
David Green
David Green is the Founder and Executive Director of Musical Theatre University, a comprehensive training ground for young people with aspirations for careers in professional theatre. His alumni include Tony Winners Steohanie J Block (Falsettos and The Cher Show) and Lindsay Mendez (Carousel and Merrily We Roll Along), Tony Nominees Matthew Morrison (TV’s “GLEE” and “The Light In The Piazza”) and Susan Egan (“Beauty and the Beast”) , Krysta Rodriguez (First Date” and “The Addams Family”), Anneliese VanDerPol (“Vanities”, “Beauty And The Beast” and TV’s “That’s So Raven”), Grace McClean (Natasha/Pieree and Bad CInderalla), Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian and The Last OF Us) and many more. He was the founder of The California Conservatory of the Arts and co-founder of The Orange County School of the Arts.
Mr. Green has staged and directed over 200 musical and theatrical productions for both educational and professional theatre and worked with stars ranging from Debbie Reynolds, John Raitt, Betty Garrett, Davis Gaines, Stephanie Zimbalist, Carol Burnett, Rachel York, Carol Cook, JoAnne Worley, Rex Smith, Carol Channing, Bruce Vilanch, Bob Hope and Liberace. He has written and directed seven PBS television specials and served as the Artistic Director for the State of California Department of Education’s Distinguished School Awards for ten years. He co-created and developed the nationally acclaimed Fashion Island Tree Lighting Ceremony in Newport Beach, CA which has grown to an event with an audience of over 25,000 patrons annually. He has staged and directed multiple staged reading of new musicals in both New York and Los Angeles.
Mr, Green is the Regional Editor for Broadway World, the nation’s leading and largest online publication on professional theatre, and he hosts a weekly radio show called Front Row Center and. He served as a Director for the internationally acclaimed Young Americans before his work with the various schools of the arts. At the 2017 Tony Awards he was named one of the top theatre edcuators in America by The Broadway League and Carnegie Mellon University.
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- BWW Interview: THE SHOW GOES ON! Broadway,Television And Screen Icon Kaye Ballard Talks About Her New Documentary Film And More - Kaye was a good friend and I adored the opportunity to sit in Desi Arnaz' former living room (Kaye's home) and talk for hours about her favorite memories of an iconic career.
- BWW Interview: Get Happy! LORNA LUFT Opens Up About The Judy Garland Songbook And More - Another friend with amazing storied I wanted to share! I think the interviews are always my favorite!
- BWW Review: NOT One Of My Favorite Things! THE SOUND OF MUSIC Misses The Emotional Mark At The McCallum - I think is was fascinating to me to deconstruct why I felt the newest incarnation of such a heartfelt show had lost, (in my opinion) all of its heart!
- BWW Interview: Fran Drescher of SCHMOOZING WITH FRAN at Outlandish Palm Springs - Always wanted to talk to this "funny lady" and it was such a good time!!
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LUCIE ARNAZ Will Ring In The New Year At The Plaza Theatre
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Ring in the new year with an unforgettable evening of music, storytelling, and star power as the Plaza Theatre proudly presents Lucie Arnaz…And Family: A New Year’s Eve Celebration on December 31 at 5:00 pm.

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The Plaza Theatre is thrilled to announce that Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor and director David Hyde Pierce has joined the cast of Better Late, written by Larry Gelbart and directed by Susan Stroman.

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Review: CHICAGO Brings Razzle Dazzle to the Rancho Mirage Amohitheater
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Interview: Renee Taylor Brings Her One Woman MY LIFE ON A DIET To The Palm Springs Plaza
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Academy Award nominated actress, writer, director and producer Renée Taylor brings her award-winning autobiographical comedy MY LIFE ON A DIET, to Palm Springs’ PLAZA THEATRE on March 18th where she looks back on a life full of memorable roles in Hollywood and on Broadway, and just as many fad di

Review: CAMP MORNING WOOD Leaves Nothing To The Imagination At PRISM Theatre.
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Morgan Fairchild Leads Staged Reading Of MARILYN, MOM AND ME at Annenberg Theatre This Weekend
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On February 28 and March 1, 2026, Morgan Fairchild will be featured in a staged reading of Marilyn, Mom & Me, Luke Yankee’s new play about his mother, Eileen Heckart, and her intense friendship with Marilyn Monroe during the shooting of the 1956 film, Bus Stop.

Let It Snow! In Palm Springs? Rachel York Headlines A VERY BROADWAY CHRISTMAS
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Rachel York joins a starry cast of Broadway peers as Michael Orland and David Green's Musical Theatre University Team Up With Palm Springs Art Museum to bring A Very Broadway Christmas to the desert in the Museum's beautiful Annenberg Theatre for two special nights in December -- December 16 and

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A VERY BROADWAY CHRISTMAS Tickets On Sale Today
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Winokur, Chamberlin, Snyder And York Celebrate A VERY BROADWAY CHRISTMAS In Palm Springs
November 10, 2025
Michael Orland and David Green's Musical Theatre University Team Up With PS Art Museum to bring A Very Broadway Christmas to Palm Springs in the Museum's beautiful Annenberg Theatre for two special nights in December -- December 16 and 17 at 7:00 pm.

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Fans of Rocky Horror, Halloween-y entertainment, and those looking for memorable nighttime entertainment with friends should run, not walk, to Revolution Stage Company for their very fun production of Evil Dead- The Musical.

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