William Finn News

Stars such as Julia Murney, Max Von Essen and Billy Porter will perform at the Scott Nevins Holiday Special on December 19th

A plethora of stars such as Betty Buckley, Donna McKechnie, Idina Menzel, Donna Murphy, Tonya Pinkins, Natalie Portman, Meryl Streep and many more will star in The Public Sings: A 50th Anniversary Celebration on January 30th

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has broken the house record at Circle in the Square for the week ending November 27th

Phylicia Rashad, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Sally Murphy and others have joined the cast of Michael John LaChiusa's latest musical The House of Bernarda Alba

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE stars Farah Alvin, David A. Austin, Tony Award nominee Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Avenue Q) and Colin Hanlon.

On December 16th, Dale Kristien and Bill Hutton will perform in A Gala Evening for the Holidays in San Gabriel, CA

On November 16th, the cast of The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Kimberly Locke and others will be featured in the Scott Nevins Variety Hour

Malcolm Gets, Lisa Howard and Darius DeHaas are some of the performers in tonight's William Finn: Even More Infinite Joy concert

Ann Reinking, Charlotte D'Amboise and others performed at Williams College on October 10th to celebrate the opening of the new '62 Center for Theatre and Dance

On October 21st, Scott Nevins will interview Liza Minnelli, Neil Meron and Craig Zadan at the East Hampton Film Festival, where her legendary Liza with a Z concert will be presented

The Obie Award-winning National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO), will present the world-premiere of Michael Golamco's play COWBOY V. SAMURAI -- an adaptation of Edmond Rostand's classic romantic comedy, CYRANO de BERGERAC, set in the wilds of Breakneck, Wyoming -- performed by an Asian-American cast, with previews beginning November 4 prior to the official press opening November 8 at the Rattlestick (224 Waverly Place -- west of 7th Ave. at 11th St.) in Manhattan.

David Stone, along with Broadway In Chicago, have announced a long-run engagement of the new Tony Award-winning musical THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, which will play Chicago beginning March 2006 at the Drury Lane Theatre Water Tower Place.

From October 7th through 10th, William Finn, Tommy Tune and others from Broadway will celebrate the opening of the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance at Williams College with a number of events

Eden Espinosa, Max Von Essen, Tyler Maynard and other Broadway talents will be featured in the October 19th edition of The Scott Nevins Variety Hour

Acclaimed theater company Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced it will present the return of its unique and second-annual benefit evening 'STORIES ON 5 STORIES' on Monday, November 14.

The Actors' Fund of America will hold benefit Special Performances for One-Man Star Wars Trilogy and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on October 17th and 23rd, respectively

On September 26 'Part Of Your World: The Music Of Alan Menken' hosted by Lynn Ahrens played the Merkin Concert Hall with such Broadway notables as Kerry Butler, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael McGrath, Jennifer Hope Wills, Judy Kuhn and Mary Bond Davis.

Debra Monk will appear in the title role of a November workshop production of James Lapine's Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing at Second Stage

Tonight at 12:30 AM on Thirteen, THEATER TALK's guests are composer/lyricist William Finn and director James Lapine discussing their TONY Award-winning hit musical, THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE.

Kitchen Sink Volume 3, produced by Geoffrey Soffer, took place at the Makor on Monday, September 12th and featured the talents of Celia Keenan-Bolger, Shoshana Bean, Manley Pope, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and more!