Darlene Love News

The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Elijah Kelley has been cast as Seaweed in the upcoming film version of Hairspray

The Broadway company of Hairspray will soon be welcoming three new cast members--including teen star Haylie Duff.

It may have rained, but fans still poured into Shubert Alley on June 7th to catch 'Stars in the Alley,' and BroadwayWorld was there for the excitement!

A host of luminaries, including Cynthia Nixon, Lucie Arnaz, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Platt, Ian McDiarmid, Kate Burton, Judy Kaye, Sutton Foster, and Darlene Love, will appear at Broadway's Stars in the Alley on June 7 at 11 a.m

Euan Morton, Tom Wopat, Darlene Love and cast members from numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway shows will take part in WOR Radio's second annual day-long Celebrate America concert, which will take place at the Hofstra University Arena in Hempstead, NY on June 25th

On May 8th, Elaine Stritch will host the New York Pops 23rd Birthday Gala concert at Carnegie Hall, while Liza Minnelli will make a guest appearance

Blake Hammond will succeed John Pinette as Edna Turnblad in Broadway's Hairspray on May 30th

Stars such as Maria Friedman, Victoria Clark and Bebe Neuwirth will perform in this year's Nothin' Like a Dame benefit, held on March 6th

Make way for the Dames! Coming March 6, 2006 at 8:00 PM at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street), Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presents The 11th Annual NOTHING LIKE A DAME benefiting The Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of The Actors' Fund of America. Sure to be a night to remember, NOTHING LIKE A DAME features performances from the first ladies of Broadway.

Victoria Clark, Bebe Neuwirth and Maria Friedman will be among the stars of Nothin' Like a Dame on March 6th

Producers of the upcoming Hairspray film have announced a nationwide casting search for the roles of Tracy, Seaweed and Little Inez

Former American Idol runner-up Diana DeGarmo will join the cast of Broadway's Hairspray as Penny Pingleton from February 7 through May 14, 2006.

Karmine Alers, who is currently part of the Broadway cast of Rent, will perform on 'The Tony Danza Show' Dec. 12, and the segment will be broadcast on Dec. 23.

LIFEbeat's Bid 2 Beat AIDS auction will offer up hundreds of theatre collectibles and events

Beginning on November 15th, Andrew Rannells will be the next Link Larkin in Hairspray

Leah Hocking will begin a limited engagement tonight as Velma Von Tussle in Hairspray before succeeding Barbara Walsh in the role in December

On Sunday evening, September 25, the New York theatrical community joined forces as scores of Broadway performers took to the stage at the Gershwin Theatre for Broadway's Celebrity Benefit for Hurricane Relief and we were there!

Christina Applegate and John Lithgow co-hosted the 14th annual BROADWAY ON BROADWAY, a free outdoor concert in Times Square on Sunday, September 18 and BroadwayWorld was there!

Bruce Vilanch, who has been welcomed to the sixties on Broadway in 'Hairspray' for almost a full year played his final performance on September 4th.