Richard Rodgers News

Ghostlight Records has announced the release of the new CD from MARY TESTA - the two time Tony Award nominated singer and actress currently starring in Wicked on Broadway - and MICHAEL STAROBIN, the Tony Award winning orchestrator and arranger. The album will be available in stores and via online outlets December 2, 2014. Mary and Michael will perform a special CD release engagement at The Laurie Beechman Theater at The West Bank Cafe January 4-5,11-12, 2015 at 7:00 PM. For tickets, please visit www.lauriebeechmantheatre.com.

As part of Barter's commitment to provide quality entertainment at an affordable price, new tickets have been released starting at $50 for the wildly entertaining Shirley Jones performance on November 13th at 7:30 p.m. The celebrity event is being held on Barter Theatre Main Stage. All proceeds from this event go to Barter's Annual Fund for Artistic Excellence.

Following the highly successful 2014 The Rant is Due tour, tickets for Lewis Black's all new 2015 The Rant is Due Part Deux go on-sale Friday, Nov. 7 at www.livenation.com.

?On Monday, May 4, 2015, The New York Pops celebrates its 32nd birthday with a grand gala evening honoring three-time Tony Award-winning director-choreographer Kathleen Marshall and Academy Award-nominated director-choreographer Rob Marshall. The event will be a true family affair, featuring highlights from the siblings' greatest triumphs in theatre, television, and film.

The life of Mary Rodgers Guettel, composer and children's book author, will be remembered and honored in a memorial celebration tonight, November 3 at Town Hall. Mary was best known for her musical Once Upon a Mattress, and her novel Freaky Friday. She passed away in June at her home in New York City. She was 83 years old.

IF/THEN's James Snyder is not just a Broadway star and heart-throb. He is also a songwriter and talented guitarist! In this video, watch as he shows his fans how to play 'Somebody Better' off his album LA Curse' (also written by Ross Golan)- right at places for the show! Jenn Colella also makes a cameo. Check it out below!

The Hollywood Reporter writes that Ian Fraser, renowned music director, composer and conductor for television and Broadway, known for his work with Julie Andrews, died of cancer today, October 31, 2014. He was 81.

Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews, co-creators of the award-winning and Broadway bound musical 'Witness Uganda,' open the 2014-2015 Eccles Center season with heart-thumping Afro-pop sounds and heart-wrenching stories tonight, November 1. Based on Matthews' personal experience, the concert -and accompanying tales of triumph and tragedy - tackles the question: is changing the world even possible? Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 435-655-3114 or online at EcclesCenter.org.

BroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ: Rush, Lottery & Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 10/31/2014.

RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA, the 2013 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical from the creators of South Pacific and The Sound of Music, will play the Aronoff Center for a limited engagement from January 6 - 18, 2015. Tickets for CINDERELLA go on sale Friday, October 31 at 9AM and can be purchased at the Aronoff Center Box Office downtown at 650 Walnut Street, online at CincinnatiArts.org or by phone at 513.621.ARTS.

Fresh off their 2014-2015 subscription season opener, the Brevard Symphony Orchestra heads to Titusville for a special fall concert on Sunday, November 9, 2014, at the Titusville High School Performing Arts Center.

Rodgers + Hammerstein's CINDERELLA, the 2013 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical from the creators of South Pacific and The Sound of Music, will play at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County's Ziff Ballet Opera House for a limited engagement, now through November 2, 2014. Scroll down for more photos of the stars onstage!

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Major productions of 'The King And I' and 'Camelot,' two versions of 'Titanic,' season announcements from Light Opera Works and The Music Theatre Company, JRB in Skokie, three G&S shows in rep, the new musicals 'Frederick' and 'The Guide To Being Single,' and more!

To celebrate HUNCHBACK's run, we've gone in-depth on Disney's animated films that have brought their music, magic, comedy and romance to the stage. Scroll down to learn more, and be sure to tell us which Disney film you'd like to see adapted next!

Ever wonder what it would be like to hang out with Cinderella? Well, with CHIDEO you do not need a glass slipper for this wish to come true! Starting today, fans have a chance to see CINDERELLA on Broadway and meet Cinderella herself, star Keke Palmer.

Now in its 16th season, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook will continue to expand its scope in celebrating the best in American singing and songwriting, beginning with a free opening night concert in the David Rubenstein Atrium on Wednesday, January 21, 2015. Live From Lincoln Center, the Emmy Award-winning program broadcast nationally on PBS stations, will shoot two of the first week's concerts by Broadway stars Norm Lewis and Billy Porter in The Appel Room. These performances will be broadcast nationally in the Spring of 2015.

Rodgers + Hammerstein's CINDERELLA, the 2013 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical from the creators of South Pacific and The Sound of Music, will play at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County's Ziff Ballet Opera House for a limited engagement starting tonight, October 28 through November 2, 2014. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the stars onstage!

Cafe Carlyle will welcome back acclaimed husband-and-wife duo John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey for a four-week engagement, today, October 28 - November 22.