Lonny Price News

Legendary composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim will no longer appear before the Ravinia Festival in Chicago's August 11th performance of Gypsy, starring Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone as Rose.

Full casting has been announced for Ravinia's Gypsy, running August 11th through 13th; in addition, Sondheim will appear for a pre-show discussion on August 11th

Leo Ash Evens is making his Ravinia Festival debut this August as Tulsa in Gypsy, alongside Patti LuPone. He has performed the role of Tulsa twice before, most recently in Houston, TX opposite Andrea McArdle. Evens made his international debut in Moscow, as Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street.

Rags, by Stephen Schwartz and Charles Strouse, will be the next World AIDS Day concert

The two new musicals that will be presented as part of The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Music Theatre Conference in Waterford, CT from July 15th through 29th will be studded with starry casts; Veanne Cox, Jenn Collela, Anne L. Nathan and Megan McGinnis are among the performers set to take part in the shows

According to The New York Post's Liz Smith, the Weinsteins do not hold the rights to Gypsy for a planned film version

Stopping Traffic--the hit new Off-Broadway play about one woman's life-long experiences with bipolar disorder, written and performed by Mary Pat Gleason--has extended its world premiere through July 2 at the Vineyard Theatre

Is a second film version of Gypsy on the way...with Oscar-winner Catherine Zeta Jones as ultimate stage mother Rose?

Stopping Traffic, written by and starring Mary Pat Gleason, opened at the Vineyard Theatre on June 7th

The Manhattan School of Music's Professional Musical Theater Workshop, led by Artistic/Musical Director Paul Gemignani, takes place from June 5th through June 30th; Lonny Price and Joanna Merlin are among the faculty

Mary Pat Gleason's solo play about her battle with bipolar disorder lacks focus

The American Theatre Wing's SpringboardNYC, an intensive summer boot camp for actors, began its fifth season yesterday, and will run through June 16th

Stopping Traffic, a one-woman show written by and starring Mary Pat Gleason and directed by Lonny Prince, opens June 7

A semi-staged concert production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company that was to have been among the offerings of the New York Philharmonic during its 2006-2007 season has been cancelled

Plays by J.M. Barrie, Anne Washburn and Nicky Silver will be part of the Vineyard Theatre's 2006-2007 season

Jessica Boevers, last seen on Broadway in In My Life, is set to entertain audiences as Louise in the upcoming Ravinia Festival's staged concert production of Gypsy, while Jack Willis has been cast as Herbie

The Vineyard Theatre offers its first online charity auction -- featuring rare, autographed theatre, film and television collectibles; opening night and film premiere tickets; backstage tours of Broadway's biggest shows; lunches with celebrities; and much more -- on eBay.com, now through May 3rd. Proceeds benefit the not-for-profit Vineyard Theatre

A few days before the 10th anniversary of Rent, on April 24th, a benefit concert of the landmark Jonathan Larson musical was held at the Nederlander Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there to bring you up close and person on the red carpet for this once in a lifetime event!

Lonny Price will direct Mary Pat Gleason's one-woman show Stopping Traffic, which will open Off-Broadway on June 7th