Joe DiPietro News

Jenn Gambatese arrived at DHS Monday to give the cast advice on how to make their musical a success. She also had a special one-on-one chat with the girl who will be playing Samantha Mason, the role Gambatese has played.

Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Managing Director Phil Santora of TheatreWorks, the nationally-acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, unveiled a line-up for its 2011-2012 season.

AUBREY DAN, President, Dancap Productions Inc., today announced Dancap's 2011 Subscription Series featuring the Canadian premiere of five new musicals direct from Broadway, and the return of The Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC.

Gexa Energy Broadway at the Hobby Center turns the spotlight on the newest hits from Broadway in its 2011-2012 season, announced today. Houston theater audiences will be captivated with new Broadway shows this season!

TheatreWorks, the nationally-acclaimed theatre of Silicon Valley, has announced the line-up for its 2010-2011 season. Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Managing Director Phil Santora announced a 41st season that will include three world premieres (bringing the company's total to 56); three regional premieres including the newest play by the author of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, Broadway's quirky hit musical about writers writing a quirky hit musical and a spell-binding mystery about a Japanese-American veteran charged with murder; and two Broadway favorites. The company will once again lead off with an extensive New Works Festival.

Usually when we think of taking our kids to a Broadway show, we think of the shows that seem child-like....Lion King, Mary Poppins....basically anything Disney. The Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, a show about segregation and prejudice in the deep south during the 1950's and the birth of rock n' roll, might not be the first show that comes to mind. But those of us with older kids (I'm talking over age ten) might want to take a clue from the hundreds of school teachers who have already taken their students to see this blockbuster musical that not only entertains, it educates.

San Jose Repertory Theatre's Artistic Director Rick Lombardo today announced the Rep's highly anticipated 2011-2012 Season, with seven productions starting September 2011 through July 2012. This season includes two major Broadway hits, a World Premiere and several Bay Area Premieres. The shows will appeal to an especially wide range of audiences, with drama, alternative rock, comedy and challenging themes.

Fort Wayne Civic Theatre MUSICAL AUDITIONS for I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE in collaboration with the ACPL

Just in time for Valentine's Day, director Larry Tobias and music director Rollie Mains have ushered the clever little musical (with book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro and music by Jimmy Roberts) to the stage, featuring the delightful - and supremely on-target - talents of Bakari King, Tyson Laemmel, Megan Murphy Chambers and Cathy Sanborn Street. The talented quartet take audiences on a roller-coaster ride of sorts as they give us a look at the contemporary dating scene, which is apparently 'all heterosexual, all the time' - and which could be the revue's one element that dates the material to the 1990s.

Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) is pleased to present the Off-Broadway musical hit, I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE (Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro with Music by Jimmy Roberts) on stage at the Teatro Wego! Theatre, 177 Sala Ave in Westwego, February 4-20, 2011. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30PM with Sunday Matinees at 2PM. With direction by Andrew Crusse, choreography by Alicia Grubb and musical direction by Jonne Dendinger, I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT... stars MATIAS GRAU, III, KATHERINE McCLAIN AEA, WENDY MIKLOVIC AEA and CLIFF THOMPSON. Tickets are $20 for students, $27 for Seniors, $30 for Adults**. **Leave the kids at home! This show contains adult humor and adult situations!**For tickets, call the JPAS Box Office at 504-885-2000 or online at www.jpas.org. JPAS has great group rates!

The cast of Broadway's Tony Award winning Best Musical MEMPHIS performed 'Steal Your Rock ‘n' Roll' live on ABC's 'Good Morning America' on Friday, January 28th. Critically acclaimed MEMPHIS won four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Original Score (David Bryan and Joe DiPietro), Best Book (Joe DiPietro), and Best Orchestrations (David Bryan and Daryl Waters).

The cast of Broadway's Tony Award winning Best Musical MEMPHIS performed 'Steal Your Rock ‘n' Roll' live on ABC's 'Good Morning America' on Friday, January 28th. See a backstage look below!

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres is thrilled to produce another new show to its Main Stage -- ALL SHOOK UP! Called the 'best retro rock show since Grease,' ALL SHOOK UP opens on the Main Stage to previews from August 6 -19, with grand opening festivities on Friday, August 20.

The cast of Broadway's Tony Award winning Best Musical MEMPHIS performed 'Steal Your Rock ‘n' Roll' live on ABC's 'Good Morning America' This morning, January 28th in the 8am hour. Click below for the performance.

The cast of Broadway's Tony Award winning Best Musical MEMPHIS will perform "Steal Your Rock 'n' Roll" live on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Friday, January 28th in the 8am hour.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce MEMPHIS, the show that's currently blowing the roof off Broadway, will be wowing Chicago audiences from November 22-December 4, 2011 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.).

Due to popular demand, Florida Studio Theatre extends I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change for another week in the Keating Theatre, beginning January 18 and officially closing on January 22, 2011.

Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) is pleased to present the Off-Broadway musical hit, I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE (Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro with Music by Jimmy Roberts) on stage at the Teatro Wego! Theatre, 177 Sala Ave in Westwego, February 4-20, 2011. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30PM with Sunday Matinees at 2PM. With direction by Andrew Crusse, choreography by Alicia Grubb and musical direction by Jonne Dendinger, I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT... stars MATIAS GRAU, III, KATHERINE McCLAIN AEA, WENDY MIKLOVIC AEA and CLIFF THOMPSON. Tickets are $20 for students, $27 for Seniors, $30 for Adults**. **Leave the kids at home! This show contains adult humor and adult situations!**For tickets, call the JPAS Box Office at 504-885-2000 or online at www.jpas.org. JPAS has great group rates!

Fort Wayne Civic Theatre hosts MUSICAL AUDITIONS for I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE in collaboration with the ACPL, sponsored by Lincoln Financial Group

Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced that Jane Austen's Emma - A Musical Romantic Comedy with music, lyrics and book by Tony Award nominee Paul Gordon will fill the final slot of the 2010-11 Winter Season.