Bernie Yvon News

David Bell's brand new adaptation of the classic Richard Rodgers (The King & I, South Pacific, The Sound of Music) and Laurence Hart hit The Boys from Syracuse, will make its Chicago Premiere August 7, open August 14 and run through September 28 at Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook Terrace, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, IL.

Based on the exuberant Broadway musical, Seussical will open March 6 and run through May 10 at The Marriott Theatre for Young Audiences

The Tony Award winning modern romantic comedy, The Goodbye Girl, previews December 27, opens January 3, 2008 and runs through March 2, 2008 at Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace Theatre, 100 Drury Lane.

There was 'no way out' of the hilarious interview with the cast of Marriott Lincolnshire's The Producers. Ross Lehman (Max), Guy Adkins (Leo), Angela Feeney (Ulla), Bernie Yvon (Roger) and Michael Aaron Lindner (Franz) are all on board this wild ride of an interview. Even the janitors of the theatre get involved. For those of you watching with a video iPod, look for a special cameo with the show's creator, Mel Brooks.

How do you keep The Producers fresh after a 1960's movie, a hit Broadway musical and a movie of the musical? Well, it is all in the 'coesting,' as Ulla would say. The latest production of Mel Brooks mega hit, which opened Wednesday at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, certainly has not made any missteps in the casting departing, starting with Ross Lehman and Guy Adkins as Bialystock and Bloom...

The Marriott Theatre is proud to present the Tony-award winning smash hit comedy, The Producers. Previews begin September 5, press opening is September 12, and runs through December 2 at the Marriott Theatre,10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire. This outrageously funny musical from the incomparable Mel Brooks won 12 Tony Awards, more than any other show in history - and is based on the 1968 Academy Award-winning cult film classic of the same title.

You would think a man could fly!

The newest collaboration between Chicago's groundbreaking About Face Theatre and the Museum of Contemporary Art is the freshest piece of musical theatre to been seen in the windy city in some time.

Loving Repeating, premiering in Chicago on February 14th, is a collaboration between Stephen Flaherty and Frank Galati adapted from the writing of Gertrude Stein

The Marriott Theatre, the Porchlight Music Theatre's Sweeney Todd, Congo Square Theatre Company's Seven Guitars and Jefferson Mays were among the winners in the 2005 Jefferson Awards

The Marriott Theatre and Wicked's Ana Gasteyer and Kate Reinders were some of the nominees for this year's Jefferson Awards, which celebrate the best in Chicago Equity theatre