Christian Borle News

Tony Award winner Donna McKechnie and noted theatre columnist Michael Riedel joined two-time Tony Award winner Donna Murphy in the eagerly anticipated benefit performance of PAMELA'S FIRST MUSICAL, a new musical with music by Tony Award winner Cy Coleman, lyrics by Tony Award winner David Zippel, book by Tony & Pulitzer Award winner Wendy Wasserstein and directed by Tony Award® nominee Graciela Daniele.

It was announced today that Nicolette Hart (Rent) and Kate Rockwell (NBC's 'Grease: You're The One That I Want) will join the cast of LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL in May. Ms. Hart will take over the role of Brooke Wyndham on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 and Ms. Rockwell will perform the role of Margot starting Wednesday, May 14, 2008.

Legally Blonde star Laura Bell Bundy joined the ranks of the many Broadway legends whose portraits hang on the walls of the famous 44th Street restaurant Sardi's, when her caricature was unveiled on April 24th, 2008.

BroadwayWorld is pleased to bring you this special recording of Cy Coleman and Lillias White singing 'It Started With A Dream' from 'Pamela's First Musical' which Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS will be presenting a benefit performance at Town Hall on May 18th at 3pm.

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS is pleased to announce that Tony Awardâ winner Donna McKechnie and noted theatre columnist Michael Riedel will join the previously announced two-time Tony Awardâ winner Donna Murphy in the eagerly anticipated benefit performance of PAMELA'S FIRST MUSICAL, a new musical with music by Tony Award® winner Cy Coleman, lyrics by Tony Award® winner David Zippel, book by Tony® & Pulitzer Award winner Wendy Wasserstein and directed by Tony Award® nominee Graciela Daniele.

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL paints the city pink as it celebrates its first year anniversary on April 29, 2008 with a week of events.

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS is proud to present a special performance of PAMELA'S FIRST MUSICAL, a new musical with music by Tony Award® winner Cy Coleman, lyrics by Tony Award® winner David Zippel, book by Tony® & Pulitzer Award winner Wendy Wasserstein and directed by Tony Award® nominee Graciela Daniele, on Sunday, May 18 at 3 PM at Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street) with a reception at Sardi's immediately following. Proceeds will benefit BC/EFA and Theatre Development Fund's Open Doors Program, which Wasserstein founded.

Natalie Joy Johnson, audience favorite in Legally Blonde and Bare: A Pop Opera, premiered her new club act at Therapy with Musical Direction by Brian Nash, Special Material by John Hill and directed by Ben Rimalower. Natalie's new act channels old school show business through a contemporary lens harkening back to a time when the great ladies of stage and screen entertained in rooms all over New York on any given night. She brings her powerful and expressive voice to an evening both irreverent and compelling and completely unlike any other show in town. March 13th closing was a wild, late-night star studded affair. For more information on Natalie including upcoming performances please visit www.nataliejoyjohnson.com

The BMI Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to encouraging musical development, will present a reading of the new musical See Rock City & Other Destinations, Monday, Feb. 11, hosted by Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning composer Jerry Bock

It was announced today that the seven original stars of Legally Blonde The Musical, Laura Bell Bundy as Elle Woods, Christian Borle as Emmett, Orfeh as Paulette, Richard H. Blake as Warner, Kate Shindle as Vivienne, Nikki Snelson as Brooke and Michael Rupert as Professor Callahan, have all extended their contracts through Spring 2008.

MTV: Music Television taped a performance of Legally Blonde, the Broadway smash show based on MGM's ever-popular film, live at the Palace Theatre on September 18.

Legally Blonde's Paul Canaan, Christian Borle and Lindsay Nicole Chambers, plus Broadway's Adam Pelty, Merri Sugarman and Randy Redd will participate in Usdan Center's Second Annual 'The Craft of Broadway' as part of the 'Summer in September' workshops, Saturday and Sunday, September 29 & 30.

Laura Bell Bundy performed her final Birdland debut concert on August 20, followed by The Cast Party.

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Legally Blonde (Ghostlight Records) currently leads the Billboard Cast Album Chart.

Ghostlight Records, a division of Sh-K-Boom Records, will release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Legally Blonde on Tuesday, July 17, 2007.

Nathan Lane and Christian Borle star in a July workshop of Catch Me If You Can, the new Marc Shaiman/Scott Wittman musical adapted from the hit 2002 Steven Speilberg film.

BroadwayWorld brings you more glamorous red carpet arrivals photos from the 2007 Tony Awards!

Happy Holidays Everyone! Well ... here it is ... our BIGGEST CD coverage EVER and just in time for some last minute 'stocking-stuffer' inspiration ... even though a few of these are better used as coal, if you know what I mean.

The 2007 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards were presented live from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 10th, and Spring Awakening and The Coast of Utopia led the pack!

On Monday, June 4th, the cast of Legally Blonde will team up with America's Second Harvest and City Harvest to fight hunger.