Bob Fosse News

The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre's blockbuster 2012 Season continues this fall when the criminally entertaining Kander and Ebb musical Chicago opens at the theatre on Friday evening, September 9th.

The Music Division of the Library of Congress will receive an extensive collection of Broadway and personal memorabilia from the estate of Broadway giant John Raitt, who originated the role of Billy Bigelow in the Rodgers and Hammerstein show 'Carousel' and also starred in 'The Pajama Game,' 'Oklahoma!' and other top musicals from the 1940s to the 1960s.

El actor se meterá de nuevo en la piel del astuto abogado a partir del próximo 17 de noviembre, cuando Chicago inicie sus funciones en el Nuevo Teatro Alcalá de Madrid.

CHICAGO has a new home in London. On Monday 7 November, the award-winning musical will open at the Garrick Theatre.

Kick off Red Mountain Theatre Company's 2011-2012 Season with the Broadway hit Sweet Charity, October 6-23, 2011, at the newly redesigned RMTC Cabaret Theatre (301 19th Street North).

The Omaha Community Playhouse (OCP) will present six-time Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Chicago September 16-October 16, 2011.

Musical Mondays Theatre Lab, which for 12 years has been instrumental in developing new musicals including 'Next to Normal,' salutes its founder, Bick Goss, with a gala celebration on Monday evening, September 19 at a private penthouse apartment on Manhattan's east side.

Whether you've been living under a rock for the past week, or you're just in the mood for a recap of everything theatre, BroadwayWorld's feature, 'This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy your end of the week fix. Take a look below to catch up on the latest happenings from the Great White Way to the West End (and everywhere in between) with coverage of press events, rehearsals, opening nights and more!

The Harbor Lights Theater Company, a professional not-for-profit company dedicated to illuminating the human experience through the highest quality theatrical production and arts education, announces its professional theater training program 'Enter Stage Right' and its Fall Semester courses, for youth ages 11-18.

On Monday, August 29, 2011, the acclaimed revival of the Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO will welcome Tony Yazbeck to the role of 'that silver-tongued prince of the courtoom,' Billy Flynn.

On Saturday, August 27, 2011, the internationally acclaimed revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO celebrated another major milestone when it became the longest-running American musical in Broadway history, surpassing A Chorus Line with a total of 6,138 performances.

Stage Left Productions, the same company that brought The Who's Tommy to Hammonton, will perform the classic musical Cabaret at the Eagle Theatre, located at 208 Vine Street in Downtown Hammonton, at 8pm on August 12, 13, 19, 20, 25, 26, and 27, and 2pm on August 14 and 21.

Stage Left Productions, the same company that brought you The Who's Tommy and The Last Five Years, will continue its run of the classic musical Cabaret at the Eagle Theatre, located at 208 Vine Street in Downtown Hammonton, at 8pm on August 25, 26, and 27.

Due to scheduling conflicts with the artistic team, Roundabout Theatre Company's planned 2011-2012 production of Dancin' has been cancelled and will be replaced with a Broadway production to be announced in the coming months.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Debbie Allen will direct and guest star in an episode in the upcoming season of 'Grey's Anatomy.' She will play Jackson's mother, Catherine Avery. Allen has already directed three episodes of the show.

El musical 'Chicago' convocó audiciones en la escuela Aules de Barcelona para buscar bailarinas, cantantes y actrices que bailen con fuerza sobre el escenario. Los requisitos son tener calidad vocal y dotes de interpretación para interpretar las elegantes y sexis coreografías de Bob Fosse. Las audiciones consistieron en tres pruebas eliminatorias: prueba de baile, prueba de canto y prueba de interpretación.

Tony Award winner Ben Vereen has been named CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR of the Tampa based Broadway Theater Project education program.

La actriz Marta Valverde interpretará el papel de Mama Morton en Chicago a partir del 22 de Septiembre en el Teatre Tívoli de Barcelona. El musical llegará a la ciudad condal después de la gira nacional protagonizado por Marta Ribera como Velma Kelly, María Blanco como Roxie Hart y Manuel Rodríguez como Billy Flynn.

CHICAGO - the musical: Book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb Set during the roaring twenties and the age of prohibition, Chicago tells the story of Roxie Hart's quest for fame and fortune through the unlikely means of adultery, murder, and incarceration. As she awaits her trial Roxie vies with another murderess, vaudeville entertainer Velma Kelly, for the spotlight and the headlines. The jazz score includes the hits 'All That Jazz,' 'Cell Block Tango,' and 'Razzle Dazzle.' Chicago was winner of six Tony Awards (1996) including Best Revival. (Content Advisory: Occasional Strong Adult Language, Deals Frankly with Topic of Sexuality, and Deals Humorously with Topic of Violence)