Rob Marshall News

'Target Presents Tony Bennett: An American Classic,' a music special featuring the legendary singer that will air on NBC, will be produced and directed by Oscar-winning stage and screen director Rob Marshall

According to The New York Post's Liz Smith, the Weinsteins do not hold the rights to Gypsy for a planned film version

Is a second film version of Gypsy on the way...with Oscar-winner Catherine Zeta Jones as ultimate stage mother Rose?

By now, just about everyone has seen some form of Kander and Ebb's razzle-dazzle musical Chicago. With a successful revival and an even more successful film, the 1975 musical that lost all its Tony Awards to a little show called A Chorus Line is now a worldwide phenomenon. Currently touring the country (and fresh off a stop in Dubai of all places), I am happy to report that Chicago is in fine shape. Though the Rob Marshall screen treatment is quite good, nothing can touch seeing the acclaimed revival live.

The Irish Repertory Theatre's new critically acclaimed production of George M. Tonight!, featuring Jon Peterson, will be preserved on a cast recording from Ghostlight Records to be released on June 13th

Dozens of stars--among them Harry Connick Jr., Kelli O'Hara, Denis O'Hare and Natasha Richardson--turned out for the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2006 spring gala on April 3rd

Kelli O'Hara, Harry Connick Jr. and Alan Cumming will be among the many stars performing at the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2006 spring gala on April 3rd

The Roundabout Theatre Company's 2006 spring gala will be a starry one, with The Pajama Game stars Kelli O'Hara and Harry Connick Jr. and The Threepenny Opera star Alan Cumming among those set to perform; the event will take place on Monday, April 3rd at Chelsea Piers at 7pm

Martin Richards, one of the producers of the Oscar-winning Chicago movie and the head of Producer Circle Co., has hit Miramax Film Corps with a $10 million lawsuit

The legendary, risqué Folies Bergère of Paris will play host to the legendary, risqué Kit Kat Klub of Weimar Berline when Stage Entertainment France produces Cabaret at the famed theatre beginning October 14, 2006

The Pajama Game opened on February 23, 2006 and BroadwayWorld was there to capture all the festivities of opening night!

On March 13th, Manhattan Theatre Club will host a special edition of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation's One-on-One Conversation series featuring directors Doug Huges and Daniel Sullivan

The Irish Repertory Theatre (132 West 22nd St.) will present GEORGE M. COHAN TONIGHT! a musical following the extraordinary life and career of the legendary showman on March 9th at 7 PM; previews begin March 3rd; the production closes on April 23rd.

Manhattan Theatre Club will host a special edition of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation's 'One-on-One Conversation Series' with Tony Award winning directors Doug Hughes (Defiance, Doubt) and Daniel Sullivan (Rabbit Hole, Proof) with moderator Mandy Greenfield, MTC Director of Artistic Operations, on Monday, March 13 at 6 PM at New York City Center- Stage I (131 West 55th Street).

The Oscar-winning film versions of West Side Story, My Fair Lady and Chicago will be seen at the Ziegfeld Theatre from February 19th through 16th

Today (Monday, January 23), The National Tour of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, Monty Pythons SPAMALOT, begins rehearsals in New York, prior to a first performance in Boston on March 7 at the Colonial Theatre. Other cities confirmed for the tour include Chicago, Washington DC, Pittsburgh and Atlanta, with more dates to follow.

Rosario Dawson, Dame Judi Dench, Felicity Huffman and Kristen Bell were among the many stars with theatre experience to pick up Satellite Award nominations

Hal Prince was on hand to present the 6th Annual award to Stroman, which celebrates choreography.

Adam Shankman, best known for helming the hit Bringing Down the House, has been chosen as the director of the upcoming big screen version of Hairspray

Harold Prince will present five-time Tony Award-winner Susan Stroman with an Elan Award at the gala awards ceremony on October 10th