Elvis Presley News

Goodspeed Musicals, the only two time Tony Award winning theatre in the country, presents Happy Days: A New Musical. This tuneful musical comedy comes to the Goodspeed after a sold out run last summer at the Goodspeed's smaller musical performance space. The full scale musical celebration of 50's nostalgia begins April 11th and runs through June 29, 2008

The award-winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) is proud to announce its exhilarating 2008 Musical Season, including Spelling Bee, Show Boat, 42nd Street, The Producers, Bye Bye Birdie and Contact.

BroadwayWorld's senior editors were stunned that an obituary for the legendary director / producer Dwight Hemion has not appeared in Variety, The Los Angeles Times or The New York Times. His accomplishments are both award-winning and legendary and it is for that reason that we are keeping this on our front page for the entire weekend.

Director / Producer Dwight Hemion died on Monday January 28 at his home in Rectortown, VA at age 81, due to a renal failure. Hemion is recognized for his pioneering work in televised concerts and variety specials

Saturday December 15, Celine Dion and cast took the stage for the final performance of A New Day…,the Las Vegas spectacular that has been seen by nearly 3-million fans since premiering in March 2003. A New Day… will be shown in more than 200 movie theaters nationwide on Monday, December 17, at 7:30PM

Baby Jane graces Chicago with her show, 'You're Following Me!'

Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's in Studio City, CA is pleased to announce its October roster of headliners.

Producers Greg Schaffert and Bud Martin hope to bring this swashbuckling new musical by George Stiles, Paul Leigh and Peter Raby to the Great White Way in the near future. Is the latest adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic tale of friendship, lust, heroism and intrigue, currently receiving its New England premiere at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts, truly one for all?

Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co. Inc, whose Broadway roster includes Maury Yeston (Nine, Titanic), Jason Howland (Little Women) and the team of Matt Sklar and Chad Begulin (The Wedding Singer), has announced the renewal of an exclusive, worldwide administration agreement with veteran songwriter, lyricist and librettist Leslie Bricusse for his Stage & Screen Music catalog

The Marriott Theatre, in Lincolnshire, IL announces its 2008 Season, which includes Les Miserables and The Full Monty.

BroadwayWorld is proud to present (as promised) an update from Barbra Streisand's Broadway guys. They have indeed 'phoned home,' and we've got the pictures to prove it, in an exclusive SCRAPBOOK commemorating stage, screen and music legend Barbra Streisand's historic European tour, which marks her first time ever touring the Continent!

Doug Grissom's play about the effect Elvis Presley had on American lives seems an earnest, if ineffective, effort.

Robert A. Rush, in association with Emilee MacDonald, have announced that the Off-Broadway premiere of Elvis People, a new play by Doug Grissom, directed by Henry Wishcamper, will play its final performance Saturday, June 23rd, after four performances and 20 previews, barring a marked change in sales.

The Midtown International Theatre Festival will kick off its eighth annual presentation of performances, staged readings, talkbacks, dancing girls (well, maybe not dancing girls) and a varied selection of shows

The Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities will open their 16th season with the world premiere musical Twice Upon a Time by British playwright Ray Cooney, at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center beginning previews February 16, 2008...

American Musical Theatre of San Jose proudly presents the rockin' musical, 'All Shook Up,' at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts June 19-24.

The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, a new musical comedy from the creative team of the 12-time Tony Award winning smash The Producers, will open on Broadway November 8th 2007 at the Hilton Theatre (213 W 42nd St). Previews begin October 11th 2007. The production stars Roger Bart (Dr. Frederick Frankenstein), Megan Mullally (Elizabeth), Sutton Foster (Inga), Shuler Hensley (The Monster), Fred Applegate (Kemp) and Christopher Fitzgerald (Igor).

Once left at Broadway's sacrificial altar, the stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning MGM musical - and number three favorite musical of all time according to a BBC poll - is now living happily ever after in the theater world's less urbane communities

Seven is proving to be a lucky number for Barbra Streisand this week as her new album, 'Live In Concert 2006' becomes the 7th Barbra Streisand album to debut in the Top 10 and enters the Billboard Top 200 best-selling albums chart at #7