Oscar Hammerstein News

On May 18th, Chita Rivera will be presented with the New Dramatists' 2006 Career Achievement Award at a luncheon featuring dozens of stars

The upcoming London revival of The Sound of Music will now open on November 14th, rather than the previously-announced date of December 5th

Encores!'s latest production helps prove this classic and wholly original musical deserves a higher place in the standard American theatre repertory

Elena Shaddow will play Clara in the national tour of The Light in the Piazza, as well as Magnolia in the upcoming limited engagement London revival of Show Boat

Marni Nixon will play the Mother Abbess in the upcoming Hollywood Bowl staged concert presentation of The Sound of Music on July 28th and 29th

Jeremy Sams will direct the upcoming London revival of The Sound of Music, opening at the London Palladium on December 5th

Vicki Lewis and Jean Louisa Kelly will be among the stars taking part in Reprise! Broadway's Best's The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein on May 8th

REPRISE! Broadway's Best announced today the third and final event in the Marvelous Musical Monday series for the 2005/06 season, Amick Byram, Kevin Earley, Jean Louisa Kelly and Vicki Lewis starring in THE SONGS OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN, with musical direction by Steven Smith, choreography by Lee Martino and direction by Nick DeGruccio.

On June 19th at 7:30 PM, Broadway legend Barbara Cook and four-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald will share the stage of the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ for the benefit evening Barbara Cook and Audra McDonald in Concert

Laurence Holzman, Felicia Needleman, Alison Louise Hubbard, Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak have been selected as the winners of the 16th Annual Kleban Awards, which honor achievement in writing for musical theatre

Tonight, April 26th, PBS will air a presentation of the Carnegie Hall South Pacific concert starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Rebe McIntire

BroadwayWorld.com and Decca Broadway gave away 5 copies of this brand new CD featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell, Reba McEntire and Alec Baldwin. Are you a winner?

According to a BBC News article, Graham Norton will lead 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?,' a reality show search to find a Maria for an upcoming West End revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music; Andrew Lloyd Webber will also be involved in the search

On May 18th, New Dramatists will present Chita Rivera with a Career Achievement Awrd

A cast recording of the sold-out South Pacific concert that was presented at Carnegie Hall last summer will be released on April 18th

Songs by Stephen Sondheim, Rodger and Hammerstein and Harold Arlen will be heard on Barbara Cook's latest CD 'Barbara Cook at the Met,' which will be released by DRG Records on June 6th

Grey Gardens is one of three new musicals produced by nonprofit theatres to receive a 2006 Richard Rodgers Award

On February 27th, legends Barbara Cook and Elaine Stritch will star side by side in the cabaret evening 'In Alphabetical Order' at Lincoln Center

A February 21st master class with Barbara Cook at the New York Library for the Performing Arts will also receive a live webcast on the library's website

Café Carlyle (located in The Carlyle Hotel, Madison Avenue at 76th Street), will present legendary concert artist Barbara Cook in a five-week engagement beginning March 1.