Robert Pres News

With today being Halloween, we thought it was a perfect time to re-run one of our most popular interviews EVER, a very special chat with the original 'man behind the mask' of the Phantom of the Opera, Michael Crawford.

42nd Street Moon concludes the year with the delightful musical Ben Franklin in Paris, a forgotten gem from the richly prolific 1965-66 Broadway season.

42nd Street Moon gears up for its second production of the season: George and Ira Gershwin's great musical romp of 1930, Girl Crazy, the slam-bang hit that boasts one of the greatest Broadway scores including the songs 'I Got Rhythm,' 'Embraceable You,' 'But Not for Me,' and 'Sam and Delilah.' The show previews on October 23 and 24, and opens on Saturday, October 25 and runs through November 16.

Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt are the Honorees of the 28th annual William Inge Theatre Festival in Independence, Kansas. Jones and Schmidt-perhaps best known for 'The Fantasticks,' the longest running musical in history-will receive the Inge Festival's Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre Award during the festival, which runs April 22-25, 2009.

On Sunday October 19th, Marjorie de Hartog and Stella Ferrer, widows of Tony Award-winners Jan de Hartog and José Ferrer, were on hand to toast the opening of Keen Company's revival of The Fourposter.

Keen Company (Artistic Director Carl Forsman, Producer Wayne Kelton) is thrilled to announce a special promotion for its run of Jan de Hartog's The Fourposter: 15 seats available for $15 at every Tuesday night performance.

42nd Street Moon gears up for its second production of the season: George and Ira Gershwin's great musical romp of 1930, Girl Crazy, the slam-bang hit that boasts one of the greatest Broadway scores including the songs 'I Got Rhythm,' 'Embraceable You,' 'But Not for Me,' and 'Sam and Delilah.' The show previews on October 23 and 24, and opens on Saturday, October 25 and runs through November 16.

The Bushnell's fully staged concert version of Meredith Willson's 'The Music Man' proves timeless for the audience and its stars

San Francisco's KQED has several great Broadway and theatre related broadcasts for the month of September including a two-part series on Barbra Streisand and a special on Leonard Bernstein!

Mack & Mabel, directed by John Doyle and starring Janie Dee and David Soul, will begin performances on the West End on April 5th before opening on April 10th

With Phantom of the Opera approaching its milestone performance on Jan. 9 as the longest running musical of all time, it seemed a perfect time to check in with the original star - Michael Crawford.

David Soul and Janie Dee will take on the title roles in a new London production of Mack and Mabel that will make its way to the West End