Brian Stokes Mitchell News

Rebecca Luker, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Ann Harada and Dana Ivey will perform at an upcoming memorial to honor late actor and Actors' Equity President Patrick Quinn. It will take place at the St. James Theatre on March 26th at 2 PM.

Tony Award-winners Lea Salonga and Brian Stokes Mitchell, as well as Tony Award-nominee Raul Esparza, joined the cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for one night only as guest spellers at the Bee's first ever 'Broadway Night at the Bee' on Sunday, March 18!

This Sunday, March 18 at 7:30 pm, one lucky audience volunteer will share the stage and match spelling acumen (that's right - A-C-U-M-E-N) with three Broadway stars -- Tony Award nominee RAUL ESPARZA (Company) and Tony Award-winners LEA SALONGA (Les Miserables) and BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL (Man of LaMancha) -- at the first ever 'Broadway Night at the Bee' at the hitmusical THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE.

Tony Award-winners Christine Ebersole and Brian Stokes Mitchell, as well as Tony Award-nominee Raul Esparza, will join the cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee for one night only as guest spellers at the Bee's first ever 'Broadway Night at the Bee' on Sunday, March 18 at 7:30pm

Ravinia Festival Chairman Michael E. Lavin and President and CEO Welz Kauffman today announced details of the 2007 season of music theater and dance events.

Country music star/Golden Globe nominee Reba McEntire ('Reba') and Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell (Kiss Me, Kate) will reunite this summer for three concerts of South Pacific at the Hollywood Bowl.

On May 1, Acorn Media will release home video debut of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot, the Tony-nominated revival, mounted for Broadway in the early 1980s at New York's historic Winter Garden Theatre and filmed for television by HBO. It will also release 'The Best of the Tony Awards: The Plays' the same day

Original Dreamgirls star Loretta Devine, as well as Jenifer Lewis, will co-host the second annual Sheldon Epps Theatrical Diversity Project Celebration at the Pasadena Playhouse on March 13th.

More information has been announced on the New York City Opera's upcoming production of the Tony Award-winning musical Ragtime, which will be presented during the company's 2007/2008 season.

After 125 years of working behind the scenes to support the performing arts and entertainment community, The Actors Fund will take center stage with a number of upcoming events

On Monday, March 5, The Actors Fund will present a one-night-only benefit concert of Working, a unique and extraordinary musical based on the classic Studs Terkel book.

According to the New York City Opera's website, the Tony Award-winning musical Ragtime will be presented during the company's 2007/2008 season.

Signature Theatre Company's upcoming production of King Hedley II is sold out.

Producer Scott Siegel has announced the addition of country music legend Larry Gatlin, Jersey Boys star Daniel Reichard, Broadway favorite Charles Busch and jazz band Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet to the line-up of talent for the 2007 Nightlife Awards, the one and only 'All Performance Awards Show.'

Click in for reviews of Avenue Q: The Book, The Audrey Hepburn Treasures, Mamma Mia! How Can I Resist You?, The Alchemy of Theatre, We Bombed in New London, Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins, Stop The Show, In Their Company: Portraits of American Playwrights, Fantasia: Life is Not a Fairy Tale and The Entertainment Sourcebook 2007.

Lately, it's been Spring (Awakening) Fever on Broadway with fans, celebrities and more coming to see the new show - not to mention that it received the best reviews of the 2006/2007 theatre season. In this first of a three part series, we check in with the second of the show's talented young stars - Lea Michele, who created the role of Wendla in Spring Awakening - 7 years ago!

Some of Broadway's brighest will be featured in 'Alan & Marilyn Bergman: Celebrating a 50-Year Collaboration' on Friday, February 02, 2007 at 8:30 PM at The Allen Room.

The 2007 Nightlife Award winners, voted by nearly 30 critics and judges covering cabaret, comedy and jazz, have been announced today

BroadwayWorld.com's New and Updated Who's Who Entries for the Week of 1/7/2007. Updates include: Ben Rimalower, Jennifer Cody, Matthew Kilgore, Kurt Domoney, Harris Doran, Jeff Rizzo, Jonathan B. Wright, Ann Mandrella, Liz Donathan, Katherine Von Till, Constantine Maroulis, Justin Boccitto, Erika Amato, Raymond J. Lee, Michael Gruber, Jim Coleman, Anthony Wayne, Shayna Steele, Emma Wahl, John Selya, William Ryall, Keith Roberts, Elizabeth Parkinson, Katie Micha, Charles Leipart, Marty Lawson, Andrew Keister, Shoshana Bean, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Rob Bartlett.