Alexander Gemignani News

Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.

Tonight, April 26th, PBS will air a presentation of the Carnegie Hall South Pacific concert starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Rebe McIntire

Victoria Clark, Alexander Gemignani, Daniel Reichard, Michael Gruber and others joined the American Musicals Project's annual benefit concert, 'Applause for the Golden Boy: The Music of Charles Strouse.' The evening showcased Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, and other works by Charles Strouse, who made a special appearance.

A cast recording of the sold-out South Pacific concert that was presented at Carnegie Hall last summer will be released on April 18th

The acclaimed new Broadway production of SWEENEY TODD, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, has recouped its entire $3.5 million investment in just 19 weeks (as of week ending 3/12/06), it was announced Tuesday by the show's producers.

Victoria Clark, Tony-Award winning star of The Light in the Piazza, Sweeney Todd's Alexander Gemignani, Daniel Reichard of Jersey Boys, and Swing's Michael Gruber will star star on March 27th in the American Musicals Project's annual benefit concert, 'Applause for the Golden Boy: The Music of Charles Strouse.'

A Highlights CD of 17 tracks from last year's popular Wall to Wall Sondheim concert can now be pre-ordered online

Full casting has been announced for the starry Flopz 2 and Cutz concerts on February 26th, with Laura Benanti, Max Von Essen, Natascia Diaz and Lisa Howard among those set to perform

In a rare public appearance, composer Stephen Sondheim, stars Patti LuPone, Michael Cerveris, and cast members of the acclaimed Broadway revival of SWEENEY TODD, signed copies of the new Nonesuch cast recording on the date of its release - Tuesday, January 31 and BroadwayWorld was there! The signing took place on stage at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.

On January 31st, the release date of the new Sweeney Todd cast recording, Stephen Sondheim, Patti LuPone, Michael Cerveris and other cast members will sign CDs

The cast recording of the Sweeney Todd revival is now available on iTunes--a week before it is officially released on January 31st

The Actors' Fund will host a benefit Special Performance of Sweeney Todd on January 29th

The cast of the critically-acclaimed revival of Sweeney Todd, starring Michael Cerveris and Patti LuPone, recently headed into the recording studio and the track list for the CD is now available. Amazon.com lists the release as January 31, 2006.

The cast of the critically-acclaimed revival of Sweeney Todd, starring Michael Cerveris and Patti LuPone, recently headed into the recording studio and the track list for the CD is now available. Nonesuch lists the release as 'January 2006' but no specific date has been announced as of yet.

The June Carnegie Hall concert production of South Pacific, with Reba McIntyre and Brian Stokes Mitchell, will air on PBS in April of 2006

In this episode, Ken catches up with the cast of Sweeney Todd and Daphne Rubin-Vega!

John Doyle's abstract vision of Sweeney Todd may require more active listening than any other production on Broadway

You can now see clips from Sweeney Todd right here on BroadwayWorld.com!

The cast of the Sweeney Todd revival and Daphne Rubin-Vega will be featured on tonight's edition of That's Kentertainment!

On November 14th, the hit Sweeney Todd revival will be recorded by Nonesuch Records