Frank Loesser News

The 92nd Street Y opens the 2008 season of Lyrics & Lyricists, the Y's legendary American Songbook series, with 'It's Magic: The Lyrics of Sammy Cahn,' by artistic director Ted Sperling, who also serves as host.

Celebrated cabaret performer Karen Mason brings a little holiday cheer to The Big Apple with 'Karen Mason and Friends: Christmas in the City,' a festive holiday concert featuring special guests Liz Callaway, Gregg Edelman, and The Accidentals. This special one-night-only engagement will take place Saturday December 22 at 5PM & 8PM at The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space

The West Bank Café announces our October, 2007 line-up of live entertainment, to be presented in The Laurie Beechman Theatre.

American Musical Theatre of San Jose presents Guys and Dolls, playing October 9 through 21 at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, starring Sarah Uriate Berry and Burke Moses.

Joining previously announced Hunter Foster in the up-coming Off-Broadway musical, 'Frankenstein,' are Christiane Noll, Steve Blanchard, Jim Stanek and Mandy Bruno.

a star-studded cast is being sought for the upcoming Broadway revival of the Frank Loesser musical classic Guys and Dolls

The York Theatre Company has announced its Fall 2007 Musicals in Mufti Series -- the York's acclaimed series of musical theatre gems in staged concert performances

Andrea Marcovicci - the celebrated singer and actress -will return to the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel from May 15-26.

At 70-something years of age, Marilyn Maye's pipes are still golden and her engagement at The Metropolitan Room is about the closest you'll get to an evening composed entirely of showstoppers.

This delightful duo left an indelible impression on the guests at Verizon Hall, and Philly can't stop 'talking about them, and talking about them.'

Masterworks Broadway, a label born out of the SONY/BMG merger, has gathered together collection of these 'sleeper' hits sung by some of the theater's most talented performers in its new release, 'Broadway Scene Stealers,' featuring songs sung by supporting characters in musicals.

Ravinia Festival Chairman Michael E. Lavin and President and CEO Welz Kauffman today announced details of the 2007 season of music theater and dance events.

Coming off her triumphant return to Danny's last year after a nearly 25-year hiatus, celebrated singer/story-teller Joanne Beretta returns March 7 to Any Wednesday to captivate audiences with her program of theater, cabaret, and folk rock songs.

Original Dreamgirls star Loretta Devine, as well as Jenifer Lewis, will co-host the second annual Sheldon Epps Theatrical Diversity Project Celebration at the Pasadena Playhouse on March 13th.

Stage West Dinner Theatre offers GUYS AND DOLLS as their 99th production. It's a reasoably entertaining production but fails to show off this classic musical in the best light. * * * (out of 5)

If you enjoy music from Broadway and Hollywood, FOXY 88.5 FM (Toronto) has a full hour of it for you every Sunday night at 7 when Mark Andrew Lawrence presents FRONT ROW CENTRE. This week, Mark Andrew will be featuring the classic musical GUYS AND DOLLS by Frank Loesser. The program is also available through the website at www.foxy885.com.

HANNAH LOESSER, beloved daughter of Broadway composer Frank Loesser and singer Jo Sullivan Loesser, died in New York City Thursday, January 25th, of Cancer. She was 44 years old.

With rehearsals now underway for the Philadelphia Theatre Company premiere of Nerds://A Musical Software Satire, the show's creators have launched a new daily blog, offering fans and audience members a first-hand look into the process of preparing the new musical for its Janaury 2007 debut

Veteran stage, screen and television star John Rubinstein is announced to play The Wizard in the new Los Angeles production of WICKED, which begins performances on February 10, 2007, at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Rubinstein joins stars Eden Espinosa and Megan Hilty, who play Elphaba and Glinda, and Carol Kane, who plays Madame Morrible. Kane appeared in the role during the sold out engagement of WICKED at the Pantages Theatre last summer, and then went on to play the part on Broadway.