Burt Bacharach News

Nellie McKay, Will Chase and Marcy Harriell have joined the all-star line up of Brilliant Mistake: Broadway Sings Elvis Costello, which will be presented on Halloween night

Broadway stars come out to honor Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award -winning singer/songwriter Elvis Costello in 'BRILLIANT MISTAKE: Broadway Sings Elvis Costello,' a one-night-only concert on Monday, October 31st at John Jay College's Gerald W. Lynch Theater (899 10th Avenue) in Manhattan.

New York City Center will present the 13th season of New York City Center Encores! Great American Musicals In Concert®, opening February 9 with Kismet starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie, followed by the Kander and Ebb musical 70, Girls, 70. George and Ira Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing will end the season, playing May 11 - 14.

Rick McKay will discuss his Broadway: The Golden Age documentary on September 28th and interview screen legend Jane Powell the next day

Bernadette Peters, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lillias White and Victoria Clark will be some of the Broadway talents featured in the 8th season of Lincoln Center's American Songbook series

Two of the three shows in the 'Encores!' series have been announced.

Stephanie D'Abruzzo will perform her solo cabaret at Birdland on May 23rd

Tony and Drama Desk nominee, Theatre World Award winner, and current star of the Tony-winning Broadway hit Avenue Q, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, will cross Eighth Avenue to make her long-awaited solo cabaret debut on Monday, May 23, at 7 p.m. at Birdland.

New York City Center Encores! Artistic Director Jack Viertel and Music Director Rob Fisher have announced that Tony® Award nominee Malcolm Gets and Tony Award-winner Michael Cerveris will join the previously announced Tony Award-winner Kristin Chenoweth in The Apple Tree, the final Encores! presentation of the 2004-5 Season.

The show runs May 12-16, and features Rob Fisher as Music Director.

Rachelle started dancing at age 2, got into the tour of 'Cats' when she was 17, and starred in the PBS telecast of 'Fosse'...

One performance only at The Zipper Theatre on Monday, April 11, 2005 at 8pm.

Show runs 3/31-4/3, also stars John Cullum, and Doug E. Doug.

As I read The New York Times article 'The Broadway Musical Is Changing Its Key', I was pleased to see that what I meant to say or how I said it was pretty much there. Thank you, Bruce Weber (hey, I gotta kiss butt, ya' never know when he may be reviewing me next!).