Good News is a musical with a book by Laurence Schwab and B.G. DeSylva, lyrics by DeSylva and Lew Brown, and music by Ray Henderson. The story is set in the Roaring Twenties at Tait College, where football star Tom Marlowe falls in love with studious Connie Lane, who is tutoring him so he can pass astronomy and be eligible to play in the big game.
Dick Cheney's Holiday Spectucular 2005, a satirical holiday revue, will be presented off-off-Broadway on December 19th
Producer Jeffrey Finn announced today that Academy Award-winning film and stage star Hayley Mills will join legendary star Richard Chamberlain to headline the upcoming National Tour of the beloved play ON GOLDEN POND. The 30-week tour of the two-time 2005 Tony Award-nominated production will launch September 5, 2006 in Fort Worth, Texas at Bass Performance Hall. A complete list of touring cities and venues will be announced in the coming weeks.
Ontheinside, Inc. and Sutton Foster are proud to present WALKING IN MEMPHIS: THE LIFE OF A SOUTHERN JEW, a new play written and performed by Jonathan Ross, performing a strictly limited six-week engagement, Tuesday, November 22, 2005 through Sunday, January 15, 2005.
Harold Thau will present the New York premiere of ALMOST HEAVEN: THE SONGS OF JOHN DENVER, a new musical opening Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at Off-Broadway's Promenade Theatre (2162 Broadway at 76th Street). Directed by Tony Award nominee Randal Myler (It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues), ALMOST HEAVEN begins preview performances on Friday, October 28.
Aruba Productions and Buddy & Sally Productions will present the New York premiere of BINGO, a winning new musical opening Monday, November 7, 2005 at Off-Broadway's St. Luke's Theatre (308 West 46th Street).
CAMP BROADWAY, the award-winning theater arts education company, of 480 performance-loving kids, ages 9-13, will perform live in the Opening Number of the 79th Annual Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade® which will be televised live on NBC this November 2005.
Playwright Deb Margolin -- author of the plays 'Three Seconds in the Key,' 'Bringing the Fisherman Home' and 'Rock Scissors Paper' -- is the recipient of the $15,000 '2005 Kesselring Prize' for playwriting, it has been announced by O. Aldon James, president of The National Arts Club, which presents the Kesselring each year to an emerging American playwright. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Kesselring Prize.
Victor Herbert's Mlle. Modiste and Oh, Lady! Lady!!, with music by Jereome Kern, have replaced Show Girl and Roberta in Musicals Tonight!'s season line-up
Trio of 30-second spots to begin airing Sept. 12, 2005 on WCBS-TV/CBS 2
Jerry Hall joins the cast of Ian Talbot's production of Cole Porter's musical comedy High Society for West End transfer
ANA GASTEYER and KATE REINDERS from Chicago's Long-Run Production of WICKED will perform 'For Good' at the Jerry Lewis Telethon Benefiting the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Richard H. Hart Jr., Attorney at Law, the Representative for Milwaukee Gay Arts Center released a statement today discussing the City's allegations after the CLAIM OF INJURY AND CLAIM OF SUIT was filed against the City of Milwaukee after the Vice Squad summarily shut down the MKE production of NAKED BOYS SINGNG! On August 10th, 2005, for violating City Ordinance 83.
The complete cast for the upcoming, and highly anticipated revival starring Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris has now been anounced. Previews begin on October 3, for a November 3, 2005 opening.
Sixty-nine theatre artists representing 51 shows have been nominated for 2005 Henry Hewes Design Awards
The tour of the two-time 2005 Tony Award-nominated production will launch September 2006.
The internationally-acclaimed SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW, seen by audiences in over 80 cities around the world and recently honored with a 2005 Drama Desk Award, will shift its show schedule to play Monday nights at 8 PM beginning July 25.
Tony-winning Doubt star Cherry Jones is one of the profiled performers in Entertainment Weekly's Must List of 2005; the issue hits stands today, June, 17th
The ratings of the 2005 Tony Awards on CBS were about the same as those from last year
All the speeches from all of last night's big winners!
Concert presentations of musicals by Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Schwartz and Dietz, Jerome Kern and more will be included in the Musicals Tonight! 2005-2006 season
Two new plays and a musical will be part of Playwrights Horizons' exciting 2005-2006 season, of which 3 other plays have already been announced
The 2004-2005 Broadway theatre season boasted thriving grosses and a terrific number of Tony-eligible plays and musicals
Seth Rudetsky, Michael Riedel, Jeffrey Seller and Jeff Whitty will sit down for a Tony Talk at Ars Nova, tonight, June 1st
Gordon Clapp is Tony nominated for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his role in Glengarry Glen Ross.
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