Ken Billington News

The London production of The Drowsy Chaperone, which opened at the Novello Theatre on 14 May, will have its final performance on Saturday 4 August 2007, following a decision made by the Producers.

The London production of The Drowsy Chaperone, which opened at the Novello Theatre on May 14th, will have its final performance on Saturday, August 4th 2007, following a decision made by the producers.

Television and recording star Duncan James will make his stage debut starring as 'Billy Flynn' in the smash hit West End musical 'CHICAGO' at the Cambridge Theatre on Monday 2 July for a limited seven-week season, finishing on 18 August.

Maxwell Caulfield will star as 'Billy Flynn' in the London production of Chicago on Tuesday 29 May 2007 for a limited five-week season, finishing on 30 June 2007.

The Drowsy Chaperone, a completely original musical comedy, will launch a national tour in September 2007 with a return to Toronto, where it was the sleeper hit of the 1999 Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival before transferring to a hit commercial run at Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre.

Legendary entertainer Clint Holmes, a favorite on the Las Vegas stage whose career has spanned more than two decades, previews his autobiographical musical 'Just Another Man' beginning June 1, exclusively for Las Vegas audiences, inside the Judy Bayley Theatre at UNLV.

Harold Prince's production of Leonard Bernstein's Candide will make its return to City Opera Tuesday, April 8, 2008 replacing the previously announced Ragtime.

WHO: The National Touring Company WHAT: Annie WHEN: Through March 25; Weds - Sat at 8PM, Sat at 2PM, Sun at 1PM and 6:30PM WHERE: Hippodrome Theatre, Baltimore HOW MUCH: $25.00 - $65.00 + fees

WHITE CHRISTMAS is being presented at the Hummingbird Centre November 20 to January 6. Open audition call for girls ages 8 - 11 for the role of Susan Waverly on Saturday March 31.

Members of the cast of the upcoming West End production of the Drowsy Chaperone met the press in London and we've got pictures!

Westport Country Playhouse has announced that Grammy, Emmy and three-time Tony Award nominee Eartha Kitt, and Tony Award winners Shuler Hensley and Cady Huffman will appear in the new Kander and Ebb musical, All About Us, which opens the Playhouse 2007 season, April 10 through April 28.

Summer Strallen and Nickolas Grace will join Elaine Paige and Bob Martin in the West End production of the five-time Tony Award winning The Drowsy Chaperone opening at the Novello Theatre on 6 June, with previews from 14 May. Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone has music by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar.

As the driving creative force behind the now 30-year-old musical that has spawned countless child stars, including Andrea McArdle and Sarah Jessica Parker, Charnin again returns to his beloved classic, currently at the Orange County Performing Arts Center...

'due to personal health concerns,'

Multi award-winning actress and recording artist Elaine Paige will return to the West End to take the title role in the Broadway smash hit musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, with music by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, the five-time Tony Award winning musical will preview at the Novello Theatre from 14 May, with press night on 5 June and opening night on 6 June.

StudentsLive Career Day on Broadway will be held on Saturday, December 9th, 2006 at Roseland Ballroom

Natascia Diaz, Sebastian La Cause and Jim Stanek will be among the stars of the Kennedy Center's production of Carnival, the whimsical 1961 Bob Merrill musical that will run from February 17th through March 11th, 2007 at the Eisenhower Theatre

The new Broadway musical High Fidelity will begin previews on November 20 prior to a December 7 opening at the Imperial Theatre

Caren Lyn Manuel has joined the cast of the new Broadway musical High Fidelity

L.A. Stage Alliance announces presenters for 2006 Ovation Awards...