Dan Moses Schreier News

This spring, WEST SIDE STORY returns to Broadway in a groundbreaking new production.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) began preview performances for ROAD SHOW on October 28th.

The producers of WEST SIDE STORY have confirmed full casting for the new Broadway production.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will begin preview performances for ROAD SHOW tonight, October 28th.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will begin preview performances for ROAD SHOW tomorrow night, October 28th.

Rehearsals began last week for XANADU at La Jolla Playhouse in anticipation of its West Coast debut on November 23, 2008 directed by Artistic Director Christopher Ashley. Xanadu's cast joins the creative team of the surprise hit Broadway musical at the Playhouse before embarking on a national tour. Xanadu will have its first performance November 11, 2008 and run through December 31 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) has announced there will now be a 2PM matinee performance of ROAD SHOW every week as well as an additional 8PM performance on December 22nd, 2008. Tickets went on-sale on Sunday, October 12.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) announced that single tickets will go on-sale on Sunday, October 12 for ROAD SHOW, a new musical featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman, and direction and scenic design by John Doyle.

Lisa Kron has been chosen to host the 2008 New York Innovative Theatre Awards (the IT Awards), in a ceremony dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway. There will be entertainment interludes performed by New York's own Blue Man Group.

Lisa Kron has been chosen to host the 2008 New York Innovative Theatre Awards (the IT Awards), in a ceremony dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway. There will be entertainment interludes performed by New York's own Blue Man Group.

The New Broadway Cast Recording of Gypsy will be released on Tuesday August 26th, 2008. The recording session took place at Manhattan's Clinton Recording Studios and BroadwayWorld TV was there to capture all the excitement as the historic event took place.

Linda Balgord is the new standby for the role of Rose in GYPSY.

-The Broadway production of the Harvey Fierstein/John Bucchino musical, A Catered Affair, will close following the Sunday, July 27 matinee. The announcement was made today by producer Jordan Roth (Vice President, Jujamcyn Theaters). A Catered Affair will have played 27 previews and 116 regular performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).

'Harvey & Friends,' the New York Times TimesTalk Event celebrating the career for four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, will air this weekend on CUNY TV at the following times: Friday, May 23 at 8:00 a.m., 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 25 at 12:00 a.m.

The nominations are out for the 2008 Tony Awards. IN THE HEIGHTS led the pack with 13 nominations, followed by SOUTH PACIFIC with 11 and AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, GYPSY and PASSING STRANGE with 9. Click in to see all the nominees!

The current national tour of the Stephen Sondheim/Hugh Wheeler musical 'Sweeney Todd' blew into the Windy City for a two-week engagement at the Cadillac Palace Theatre this week, revealing that the show is so strong as originally written that almost any style of storytelling will reveal its truths. If this fact doesn't mark the show as a true performing arts masterwork, then I don't know how anything else could. This show, and this metaphor-laden production of it, are miraculous in their revealing of the human condition.

PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, will record the original Broadway cast recording of A Catered Affair next Monday (April 7), it was announced today by the show's producer, Jordan Roth and Tommy Krasker, co-founder of PS Classics.

Three-time Emmy Award-winner Edie Falco, Tony Award-winner Dick Latessa, Tony Award-nominee Brooks Ashmanskas and A Catered Affair's Matt Cavenaugh have joined the line-up of performers participating in the upcoming New York Times 'TimesTalk event,' 'Harvey & Family,' celebrating the career of four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, at the new TimesCenter (242 West 41st St.) on Tuesday, April 1st at 6:00 p.m.

A Catered Affair, Broadway's newest musical, will begin preview performances next Tuesday, March 25 at 8:00 p.m. With a book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, score by John Bucchino and directed by Tony Award-winner John Doyle, A Catered Affair will play the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street). Opening night is set for 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 17, according to producer Jordan Roth (Vice President, Jujamcyn Theaters).

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will soon find Randolph Street when Broadway In Chicago presents the new national touring production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.) from April 23 - May 4, 2008. Tickets range in price from $25 - $75 and are available at all Broadway In Chicago Box Offices, by calling (312) 902-1400, or logging onto ticketmaster.com.