Gypsy Revival 2006 - Articles Page 20

For many years the theater community wondered why Tony Award wining actress Patti LuPone had never been cast as Mama Rose in the various revivals of the legendary musical GYPSY...Finally, the part and the actress were brought together at Ravinia's Music Festival and the results surpassed expectations

Broadway will likely be bringing up the Kander-Ebb-Holmes musical Curtains during the 2006-2007 theatre season

Borrowing a line from A Chorus Line, I saw the red shoes' at seven years old and I fell in love with dance.

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In this edition: MAF in final weekend, Chekhov at Spotlighters, Music Man at Cockpit, The Baltimore Playwrights Festival, plus - a day in New York.

In this edition: Chekhov at Spotlighters, Music Man at Cockpit, The Baltimore Playwrights Festival, Searching for Life at MAF, Footloose & Buddy at Toby’s, Avenue Q in NYC and Broadway Barks 8, plus best bets for the week!

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In this edition: The Baltimore Playwrights Festival, Two Summer Theatre Programs, Strippers and Girl Groups at MAF, Footloose & Buddy at Toby's, plus best bets for the week!

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Broadway L.A. launches its 2006-07 season with the Los Angeles premiere of the Tony Award winning musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels for a two week run this summer (August 15-27) at the Pantages Theatre. Headlining the engagement is Norbert Leo Butz who recreates his Tony Award winning role as Freddy Benson.

Make an appointment to see Dr. Dolittle, staged by and starring Tommy Tune, in Chicago at the Cadillac Palace Theatre for a limited engagement July 18-30, 2006. The Internet, video games…These days, all this 'interactive' entertainment can get in the way of actually interacting with your kids.

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It is with great pleasure and pride that The West Bank Café announces the July, 2006 line-up of live entertainment, to be presented in The Laurie Beechman Theatre. The West Bank Café is located at 407 West 42nd. St., at Ninth Avenue. For reservations, please call 212.695.6909, between the hours of 12pm and 8pm.

George Street Playhouse announced today that two-time Tony Award winner John Cullum will join the cast of Jeffrey Sweet's The Value of Names, to be presented at the Playhouse as part of their 2006-07 season

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Grey Gardens, which recently concluded its sold out World Premiere production at Playwrights Horizons, will open on Broadway this Fall with performances beginning in October at The Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).

Jana Robbins and the cast of I Love You Because (produced by Robbins) will perform at the Duplex on May 17th

Peter Nero and the Philly Pops close out their 2005-06 season with one of their most popular concerts.

From her dressing room at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre where she is currently playing the role of Mrs. Lovett in the hit production of Sweeney Todd, the incomparable Patti LuPone talks to Michael J. Roberts about her newly released CD 'The Lady with the Torch', her upcoming May 22, 2006 concert to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fight AIDS, and her return this summer to the Ravinia Festival where she will be portraying Mamma Rose in GYPSY.

T. Oliver Reid, of The Wedding Singer was chosen as the latest winner of the Gypsy Robe. A ceremony was held before the show's opening night on April 27, 2006 and BroadwayWorld was there!

A Chorus Line, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical, proudly announces the 2006 cast.

The Gypsy Robe for The Threepenny Opera went to Romain Fruge, whose previous Broadway credits include The Full Monty, Titanic, and The Who's Tommy.

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The Ravinia Festival in Chicago has announced its 2006 summer season; Elaine Stritch, Audra McDonald and others are set to join previously-announced stars such as Patti LuPone in the festival's starry line-up