Michael Bennett News

There will be a celebration of the life of Susan MacNair, who received a Tony nomination as a producer of Ballroom, on June 15th at 1PM at the Booth Theatre

Legendary producer/director Harold Prince--who currently has twenty Tony Awards (including two Special Tony Awards) on his mantle--will add a Tony for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

Audiences at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in France will have a sneak peek of 20 minutes from the upcoming Dreamgirls film on May 19th

A Chorus Line, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical, proudly announces the 2006 cast.

John Lithgow has been cast as a new character--a ruthless producer--in the upcoming film version of Dreamgirls

Variety reports that the Routh/Frankel/Viertel/Baruch Group has won what the NY Post first called a 'bidding war' to bring the Cincinatti production of Company to Broadway.

After 'whacking himself' on the season opener of the hit HBO series The Sopranos, Robert Funaro now returns to the stage in DREAD AWAKENING.

According to The New York Post's Michael Riedel, producers are bidding for the rights to produce John Doyle's critically acclaimed Cincinatti production of Company, starring Raul Esparza, in New York during the 2006-2007 season

The new production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical A Chorus Line will open at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 W 45th St) on Thursday, October 5, 2006.

Broadway: The Golden Age Week starts officially on Monday featuring daily, NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN footage from Rick McKay's Broadway: The Golden Age Vaults. To kick things off, we checked in with the filmmaker about the success of the film, its upcoming airing on PBS, the sequels and lots more...

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

The New York Philharmonic will present a semi-staged concert production of Sondheim and Furth's Company from March 7th through 10th; Lonny Price will direct and Paul Gemignani ill conduct

Complete casting as well as dates and venues have been announced for the upcoming international tour of Bombay Dreams

The smash Prince Music Theatre production of Dreamgirls in Philadelphia, which will welcome new cast members on February 7th, may have a commerical future in the wings

The New York Times reports that Charlotte d'Amboise, and Michael Berresse will star as Cassie, and Zach respectively in the upcoming revival of A Chorus Line.

The Dreamgirls film now has a fuller creative team, with a production designer, costume designer and others on board

The Dreamgirls film is set to be unveiled in theatres nationwide on December 22nd

Tony Award-winning lighting designers Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer have joined the creative team of the Dreamgirls film

The Prince Music Theatre's hit production of Dreamgirls will now close on February 26th