George Hearn News

Actors Patti LuPone, George Hearn and Elizabeth Wilson, playwright Brian Friel, costume designer Willa Kim and scenic designer Eugene Lee, as well as late playwrights August Wilson and Wendy Wasserstein, will be inducted into the 2006 Theater Hall of Fame

A weekly theater column for the Baltimore/Washington area.

Angela Lansbury and George Hearn, both of whom were seen on Broadway during the original run of Sweeney Todd, will reunite for a performance of 'A Little Priest' as part of the Kennedy Center's 35th Anniversary Celebration on May 7; three Les Miserables stars and others will also take part

Ms. Cohenour is currently doing double duty on Broadway as Signora Naccarelli and Margaret Johnson (on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings) in the smash musical The Light in the Piazza.

Tickets for the upcoming West End transfer of Wicked, opening September 27th, will go on sale on March 5th

During Ben Vereen's vacation, George Hearn will return to the role of the Wizard in Broadway's Wicked through February 3rd

The world premiere of Jewsical-The Chosen Musical--by the creators of Ruthless!--will play one performance on January 13th

The Actors Theatre Company has announced its season line-up, with Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine running from October 15th through 17th

New York's Museum of Television and Radio will host a 3-day retrospective called Musicals on Television, with a number of rare gems available for viewing

Reported here back on April 27th, the news is now official that Lupone will star alongside Michael Cerveris for the show's fall opening.

The Australian paper Sydney Confidential has reported that Hugh Jackman is being considered for the role of Max Von Mayerling in the film version of Sunset Boulevard

Currently starring as Boq in the Chicago production of Wicked, we checked in with Telly to talk about the show, his non-traditional casting, and lots more...

With 30 years of stage under her belt, this belter is better than ever and she'll prove it 27 times.

Rue McClanahan, Ben Vereen and Megan Hilty are the latest to play Madame Morrible, the Wizard and Glinda in Wicked

BroadwayWorld.com has learned that Donna Lynne Champlin is likely to star as Pirelli and Fogg in the Sweeney Todd Revival.

Reported first here on BroadwayWorld, Michael Cerveris is now confirmed, and Patti LuPone is said to be next for the Sweeney Todd revival.

Stars turned out for a big public birthday party.

Report and photos from the 12-hour celebration of everything Sondheim, which was held at Symphony Space three days before his 75th birthday.

Ben Vereen, Rue McClanahan, and Megan Hilty all join the cast of Wicked on May 31.

Bucchino, Buntrock, Esparza, Farrow, Gemignani, Golden, Hammond, Harris, Hathaway, d'Arcy James, Mitchell, Morrison, Nixon, Panaro and more...