Ben Vereen News

Bernadette Peters will host Best of Evening at Pops, featuring Carol Channing, Ethel Merman and others, on November 24th; the special airs on PBS

The concert will air on Thursday, November 24 (Thanksgiving Day) - 12 Noon ET, Saturday, November 26 - 4:00 p.m. ET. and Sunday, November 27 - 9:00 p.m. ET

Steven Pasquale, Will Chase, Jenny Powers, Deborah S. Craig and moer will join the star-studded cast of the Secret Garden World AIDS Day concert

BroadwayWorld.com has learned that Rescue Me's Steven Pasquale has been cast in the leading role of Archie in the upcoming concert of The Secret Garden, and Will Chase will be replacing Terrence Mann as Neville.

Bernadette Peters will host 'Broadway's Best at Pops' on PBS; the program will feature performances by Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Tommy Tune and others

On November 14th, performers for the Broadway production of Wicked will perform in a benefit for Cabaret Cares

On November 17th, Kristoffer Cusick will chat with fans online

On November 14th, the Chicago cast of Wicked will present a benefit cabaret called There's No Place Like Home that will feature both a live and silent auction

As posted on the World AIDS Day Concert Website, The Secret Garden Benefit Concert is seeking its Mary and Colin

A free Wicked block party on October 30th will feature food, games and the finals of the Be Wicked Singing Contest

A limited number of tickets for the November 12th Broadway Meets Country concert, with Donna Murphy, Idina Menzel, Ben Vereen and others, are onsale

Seth Rudetsky will puncture pop culture in The Good, The Bad and the Headachey on November 7th and 21st and December 5th and 19th

On October 24th and 28th, David Cote, Joan Marcus and cast and creative team of Wicked will be on hand for signings of Wicked: The Grimmerie

On October 26th, Kristoffer Cusick and Kristy Cates, who appear in the Chicago production of Wicked, will show up at Borders to sign copies of Wicked: The Grimmerie

Kate Reinders, Chicago's Glinda has fractured her foot during a recent performance and will be out of the show for a few weeks.

Michael Arden, Laura Benanti, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Sara Gettelfinger, Max Von Essen and more will headline the World AIDS Day Benefit Concert of The Secret Garden on December 5th

Liza Minnelli will emcee That's Entertainment! a gala celebrating Transition for Dancers' 20th anniversary on October 24th; stars such as Sandy Duncan and Bebe Neuwirth will also take part in it

From October 24th through 31st, Wicked will celebrate the second year of its Broadway anniversary with a week of contests, signings and festivities

Country Music superstar and top CMA Awards nominee Lee Ann Womack and Broadway leading man, Tony Award Winner, Brian Stokes Mitchell, will co-host the Nov. 12 'Broadway Meets Country' concert, a benefit performance celebrating the universality and crossover appeal of these two popular genres and their performers.

Seth Rudetsky will deconstruct pop culture once again in The Good, The Bad & The Headachy on October 10th and 24th at Ars Nova