Select cast members from WICKED will host a dance party at 45 Degrees on Thursday, June 11; on Friday, June 12, WICKED joins the members of NOISE! at Legends Show Lounge at Talbott Street to sing in a cabaret with Indy's own local performers and Saturday, June 13, cast members will ride in the Circle City IN Pride Parade as Grand Marshals.

American Idol winner Kris Allen and star powered runner-up Adam Lambert both performed this morning on The TODAY show this morning, Thursday, May 28th and BroadwayWorld was there!

Singers Adam Lambert and Kris Allen made it all the way to the season finale of 'American Idol' at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles last night, Wednesday May 20, and after a two-hour show where former 'Idol' winners Carrie Underwood and David Cook, as well as Rod Stewart, Lionel Richie, Cyndi Lauper, Queen Latifah, Black Eyed Peas and Keith Urban graced the stage, Kris Allen was named the winner! Over 100 million votes were cast to decide the victor! Allen's softer style and gentle vocals won the day. BroadwayWorld.com brings you Sara De Boer's fantastic photos of the arrivals and post show press room!

Singers Adam Lambert and Kris Allen made it all the way to the season finale of 'American Idol' at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles tonight, Wednesday May 20, and after a two-hour show where former 'Idol' winners Carrie Underwood and David Cook, as well Lionel Richie, Cyndi Lauper, Queen Latifah, Black Eyed Peas and Keith Urban graced the stage, Kris Allen was named the winner!

Marilyn Michaels will appear at Barnes and Noble for a performance and signing on Wednesday, April 22nd @ 6pm. Winner of an Outer Critic Circle Award and a Drama League Award for her debut in Catskills On Broadway, Marilyn Michaels is America's premier woman of a thousand faces and voices.

Marilyn Michaels will appear at Barnes and Noble for a performance and signing on Wednesday, April 22nd @ 6pm. Winner of an Outer Critic Circle Award and a Drama League Award for her debut in Catskills On Broadway, Marilyn Michaels is America's premier woman of a thousand faces and voices.

David Bedella is an award winning Broadway and West End star, who won the 2004 Best Actor Olivier for his role as the Devil in Jerry Springer the Opera. He was invited to reprise the role at Carnegie Hall in January 2008; followed by an appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in Chess in Concert, co-starring with Josh Groban and Idina Menzel. He is well known in the UK for the role of Dr Carlos Fashola in the BBC TV drama Holby City and for his portrayal of Frank-N-Furter in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW.

David Bedella is an award winning Broadway and West End star, who won the 2004 Best Actor Olivier for his role as the Devil in Jerry Springer the Opera. He was invited to reprise the role at Carnegie Hall in January 2008; followed by an appearance at the Royal Albert Hall in Chess in Concert, co-starring with Josh Groban and Idina Menzel. He is well known in the UK for the role of Dr Carlos Fashola in the BBC TV drama Holby City and for his portrayal of Frank-N-Furter in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW.