Prince Back in the Saddle and Taking 'Paradise Found' to Broadway
by Faetra Petillo
- Sep 3, 2008
Michael Riedel of the New York Post is reporting that Hal Prince, after suffering a stroke back in January, is back to work and already working on his next Broadway Production. In an exclusive interview Prince states that he will be producing and directing his 61st Broadway show, Paradise Found and will be aiming for opening sometime in the spring.
Photo Coverage: York Theatre Opens 'Compose Yourself!'
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
- Jul 12, 2008
On June 11th, 2008 COMPOSE YOURSELF! began at the York Theatre Company The music is by Larry Grossman with lyrics by Hal Hackady, Ellen Fitzhugh, Betty Comden & Adolph Green, Buz Kohan, Carol Hall, Fred Ebb,Amanda Green, Drey Shepperd and Michael Korie. The cast boasts Nikki Renee Daniels (Les Misérables), Darius de Haas (Rent), Jason Graae (A Grand Night for Singing), Tony Nomimee Liz Larsen (Hairspray, The Most Happy Fella), Lorna Luft (Guys and Dolls) and Howard McGillin (The Phantom of the Opera). Stuart Ross (Forever Plaid creator) directs the production with music direction by David Snyder. Award-winning composer Grossman is featured at the piano.
Photo Flash: 'Compose Yourself' in Rehearsal
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 8, 2008
The York Theatre Company announces rehearsals have begun for its New2NY series, which will present staged concerts of musicals in their NYC premieres.
Photo Flash: Inner Voices
by BWW News Desk
- May 13, 2008
'Inner Voices', three new works created by and starring some of the industry's brightest talents begins May 12th.
Inner Voices: Solo Musicals Presents New Plays 5/12
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 17, 2008
The World Premiere of Three Commissioned Works
Presented by PREMIERES (Paulette Haupt, Artistic Director)
Featuring
TRES NIÑAS
By Ellen Fitzhugh and Michael John LaChiusa
Directed by Jonathan Butterell
Music Direction by Todd Almond
Starring Tony Award Winner Victoria Clark
ALICE UNWRAPPED
By Laura Harrington and Jenny Giering
Directed by Jeremy Dobrish
Music Direction by Julie McBride
Starring Jennifer Damiano
A THOUSAND WORDS COME TO MIND
By Michele Lowe and Scott Davenport Richards
Directed by Jack Cummings III
Music Direction by Jon DiPinto
Starring Tony Nominee Barbara Walsh
Limited Three-Week Engagement
Begins Monday, May 12
At The Zipper Factory Theater (336 West 37th Street)
PREMIERES, a not-for-profit musical theater development company, proudly announces the world premiere of INNER VOICES: SOLO MUSICALS, three new works created by and starring some of the industry's brightest talents. INNER VOICES will feature librettos by Ellen Fitzhugh, Laura Harrington and Michelle Lowe; scores by Michael John LaChiusa, Jenny Giering and Scott Davenport Richards, the work of directors Jonathan Buttrell, Jeremy Dobrish and Jack Cummings III, and performances by Tony Award winner Victoria Clark, Jennifer Damiano (Spring Awakening) and Tony nominee Barbara Walsh (Company). INNER VOICES will begin its limited, 12-performance run on Monday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m. at The Zipper Factory Theater (336 West 37th Street). The press opening is scheduled for Sunday, May 18.
The solo musicals featured in INNER VOICES are:
TRES NIÑAS by Ellen Fitzhugh and Michael John LaChiusa
Directed by Jonathan Butterell
Music Direction by Todd Almond
Starring Victoria Clark
TRES NIÑAS is the musical telling of a white American woman's affecting and being affected by 'The Other' at three stages of her life.
ALICE UNWRAPPED by Laura Harrington and Jenny Giering
Directed by Jeremy Dobrish
Music Direction by Julie McBride
Starring Jennifer Damiano
In ALICE UNWRAPPED, a fifteen year-old girl has big shoes to fill with her dad missing in action, Mom refusing to come out of her bedroom, and a younger sister demanding normalcy - or else.
A THOUSAND WORDS COME TO MIND by Michele Lowe and Scott Davenport Richards Directed by Jack Cummings III
Music Direction by Jon diPinto Starring Barbara Walsh
When a mother's legendary silence is broken as she lies dying in a hospital room, her daughter embarks on a journey into the power of the unspoken word.
Tony Winner Victoria Clark to Appear in INNER VOICES
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 17, 2008
PREMIERES, a not-for-profit musical theater development company, proudly announces the world premiere of INNER VOICES: SOLO MUSICALS, three new works created by and starring some of the industry's brightest talents.
'Conversations in Tusculum' Begins Previews 2/19 at The Public
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 11, 2008
The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Mara Manus) will begin previews for Richard Nelson's new history play Conversations in Tusculum on Tuesday, February 19. Directed by Nelson, Conversations in Tusculum will run through Sunday, March 23 with an official press opening on Tuesday, March 11 at 7 PM.
Dennehy & Reuben in 'Tusculum' at The Public, Begins 2/19
by BWW News Desk
- Dec 6, 2007
The Public Theater will open its spring season with the world premiere of Richard Nelson's new history play 'Conversations in Tusculum.' Directed by Nelson, the cast of six includes Brian Dennehy, Joe Grifasi, Gloria Reuben, David Strathairn and Maria Tucci. Conversations in Tusculum begins previews on Tuesday, February 19 and will run through Sunday, March 23 with an official press opening on Tuesday, March 11 at 7 PM.
Herringbone: Do Clothes Make the Man?
by Jan Nargi
- Jun 21, 2007
B.D. Wong brings a full cast of characters to life in a one-man musical about the making, and breaking, of a child star
Blithe Spirit, Janney, Foster, Etc. Set for Williamstown
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 21, 2007
Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced that Blithe Spirit will be presented on the Main Stage. In addition, Allison Janney, James Naughton, Hunter Foster, William Ivey Long and Kaitlin Hopkins are among the artists at the Festival this season.
Cox, Colella, Etc. Tapped for Eugene O'Neill Center Shows
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 30, 2006
The two new musicals that will be presented as part of The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Music Theatre Conference in Waterford, CT from July 15th through 29th will be studded with starry casts; Veanne Cox, Jenn Collela, Anne L. Nathan and Megan McGinnis are among the performers set to take part in the shows
Hal Prince to Receive Lifetime Achievement Tony Award
by BWW News Desk
- May 16, 2006
Legendary producer/director Harold Prince--who currently has twenty Tony Awards (including two Special Tony Awards) on his mantle--will add a Tony for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
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