Arthur Laurents News

The 5th Avenue Musical Theatre Company's high-profile 2006-2007 season will include several touring shows, some classic musicals and one world premiere, Broadway-bound musical--Cry-Baby

The Ravinia Festival in Chicago has announced its 2006 summer season; Elaine Stritch, Audra McDonald and others are set to join previously-announced stars such as Patti LuPone in the festival's starry line-up

The Oscar-winning film versions of West Side Story, My Fair Lady and Chicago will be seen at the Ziegfeld Theatre from February 19th through 16th

Tonight at 12:30 AM on Thirteen, we present 'Remembering JULE STYNE,' a loving tribute to the brilliant and legendary composer of GYPSY, FUNNY GIRL and GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, who was born on December 31, 1905.

Patti LuPone has been confirmed as Rose in the Ravinia Festival's production of Gypsy, which will run from August 11th through 13th in 2006

The York Theatre Company will present I Can Get It for You Wholesale, the 52nd musical presentation in its Musical in Mufti Series of staged concerts, by Jerome Weidman and Harold Rome, on October 21, 22 and 23.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) will begin its 2005-2006 season with a collection of six 'Musicals in Mufti' - musical theatre gems in staged concert performances.

Dee Hoty will co-star with Tom Aldredge in Arthur Laurents' 2 Lives, which will run from October 18th through November 13th at the George Street Playhouse in New Jersey

The Chicago Sun-Times has reported that director Lonny Price is mulling over the prospect of a Ravinia Festival production of Gypsy starring Patti LuPone

More performers have been cast in the Ravinia Festival's concert staging of Anyone Can Whistle, which will play on August 26th and 27th with Audra McDonald, Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris

Jeff chats about costarring with Bette and Liza, dancing for Robbins and Stroman, and sharing the stage with the fantasmagorical flying car.

Stephen Sondheim, whose Anyone Can Whistle will receive a concert staging at the Ravinia Festival in Illinois, will take part in a pre-show chat on August 26th

Over 100 hours of interviews with Broadway legends have been donated to the New York Library of Performing Arts' TOFT Collection

An interview with one of the stars of THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS.

The Winter Season, a series of 7pm Monday night concerts at BIRDLAND featuring top Broadway and cabaret performers, continues with composer/lyricists Amanda Green & Tom Kitt, who will be performing their original songs January 24th and 31st at 7pm. The duo will be joined by special guest stars Brooks Ashmanskas, Mario Cantone, Jenn Colella, Gavin Creel, Jerry Dixon, Matt McGrath, Julia Murney, Greg Naughton, Alice Ripley, Amy Spanger and the Tom Kitt Band. The writing team is currently adapting the popular book and film High Fidelity for the Broadway stage as a musical, and will premiere several songs from the musical during the concert.