Charles Strouse News

Broadway In Chicago announces their 2006 Neumann Homes Broadway In Chicago Season Series.

A new national tour of Annie will open at L.A.'s Pantages Theatre on October 4th and will run through October 16th

Stephen Schwartz' family musical Captain Louie will open off-Broadway at the Little Shubert Theatre on October 31st

An Evening with Stephen Schwartz, in which the composer/lyricist is interviewed, will come to the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. on May 1st, 2006

Three-time Tony Award-winner Thomas Meehan will be presented with the first annual 'Helen' Award at a Helen Hayes Theatre Company Gala on September 26th

Martin Charnin will direct and provide lyrics for Shelly Burch's solo show There's Always One More Song to Sing, which will run at Seattle's Crepe de Paris this fall

On Sunday, August 7th FLOPZ was presented at Joe's Pub, showcasing some of Broadway's best songs...from flop musicals.

Karen Mason will play legendary Algonquin Round Table wit Dorothy Parker in You Might As Well Live, which will run from September 22nd to October 2nd as part of the New York Music Theatre Festival

Alene Robertson, Mackenzie Phillips and erstwhile Daddy Warbucks Conrad John Schuck have been cast in the new tour of Annie, which will kick off in Seattle on August 21st

Malcolm Gets dishes about his June 13th Birdland cabaret, upcoming and past shows, his mischievous streak and more...

Charles Bloom's musical Heaven Knows will be one of the seven new works featured in Broadway Bound V on June 6th

On Monday, June 6, 2005, The York Theatre Company will present the international stage and film designer Tony Walton with the fifteenth Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre at its annual spring benefit at Broadway's Hudson Theatre, 145 West 44th Street.

Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz will perform in In Good Company, an evening of duets with Lee Lessack at the Ford Amphitheatre on July 10th

The evening honored Charles Strouse, and was put on in order to raise monies for the Academy for New Musical Theatre.

Songs from new musicals will be performed in Broadway Bound V at the Merkin Concert Hall on June 6th

Rhode Island's Trinity Rep launches world premiere of Charles Strouse's bubbly new concoction in grand style.

John Patrick Shanley has received the Dramatist Guild's 2005 Hull-Warriner Award for his play, DOUBT, now on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).

Captain Louie, a new family musical with music and lyrics by Academy and Grammy-Award winner Stephen Schwartz, will have its world premiere at The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director), May 4 - June 12, produced by The York in association with Meridee Stein, Pam Koslow and Kurt Peterson.

Brian Tom O'Connor and Paula Vogel spoof self-help gurus in a musical comedy cabaret

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts today announced details of the 2005-06 Kimmel Center Presents Broadway at the Academy series. Four spectacular family musicals, including two of Broadway's biggest smash hits, will highlight the 2005-2006 season. The new 2005-06 Broadway at the Academy season will include: DOCTOR DOLITTLE (Sept. 21 - 25, 2005); ANNIE (November 22 - 27, 2005); WICKED (limited engagement begins March 22, 2006; subscribers' week March 22 - 26) and THE LION KING (limited engagement begins June 8, 2006; subscribers' week June 13 - 18).