John McMartin News

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) will present its annual 2012 Spring Gala honoring Academy Award, Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Rob Marshall.

Paradise Theatre presents SWEET CHARITY March 2-18, 2012. Book by Neil Simon; Music by Cy Coleman; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Based on an original screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Plaiano. Produced for the Broadway Stage by Fryer, Carr and Harris. Conceived, Staged and Choreographed by Bob Fosse. Directed by JEFF RICHARDS. Musical Direction by VICKI KNICKERBOCKER. Choreography by VICKI RICHARDS.

Anything Goes star Sutton Foster will appear as a guest judge on 'Project Runway All Stars' this Thursday, February 16th between 9-10PM on Bravo.

From Nick Jonas and Michael Urie to the Ladies of THE VIEW to Adam Pascal, Raul Esparza, Barbra Streisand to Alan Menken, Bernadette Peters to Susan Boyle, Colin Quinn to GLEE and Everything in Between - It's the BroadwayWorld.com 2012 Valentine's Day Special - It's the Biggest Ever!

Julie Halston and Robert Petkoff have this month joined the cast of Roundabout Theatre Company's ANYTHING GOES as 'Evangeline Harcourt' and 'Lord Evelyn Oakleigh.' Roundabout Theatre Company presents the 2011 Tony Award winning Anything Goes, starring 2011 Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as 'Reno Sweeney' and Tony and Academy Award winner Joel Grey as 'Moonface Martin.' Check out photos of the new duo in action below!

Anything Goes star Colin Donnell begins a leave of absence from the show today, January 24, to perform in Merrily We Roll Along at Encores! Bill English will assume the role of "Billy Crocker" tonight thru Sunday, February 19th. Colin Donnell will return to the show on Tuesday, February 21st.

The cast of Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes is set to perform tonight on 'The Rosie Show.' Tony Award winner Sutton Foster and Tony and Academy Award winner Joel Grey will stop by for a special performance on this evenings show; which airs at 7pm on OWN.

Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced a new block of tickets now on-sale through September 9th, 2012. Anything Goes currently stars 2011 Tony® Award winner Sutton Foster as "Reno Sweeney" and Tony and Academy® Award winner Joel Grey as "Moonface Martin," and is directed and choreographed by 2011 Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall. Casting for May 1st - September 9th will be announced shortly.

Roundabout Theatre Company just announced that Julie Halston (The Divine Sister) will assume the role of "Evangeline Harcourt" on Tuesday, January 17th & Robert Petkoff (Ragtime) will assume the role of "Lord Evelyn Oakleigh" on Friday, January 13th.

The Kennedy Center's critically acclaimed Broadway production of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award®-winning musical Follies will transfer to the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles for six weeks, and as BroadwayWorld reported last month, Bernadette Peters will not continue on with the rest of the cast for the transfer of the production. Now we have confirmed that Tony winner Victoria Clark will take over the role of Sally in her place. Also now officially confirmed to transfer with the production are co-stars Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein, Ron Raines and Elaine Paige.

Casting for the Los Angeles engagement of Follies has not yet been announced, and while it is presumed that at least some of the cast will be heading west, one star who will not make the trip is Bernadette Peters, who plays Sally Durant. A spokesperson for Peters tells BroadwayWorld that the star has concert obligations she must fulfill next spring, which will prevent her from continuing with the production. Peters will, of course, finish out the Broadway run through January 22.

Roundabout Theatre Company just announced that Julie Halston (The Divine Sister) will assume the role of "Evangeline Harcourt" on Tuesday, January 17th & Robert Petkoff (Ragtime) will assume the role of "Lord Evelyn Oakleigh" on Friday, January 13th.

BroadwayWorld.com is excited to present a new series of artwork created by Broadway ad agency Serino/Coyne to celebrate the end of FOLIES' Broadway run and to remind everyone that time is running out to see this beautiful production. The photo below features Bernadette Peters who plays Sally in the show.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) has just announced that Tony® and Academy® Award winner Joel Grey will continue to play "Moonface Martin" through April 29th, 2012 with 2011 Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as "Reno Sweeney." Anything Goes is directed and choreographed by 2011 Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall.

The LA Times is reporting the breaking news that 'Center Theatre Group announced Tuesday that it would import the production now on Broadway that originated in May at Washington's Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Michael Ritchie, CTG's artistic director, said "we are currently in discussions" to lure members of the Broadway cast led by Bernadette Peters, Elaine Page, Jan Maxwell, Jayne Houdyshell and Danny Burstein. "Follies" is scheduled to close on Broadway Jan. 22 after a four-month run.'

Stephanie J. Block, who has been filling in for Sutton Foster in ANYTHING GOES, has officially departed the production. Foster, who was filming the television pilot, Bunheads for the past 3 weeks, returned as Reno Sweeney on November 25.

Modern-day master of musical theatre Stephen Sondheim is about to release the second book of his complete collected lyrics - covering mostly everything written in the last three decades and in this one so far - titled after a line from what may very well be his ultimate masterpiece, the Pulitzer Prize-winning SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE - LOOK, I MADE A HAT; Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany. So, today, we are going to be taking a look at a litany of the finest moments from Sondheim's post-SWEENEY TODD musicals that are highlighted in LOOK, I MADE A HAT and perhaps discover a few of the many reasons why Sondheim's musicals - whether late-period or early on- are the best of the best Broadway has to offer - now or ever. And, what an absolutely mind-blowing list it is - and what a masterpiece of a book!

Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes, will perform the Cole Porter classic 'You're the Top' on the 'CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade' between 9:00AM-9:30AM on channel 2 next Thursday!

Joel Grey returned to Roundabout's Tony Award winning production of 'Anything Goes' on Sunday, November 6th. Robert Creighton stepped into the role for most of October, after Grey fractured his foot. Grey will be playing 'Moonface Martin' opposite Stephanie J. Block through November 22nd when Sutton Foster returns to play opposite Joel beginning November 23rd.

ANYTHING GOES has officially announced the winner of the 'You're the Tap' contest, who will receive an Anything Goes spree in NYC. The prize package for two includes airfare provided by American Airlines, hotel accommodations at Flatotel, dinner at Aureole, and tickets to Anything Goes with a backstage meet and greet. Check out a video of the guys from the cast watching Katie's video below!