Ben Vereen News

The Goodspeed Opera House's production of the medieval coming-of-age musical Pippin has been extended for 4 performances through September 29th

The benefit reunion concert of Jesus Christ Superstar--with Ted Neeley, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen, Ben Vereen and film star Jack Black--was a sell-out success on August 13th!

The Laurie Beechman Theatre, located within The West Bank Café (407 West 42nd St.), is pleased to continue THE AFTER PARTY, an informal social gathering for the theatrically inclined.

Stephen Schwartz, Joanna Gleason and Gregory Jbara will be among the honorees of the 2006 New England Theatre Conference in November

The new musical version of the cult film Xanadu may soon be turning an Off-Broadway theatre into a disco palace

This month, Rick McKay and Midge Woolsey will co-host the PBS national pledge drive premiere of McKay's award-winning 'Broadway: The Golden Age;' interviews with Liza Minnelli will be featured

The original stars of the film version of Jesus Christ Superstar--Ted Neeley, Yvonne Elliman, and Barry Dennen--will reunite for a benefit concert of the landmark Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice rock opera on Sunday, August 13th at 8 PM at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Hollywood; it will also feature film star Jack Black

Rags, by Stephen Schwartz and Charles Strouse, will be the next World AIDS Day concert

Nelson Kole, Russ Lorenson and Toni Morrell are the August headliners at LA's Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's in August

Mix some Mussels from Brussels and Brel and Bon Appetite

On August 21st, there will be a screening of Idlewild--featuring choreography by Hinton Battle--at the Ziegfeld Theatre

For Martha Clarke's upcoming production of Pirandello Project, the inaugural Tony Randall Grant was presented to the New York Theatre Workshop on June 21st at Sardi's

At an event held at Sardi's Restaurant in New York on Wednesday, June 21st, Heather Randall and Jack Klugman, along with the Board of Directors of the Tony Randall Theatrical Fund, and the Grant Selection Committee announced the beneficiary of the inaugural Tony Randall Grant.

Rick McKay's award-winning 'Broadway: The Golden Age' will be seen on various national PBS stations today in time for the Tony Awards, which will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall from 8 to 11 PM.

James Royce Edwards, Mickey Dolenz, Andre Ward and Shannon Lewis are among the complete cast of Pippin, running at the Goodspeed Opera House from July 14 - September 24

Joshua Park will star as the young prince who longs to be extraordinary in the Goodspeed Opera House's upcoming stage of Pippin, running from July 14th through September 24th

'Broadway: The Golden Age' has been nominated for a prestigious 'Television Critics Association Award' for the 2005/2006 season

On Sunday night, June 11th, Broadway puts on its biggest show of the year...and theatre lovers on the West Coast will be flocking to the Skirball Center in L.A. for the Actors' Fund Tony Awards Party. The evening will be hosted by Sam Harris and will honor his longtime pal, Liza Minnelli, who will receive the Julie Harris Lifetime Achievement Award. I was lucky enough to catch Liza and Sam together in NY to talk about what is sure to be a great night, their history together and lots more...

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On May 18th, Chita Rivera will be presented with the New Dramatists' 2006 Career Achievement Award at a luncheon featuring dozens of stars