David Chase News

The Broadway-bound Kander and Ebb musical Curtains will rise at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, with previews to begin on February 27th and an opening on March 22nd

The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9:00 PM, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center, and BroadwayWorld was there for the starry arrivals!

An interview with THE PAJAMA GAME's scene-stealing Gladys and offstage mom of three.

After 'whacking himself' on the season opener of the hit HBO series The Sopranos, Robert Funaro now returns to the stage in DREAD AWAKENING.

Hal Holbrook, Ben Kingsley, Julianna Marguiles and other theatre veterans will be featured on the new season of HBO's 'The Sopranos'

Donna English, Jenny Fellner and Tom Hewitt will be featured in a March 9th private industry reading of Matthew Wilder and David Zippel's Princesses

The Wedding Singer has been announced for the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, with previews to begin on March 30, 2006 and opening night to be April 27, 2006.

SEATTLE ­ Audiences at The 5th Avenue Theatre will travel back in time ­ to 1985 ­ for the pre-broadway world premiere of THE WEDDING SINGER. Tickets are on sale now.

JERSEY BOYS, the new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons opened on Sunday night and BroadwayWorld was there to cover the red carpet!

Due to poor ticket sales, the national tour of Dr. Dolittle will shutter on October 2nd in Hershey, PA

Doctor Dolittle, starring Tom Hewitt as the critter-crazy doctor, will play Chicago from October 4th through 16th as part of its national tour

Doctor Dolittle will arrive in Chicago with a full menagerie of animal puppets on October 4th; it will run through October 16th

Performances of THE PAJAMA GAME will begin Friday, January 27th on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre with the official opening set for Thursday, March 2nd. The limited engagement is scheduled to run 20 weeks through June 18th, 2006.

Tom Hewitt and Nancy Anderson are some of the performers who will star in the Pittsburgh CLO's touring production of Dr. Doolittle, which is now fully cast

Kaitlin Hopkins (Bare, Noises Off, Bat Boy) will take over for the departing Emily Skinner in Disney's On The Record.

Disney's ON THE RECORD begins its world premiere engagement tonight at Celeveland's Palace Theatre.

Casting has been announced for the Cleveland engagement of Disney's ON THE RECORD. The world premiere will begin performances in Cleveland at the Palace Theatre starting November 9, 2004 as part of the McDonald Financial Group Broadway Series. The press opening is Friday, November 19, 2004 at 7:30 pm. This brand new production is the fourth show from Disney Theatrical Productions, following BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE LION KING and Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA.

What do YOU think about when the curtain goes up on a brand new musical? Of course, the actors and directors get the lion's share of the praise, but we're about to get some first-hand insight as to what goes on with a musical - from the months of advance preparation through each nightly performance.