John Tartaglia News

Panaro, Jacobs, and Snow are added to 'Leading Men' lineup for the February 5th benefit at Birdland.

Spring Awakening star Jonathan Groff has joined the cast of 'My First Time,' which will be presented on Monday, February 26

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Dreamlight Theatre Company will present the next installment of their 'Bright Lights' concert series on Monday, January 29th at the Triad

John Tartaglia and Sutton Foster discuss 'Johnny and the Sprites,' on which the latter will guest star

On January 20th at 10 AM, The Drowsy Chaperone and Tony Award-winning star Sutton Foster will guest star on John Tartaglia's Disney Channel show 'Johnny and the Sprites.' BroadwayWorld.com is pleased to bring you this special exclusive sneak peek video featuring these two stage favorites!

After enchanting audiences for more than 13 years, Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the inaugural Broadway musical from Disney Theatrical Productions, will take its final bow at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street) on Sunday, July 29th. The Broadway production will have played 46 previews and 5,464 regular performances.

On January 20th at 10 AM, Tony Award-winning The Drowsy Chaperone star Sutton Foster will guest star on John Tartaglia's Disney Channel show 'Johnny and the Sprites.'

On Monday, February 26, producers Derek Collard and Gary Maffei are pleased to present 'MY FIRST TIME,' an all-star Broadway concert to benefit Quality Services for the Autistic Community (QSAC). Directed by Igor Goldin ('A Ritual of Faith') with musical direction by David Andrews Rogers, 'MY FIRST TIME' will take place at New World Stages (340 West 50th St.) at 7 p.m.

Broadway at Birdland, a series of Monday night concerts featuring top theater and nightclub stars and songwriters, has announced the January/February schedule

Donny Osmond, who plays Gaston in the show, celebrated his birthday on stage at Beauty in the Beast on Saturday, December 9th.

John Tartaglia's new show 'Johnny and the Sprites' is set to air on Playhouse Disney (Disney Channel) starting in January 2007

John Tartaglia will be starring as Lumiere in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, beginning performances on Tuesday, November 21st at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street). Tartaglia is best known for originating the roles of Princeton and Rod in Avenue Q in Las Vegas and on Broadway for which he received a Tony Award® nomination in 2004.

The Broadway musicals A Chorus Line, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Musical, The Color Purple and Spamalot, plus a number of Broadway stars, will be featured in this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

The New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced the winners of the 2006 NYMF Awards for Excellence, who will be recognized as part of the NYMF 2006 Awards Gala honoring Kevin McCollum

'Til the Fat Girl Sings author and Broadway actress Sharon Wheatley will host an hour of inspiring stories and songs at The Drama Bookshop on Wednesday, November 15th at 6pm

On October 16, TheatreworksUSA, the leading not-for-profit professional theatre for family audiences, was pleased to honor Kaki Hinton, Bebe Neuwirth and Tony Phelan with the Lee Salk Goodworks Award.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival is pleased to announce that Broadway producer Kevin McCollum (The Drowsy Chaperone, Rent, Avenue Q, [title of show], and the upcoming High Fidelity) will be honored as part of their 2006 Awards Gala, recognizing this year's outstanding contributions by both individual artists and entire production teams.

TheatreworksUSA's October 16th gala will feature Sandra Oh and Marin Mazzie, among other stars, while Bebe Neuwirth will be among the honorees

Donny Osmond joined the cast of Beauty and the Beast as burly braggart Gaston on September 19th--the same day as returning Belle Sarah Uriarte Berry