David Yazbek News

Sara Gettelfinger is taking a leave of absence from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels from January 17th through March 26th in order to co-star in Grey Gardens: A New Musical; Matt Cavenaugh, Michael Potts and John McMartin were also recently announced for the new musical

Capathia Jenkins, Steven Pasquale, Julia Murney, Mary Testa, Clarke Thorell and David Yazbek will take part in the concert Heart & Soul: Frank Loesser's Hollywood from January 21st through 23rd

The Dirty Rotten Producers are proud to announce that it's Tony Award-nominated star, Joanna Gleason, has extended her contract, and will continue with the hit show into 2006.

Cast recordings of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Hair, The Light in the Piazza, Monty Python's Spamalot and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee were nominated as Best Musical Show Album in the 48th Annual Grammy Awards

Rachel York will temporarily replace Sherie Rene Scott as the sweetly conniving Christine Colgate in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on February 5th, 2006

The Dirty Rotten Producers are proud to announce that their Tony Award-nominated leading lady, Sherie Rene Scott, has extended her contract, and will continue with the hit show through Fall 2006.

Heart, humor, fun and flesh get a rise out of the women - and some men - at the grand re-opening of the renowned Massachusetts theater-in-the-round

On Monday night, November 14th the William Morris Agency celebrated the start of the new theatre season, and the Actors' Fund with a star-studded party at nighttime hot spot PROVIDENCE.

The Dirty Rotten Producers are proud to announce that their Tony Award-winning star, Norbert Leo Butz, has extended his contract, and will continue with the hit show through July, 2006.

Author/composer/lyricist and BMI Workshop teacher David Spencer visits with host 'Broadway Baby'Jason Drew Wednesday, October 5 at 1:00 p.m. (EST) on Sirius Satellite Radio's 'Broadway's Best.'

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' David Yazbek will be the guest speaker at at BMI Workshop Master Class on September 29th; two new musicals will be analyzed

VICTORIA CLARK, CELIA KEENAN-BOLGER, BRAD OSCAR, EUGENE LEE, MARSHA NORMAN, DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE, LUCY SIMON AND DAVID YAZBEK AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL'S STAR-STUDDED SEMINAR SERIES.

The musical, which received rave reviews for its 2004/2005 Drama-Desk nominated New York City run, as well as raves for its out-of-town productions, will hit the stores on July 26, 2005.

Tony-nominated composer/lyricist David Yazbek's new CD, Tape Recorder: Collected Works, will showcase both theatre and pop hits when it released on August 2nd

Cast members from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels were on hand at Tower Records to sign CDs, and BroadwayWorld was there!

The stars of the hit musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, as well as the show's composer, David Yazbek, will show up at Tower Records, Lincoln Square to put their signatures on CDs on June 23rd

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' John Lithgow will deliver a commencement speech to graduating Harvard students on June 8th

Click in for the complete list of 2005 Tony Award Winners. By the numbers, the Light in the Piazza led the pack followed by Doubt, and Spamalot (which won Best Musical).