Walter Bobbie News

This spring, Broadway's razzle-dazzle hit musical CHICAGO is pleased to welcome 'Gossip Girl' star Matthew Settle as he makes his Broadway stage debut in the role of slick criminal lawyer Billy Flynn for a ten-week limited engagement, Monday, March 29, 2010 through Sunday, June 6, 2010 at the Ambassador Theatre.

CHICAGO is BACK IN TOWN and its PURE ENTERTAINMENT! Now celebrating 13 glorious years of girls, glitz and glamour on the Great White Way, the record-breaking smash hit musical CHICAGO is now the sixth longest-running musical in Broadway history... and shows no sign of ever slowing down!

The singing, dancing, rocking movie musical Footloose hits the Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre stage in just a few short weeks! Based on a true story, it's about a big-city kid who shakes things up when he moves to a small town. Filled with 1980s hits like 'Let's Hear it for the Boy', 'Almost Paradise', 'Holding Out For A Hero' and, of course, 'Footloose', it's a show that will make you want to get up and dance! Come see Footloose live on stage before the movie remake comes out later this year. Call the box office at 317-872-9664 to make your reservation.

The New York Times today features the newly reborn career of Wes Bentley, star of Classic Stage Company's current production of VENUS IN FUR. Bentley starred in the 1999 hit film 'American Beauty' at the age of 21 and has since taken a hiatus from the entertainment. Bentley's return to acting has come in the form of an off-Broadway play, a role he hopes will put him back in the spotlight.

Direct from her debut engagement with the London production of CHICAGO, on Monday, February 8, 2010, the Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning musical will welcome Terra C. MacLeod for an eight-week return engagement as Velma Kelly through Sunday, April 4, 2010 at the Ambassador Theatre.

Multi-platinum recording artist Ashlee Simpson-Wentz will take her final bow on February 7 in the Broadway production of CHICAGO.

The Empire State Building glowed red this weekend, from February 5 - 7, 2010, in honor of Go Red for Women and National Wear Red Day, a day of action aimed at raising awareness of heart disease, the leading killer of New York City women. American Heart Association volunteers were joined by recording artist and new Broadway star, Michelle Williams, formerly of Destiny's Child who makes her Broadway debut in CHICAGO tonight, to light the famous building. Also on hand was New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley to provide a briefing on the state of cardiovascular disease in New York City and illuminate the building with a flip of the switch for National Wear Red Day.

FOOTLOOSE - the MUSICAL will play on the Main Stage at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres for the first time ever.

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Brian Kulick, Artistic Director and Jessica R. Jenen, Executive Director, will present the fifth year of its popular YOUNG COMPANY, which creates classical works specially tailored for young audiences.

Classic Stage Company (Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen) announced today that their critically-acclaimed production of VENUS IN FUR, a new play by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie, featuring Nina Arianda and Wes Bentley, will extend its limited engagement by two additional weeks through Sunday, March 7 at CSC.

FOOTLOOSE - the MUSICAL will play on the Main Stage at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres for the first time ever.

Actor F. Murray Abraham, best known for his Oscar-winning role in 1984's 'Amadeus,' intervened in a robbery that took place during a rehearsal reading of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Classic Stage Company that took place Monday night.

CHICAGO is BACK IN TOWN and its PURE ENTERTAINMENT! Now celebrating 13 glorious years of girls, glitz and glamour on the Great White Way, the record-breaking smash hit musical CHICAGO is now the seventh longest-running production in Broadway history ... and shows no sign of ever slowing down!

Alley Theatre presents the world premiere of the new musical Wonderland about Alice, a children's book writer in Manhattan who is suffering through a creative block, estranged from her husband and alienated from her daughter. It takes a trip to a strange-yet-familiar Wonderland for her to regain her life's balance and again find the love and everyday magic that reside in us all - if we know how to look. With a book by Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd and Jack Murphy (The Civil War), lyrics by Jack Murphy, music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlett Pimpernel, The Civil War), and directed by Gregory Boyd, Wonderland begins previews Friday, January 15, opens officially Wednesday, January 20 and runs through Sunday, February 14.

The singing, dancing, rocking movie musical Footloose hits the Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre stage in just a few short weeks! Based on a true story, it's about a big-city kid who shakes things up when he moves to a small town. Filled with 1980s hits like 'Let's Hear it for the Boy', 'Almost Paradise', 'Holding Out For A Hero' and, of course, 'Footloose', it's a show that will make you want to get up and dance! Come see Footloose live on stage before the movie remake comes out later this year. Call the box office at 317-872-9664 to make your reservation.

Last night, the theater community came out in force to support the New York nightclub debut of CAROLINE O'CONNOR, who has been knocking 'em dead in musicals in the West End and Australia. The sold-out house cheered when Caroline announced that, by popular demand, she would be adding another show next Monday, January 25 at 7pm.

International singing sensation Marti Pellow will return to star as ‘Billy Flynn' in the UK National tour of the smash-hit musical 'CHICAGO' for six weeks only from Monday 18 January until Saturday 26 February 2010. Marti first played the role to great acclaim in the West End, subsequently repeating his performance in New York and on the UK national tour, playing to sell-out houses. Emma Barton, currently starring in the show on tour as ‘Roxie Hart', will continue to play the role opposite Marti Pellow.

Stage and screen star Obba Babatunde will return to the CHICAGO stage next week as Billy Flynn while Brent Barrett (who re-assumed the role last fall) is on vacation. His run will last from January 10 - January 17. Brent Barrett will return on January 18.

Direct from her debut engagement with the London production of CHICAGO, on Monday, February 8, 2010, the Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning musical will welcome Terra C. MacLeod for an eight-week return engagement as Velma Kelly through Sunday, April 4, 2010 at the Ambassador Theatre.

FOOTLOOSE - the MUSICAL will play on the Main Stage at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres for the first time ever.