David Yazbek News

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, with book by Jeffery Lane and music & lyrics by David Yazbek, will open this March at Germantown Community Theatre, running March 11-26, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Today in 2005, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels openend at the Imperial Theatre, where it ran for 627 performances.Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane; it is based on the 1988 film of the same name. The director was Jack O'Brien, choreographer was Jerry Mitchell, scenic design by David Rockwell, costume design by Gregg carves, and lighting design was by Kenneth Posner. The cast included John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, and Sherie Rene Scott, with Joanna Gleason and Gregory Jbara.

Tickets to Peninsula Players Theatre's 81st season are now on sale. America's oldest professional resident summer theater and Door County's theatrical icon has tickets available for a variety of engaging shows - including a gentle new comedy, a classic whodunit, a lively pop-musical, an engrossing new drama and a fast-paced comic thriller.

MyTheatreMates, founded by Mark Shenton and Terri Paddock, have announced the shortlists in the second annual Also Recognised Awards.

'Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' things we are entitled to yet sometimes extremely hard to achieve. This season Peregrine Theatre Ensemble explores what it takes to ultimately be successful, happy and in control of ones destiny.

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, with book by Jeffery Lane and music & lyrics by David Yazbek, will open this March at Germantown Community Theatre, running March 11-26, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

THE FULL MONTY, Book by Terrence McNally, Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek will be directed by Patrick Wilson, choreographed by Tome Cousin, with music directing by Thomas Douglas, tonight, Feb. 18, through Feb. 27 at Carnegie Mellon.

? It may be cold outside but things are heating up for Atlanta Lyric Theatre's new production of THE FULL MONTY playing from February 12-28 at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre.

In honor of Throwback Thursday, BroadwayWorld is celebrating the past with a new series that will take you back in time with some of our favorite vintage video features. That's right- we are opening up the BroadwayWorld Vaults to reminisce on shows are long gone from the Broadway-scene, but have left an indelible mark on the world of theatre as a whole. Today, we bring you a vintage video from 2010. Relive the magic of WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN below!

?Soon the calendar will be filled with events and things to do, so make sure to add Peninsula Players to your must-see list for 2016. 

Atlantic Theater Company announced today that director David Cromer will now helm the world premiere musical THE BAND'S VISIT, replacing Harold Prince, who is now unavailable due to scheduling conflicts.

New Musicals at 54 is a series produced by Feinstein's/ 54 Below Programming Director Jennifer Ashley Tepper. Some of the 10 new and diverse musicals by a selection of today's most talented writers have had out-of-town productions, some have had workshops... now's your chance to be first to see them in NYC! Join us at New Musicals at 54 for one-night-only concerts celebrating each new show with songs, behind-the-scenes stories, and all-star casts!

Actor Erik Liberman will appear as 'Daniel Lebenstrom' in tonight's episode of A&E's crime drama, UNFORGETTABLE. In addition, today marks the release of Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight's release of the Studio Cast Recording of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, in which Liberman originated the role of 'Clopin Trouillefou,' King of the Gypsies.

Kicking off a new season of exciting Broadway musicals, The Ziegfeld Theater is pleased to bring the film-turned musical comedy, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

? It may be cold outside but things are heating up for Atlanta Lyric Theatre's new production of THE FULL MONTY playing from February 12-28 at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre.

We're just three days into the New Year, and we can't wait for all the new shows set to open around the corner from Broadway! Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a look at some of the upcoming plays and musicals from The Public, Classic Stage, Atlantic Theater, Second Stage, Manhattan Theatre Club, Signature Theatre, Roundabout, the Encores! series and more, currently slated to open off-Broadway in 2016!

Theatre Aspen School's Winter Conservatory production of the eleven-time Tony Award-nominated musical comedy DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS begins tonight, December 17, at the Aspen District Theatre, and runs through December 19th.

David Yazbek with Norbert Leo Butz perform tonight, November 18, 2015 at 8 p.m. at SubCulture, and BroadwayWorld has learned they will be showcasing some new material!

A musical comedy adapted from the classic Spanish cinema of Pedro Almodovar premiere Nov. 14 at  Teatro Procopio Ferreira in Sao Paulo with Brazilian version and direction signed by Miguel Falabella.

?Theatre Aspen School today announced the cast for the Winter Conservatory production of the eleven-time Tony Award-nominated musical comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.  Tickets are on sale now for the run which includes four performances at the Aspen District Theatre, from December 17th through 19th.