Frank Loesser News

Reprise Theatre Company presents An Intimate Evening with Marvin Hamlisch for one performance only on Monday, March 22 at 8:00 pm, at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.

Center Theatre Group will present Dreamgirls, Music by Henry Krieger, Lyrics and Book by Tom Eyen, Directed and Choreographed by Robert Longbottom, and Co-Choreography by Shane Sparks. Dreamgirls will preview at the Ahmanson Theatre on February 25th, and opens on February 26th through April 4, 2010.

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts today announced its 2010-11 performance season. The ambitious schedule features a theater season with six productions, the Target® World Music and Dance Series with seven productions, two community partnerships, and the annual Flint Hills International Children's Festival.

Frank Loesser, who has frequently been called the most versatile of all Broadway composers, wrote some of the most enduring music of our time.

The Brandywiners, Ltd. will KICK-OFF its 2010 production of GUYS AND DOLLS on Wednesday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m. The kick-off meeting will be held at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 2313 Concord Pike, Wilmington, Delaware. Members and those who would like to participate in the summer show are welcome. We are seeking talented singers, dancers, set builders and a production crew.

The 2009-2010 season of Reprise Theatre Company continues with 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,' 1962's Tony-Award-winning Best Musical, March 16 to 28 at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. Directed by David Lee, the production's book is by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Experience the joy and excitement of the golden age of Tin Pan Alley when Atlanta Lyric Theatre's THE ALL NIGHT STRUT! struts its stuff as it comes roaring to The Strand Theatre on the Marietta Square in a no holds-barred celebration of the age of be-bop, jazz and swing February 19 through March 7.

San Diego REPertory Theatre welcomes America's premier Latino comedy troupe, CULTURE CLASH, back to the Lyceum Theatre for its hilarious and provocative comedy CULTURE CLASH IN AMERICCA.

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook finishes up its twelfth season celebrating the diversity of American popular song with a final week of different and dazzling concerts. For 16 nights of pop, folk, cabaret, country, rock, and show tunes, the series explored the best of the golden age of musical standards through to today's most dynamic contemporary songwriting.

Merkin Concert Hall's 2010 Broadway Playhouse series comes to a close on March 7 with a celebration of the beloved composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein.

Probably my favorite recording of my all-time favorite Christmas song, Frank Loesser's 'Baby, It's Cold Outside!', is the barn-burning opener to one of the best Christmas albums out there, Broadway Cares' HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. While Christmas may be passed, and Valentine's Day just around the corner, it certainly warms the heart a bit to think that the audible affection affected by Alan Cumming and Liza Minnelli on that track spills over into real life, as they happen to be the best of friends. This week we will take a look at Alan Cumming's first solo album, I BOUGHT A BLUE CAR TODAY and Liza's just-released concert film which was recorded at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas late last year, around Christmastime, LIZA'S AT THE PALACE...

A generation of Americans has grown up singing Alan Menken's songs from such animated Disney films as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.

The Reprise Theatre Company's production of CAROUSEL will close on February 7, 2010.

Experience the joy and excitement of the golden age of Tin Pan Alley when Atlanta Lyric Theatre's THE ALL NIGHT STRUT! struts its stuff as it comes roaring to The Strand Theatre on the Marietta Square in a no holds-barred celebration of the age of be-bop, jazz and swing February 19 through March 7.

San Diego REPertory Theatre welcomes America's premier Latino comedy troupe, CULTURE CLASH, back to the Lyceum Theatre for its hilarious and provocative comedy CULTURE CLASH IN AMERICCA.

Reprise Theatre Company presents Audra McDonald in Concert for one performance only on Monday, February 1 at 8:30 pm, at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. Audra McDonald is the latest in Reprise Theatre Company's tradition of presenting Broadway stars in concert, which have included Patti LuPone, Carol Burnett, Ben Vereen, Kristin Chenoweth, and Brian Stokes Mitchell.

Linda Eder Performs the Judy Garland Songbook

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook enters Week Two of its twelfth season celebrating the diversity of American popular song.

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook enters Week Two of its twelfth season celebrating the diversity of American popular song.

A generation of Americans has grown up singing Alan Menken's songs from such animated Disney films as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.