Stephen DeRosa News

For a third consecutive year, the spotlight shone center stage on stars from ABC's 'The View,' 'All My Children,' 'One Life to Live' and 'General Hospital,' who sang and danced on Broadway for one night only in support of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS!

The producers of Hairspray, winner of eight Tony Awards® including Best Musical, have announced that teen idol Ashley Parker Angel will make his Broadway debut as dreamy Link Larkin on Friday, January 19 at the Neil Simon Theatre.

On November 30th at Joe's Pub, Steve Rosen, Sarah Saltzberg, and David Rossmer in conjunction with Joe's Pub, presented the sixth installment of 'Don't Quit Your Night Job,' a new monthly comedy benefit featuring a revolving cast of Broadway and Off Broadway's brightest stars performing without a net

Sutton Foster, Cady Huffman, Richard Kind and more will appear in 'Don't Quit Your Night Job 6'

Hunter Foster, Jenny Powers, Christian Hoff, and Gregg Edelman will participate in the industry reading of The Man In The White Suit, a new Broadway-bound musical

Casting and directors have been announced for The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)'s 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals, which will be held at New World Stages on Sunday, October 8 and Monday, October 9, 2006

Four-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury makes a return to the Broadway stage heading the cast of This is on Me, An Evening of Dorothy Parker, a staged reading adapted by Tom Fontana to benefit The Acting Company on Sunday, November 5, 7pm at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street. Boyd Gaines, Harriet Harris, Lisa Banes and Lynn Collins complete the cast.

There will be an industry reading of David A. Austin's new musical Writing Arthur on Monday, August 28; it will star Lisa Howard, Nancy Opel and more

Christopher Walken is the latest addition to the starry cast of the upcoming Hairspray film; he will play Wilbur Turnblad

Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent is the latest addition to the starry cast of the upcoming Hairspray film; he will play Wilbur Turnblad

X-Men star James Marsden will mutate into dance show host Corny Collins for the starry upcoming Hairspray film

Brittany Snow--previously rumored as the frontrunner in the role of bratty dance show star Amber Von Tussle--has been confirmed for the upcoming Hairspray film

Variety reports this morning that Michelle Pfeiffer has signed on to the upcoming Hairspray film as Velma von Tussle.

The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Elijah Kelley has been cast as Seaweed in the upcoming film version of Hairspray

The Broadway company of Hairspray will soon be welcoming three new cast members--including teen star Haylie Duff.

Blake Hammond will succeed John Pinette as Edna Turnblad in Broadway's Hairspray on May 30th

Although Landscape of the Body, starring Lili Taylor and Sherie Rene Scott opens at Signature Theatre Company on April 16th, an early opening night party was held on April 13th

Producers of the upcoming Hairspray film have announced a nationwide casting search for the roles of Tracy, Seaweed and Little Inez

Former American Idol runner-up Diana DeGarmo will join the cast of Broadway's Hairspray as Penny Pingleton from February 7 through May 14, 2006.

Angela Lansbury, Victor Garber, Harriet Harris, Frances Conroy and Lisa Banes will headline This is on Me, An Evening of Dorothy Parker, a benefit for The Acting Company held in LA on December 5th