Hugh Wheeler News

The Drama Studio hosts auditions for SUMMER STOCK MUSICAL SWEENEY TODD on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 6:30 PM. There will be a private Audition for the adult cast may be scheduled if unable to attend the open call.

Artistic Director Robert Falls announced two exciting mainstage additions plus an unprecedented partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art to Goodman Theatre's upcoming 2010/2011 season (begins September 2010), completing the season schedule.

Tony, Grammy & Golden Globe Award winner Bernadette Peters and Tony & Emmy Award winner Elaine Stritch will return to Broadway in Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning masterpiece A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, directed by Tony Award-winner Trevor Nunn.

Famed director/designer Isaac Mizrahi will direct the upcoming production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at the Opera Theatre in St. Louis. The production will run June 6th through 19th at the Opera Theatre and will feature conductor Stephen Lord. NIGHT MUSIC was written by Hugh Wheeler and features a score by Stephen Sondheim.

The Opera House Players, located in the Broad Brook section of East Windsor, CT announce auditions for the musical thriller SWEENEY TODD. The show will be directed by Anna Giza, with musical direction by Tony Romeo; performances are three weekends in November.

On the recovery from a viral infection that kept her out of the theater for several performances over the past couple of weeks, Catherine-Zeta Jones is back in action and will be performing in both shows of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC today, the show's rep has confirmed.

Little Radical Theatrics will present Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's musical thriller SWEENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Play Group Theatre in White Plains from June 18-20, 2010. This particular mounting boasts a cast of twenty-three performers under the direction of Michael Mirra and George Croom. For more information e-mail littleradicals@aol.com. To purchase tickets visit www.seatyourself.biz/littleradicals

Celebrating Stephen Sondheim's 80th Birthday this year, Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Producing Director Richard M. Parison, Jr., presents the musical thriller, SWEENEY TODD: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Directed by Julianne Boyd, with musical direction by Darren Cohen, Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece begins previews on June 17; opens June 23 at 7:00pm; and runs through July 17.

The Theater Company (TTC) will hold open call auditions for their summer production of SWEENEY TODD - THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET on June 1 & 2, 2010 from 6-9pm at DeBaun Auditorium in Hoboken, New Jersey. Based on a version of SWEENEY TODD by Christopher Bond, the musical, with book by Hugh Wheeler and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is a chilling, suspenseful story of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime.

The Theater Company (TTC) will hold open call auditions for their summer production of SWEENEY TODD - THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET on June 1 & 2, 2010 from 6-9pm at DeBaun Auditorium in Hoboken, New Jersey. Based on a version of SWEENEY TODD by Christopher Bond, the musical, with book by Hugh Wheeler and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is a chilling, suspenseful story of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime.

Imagine being 22 years old; an aspiring actor who comes to New York with dreams of 'making it big' and having it actually happen two weeks later. Sound too good to be true? Not so, if A Little Night Music's Hunter Ryan Herdlicka is any example. Fresh out of Carnegie Mellon last year, Herdlicka quite literally stepped off of the proverbial boat and into one of the most high profile productions of the season, starring as 'Henrik Egerman' in Sondheim's Night Music alongside Angela Lansbury and Catherine Zeta-Jones, directed by Trevor Nunn.

Rumors have been abound that Elaine Stritch and Bernadette Peters could succeed Angela Lansbury and Catherine Zeta-Jones in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning masterpiece A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. It now appears that might be just the case.

The 5th Avenue Theatre has announced the cast for our upcoming production of Leonard Bernstein's Candide, directed by the 5th's Executive Producer and Artistic Director David Armstrong. Starring in the title role is New York actor Stanley Bahorek, who's performed in the national tour of Big River and on Broadway in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.

Notices are reportedly up at the Walter Kerr Theatre that Catherine Zeta-Jones will miss the matinee today of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. The star previously missed shows on the 18th, 19th and 20th, but was back in last night (Friday). According to a production spokesperson, she will be back for tonight's show.

A production spokesperson confirmed to BroadwayWorld.com that 'Catherine Zeta-Jones is out of the show this evening - she's sick and hopes to return to the production as soon as she is able.' The star previously missed performances on the 18th and 19th (the first that she's missed since the run began). Zeta-Jones' understudy Jayne Paterson will be performing her role of Desiree Armfeldt.

The Drama Studio hosts auditions for SUMMER STOCK MUSICAL SWEENEY TODD on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 6:30 PM. There will be a private Audition for the adult cast may be scheduled if unable to attend the open call.

Despite many rumors of new stars and replacement casts, the first Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning masterpiece A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, starring Academy Award-winner and Tony-nominee Catherine Zeta-Jones, five-time Tony Award-winner Angela Lansbury and Olivier Award-nominee Alexander Hanson, will play its final performance on Sunday, June 20th at 3:00 PM after 20 previews and 217 regular performances. Directed by Tony Award-winner Trevor Nunn, the production began previews on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 and opened on Sunday, December 13, 2009 at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).

The Theater Company (TTC) will hold open call auditions for their summer production of SWEENEY TODD - THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET on June 1 & 2, 2010 from 6-9pm at DeBaun Auditorium in Hoboken, New Jersey. Based on a version of SWEENEY TODD by Christopher Bond, the musical, with book by Hugh Wheeler and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is a chilling, suspenseful story of murderous barber-ism and culinary crime.

The City of Cleveland Heights and Cain Park proudly announce that Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Hugh Wheeler) opens Cain Park's 2010 season in the Alma Theater June 11-27 (preview June 10). Paul Gurgol, founder/artistic director of Kalliope Stage, directs this 1979 Tony Award-winning musical thriller with music direction by Jodie Ricci.

Tonight, Goodman Theatre's Education and Community Engagement department presents a special panel discussion, Too Broken to Reform? How We Can Fix Public Education. Education experts Valerie Hannon and Dr. Tim Knowles, discuss the current state of Chicago school systems, while engaging the community in a call to action for education reform.