Ken Billington News

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.

Announced this morning and reported on live at BroadwayWorld.com, we've got all the nominees for the 2006 Tony Awards, which will be broadcast on CBS on Sunday, June 11th.

One of the most popular new musicals of the season -- [title of show], which extended its run three times Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre will return, by popular demand, for a limited engagement this summer starting July 14.

RING OF FIRE will play its final performance on Sunday, April 30th at 2:00PM. The musical was created and directed by Tony Award® winner Richard Maltby, Jr. and conceived by William Meade. Ring of Fire officially opened on March 12th, 2006.

Complete casting is now set for the upcoming Kennedy Center production of Mame, which will open at the Eisenhower Theatre at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on June 1st after beginning previews on May 27th; the show, starring Christine Baranski, will run through July 2nd

The musical version of High Fidelity, by Tom Kitt, Amanda Green and David Lindsay-Abaire, will spin into Broadway in November after playing a tryout run in Boston from September 26th through October 22nd

[title of show] -- the new hit musical by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell -- offers its third and final extension, with performances now set to run through April 30th at the Vineyard Theatre

Flying Tigers, a new multi-million dollar musical set in China during World War 2, is on its way to Broadway for a likely April 2007 berth

Be the first to get a special sneak peek of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, which begins performances on Broadway on Monday, April 3rd.

For the second time, [title of show] has been extended off-Broadway; it will now run through April 23rd

Jeff McCarthy will play Beauregard Burnside in the Kennedy Center's starry summer production of Mame

[title of show] -- the new hit musical by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell -- extends its Off-Broadway premiere through April 9 at the Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15th Street), it has been announced by Vineyard Theatre's Artistic Director Douglas Aibel.

Tickets for The Drowsy Chaperone are now available to holders of American Express cards and will go on sale to the general public on March 12th

The show, will begin previews on April 3, 2006 and will open on May 1, 2006.

Alan Muraoka will play Ito in the Kennedy Center production of Mame, which will star Christine Baranski and run from June 1st through July 2nd

The national tour of Doctor Dolittle, starring director Tommy Tune and Dee Hoty, will launch in Houston, TX on January 17th

The Vineyard Theatre (108 East 15th Street) will continue its 24th season with [title of show], the much buzzed-about new musical by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell.

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts will host a production of the Irving Berlin musical White Christmas--currently seen in 3 US cities--during the 2006 holiday season

Dee Hoty will star opposite Tommy Tune in the new national tour of Doctor Dolittle, for which full casting is now complete

Three productions of Irving Berlin's White Christmas will be presented in L.A., San Francisco and Boston this holiday season