Bob Boyett News

The London production of The Drowsy Chaperone, which opened at the Novello Theatre on 14 May, will have its final performance on Saturday 4 August 2007, following a decision made by the Producers.

The London production of The Drowsy Chaperone, which opened at the Novello Theatre on May 14th, will have its final performance on Saturday, August 4th 2007, following a decision made by the producers.

London's theatre The Menier Chocolate Factory, with American producer Bob Boyett, have signed a three-year partnership to present Chocolate Factory productions in the United States.

Four-time Emmy award-winning Rhea Perlman ('Cheers') and Olivier Award-nominated Evita star Elena Roger are among the new stars of the West End hit comedy, Boeing-Boeing, by Marc Camoletti.

Four-time Emmy award-winning Rhea Perlman, best known for playing feisty and quick-witted waitress Carla Tortelli in the American sitcom classic 'Cheers,'will make her London stage debut as she joins the cast of the West End hit comedy, Boeing-Boeing on June 25 to play long-suffering housekeeper Bertha

Four-time Emmy award-winning Rhea Perlman, best known for playing feisty and quick-witted waitress Carla Tortelli in the American sitcom classic Cheers, one of the most successful US sitcoms of all time, will make her London stage debut as she joins the cast of the West End hit comedy, Boeing-Boeing on 25 June to play long-suffering housekeeper Bertha.

13, written by Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown and Dan Elish, will be brought to a Broadway stage by producer Bob Boyett

The current revival of Little Shop of Horrors will vacat its current home, The Duke of Yorks, and set up shop at The New Ambassadors.

The Menier Chocolate Factory's hit revival of Little Shop of Horrors, which moved to the West End earlier this year, will switch from the Duke of York's to the Ambassadors Theatre (formerly the New Ambassadors).

Following a record-breaking run in London's West End, Rock 'n' Roll, a new play by Tom Stoppard, will open on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on November 4, 2007.

Stars of the tennis world will turn up at the Broadway play Deuce on Tuesday, May 15. The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is hosting a benefit evening at the Music Box Theatre for the USTA Tennis & Education Foundation.

Four-time Tony Award-winner Angela Lansbury, who is starring on Broadway for the first time in almost 25 years in the new play Deuce, will be featured on 'The Today Show' on Monday, May 14 between 9:30 am - 10:00 am.

On Monday, May 21, 2007, current Broadway stars that have rehearsed at the New 42nd Street Studios will perform songs from their shows at the New Victory Theater (209 West 42nd Street) as part of the first-ever 'New 42 Follies,' a benefit for The New 42nd Street.

Nicholas Hytner, Director of Britain's National Theatre, has announced the renewal of the partnership with Broadway producers Boyett Ostar Productions (Bob Boyett and Bill Haber) to present the National's productions in the United States.

Patricia Hodge (the West End's Noises Off) will join Matthew Warchus' critically acclaimed production of Boeing-Boeing, taking on the role of Bertha, April 30-June 23. Boeing-Boeing, translated by Beverley Cross from Mark Camoletti's original, opened at the Comedy Theatre in February.

The producers of the upcoming Terrence McNally play Deuce have decided to draw the production away from eligibility for Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Awards.

Actors Patrick Swayze and Melissa Gilbert will join the cast as 'Pa' and 'Ma' in the workshop presentation this April of PRAIRIE, a new twenty character musical based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's enduringly popular Little House on the Prairie book series.

Legendary star Angela Lansbury is now in rehearsal for her long-awaited return to the Broadway stage, starring opposite Marian Seldes in the world premiere of DEUCE, a new play by Terrence McNally and directed by Michael Blakemore.

By popular demand, four more performances have been added to the strictly limited run for Deuce.

Deuce, starring theatre legends Angela Lansbury and Marian Seldes, will begin previews a few days earlier than originally scheduled.