Mo Rocca News

On April 17th, the Broadway hit The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will welcome new cast members into its tension-fraught middle school gymnasium.

The Drowsy Chaperone, starring Tony Award-winner Sutton Foster, charleston-ed across the stage of the Marquis Theatre for its Broadway opening on May 1st and BroadwayWorld was there!

Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals and Dori Berinstein, in association with MGM Onstage, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber, are psyched to announce LEGALLY BLONDE, the musical, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. Previews begin on March 30, 2007 and opening night is set for April 26, 2007 at a Broadway theatre to be announced. LEGALLY BLONDE will play a world premiere, pre-Broadway engagement in San Francisco at The Orpheum Theatre January 2007.

The Broadway revival of Alan Ayckbourn's Absurd Person Singular opened on October 19th at the Biltmore Theatre and we were there to cover the celebrity arrivals!

250 high school students will attend a graduation ceremony on June 2nd for the arts mentoring program

Photos from Larry O'Keefe's (Bat Boy, Legally Blonde) 'Rites of Spring' concert held at Birdland on April 25.

The New Season, a series of concerts at Birdland featuring top Broadway performers and composers, continues, with Laurence O'Keefe.