Philadelphia Area: 2005-06 Theater Season
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Guettel and Goldman Team up to write The Princess Bride Musical
Today's New York Post reports that the pair have teamed up to write a musical based on the hit film.
More Casting Completed for Ravinia Anyone Can Whistle
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
Patti LuPone's Return to Broadway in Sweeney Todd Now Official
Reported here back on April 27th, the news is now official that Lupone will star alongside Michael Cerveris for the show's fall opening.
Sondheim Will Take Part in Pre-Anyone Can Whistle Chat
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
Cerveris Joins Teenage Fanclub at Bowery Ballroom, July 23
Michael Cerveris, soon to be seen in the upcoming revival of Sweeney Todd, will open for Scottish band Teenage Fanclub at the Bowery Ballroom on July 23rd
Photo Coverage: Porgy and Bess at the Hollywood Bowl
Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Wayne Brady appeared in the Weeked Spectacular.
Dreamgirls Film to Start Shooting in January '06
The film version of Dreamgirls, which will star Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Usher and Jamie Foxx, will go into production in January of next year
Photo Coverage: Sondheim at the Bowl Performance
On stage photo coverage of Sondheim's 75th Birthday celebration at the Hollywood Bowl.
Photo Coverage: Sondheim at the Bowl: Press Line
Photo coverage of arrivals for Sondheim's 75th Birthday celebration at the Hollywood Bowl, featuring many of the night's performers.
Chenoweth, Williams Featured in Evening at Pops in July-Aug
Kristin Chenoweth, Vanessa Williams, Audra McDonald and Julie Andrews are just a few of the stars whose voices will be heard as part of the Evening at Pops series, airing on PBS throughout July and August
McDonald and Others Discuss Ruth on Character Studies
Audra McDonald, Ruby Dee and others will share their insights on the character of Ruth in A Raisin in the Sun when they appear on PBS' Character Studies
Barbour, D'Abruzzo Added to Hollywood Bowl Sondheim Concert
James Barbour, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Josh Groban, Anne Hathaway, Eric McCormack and more have been enlisted to perform in the all-star Stephen Sondheim's 75th: the Concert at the Hollywood Bowl on July 8th
LuPone Sings at Lenape Performing Arts Center, June 25-26
Patti LuPone will perform her concert The Lady with the Torch at the Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center on June 25th and 26th as part of the Lenape's fourth Summer Series
Cerveris Croons The Smiths at Band Face-off on June 3rd-4th
Michael Cerveris will sing Morrissey's 'How Soon is Now' at The Cure vs.
Burnett, Cariou, Cook, McDonald, Rossum and Williams Join Cast of Hollywood Bowl Sondheim Tribute
Carol Burnett, Len Cariou, Barbara Cook, Audra McDonald, Emmy Rossum and Vanessa Williams have signed on to celebrate Sondheim's 75th birthday at the Hollywood Bowl on July 8th
Broadway Barks 7 to Be Held on July 30th in Shubert Alley
Broadway Barks 7, the animal adaptation program co-founded by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore, will be held in Shubert Alley on July 30th at 3:30 PM
An Evening With Ricky Ian Gordon to feature Arden, Sutherland and More May 30
Lonely Sky Theatre Company (LSTC) will present 'An Evening with Ricky Ian Gordon' on Monday, May 30th at OPIA Lounge.
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