Edges: A Song Cycle is scheduled to make its Midwest premiere at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts, February 21 - 24. Musical by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, featuring Farah Alvin, Whitney Bashor, Steven Booth and Colin Hanlon.
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) and Executive Director Kathy Evans announced the casts and directors of the eight musicals for its 19th Annual Festival of New Musicals to be held at New World Stages (340 West 50th St between 8th and 9th Avenues) on Sunday, October 7 and Monday, October 8, 2007.
A new musical based on the story of Purim, from the 2006 Drama Desk and Tony Honored BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, will play at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, Monday April 23, at 6PM.
Producer Katie Riegel will present two free readings of Isaac Oliver's new play, Eddie Goshen is Dead, on Monday, March 19, at the Rock Theatre in Manhattan.
Eden Espinosa (Wicked, the upcoming RAGS Concert), Michael Arden (The Times They are a Changin', Pippin and The Secret Garden World AIDS Day Concerts) and Marty Thomas (Wicked, Pippin World AIDS Day Concert) will all perform songs from the past World AIDS Day Concerts in celebration of this year's concert of the musical, RAGS. The Curtain Call concert series at Splash will continue Monday, December 4th.
Tony Award-winner Michael Rupert, soon to be see on Broadway in Legally Blonde, has replaced the previously announced Harvey Fierstein as Avram in the upcoming World AIDS Day concert of Rags
Lewis Cleale and John Treacy Egan have joined the cast of Rags, which will be presented on December 11th, 2006 as the 4th Annual World AIDS Day Concert. This year's presentation, a 20th Anniversary Concert of the Broadway musical Rags, will be held at Times Square's brand new Nokia Theater
Tony-nominees Carolee Carmello and Gregg Edelman are among the stars who have joined the cast of Rags, which will be presented on December 11th, 2006 as the 4th Annual World AIDS Day Concert
The Laurie Beechman Theatre will continue The After Party, an informal social gathering for the theatrically inclined. Every Friday from 10:30 PM until 2 AM, hosts Brandon Cutrell and Alysha Umphress, as well as Ray Fellman on piano, assembles for this weekly party in the heart of Manhattan's theatre district.
On December 11th, 2006, the 4th Annual World AIDS Day Concert, presented by Jamie McGonnigal in association with The Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation will take place. This year's presentation, a 20th Anniversary Concert of the Broadway musical Rags, will be held at Times Square's brand new Nokia Theater.
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)'s 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals was held at New World Stages (340 West 50th St. between 8th and 9th Avenues) on Sunday, October 8 and Monday, October 9
Colin Hanlon, Lisa Howard, Michael Hunsaker and more will star in a benefit concert of William Finn's Falsettoland, which will be presented at New World Stages on Monday, November 6th
Casting and directors have been announced for The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)'s 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals, which will be held at New World Stages on Sunday, October 8 and Monday, October 9, 2006
The two new musicals that will be presented as part of The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Music Theatre Conference in Waterford, CT from July 15th through 29th will be studded with starry casts; Veanne Cox, Jenn Collela, Anne L. Nathan and Megan McGinnis are among the performers set to take part in the shows
The new musical I Love You Because, with its acclaimed score by Ryan Cunningham and Joshua Salzman, will be preserved on disc, in a recording to be released in the fall by PS Classics