Maria Friedman News

On Friday, December 21, BBC Radio 2 hosts 'Music Night' with a special tribute to Jerry Herman.

The Prince Edward theatre, currently the home of 'Mary Poppins', witnessed another piece of magic on Sunday 23 September, when it became the venue for a star-studded gala tribute to legendary Broadway lyricist/tunesmith, Jerry Herman - a show scheduled to be aired on BBC Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night just before Christmas. From the moment the BBC concert orchestra conducted by Larry Blank and the highly accomplished chorus of Capital Voices launched into Herman's blockbuster, 'Tap Your Troubles Away' (from 'Mack and Mable') the audience knew they were in for a rare treat of musical theatre showstoppers. And for the next 2 hours the cast of John Barrowman, Maria Friedman, Debbie Gravitte and Clarke Peters never failed to deliver.

Olivier Award-winner Maria Friedman and Welsh opera star Bryn Terfel will star in the Royal Festival Hall's production of the macabre Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler classic Sweeney Todd

After last year's successful collaboration on How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria, the BBC and Andrew Lloyd Webber have once again forces in launching Any Dream Will Do, a nationwide talent search to find a male lead for the West End's Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Exclusive footage of the twelve finalists for the role of Joseph is now available at www.andrewlloydwebber.com.

The Roundabout Theatre Company will most likely be bringing the hit Menier Chocolate Factory production of Sunday in the Park with George to Broadway next season

According to Whatsonstage.com, Kim Criswell will replace Elaine Stritch as Carlotta Campion in London's upcoming 'Follies in Concert,' which will be presented at the London Palladium on February 4th, 2007 at 7:15 PM.

The 12th Annual Nothing Like a Dame concert will take place on March 19th

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman proudly announce the long running off-Broadway show, Altar Boyz (now also in the midst of a National Tour), has endorsed Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for Governor of New York. No other musical has ever endorsed a candidate.

Maria Friedman, Imelda Staunton, Philip Quast, Liliane Montevecchi, Liz Robertson and Laura Michelle Kelly are among the stars who have so far been enlisted to star in Follies in Concert, which will be presented as a benefit performance at the London Palladium on February 4th, 2007

On October 17th, Monty Python's Spamalot had a star-studded opening at London's Palace Theatre!

The possibility of a Broadway transfer of the Menier Chocolate Factory's hit revival of Sunday in the Park with George is looking increasinly likely

The producers of Sunday in the Park With George have confirmed that the show will close on September 2nd, following a successful run which began on May 13th

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that ALTAR BOYZ, the award-winning musical comedy, will kick off a 30-week National Tour with a three-week engagement at the LaSalle Theatre (4901 W. Irving Park Road) in Chicago beginning October 10th.

Twelve of the season's brightest new stars were honored on Tuesday at the 62nd Annual Theatre World Awards.

On Tuesday, June 6th, Liza Minnelli, Ralph Fiennes and more turned out to present Theatre World Awards to twelve stars with recent Broadway debuts to their names

Sunday in the Park with George will be spending more time on the West End; the hit Menier Chocolate Factory revival of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine classic is now set to run through September 2nd after a six-week extension was announced

Liza Minnelli, Ralph Fiennes and Patricia Neal are the latest additions to the roster of stars who will present the Theatre World Awards on June 6th

'Jule Styne in Hollywood,' a concert celebrating the release of a new PS Classics Inc. CD and featuring Maria Friedman and others, took place at Birdland on May 22nd

Twelve performers have won 2005-06 Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway and Off-Broadway Debut Performances.

The Cafe Carlyle has announced its fall season, which will include Elaine Stritch's At Home at the Carlyle II from September 12th through November 4th