The first annual Howard L. Blau Award for a promising new work of musical theater was presented to Friends Like These, with music by John McMahon, lyrics by Jay Jeffries, and with book by Jeffries and McMahon.
The Songbook Project, Inc. announced plans today for their upcoming benefit Trunk Songs, featuring new work from composers Ricky Ian Gordon, Ben Moore, and Laurence O'Keefe.
The York Theatre Company, acclaimed for their development of new musicals, will present Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln as the last offering of their 2006-2007 season; it will run from September 5th through October 1st
Tony Award-winner John Doyle's acclaimed Cincinnati Playhouse production of Company--which will transfer to Broadway this fall--has been nominated for nine Cincinatti Entertainment Award
The Transport Group presented 'An Evening with John Doyle' on June 5th, featuring interviews with the Sweeney Todd director and performers Manoel Felciano and Raul Esparza, and BroadwayWorld was there for the event!
Songs for a New World, with Liz McCartney, Barbara Walsh and more, will begin performances at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick on June 24th
Variety reports that John Doyle's staging of Company, recently a hit at the Cincinnati Playhouse, will play the Barrymore Theatre when it opens this November.
Songs for a New World--Jason Robert Brown's song cycle of love, life and seizing the moment--will be performed by Barbara Walsh, Liz McCartney and more in New Jersey from June 24th through July 9th
A semi-staged concert production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company that was to have been among the offerings of the New York Philharmonic during its 2006-2007 season has been cancelled
LAUREN MOLINA,
currently starring as Johanna in the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd,
presents a one night only concert event on Monday, May 22nd at 7pm.
The Duplex Cabaret is pleased to continue our celebrated BROADWAY
DOWNTOWN series on Monday, April 24th at 7pm, when we welcome Ric Ryder to
our stage for a one night only concert event.
Malcolm Gets, Stephen Bogardus, John Glover, Barbara Walsh and more have been cast in the Philly premiere of Terrence McNally's new play Some Men, running from May 12th through June 11th
According to The New York Post's Michael Riedel, producers are bidding for the rights to produce John Doyle's critically acclaimed Cincinatti production of Company, starring Raul Esparza, in New York during the 2006-2007 season