Charles Osborne News

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, proudly celebrates the new works of composer Leo Hurley and lyricist Charles Osborne! A songwriting team that bridges the worlds of opera and musical theatre, Hurley & Osborne's collaborations combine myth and history to combat contemporary issues.

Taking Wing: Legends of Emimencia, a fantasy anti-bullying musical for all ages, headlines the New York New Works Theatre Festival on Sunday, October 15th, at the Duke Theatre on 42nd Street.

The Body Politic, a new musical about transgender and Muslim discrimination in North Carolina, announces its full cast ahead of its New York premiere July 18-21 at Playwrights Horizons, as part of the 2017 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

The Body Politic, a new musical about transgender and Muslim discrimination in North Carolina, announces its full cast ahead of its New York premiere July 18-21 at Playwrights Horizons, as part of the 2017 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

A tortuous love triangle involving the King of Sweden. A mysterious fortune teller who predicts that the King will soon die. An assassination plot. Few of Giuseppe Verdi's operas contain as many bewitching elements as his 1859 masterpiece Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball), which opens at Florida Grand Opera on April 29, 2017, in the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County's Ziff Ballet Opera House.

Charles Osborne's Trumped-Up Birthday Fever Dream: And Other Alternative Facts, a new musical, will premiere Today March 1st at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City, in a one-night only event to raise money for the ACLU.

The New York Musical Festival (NYMF) announced today the initial lineup for 2017 NYMF. Among the shows announced in the lineup are the Next Link Project musical selections, as well as invited production selections. Now in its fourteenth year, the 2017 Festival will take place July 10th through August 6th at locations around midtown Manhattan in New York City. Dan Markley serves as NYMF Executive Director & Producer and Rachel Sussman serves as Director of Programming & Artist Services.

Charles Osborne's Trumped-Up Birthday Fever Dream: And Other Alternative Facts, a new musical, will premiere Wednesday March 1st at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City, in a one-night only event to raise money for the ACLU.

Broadway Sessions host Ben Cameron presents Donald Trump's Inaugural Gay Fever Dream this Today, January 20th 9:30PM at the Laurie Beechman Theatre at West Bank Cafe.

Broadway Sessions host Ben Cameron presents Donald Trump's Inaugural Gay Fever Dream this Friday, January 20th 9:30PM at the Laurie Beechman Theatre at West Bank Cafe.

Abingdon Theatre Company launches its new Musical Theatre Lab with two readings of PARIS THROUGH THE WINDOW, a new musical with music by Leo Hurley and book & lyrics by Charles Osborne, tonight and tomorrow, November 10 and 11, in Abingdon Theatre Company's June Havoc Theatre.

Abingdon Theatre Company launches its new Musical Theatre Lab with two readings of PARIS THROUGH THE WINDOW, a new musical with music by Leo Hurley and book & lyrics by Charles Osborne, on November 10 and 11 in Abingdon Theatre Company's June Havoc Theatre.

The Body Politic, a new opera about transgender and Muslim discrimination in the United States, will premiere May 5 -7 at the Boston Center for the Arts before traveling south to Raleigh, NC, where it will be performed at the North Carolina General Assembly to protest the state's House Bill 2.

The Body Politic, a new opera about transgender and Muslim discrimination in the United States, will premiere May 5 -7 at the Boston Center for the Arts before traveling south to Raleigh, NC, where it will be performed at the North Carolina General Assembly to protest the state's House Bill 2.

The Body Politic, a new opera about transgender and Muslim discrimination in the United States, will premiere May 5 -7 at the Boston Center for the Arts before traveling south to Raleigh, NC, where it will be performed at the North Carolina General Assembly to protest the state's House Bill 2.

Light Opera of New York (LOONY) kicks off their tenth season with Pages from the American Songbook, a one night only event at The Players Theatre this Thursday 11/19 at 7:30pm.

Off-Broadway's devilishly new musical Hell's Belles will run through December 14, 2015.  Hell's Belles has a book and lyrics by Bryan D. Leys, music by Steve Liebman and features direction by John Znidarsic, music direction by Mary Feinsinger, musical staging by Eugenio Contenti and is presented by Tweiss Productions and Nicholas James Opalenik/Event Horizon Productions. 

The cast of Off-Broadway's HELL'S BELLES will burn up the stage at the Laurie Beechman Theatre (407 West 42nd Street) tonight, November 5, 2015 at 11PM, tickets are $5 (with a $15 minimum).

Tonight, November 5th, BROADWAY SESSIONS welcomes Thayne Jasperson, Kevin Smith Kirkwood, the cast of HELL'S BELLES and more.