Oscar Hammerstein News

The Children's Playhouse of Maryland, in residence at the Community College of Baltimore County, Essex, presents The Sound of Music 1 p.m. weekends May 7-8, 14-15, 21-22. A special 4 p.m. May 15 show will be Sign Language Interpreted by student interpreter interns from the CCBC Interpreter Preparation Program.

Local audiences will remember Bill Bickford, who starred as The Music Man in the Middlebury Community Players production two years ago.

Roundabout Theatre Company announced the full company of the new musical Death Takes A Holiday, with a book by Peter Stone & Thomas Meehan, music & lyrics by Maury Yeston, directed by Doug Hughes. The cast will include Linda Balgord (Contessa Danielli), Matt Cavenaugh (Eric Fenton), Mara Davi (Alice), Joy Hermalyn (Cora), Jay Jaski (Lorenzo), Simon Jones (Dr. Dario Albione), Rebecca Luker (Duchess Lamberti), Patricia Noonan (Sophia), Julian Ovenden (Prince Sirki / Death), Jill Paice (Grazia), Michael Siberry (Duke Lamberti), Alexandra Socha (Daisy Fenton), Don Stephenson (Fidele), Max Von Essen (Corrado Montelli).

The 5th Avenue has announced the seven productions that make up its 2010-2011 Season, which includes a mix of premieres of new works, the hottest shows direct from Broadway and Golden Age classics featuring Seattle's favorite performers and artists.

Variety is what distinguishes the mix of styles and stories in the 2011-12 series of HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC.

Only Make Believe, a non-profit organization that creates and performs interactive theatre for children in hospitals and care facilities, will present the world premiere of DISASTER!!! THE 1970'S DISASTER FILM MUSICAL a new show written by Only Make Believe honorary board member Seth Rudetsky, Drew Geraci and Jack Plotnick.

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is pleased to announce details for the 2011-12 CCM Mainstage Series of drama, musical theatre and opera productions.

Matt Logan could easily have rested on his laurels and simply re-staged the second offering of showHOPE's Cinderella, the Enchanted Edition in exactly the same manner as he did in 2010 - it was a magical evening, at the very least, and it would certainly be easier, acceptable even to his most loyal fans, to have done so. Instead, as expected, Logan, one of the region's finest and most inventive stage directors, chose to re-imagine his vision for Cinderella, giving it a more sophisticated presentation and breathing new vigor into the project while tapping heretofore unknown reserves of creativity among his cast and crew - and even himself.

Broadway Across America today announced the company's Austin 2011-2012 Season, extending from September 2011 to June 2012 at Texas Performing Arts' Bass Concert Hall, with select performances at The Long Center.

Baz Bamigboye has revealed in the UK Daily Mail today that Daniel Koek will take the stage as Lt. Cable when South Pacific hits the Barbican Theatre in London this summer. The Bartlett Sher production, which opened at Lincoln Center in 2008 and is currently on tour, will also star original Bloody Mary Loretta Ables Sayre and Paulo Szot as Emile DeBecque. The UK's Samantha Womack will play Nellie Forbush.

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is delighted to announce the 2010 - 2011 Season!

Local audiences will remember Bill Bickford, who starred as The Music Man in the Middlebury Community Players production two years ago.

Fox Associates announces its stellar 2010-2011 U.S. Bank Broadway Series. Alongside the previously announced engagement of Broadway's latest sensation BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL, winner of the 2009 Tony Award® for Best Musical; will be Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC, a stunning reinvention produced by Lincoln Center Theater, making its St. Louis debut. Also included in the series are: SHREK THE MUSICAL, based on the Oscar®-winning DreamWorks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story of everyone's favorite ogre to life on stage; 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL the new musical comedy, direct from Broadway & based on the hit movie; and NEXT TO NORMAL winner of three 2009 Tony Awards including Best Score. The story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, JERSEY BOYS returns to round out the six show series.

Tony winner Paulo Szot is set to return to SOUTH PACIF as Emile de Becque in the upcoming London transfer of the 2008 Broadway revival. The production opens at the Barbican Theatre AUgust 15 before beginning a UK tour. Samantha Womack will play Nellie Forbush.

Anchorage Opera will present SOUTH PACIFIC April 1, 2011 - April 10, 2011.

Jefferson Performing Arts Society (JPAS) is thrilled to bring Rodgers and Hammerstein's THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Music by Richard Rodgers .

SOUTH PACIFIC star Kelli O'Hara will release her second solo album under the Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight label. The album, entitled Always, features 13 tracks consisting of a collection of Broadway favorites from MY FAIR LADY and SOUTH PACIFIC, as well as songs by Irving Berlin and Ricky Ian Gordon among others. The album is set to be release May 31, 2011.

Stephen Sondheim's second book, a follow up to his 'Finishing The Hat', is now available for pre-order. Entitled, 'Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Wafflings, Diversions and Anecdotes,' Amazon is taking pre-orders here. The book was scheduled for release on October 25, 2011, but has now been moved to November 22, 2011. We've also learned that also due out on November 22 will be a boxed set of both books, appropriately named by Sondheim himself as 'Hat Box'.

Theo Ubique's sell-out hit of Some Enchanted Evening: The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein is now extended through June 5, and tickets are currently available for purchase.

The Marshall Performing Arts Conservatory is hosting auditions for A Little Night Music on May 5 & 6, 2011. Auditions on Friday are at 7:30pm, and auditions on Saturday are at 1:00pm. An appointment is required. Performances are scheduled for July 15 - 31, 2011. Please prepare a two-minute broadway song.