Paul Newman News

On Monday, June 6, 2005, The York Theatre Company will present the international stage and film designer Tony Walton with the fifteenth Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre at its annual spring benefit at Broadway's Hudson Theatre, 145 West 44th Street.

Gemignani will succeed Rob Fisher, who has been music director for the entire 12-year history of Encores!.

New York City Center Encores! Artistic Director Jack Viertel and Music Director Rob Fisher have announced that Tony® Award nominee Malcolm Gets and Tony Award-winner Michael Cerveris will join the previously announced Tony Award-winner Kristin Chenoweth in The Apple Tree, the final Encores! presentation of the 2004-5 Season.

The show runs May 12-16, and features Rob Fisher as Music Director.