Angela Lansbury News

Legendary star Angela Lansbury is now in rehearsal for her long-awaited return to the Broadway stage, starring opposite Marian Seldes in the world premiere of DEUCE, a new play by Terrence McNally and directed by Michael Blakemore.

New CD editions of four classic Stephen Sondheim musicals will be released by Masterworks Broadway this month.

Carol Channing, Jerry Herman, Amber Edwards and the Actors' Fund's Joe Benincasa recently attended a screening of Amber Edwards' film Words and Music at the Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs.

By popular demand, four more performances have been added to the strictly limited run for Deuce.

Deuce, starring theatre legends Angela Lansbury and Marian Seldes, will begin previews a few days earlier than originally scheduled.

Four-time Tony Award-winner Angela Lansbury, who is returning to Broadway for the first time in almost 25 years in the new play Deuce, will be interviewed live on 'The View' on Monday, February 26th from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm.

We interview theater veteran Christine Pedi who is now in Talk Radio with Liev Schreiber. She also discusses her long-standing relationship with Forbidden Broadway and the perils of NOT being typecast.

James Royce Edwards is among the stars of the new play Matthew Passion, opening April 2

On Monday, March 5, The Actors Fund will present a one-night-only benefit concert of Working, a unique and extraordinary musical based on the classic Studs Terkel book.

Four-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury, who is returning to Broadway for the first time in almost 25 years in the new play DEUCE, will be interviewed live on 'The Joan Hamburg Show' tomorrow, Wednesday, February 7 from 10:00 - 10:30 AM.

Celebrating its unparalleled catalogue of classic musical theater recordings, Masterworks Broadway recently released Legends of Broadway - a new series of CDs highlighting the careers of four of Broadway's greatest stars in their signature roles. Beginning January 31, you can hear these legendary ladies - Barbara Cook, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters and Chita Rivera - talk about their most beloved performances in four free podcasts, available through iTunes.com and MasterworksBroadway.com.

Tickets go on sale on Saturday, January 27th for DEUCE, a world premiere play by four-time Tony Award® winner Terrence McNally, which will welcome four-time Tony Award® winner Angela Lansbury back to Broadway for the first time in almost 25 years. Ms. Lansbury stars with Tony Award®-winner Marian Seldes in the production, which is directed by two-time Tony Award®-winner Michael Blakemore.

The Lambs Club hosted a private preview screening last night of the new NJN/PBS documentary - Words and Music by Jerry Herman, a film by Amber Edwards.

'Matthew Passion' a new play with music, by Phil Hall, opens April 2nd at the American Theatre of Actors' Chernuchin Theatre.

John Doyle's 'Sweeney Todd' to run at ACT in San Francisco before it hits the road.

The 36th Annual Theater Hall of Fame ceremony will be hosted by Tony Award-winner Phylicia Rashad, with Angela Lansbury and Marian Seldes - the stars of the upcoming Terrence McNally play Deuce - among the presenters

Tickets will go on sale on Saturday, January 27th for Deuce, a world premiere play by four-time Tony Award-winner Terrence McNally, which will welcome four-time Tony Award-winner Angela Lansbury back to Broadway for the first time in almost 25 years

Irish student Jayne Wisener has landed the dream role of Johnny Depp's daughter in the upcoming movie of the Sondheim musical, 'Sweeney Todd'. Though not widely broadcast, the casting was reported in the Irish press at the end of December and a spokesperson for Warner Bros. confirmed that the 19 year old second year student at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow had been cast.