Natasha Katz News

The Creative Coalition, the nonprofit arts and entertainment community, will bring such stars as Olympia Dukakis and Marcia Gay Harden to the July 28th performance of the musical Lennon

Lennon, the Broadway musical opening on August 4th, will host the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus in New York City from July 25th to July 29th

Tony and Olivier Award-winner Shuler Hensley has been offered the role of Kerchak in the upcoming Disney musical Tarzan

The cast of Lennon, which opens at the Broadhurst Theatre on August 4th, will perform on NBC's Today Show on July 19th

Written and directed by Don Scardino, the cast includes Will Chase, Chuck Cooper, Julie Danao-Salkin, Mandy Gonzalez, Marcy Harriell, Chad Kimball, Terrence Mann, Julia Murney, and Michael Potts.

Disney's Broadway musical adaptation of the animated film Tarzan has now been confirmed for a spring 2006 opening, with the creative team set for the show.

The Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie, directed by David Leveaux, will shutter early on July 3rd

700 Sundays will extend its run through June 12th, and Lennon will now begin previews on July 7, top open August 4.

Altar Boyz will release its debut CD at the theater only, for two weeks, beginning Tuesday, May 3rd.

The Altar Boyz will sing the National Anthem at the Mets vs. Braves game on Wednesday April 27th at 1pm.

Currently running in San Francisco, the show will skip its planned Boston run, and begin previews earlier than planned on June 28th. The show opens on Broadway on July 28, 2005.

The show runs in San Francisco through May 14, followed by Boston from May 31-June 25, and then Broadway where it begins previews on July 7 for a July 28 opening.

Altar Boyz will open at Detroit's City Theater this September, with the cast to be announced later.

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, the sixth longest running show of all time and Broadway's current longest running American musical, celebrates its 11th anniversary on Broadway next week. The production originally opened on April 18th, 1994.

A limited number (20) of $25 lottery tickets will be offered at every performance.

Previews for LENNON begin tomorrow, Tuesday April 12th, at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco.

Previews begin on Friday, April 15 at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre (50th St., between Broadway and 8th) for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the new musical with music and lyrics by William Finn, with a book by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman and directed by James Lapine.

Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, which is the sixth longest running show of all time and Broadway's current longest running American musical, will celebrate its 4,500th performance on Friday, April 8th.

Tickets for the Broadway transfer of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee are on sale through Telecharge and the box office

Brooke Tansley, who started her run as Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast in September 2004 has been extended through September 18, 2005.