Tim Rice News

The final 6 weeks of the Canadian production of THE WIZARD OF OZ are counting down. THE WIZARD OF OZ will play its final performance in Toronto on Sunday August 18 at the Ed Mirvish Theatre. THE WIZARD OF OZ leaves Toronto to embark on an extensive North American Tour that kicks off on September 10, 2013 at The Smith Center in Las Vegas, NV. The North American tour includes engagements in key markets including: Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Seattle, St. Paul, Houston and Philadelphia.

Monsters Inc. and Monsters University stars Billy Crystal and John Goodman, technology visionary Steve Jobs, television icon Dick Clark and other beloved contributors to the Disney legacy will be named and honored as official Disney Legends

The New York Post today reports that the 66-year-old entertainer was forced to leave the stage last Friday after experiencing severe stomach pain. A scan later revealed the potentially-fatal appendix abscess.

The Ogunquit Playhouse welcomes John Bolton in the role of Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in this summer's production of Mel Brooks' hysterical musical comedy Young Frankenstein, on stage tonight, July 10 through July 27.

Local actor William Cooper Howell is currently performing the role of Che in EVITA (music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice) at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City. He was happy to answer questions from BroadwayWorld about his involvement in the production, as well as other theatre experiences.

Robert Nederlander, Jr., a third generation member of the Nederlander theater dynasty, and Richard Eisenberg, a prominent Long Island attorney and arts philanthropist, have joined the Board of Trustees of Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the renowned Long Island not-for-profit summer arts day camp. Usdan Center (www.usdan.com), now in its 46th season, has introduced the arts to more than 60,000 children ages 6 to 18, and counts among its alumni Natalie Portman, Jane Monheit, Mariah Carey, Olivia Thirlby, Seth Rudetsky, Jackie Hoffman, Lisa Gay Hamiltonand members of major music and dance ensembles.

Chess, Glee, West Side Story with Tony Award Nominee Josefina Scaglione - PRiMA has brought these large stage productions to life and now comes the biggest to date. PRiMA Theatre will present Elton John & Tim Rice's AIDA at Steinman Hall at the Ware Center on September 08 &15 (2pm, 7pm).

USA Today reports that Elton John has been forced to cancel an upcoming concert at London's Hyde Park after having been diagnosed with appendicitis.

Disney's award-winning musical THE LION KING received its official premiere at Birmingham Hippodrome on Thursday, 4th July. The performance was greeted by an enthusiastic standing ovation from the capacity audience. THE LION KING will continue its season at Birmingham Hippodrome until Saturday 28th September, before transferring to the Edinburgh Playhouse for its Scottish Premiere. Scroll down for photos of the cast in action!

One of the most successful musical theatre creators in history, Sir Tim Rice, is joining with a superlative singing talent, Clare Teal, for a special one-off concert this Friday night in the UK.

The most beloved family film of all time, THE WIZARD OF OZ, makes its way to the stage in a spectacular new edition outfitted with new songs by legendary composing team Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice and North America will finally have its chance to view the new extravaganza as it embarks on a new US tour.

Following a sumptuous new teaser trailer released earlier this week, today we have a fascinating look behind-the-scenes at WEST END LIVE performance of FROM HERE TO ETERNITY in a preview featurette just released in promotion of the new Tim Rice/Stuart Brayson musical.

Come explore this wonderful world of bubbles live on stage at the Ogunquit Playhouse one weekend only, Saturday, July 13 at 10:00 AM and Noon and Sunday, July 14 at 10:00 AM. All are tickets $12.

Transylvania mania is about to take over the Ogunquit Playhouse when Mel Brooks' hysterical musical comedy Young Frankenstein hits the stage July 10 through July 27. The Ogunquit Playhouse is recreating the Broadway musical, complete with Tony-nominated sets by Robin Wagner and the original Broadway costumes by multi-Tony Award winner, William Ivey Long. Eye-popping special effects and show stopping musical numbers, including 'Puttin' on the Ritz' complete with tap dancing monsters, round out this monstrously fun show.

The rapturous recent arena tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's internationally celebrated rock opera JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR arrives on DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra-Violet in the US at long last on on September 10 and the items are all now available for pre-order.

As BroadwayWorld previously announced, the Tony Award Nominated Best Revival of a Musical, Tim Rice's and Andrew Lloyd Webber's EVITA, will launch a first national tour this fall at Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. Casting has not yet been announced.

Tickets are now on sale for the Alliance Theatre's 2013-14 Season.

A series of provocative and picaresque promo posters for the highly anticipated new West End musical adaptation of the hallowed, historically-based novel and subsequent classic film FROM HERE TO ETERNITY have been released, featuring the comely central cast soaking up the equally alluring and eerie tropical atmosphere of the Hawaii-set tale - and proving their patriotic spirit given the professions and proximity to the Army for all concerned in the war-ravaged, period-set tale of forbidden love.

Broadway's landmark musical event THE LION KING, the fifth longest-running show in Broadway history, is pleased to welcome GARETH SAXE back to Broadway as the sardonic and deviously cunning Scar, beginning performances on Tuesday, July 2, 2013.