Ahmanson Theatre News

On Wednesday, February 27, 2008, the cast and creative team of the Kander & Ebb murder-mystery musical, Curtains, celebrated their first anniversary on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.

Darius Danesh and Jill Paice will lead the cast in Trevor Nunn's production of Margaret Mitchell's classic novel, Gone with the Wind, playing the iconic roles of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara. Joining them are Edward Baker-Duly who will play Ashley Wilkes, Madeleine Worrall who plays Melanie, NaTasha Yvette Williams as Mammy and Jina Burrows as Prissy. Gone with the Wind will have its first performance at the New London Theatre on Friday April 4, 2008, officially opening on Tuesday April 22, and is initially booking until September 27, 2008.

Center Theatre Group's latest musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, has a central message, and it is rather simple, f@$k theatrical conventions. Thanks to the progressive nature of recent offerings including Spring Awakening and the soon to open Passing Strange, Broadway has been breaking away from tradition with rock music infiltrating the stage and concert style staging springing up...

The new musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson had its world premiere Sunday at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre, in Culver City, and is set to run through February 17th...

David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk, the Tony and Emmy Award winning stars of Curtains on Broadway, will appear on 'Good Morning America' tomorrow at 8:00 AM. The stars will take part in the 'Good Morning America Warm Coats and Warm Hearts Drive. ' In the New York area, 'Good Morning America' airs on WABC-TV Channel 7. Check local listings.

New York City Center Encores! begins its 2008 season with the 1970 Tony Award-winning hit, Applause, starring Christine Ebersole, Kate Burton, Mario Cantone, Tom Hewitt, Michael Park, Megan Sikora, Chip Zien and Erin Davie. Directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall with Music Direction by Rob Berman, Applause will play five performances, from February 7-10 at New York City Center

Zonya Love made her Broadway debut as Celie, alongside recording-stars Chaka Khan as Sofia and BeBe Winans as Harpo yesterday, Wednesday January 9, 2008, in the smash hit musical 'The Color Purple' with LaKisha Jones, and produced by Oprah Winfrey.

Zonya Love made her Broadway debut as Celie, alongside recording-stars Chaka Khan as Sofia and BeBe Winans as Harpo yesterday, Wednesday January 9, 2008, in the smash hit musical The Color Purple.

Zonya Love makes her Broadway debut as Celie alongside Chaka Khan as Sofia and BeBe Winans as Harpo Wednesday January 9, 2008, in the smash hit musical The Color Purple. Additionally LaKisha Jones, currently playing the Church Soloist, assumes the role of Sofia at all matinee performances.

Gerry Vichi will join the cast of Curtains on Tuesday, January 8 as Broadway producer Sidney Bernstein, replacing original cast member Ernie Sabella. Curtains, the Musical Comedy Whodunit from the authors of Cabaret and Chicago, is playing at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre

Curtains, the Musical Comedy Whodunit from the authors of Cabaret and Chicago, played its 300th Broadway performance on Friday, December 28 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre

The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical A Chorus Line celebrates its 500th performance at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, on Friday January 4, 2008

Co-Stars of The Color Purple from the LA National Tour and Broadway productions join 'Friends' to support Valley Musical Theatre in 'A Purple Cabaret: The 'Reel' Songs of Hollywood,' a benefit for Valley Musical Theatre's Programming and Educational Programs on January 28 at the Coronet Theatre, Los Angeles, CA.

The five-time Tony Award® winning hit musical comedy THE DROWSY CHAPERONE will play its final performance on Broadway at The Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway) on Sunday evening, December 30th, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. following 674 performances and 32 previews.

The producers of The Color Purple are pleased to announce that Zonya Love will make her Broadway debut as Celie in the smash hit musical starting Wednesday, January 9, 2008, alongside Chaka Khan as Sofia and BeBe Winans as Harpo.

The Color Purple opened at Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre December 16th, bringing the National Tour to Los Angeles for the holiday season, running through March 9, 2008...

Transforming such a momentous story into a staged musical, as bookwriter Marsha Norman has done with The Color Purple, could not have been an easy task. What has ended up on stage more closely resembles a Disney spin on history, rather than a gritty realization of historical abuse. Yet, it strikes a soulful chord with a gospel and jazz aged sensibility, giving the musical an otherwise absent poignant heartbeat.

Debra Monk, the Tony and Emmy Award winning star of Curtains on Broadway, will return to her guest starring role of Louise O'Malley on ABC-TV's 'Grey's Anatomy' this Thursday, December 20.

The much-loved comedy movie 9 to 5 has been transformed into a new musical that will have its world premiere at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre in 2008. Music and lyrics by Dolly Parton. Directed by Joe Mantello. Starring Allison Janney, Stephanie J. Block, Megan Hilty and Marc Kudisch.

The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical A Chorus Line celebrates its first year anniversary on Broadway Friday, October 5, 2007, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.