Cy Coleman News

Here are a few top entertainment picks to consider this week including plenty of free outdoor summer concerts, Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black), Beth Leavel (The Prom and Drowsy Chaperone), and more.

Tony Award winners Sutton Foster (“Anything Goes,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie”) and Kelli O’Hara (“The King and I”) – each acclaimed as a Broadway performer and song-and-dance artist of the first order – are also known for solo concert appearances.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that lyricist Alan Bergman, who worked with his late wife Marilyn on numerous hit songs for the screen, passed away on Thursday at his Los Angeles home at the age of 99.

54 BELOW will present a concert of the Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh musical Wildcat, which premiered on Broadway in 1960 and starred the legendary Lucille Ball. Learn more!

Songbook Sundays, created and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer celebrating the American Songbook will continue at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club with Come Fly with Jimmy Van Heusen.

Bill Kenwright Ltd will present a major UK tour of Barnum, the classic Broadway musical that celebrates the life of the world’s greatest showman, P. T. Barnum. Barnum comes to Birmingham Hippodrome in April.

A major UK tour of Barnum, the classic Broadway musical that celebrates the life of the world’s greatest showman, P.T. Barnum, will launch in 2026. Learn more here!

Lyric Stage, a theatre company dedicated to the development and preservation of musicals, has announced its 32nd scintillating season, which includes The Rocky Horror Show, Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings, Sweet Charity, and more.

Jeff Harnar will celebrate his latest album Jeff Harnar Sings Sammy Cahn: The Second Time Around – the acclaimed tribute to legendary Academy Award-winning lyricist – with a string of major concerts this summer. Learn more!

Ilene Graff joins Moms' Night Out: The Summer Show at The Green Room 42 on July 26th at 7pm. Learn more about the upcoming performance and how to get tickets here!

Boston-based vocalist Brian De Lorenzo will mark the release of his new album Toast of the Town, Volume 1 with a concert on Tuesday, June 17 at 7:30 PM at Club Café’s Moonshine Room. The performance will feature the Tom LaMark Orchestra, also featured on the album.

The REV Theatre Company announced the cast and creative team for 'Barnum,' the second production of its 2025 season. Learn more about this upcoming show here!

The album releases 6/13 featuring beloved big band favorites associated with the greatest singers of mid-century standards, including Frank Sinatra; Sammy Davis, Jr.; Tony Bennett; Rosemary Clooney; Ella Fitzgerald and Judy Garland.

Despite a few growing pains and a rushed finale, SWEET CHARITY is a great vehicle for the cast’s charming female lead and further evidence that Blank attracts some of the best young musical talent in the city while pushing the envelope of what Chicago storefront theater can accomplish.

At Birdland on Monday night, a sold-out audience gathered for Jim Caruso’s Cast Party, which marked the re-release of Caruso’s 2011 album 'The Swing Set,' now available as a Deluxe Edition from Club44 Records. See photos here!

Songbook Sundays, created and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer celebrating the American Songbook will continue at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club with Fats and The Duke.

Club44 Records has released Jim Caruso’s The Swing Set: Deluxe Edition – the urbane baritone’s smart and sophisticated romp through the Great American Songbook. Listen here!

Club44 Records will release of Jim Caruso’s The Swing Set: Deluxe Edition. BroadwayWorld has your exclusive first listen to 'One More Minute' here! Learn more about the album.

Ms. Kazan was on my radar for as long as I can remember when I started to get interested in theatre, music and show business and had “secret” subscriptions to magazines that focused on those passions.

Cabaret Classics will release Toast of the Town, Volume 1, the new big band album from Boston-based vocalist Brian De Lorenzo, on CD and streaming and digital platforms in June. Learn more about the album here!