Walter Bobbie News

Unless the painters have been around the past few days, a bit of graffiti on the Classic Stage Company's men's room wall reads, 'Good Theatre + Great Coffee + Clean Bathroom = CSC.'  While the lobby's Everyman Espresso Café and (I would assume) some eager young intern are keeping the latter two parts of that equation accurate, director Walter Bobbie's premiere production of David Ives' New Jerusalem is indeed providing some good theatre.

Wide critical acclaim and brisk ticket sales have prompted Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, by special arrangement with Bob Boyett, to extend the run of David Ives' New Jerusalem, directed by Tony Award-winner Walter Bobbie, by an additional week through Sunday, February 10 at CSC (136 East 13th Street).

Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' officially opened at the Lunt-Fontanne on Thursday, January 10, 2008.

On Tuesday, January 8, film and TV-star Stephen Baldwin visited his former 'Donald Trump - Celebrity Apprentice' co-star Vincent Pastore, who currently starring as endearing yet nearly invisible husband Amos Hart in Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre.

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SDCF) is proud to announce Michole Biancosino as the recipient of the 2007-08 Sir John Gielgud Fellowship.

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will continue its 40th anniversary season with two-time Academy Award winner Dianne Wiest and Tony Award winner Alan Cumming starring in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, beginning performances Wednesday, February 20 at Classic Stage Company (136 East 13th Street).

Beginning Monday, January 14, 2008, the Broadway company of Chicago is pleased to welcome back three of its veteran performers - Bianca Marroquin as Roxie Hart, Rob Bartlett as Amos Hart and Roz Ryan as Matron 'Mama' Morton. These three will be joined by Brenda Braxton as Velma Kelly and John Schneider, who will make his Chicago debut as Billy Flynn on Monday, January 14, as previously announced.

Songwriter and performer Amanda Green performs at Birdland on Monday, January 28, 2008 at 7PM with Brooks Ashmanskas and Amy Spanger

Ending it's run on January 5th, here are some photos from the Toronto production of White Christmas!

Toronto loves its theater and always has a diverse selection available throughout the year. This winter theatergoers to Broadway's north is no exception with such musicals as 'Sweeney Todd' (an international Tour featuring Judy Kaye alongside revival cast member's Lauren Molina and Benjamin Magnuson), Queen's jukebox spectacle 'We Will Rock You', Dirty Dancing' and the holiday appropriate, 'White Christmas' which features several well-known New York based performers such as (married in real life) leads Kate Baldwin and Graham Rowat.

See CHICAGO, Broadway's razzle-dazzle smash hit, for as low as $66.50 for performances through March 9, 2008!

This winter, Broadway's record-breaking musical smash Chicago welcomes television icon John Schneider to the company in the role of slick criminal lawyer Billy Flynn for a nine-week limited engagement, Monday, January 14, 2008 through Sunday, March 16 at the Ambassador Theatre

Bonnie Langford, Duncan James and Brenda Edwards will return to star as 'Roxie Hart', 'Billy Flynn' and 'Mama Morton' in the smash hit West End musical Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre from Monday 10 December.

Irving Berlin's White Christmas, the holiday musical featuring the classic songs of Irving Berlin, is playing the Citi Performing Arts Center in Boston through December 23.

Irving Berlin's White Christmas, the holiday musical featuring the classic songs of Irving Berlin, is playing the Sony Centre in Toronto through January 5, 2008. It opened on November 30.

With the end of the 19-day stagehands' strike, the hit musical Chicago also ushered in new cast members: Emmy nominee Aida Turturro ('The Sopranos') as Matron Mama Morton, Vincent Pastore ('The Sopranos') as Amos Hart, and Maxwell Caulfield ('Dynasty') as Billy Flynn.

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation is proud to announce the recipient of the inaugural Denham Fellowship to director May Adrales as the first Denham Fellow and award her $3,000 in support of her production of Faith, Hope, and Charity at PURE Theatre in Charleston, South Carolina.

In celebration of Broadway curtains rising throughout midtown once again, the producers of the hit musical Chicago are pleased to announce a very special ticket offer to welcome audiences back to the Ambassador Theatre. For once performance only - Thursday, November 29 at 8PM - any and all remaining tickets can be purchased for only $26.50.

Classic Stage Company will present Tony Award-winning actor Richard Easton and Jeremy Strong in the world premiere of New Jerusalem, a new play by David Ives, directed by Tony Award-winner Walter Bobbie, for a limited engagement from Friday, December 28 through Sunday, February 3 at Classic Stage Company; Opening January 13 with Fyvush Finkel, David Garrison, Jenn Harris, Michael Izquierdo and Natalia Payne.

Chicago will celebrate a decade of decadence in the West End with a special charity gala performance at the Cambridge Theatre on Wednesday, December 5.