David H. Bell News

Stephen Flaherty, Frank Galati, Gary Griffin, Mary Zimmerman, David Ives and James Lapine, as well as performers Tyler Hanes, Rondi Reed, Mary Beth Peil, Hollis Resnik, Anthony Crivello and E. Faye Butler are among the nominees for the 2006 Joseph Jefferson Awards, which recognize achievement in Chicago-area Equity theatre

Chicago will add two resident productions of Broadway musical--one a little past and one present--to its 2007 theatre season. The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, IL will present resident stagings of The Producers and Little Women; both will be limited-run

A Tale of Two Cities, which is now slated for a December '06 Broadway Run, has found a choreographer and design team

Theatre and opera director Michael Edwards has signed on to stage the Broadway-bound musical A Tale of Two Cities

Cheyenne Jackson and James Barbour will co-star in two A Tale of Two Cities workshop presentations on September 29th and 30th

The departure of director/choreographer David H. Bell has resulted in an extension of the workshop of the Broadway-bound musical A Tale of Two Cities

The musical version of A Tale of Two Cities will be workshopped in Manhattan this summer before opening in Chicago next year

The Helen Hayes Awards honor achievement, celebrate, and promote the Washington D.C. professional theatre.

Patricia Clarkson, James Earl Jones, Jason Danieley, Marc Kudisch, among DC nominees.