Angela Lansbury News

Filmmaker Rick McKay's 'Broadway: The Golden Age' is the surprise hit of the Public Television Spring Pledge Drive, with NYC's WNET/13 finding that 'Golden Age' topped ratings so far for any show shown during the drive!

All last week, BroadwayWorld.com proudly presented exclusive video and a special feature editorial, in preparation for the the New York PBS television premiere of Broadway: The Golden Age.

Jason Alexander will helm Sam Shepard's The God of Hell at the Geffen Playhouse in L.A. from June 20th through July 30th

Jeff McCarthy will play Beauregard Burnside in the Kennedy Center's starry summer production of Mame

BroadwayWorld offers an exclusive never-before-seen video interview with Angela Lansbury that was cut from Broadway: The Golden Age

Broadway: The Golden Age Week starts officially on Monday featuring daily, NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN footage from Rick McKay's Broadway: The Golden Age Vaults. To kick things off, we checked in with the filmmaker about the success of the film, its upcoming airing on PBS, the sequels and lots more...

Len Cariou, Neil Patrick Harris and Laurie Metcalf will star in the Geffen Playhouse's production of All My Sons from April 11th through May 21st

BroadwayWorld.com, the Premiere Theatre Site on the Net, Boasts Over 175 Stars and Pros - Choosing their Most Memorable or Favorite Romantic Love Songs from a Broadway Show...in An Expanded and Updated Version of Last Year's Top-Rated Feature.

Variety reports that Tony-winner Angela Lansbury will make a brief return to the stage in a limited, 3 day enagement of 'Oscar and the Pink Lady.'

Alan Muraoka will play Ito in the Kennedy Center production of Mame, which will star Christine Baranski and run from June 1st through July 2nd

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

Chita Rivera, Zoe Caldwell and Susan Stroman will be among the presenters of the Theater Hall of Fame induction ceremony on January 30th

An arranger, musical director, conductor and orchestrator on Broadway since the age of 22, Larry Blank now has more than 15 Broadway credits along with a slew of stage, screen, and album work. He gave BroadwayWorld the scoop on his career, the theatre world, his latest projects - and lots more.

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.

Sources report that director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp will team together for the upcoming movie musical adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd.'

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.

Pop and soap star Jason Donovan will take on the title role in Sweeney Todd when the John Doyle-helmed production goes on a UK national tour

Davis Gaines will continue in the Broadway on Ice tour, also featuring Dorothy Hamill, through February 2006

BroadwayWorld.com and Barricade Books are pleased to announce the winners of the book 'Ethel Merman: The Biggest Star on Broadway' written by Geoffrey Mark.