Oscar Hammerstein News

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.

Two Broadway legends will share a stage when A Cabaret Performance: Barbara Cook and Elaine Stritch 'In Alphabetical Order' comes to Lincoln Center on February 27th

DRG Records has signed on to record Barbara Cook's debut Met concert for a March 6th release

An arranger, musical director, conductor and orchestrator on Broadway since the age of 22, Larry Blank now has more than 15 Broadway credits along with a slew of stage, screen, and album work. He gave BroadwayWorld the scoop on his career, the theatre world, his latest projects - and lots more.

Wicked flies East to cast its spell on London, Movin' Out opens its European tour in the UK, Showboat gets a lavish in-the-round production and the Donmar unveils its new season

Julliard students will be coached by Barbara Cook in a December 1st master class that is free and open to the public

On November 28th, the Lincoln Center Tree Lighting ceremony will feature performances by Barbara Cook, Denyce Graves and others

Brian Stokes Mitchell will sing with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center on September 15th, 16th and 17th

Performances begin Wednesday evening, October 19, 2005 and will continue through Sunday evening, December 4, 2005. Opening night is Sunday evening, October 23, 2005 at 7:30PM.

Eighteen rarities sung by legendary composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim have been assembled for the CD Sondheim Sings II, which will be released by PS Classics on October 25th

Barbara Cook: Bell Telephone Hour Appearances 1960-1965 will feature rare early TV performances by the star; the DVD will be released on September 27th