Casting has been announced for VANITIES, A New Musical by Jack Heifner, with music and lyrics by David Kirshenbaum, directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Judith Ivey. Starring Lauren Kennedy (Spamalot, Side Show) as Mary, Sarah Stiles (Avenue Q, …Spelling Bee) as Joanne and Anneliese van der Pol (Beauty and the Beast, TV's 'That's So Raven') as Kathy, VANITIES will open on Broadway in the Fall of 2008 at a theatre to be announced.
Emily Skinner, Christiane Noll and Jacquelyn Piro-Donovan will join the previously announced Marc Kudisch in Signature Theatre's American Premiere production of the musical The Witches of Eastwick
Broadway legends and rising stars will take the stage at 37 Arts tonight at 8pm for Broadway Backwards 2, benefiting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
The Actors' Fund of America has announced that Tony-nominee Emily Skinner will take on the role of Miss Mona in The Fund's one-night-only benefit production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas on October 16th at The August Wilson Theatre
Alice Ripley will head Broadway Boot Camp, a workshop for young performers that will be held in Las Vegas in January before moving to another cities (without Ripley)
Lauren Kennedy will join the cast of MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT as The Lady of the Lake on December 20, 2005. As announced previously, Simon Russell Beale will assume the role of King Arthur on the same date.