Andrew Lippa News

Country Music superstar and top CMA Awards nominee Lee Ann Womack and Broadway leading man, Tony Award Winner, Brian Stokes Mitchell, will co-host the Nov. 12 'Broadway Meets Country' concert, a benefit performance celebrating the universality and crossover appeal of these two popular genres and their performers.

Creators of the eight NAMT New Works musicals as well as performers and industry professionals turned out for a reception at Marseilles on September 27th

Brent Barrett, Jeff Blumenkrantz and Johnny Rodgers turned out to Jim Caruso's Cast Party on September 19th

You never know who will show up at Jim Caruso's Cast Party! Last week, Amanda McBroom, Jamie DeRoy, Michael Feinstein, Erich Bergen, Devon May, and others were there.

Celia Keenan-Bolger, Hunter Foster, Stephanie D'Abruzzo and other stars have been cast in the eight National Alliance for Musical Theatre Festival of New Musicals, which will be held on September 25th and 26th

PARTY COME HERE, a new musical by Daniel Goldfarb and David Kirshenbaum, will be part of the the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's 17th Annual Festival of New Musicals, on September 25th-26th.

Kerry Butler, Felicia Finley and others will perform in Ten-in-Ten, a benefit concert at the Duplex, tonight, September 12th

Idina Menzel will be heard duetting with the late Ray Charles on a CD of duets called Genius and Friends, which will be released on September 20th

Kerry Butler, Felicia Finley, Jenny Powers and other stars will lend their voices and money-raising efforts to a Ten-in-Ten benefit concert at the Duplex on September 12th

The Songbook Project, Inc. is pleased to announce plans for a late summer benefit, TRUNK SONGS, featuring two treasures of the American Musical Theatre: Craig Carnelia (Sweet Smell of Success, Three Postcards) and Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party, john & jen).

The 19th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction will be held Sunday, September 25 from 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM in Shubert Alley & West 44th Street.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) and Executive Director Kathy Evans announced the Directors Slate for its 17th Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS, to be held at Dodger Stages.

Idina Menzel will be heard on 'Music From and Inspired by Desperate Housewives,' which will be released on September 20th

Steven Pasquale, who has appeared in both plays and musicals, will make his concert debut at Joe's Pub on November 7th

Performances of THE PAJAMA GAME will begin Friday, January 27th on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre with the official opening set for Thursday, March 2nd. The limited engagement is scheduled to run 20 weeks through June 18th, 2006.

Open auditions for Camp Broadway will be held on August 6th; the program is seeking 400 children to take part in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Musicals by Andrew Lippa and Brian Crawley and by Marsha Norman, Beth Blatt and Jenny Giering are two of the eight selections of this year's NAMT Festival of New Musicals

Idina Menzel, who will appear as Maureen in the upcoming film version of Rent, will be one of the Rent cast members to appear at Bryant Park on August 4th; she will sing 'Take Me or Leave Me' with Tracie Thoms

On July 25th, All Shook Up understudies were put under the Broadway Spotlight at Ars Nova as part of the Monday Nights, New Voices series

Tony-winner Idina Menzel has added on two new stops to her performance itinerary; she will perform in Boston on August 26th and 27th and in Martha's Vineyard on September 4th