Adam Overett News

Tony Award-winning musical of passion, innocence, romance and disillusionment maintains its luster on national tour

Direct from Broadway, the romantic new musical THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA returns to Chicago for a limited, two-week engagement at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Parkway, July 10 through 22, 2007

The York Theatre Company has announced that, for the fourth consecutive summer, it will partner with Marymount Manhattan - a liberal arts college in New York City and home to a premiere performing arts program - to offer performers ages 18-27 a New Musical Theatre Intensive

'The Light in the Piazza,' beginning its national tour in San Francisco, features a glowing cast and sweeping beauty!

On August 12th, the York Theatre Company will present the revue 'If You Really Knew Me,' featuring Marymount Manhattan College students singing the work of emerging musical theatre writers

The Lincoln Center Theater production of the critically acclaimed Tony-winning musical, The Light in the Piazza, will end its run at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street) this Sunday, July 2

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming national tour of The Light in the Piazza, which will circle the country for 50 weeks beginning in August

On June 12th, The York Theatre Company presented some of Broadway's brightest stars singing the songs of emerging composers and lyricists in 'NEO2,' and BroadwayWorld was there for the event!

Tonight at York Theatre Company, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty will host two sold-out performances of 'NEO2' at 6:00pm and 9:00pm; the evening will feature some of Broadway's brightest stars

Due to overwhelming demand, and with the 9pm performance sold out, York Theatre Company has announced an additional performance of 'NEO2,' a benefit concert celebrating emerging musical theatre writers, at 6:00pm on Monday June 12th

On June 12th, the York Theatre Company's NE02 benefit concert will feature the work of emerging musical theatre songwriters, as performed by stars such as Stephanie J. Block, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Phylicia Rashad and Michael Rupert

Kate Wetherhead, Robb Sapp and Nora Mae Lyng are among the performers cast in the sneak preview of two new musicals from the BMI workshop that will be presented as part of Musicals Tonight!'s Musical Mondays Theatre Lab on May 1st

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) presented a one-night-only benefit concert, The Best of Fest Bash, on Monday, February 27 at Dodger Stages and BroadwayWorld was there!

In March and April, composers (such as Jeff Blumenkrantz and Paul Scott Goodman) will join writers and performers for the 2006 Music Theatre Marathon

Christianne Tisdale, Sal Viviano, Kristin Maloney and others will take part in a free Songbook concert celebrating the songs of M. Kilburg Reedy on February 28th

Alison Fraser and others will perform in Bound for Broadway VI, hosted by Liz Callaway, on November 28th

The musical Junie B. Jones will be available to parents and childrens at discounted prices with a series of Mom's Matinees from November 4th through December 1st

Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich's children's musical Junie B. Jones will return in an off-Broadway production that will run from November 9th through December 3rd

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' David Yazbek will be the guest speaker at at BMI Workshop Master Class on September 29th; two new musicals will be analyzed