Mary Rodgers News

Recently, Laura Benanti released her delightful self-titled debut album on Sony Masterworks. The record springs to life with light jazz covers of cherished classic and contemporary pop hits.

Tony-nominee Brandon Victor Dixon has joined the ensemble of Lyrics & Lyricists Preludes - Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt: Simple Little Things at 92Y.

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) has announced the 2020 winners of the Dottie Burman and John Wallowitch songwriting awards. Each recipient receives $500.

92Y has announced Nikki Renée Daniels and Jeff Kready have joined the ensemble for Lyrics & Lyricistsa?? Preludes and Beth Malone narrates the new online autumn season for the American Songbook series, with five concerts filmed on the stage of 92Y's historic Kaufmann Concert Hall.

This fall brings new life toa??92Y's Lyrics & Lyricistsa?? with Preludes, a new autumn series to be available online. Five short-form programs will serve as a prologue to the upcoming 50th Anniversary Season in Spring 2021 in this special series led by Artistic Director Paul Masse.

Chaining Zero's popular 'Chaining Zero Sessions' continues this week with another release from the new musical performed by top Broadway, West End and Nashville talent. This week the team has re-released 'Like' a fun, upbeat pop song that follows a top social media influencer's constant battle for more followers, as interpreted by Rachel Potter.

Porchlight Music Theatre has announced its schedule for fall 2020, offering a variety of free and pay-to-view options for virtual experiences.

Stagecrafters presents the outdoor performance of Workinga?"A Musical, brought to you in a joint venture by Stagecrafters and Ridgedale Players at Ridgedale Players in Troy.

As part of the Flying Free: Wicked Inspired Songs series (presented with ASCAP), watch an all new video of 'Token Goat Song', written by Rona Siddiqui, filmed last year and performed by Broadway's Mykal Kilgore with WICKED alums Gizel Jiménez and Kathryn Allison.

Today WICKED announced their next Flying Free songwriter: Rona Siddiqui. After working alongside composer Stephen Schwartz, Flying Free artists have their songs were professionally orchestrated, engineered, and imagined into never-before-seen music videos.

Chaining Zero's 'Chaining Zero Sessions' concludes this week with a final release from the new musical performed by top Broadway, West End and Nashville talent. This week the team releases 'Who You Love' a rousing power ballad that explores the pain and beauty of the emotion that hits when you're least likely to be looking for it.

Chaining Zero's popular 'Chaining Zero Sessions' continues this week with another release from the new musical performed by top Broadway, West End and Nashville talent. This week the team releases 'Like' a fun, upbeat pop song that follows a top social media influencer's constant battle for more followers, new content and self-validation.

Chaining Zero, a new musical, continues its series, Chaining Zero Sessions, a web-based concert featuring songs from the show performed by top Broadway, West End and Nashville talent. The newest release is 'F.F.F.' a song about how best laid life plans don't always turn out the how you expect them to.

Chaining Zero, a new musical, continues its series, Chaining Zero Sessions, a web-based concert featuring songs from the show performed by top Broadway, West End and Nashville talent. The latest installation of 'How Did We Get Here?' depicts characters from all walks of life navigating an uncertain situation.

Swift Creek Mill has had a lot of eras that could be called golden, but for me the period around 2008 was memorable. In particular, I recall loving their production that year of a?oeOnce Upon a Mattress.'

Chaining Zero, a new musical, continues its successful series Chaining Zero Sessions, a web based concert series featuring songs from the show performed by top Broadway and Nashville talent.

Today in 1959, Once Upon a Mattress opened at the Phoenix Theatre, where it ran for 244 performances. Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. The play was written as an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Princess and the Pea. Once Upon A Mattress marked the Broadway debut of later stage and TV legend Carol Burnett, who originated the role of Princess Winnifred. Also featured were Joseph Bova, Allen Case, Jack Gilford and Matt Mattox. Jane White played the role of Queen Aggravain, becoming the first African-American actress to portray a white character on the Broadway stage.

Chaining Zero continues its series Chaining Zero Sessions, an online series release of songs from the new musical Chaining Zero sung by top Broadway and Nashville talent. The newest release is Broadway's Daniel Quadrino singing 'They Will Remember'.

2020 Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Rona Siddiqui accepts the grant with a virtual speech. In the speech, Siddiqui shares what this grant means to her.

Chaining Zero has launched the first of a series of online concerts with its Chaining Zero Sessions, an online series release of songs from the new musical Chaining Zero sung by top Broadway and Nashville talent. The first release features Jackie Burns  and singer/songwriter Jeffrey James singing the song 'Freedom' from the show.