Helen Reddy News

A multi-ethnic cast highlights stinging themes of class and poverty when Whitefire artistic director Bryan Rasmussen directs Blood Brothers, the Olivier Award-winning, Tony-nominated musical drama by Willy Russell (Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine). The tragic musical tale opens at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks on October 18 for a six-week run through November 23.

Bix Barnaba will play 33rd US President, Harry S Truman in the acclaimed comedy 'GIVE EM HELL HARRY! by Samuel Gallu beginning July 20 at St. Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street, NYC.

Bix Barnaba will play 33rd US President, Harry S Truman in the acclaimed comedy 'GIVE EM HELL HARRY! by Samuel Gallu beginning July 20 at St. Luke's Theatre, 308 West 46th Street, NYC.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre is very pleased to welcome Broadway veteran RIC RYDER for a one night only concert event. The seasoned performer (Blood Brothers, The Music Man, Starmites, Grease, A New Brain), is joined by composer/musician Steve Marzullo (I Hid My Love, Somedays, Musical Director of Once on This Island, etc.) and musicians Mary Ann McSweeney (Avenue Q Swings) and Everett Bradley (Broadway's Swing!, tours with Darryl Hall, John Bon Jovi, Chris Botti, Cyndi Lauper), as well as vocalists Michelle Blakely (Broadway's Senator Joe, Grease and Annie Get Your Gun) and Holly Hylton (Hello, Dolly with Mimi Hinds).

The 2006 Tony Award winner for Best Play has its New England premiere at Speakeasy Stage Company in a production worthy of accolades. Director Scott Edmiston, topnotch technical crew, and entire cast of faculty and students deserve all 'A's' for this effort.

Harvey Returns! Welcome to The Return of special new series on BroadwayWorld.com - four time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein's personal MySpace blog of bringing his brand new musical, A Catered Affair to Broadway. We'll be exclusively picking up Harvey Fierstein's blog as he shares his first hand reports from rehearsals to Opening Night (and beyond). Check back for updates as rehearsals get underway!

On Sunday, July 15th and Monday, July 16th - as part of 'Broadway at Birdland' - Ron Abel was joined by special guests Lucie Arnaz, Valarie Pettiford and Michele Lee for a concert.

Ashley Brown, Lucie Arnaz, Michele Lee, Christine Ebersole, Stephanie J. Block and more have joined the July Broadway at Birdland line-up of performances.

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

The performers appearing in the Broadway at Birdland series in July and August will include Broadway's top Blonde Laura Bell Bundy; two-time Drama Desk nominee Nancy Anderson; Billy Stritch and some of 'his girls'; Ron Abel (with his girls including Lucie Arnaz); MAC Award winner Natalie Douglas, The Broadway Boys, and The Fabulous Pink Flamingos

This one is for the girls-and the boys, and the adults, and the kids...once you accept this show for what it is, you'll be in for one heck of a fun ride, complete with some of your favorite songs from the twentieth century.

The Duplex Cabaret is pleased to continue our celebrated BROADWAY DOWNTOWN series on Monday, April 24th at 7pm, when we welcome Ric Ryder to our stage for a one night only concert event.

Bruce Kimmel has started a new label, Kritzerland, which he describes as 'a boutique label for recordings of theater music, as well as the odd jazz and film album.'

Trying out a new musical can be MURDER! Grammy nominated musical theatre record producer, screenwriter, director, Bruce Kimmel, has put his insider's knowledge of musicals to diabolical use in his new mystery novel, Writer's Block.

  When cabaret singers start telling long, involved, heartfelt stories about how a certain pop song on the radio deeply affected their lives I usually take that as a signal to start jiggling the ice in my empty drink to see if I can come up with another strawful of water. Unless, of course, the singers in question are Joanna Parson and Lance Werth, and the voice on the radio is the Queen of Easy Listening, one Helen Reddy.