Ken Billington News

Visa cardholders will enjoy pre-sale access to purchase tickets for the new Broadway musical High Fidelity on September 9 with an exclusive window through September 23; they go on sale to the general public on September 24

The producers of the new Broadway musical High Fidelity have announced that the show will begin previews November 20 prior to opening December 7, 2007 on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre

The famous redheaded orphan of the title will come to the LaSalle Bank Theatre (18 W. Monroe) September 19 - October 1, 2006 as part of Annie's current national tour

The musical [title of show] - one of the hits of the summer theatre season - has extended its Off-Broadway run 3 more weeks through October 1 at the Vineyard Theatre

The American Theatre Wing's Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee has nominated 57 theater artists for recognition of their outstanding work in 39 productions presented during the 2005-2006 New York theater season

Jenn Collela, Christian Anderson, Kirsten Wyatt, Emily Swallow and more have joined the cast of the Broadway-bound musical High Fidelity

The New York Musical Theatre Festival's Next Link presentation of The Flight of the Lawnchair Man, playing from September 13th through 18th, will reunite its 2005 Goodspeed Opera cast--including Sweeney Todd's Donna Lynne Champlin--as well as much of its creative team

Danny Burstein, the stage door favorite who plays narcissistic Latin Lover Aldolpho in The Drowsy Chaperone, is anything but vain about his theatrical accomplishments

Ghostlight Records will release the original cast recording of the hit Off-Broadway meta-musical [title of show] on July 25th.

The current national tour of Annie will play the Theater at Madison Square Garden for a limited holiday run from December 6th through December 30th

Make an appointment to see Dr. Dolittle, staged by and starring Tommy Tune, in Chicago at the Cadillac Palace Theatre for a limited engagement July 18-30, 2006. The Internet, video games…These days, all this 'interactive' entertainment can get in the way of actually interacting with your kids.

National tour of Charles Strouse charmer is cute and cuddly - but never cloying

Will Chase has been tapped to star in the Broadway-bound musical version of High Fidelity, premiering in Boston on September 26th

Marking 60 years of excellence on Broadway, The Tony Awards were being broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 11th, and we've got the winners here! The History Boys led the pack with 6 wins, followed by The Drowsy Chaperone with 5, Jersey Boys with 4 and The Pajama Game, Sweeney Todd, and Awake and Sing with 2.

The hit musical [title of show] -- recent winner of Obie Awards for its creators Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell and director Michael Beresse -- will return for an 8-week engagement this summer starting July 14 at the Vineyard Theatre

The Drowsy Chaperone's Tony Award-nominated stars Bob Martin and Beth Leavel will perform 'As We Stumble Along' live on ABC's 'Live with Regis and Kelly' on Thursday, June 8th

In the famous Act One finale of Mame, the musical's irresistible title character single-handedly revives the drowsy South, sending its courtly gentlemen and Georgia peaches into an ecstatic serenade of acceptance and very high octaves. It's a rousing number in the Kennedy Center's gorgeously-mounted production, but it's hard to find the same kind of enthusiasm with Christine Baranski filling Mame's jodhpurs

Richard Griffiths, currently on Broadway in The History Boys, as well as The Drowsy Chaperone's Bob Martin, will be interviews on 'Theater Talk' on May 26th

By now, just about everyone has seen some form of Kander and Ebb's razzle-dazzle musical Chicago. With a successful revival and an even more successful film, the 1975 musical that lost all its Tony Awards to a little show called A Chorus Line is now a worldwide phenomenon. Currently touring the country (and fresh off a stop in Dubai of all places), I am happy to report that Chicago is in fine shape. Though the Rob Marshall screen treatment is quite good, nothing can touch seeing the acclaimed revival live.