David Zippel News

It has been announced that Victoria Hamilton-Barritt has joined the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's upcoming production of Cinderella as the stepmother!

Susan Egan, Laura Osnes, and Courtney Reed went digital with their Broadway Princess Party, performing a parody of I Can Go the Distance from Hercules!

Andrew Lloyd Webber took to twitter today to post a picture of himself and the director of his upcoming production of Cinderella, Laurence Connor, working form home.

Tony Award nominee Susan Egan, the voice of 'Megara' in Disney's animated film 'Hercules,' sang a cut song from the film at the first-ever Broadway Princess Party BRUNCH on January 12, 2020 at Sony Hall.

The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati already announced Disney Channel's smash hit movie musical, DISNEY'S DESCENDANTS, is coming to life on stage as the opening title of its 101st season at the Taft Theatre.

Multi-platinum and global award-winning superstar singer/songwriter Christina Aguilera is set to perform a new original song, a?oeLoyal Brave True,a?? and a?oeReflection (2020)a?? from Disney's a?oeMulan.a??  Both songs will be featured in the film and on the Walt Disney Records soundtrack, with score composed and conducted by Harry Gregson-Williams, set for release on March 25.  a?oeLoyal Brave Truea?? is available today as a single. The song was written by Jamie Hartman, Harry Gregson-Williams, Rosi Golan and Billy Crabtree, and produced by Jamie Hartman. Listen below!

Andrew Lloyd Webber announced today that the world premiere of his new musical Cinderella will now open at The Gillian Lynne Theatre on Wednesday 28 October, with previews from Friday 9 October.

The West End will welcome a transfer of the hit Donmar Warehours production of City of Angels. Check out some video from inside rehearsals as the cast, including Theo James and Hadley Fraser, sing some of the show's classic songs!

As BroadwayWorld reported last week, Carrie Hope Fletcher will play Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's highly anticipated new production at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, with performances confirmed to begin on August 28, 2020. While we await the big night, we're flashing back through just a few of Carrie's greatest moments on stage!

In George Gershwin's short 38 years, he and his brother Ira wrote dozens of the most beloved songs of all time, changing the art of songwriting forever.

Carrie Hope Fletcher will play Cinderella in Andrew Lloyd Webber's highly anticipated new production at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, with performances confirmed to begin on Friday 28 August (Press Night: Wednesday 23 September), producers have announced today.

Ben Cameron stopped by to visit the cast of the hit Off-Broadway production of Gerard Alessandrini's hilarious musical spoof of all things theatre Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation, now in its final week of a return limited engagement at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue) where performances resumed January 15, 2020 followed by an official re-opening on January 19, 2020. Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation plays its final performance Sunday afternoon, February 16, 2020 at 2:30pm.

To launch its 93rd season, the St. Bart's Players will present a staged, 'concert version' of the Tony Award-winning, and rarely performed, City of Angels. With a bluesy, jazzy score by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel and a book by Larry Gelbart, City of Angels is a smart and stylish film-noir musical that captures the gritty sights and sounds of Hollywood's classic detective movies.

Josie Rourke's critically acclaimed and Olivier Award-winning production of City of Angels makes its West End transfer five years since opening at the Donmar Warehouse in 2014. The musical will play at the Garrick Theatre for a limited season, with previews from Thursday 5 March, reuniting the production's entire creative team. The cast recently got glammed up for their Hollywood photo shoot - watch the video below!

a?oeBack the Nighta?? by award-winning playwright Melinda Lopeza?"the 2019-20 Rev. J. Donald Monan, S.J., Professor in Theatre Arts at Boston Collegea?"will launch the spring season at the University's Robsham Theater Arts Center in a production directed by Boston-based director and educator Pascale Florestal in the Bonn Studio on January 23-26.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive Director), dedicated to the development of new musicals and rediscovery of musical gems from the past, will present the return engagement of Gerard Alessandrini's hilarious musical spoof of all things theatre Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's highly anticipated Cinderella will open at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London's West End, with performances beginning in September 2020, producers have announced today.

Lyrics & Lyricists opens its new season with a salute to Yip Harburg, who appeared on the 92nd Street Y stage for L&L's first show in December 1970. Harburg was a master lyricist, poet, and book writer who worked with more than 40 composers in writing over 600 songs, including such classics as 'April in Paris,' 'Old Devil Moon,' 'Lydia, the Tattooed Lady,' 'Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?,' 'Paper Moon,' and, of course, 'Over the Rainbow.' Mikaela Bennett, Clifton Duncan, Desi Oakley, Megan Sikora and Nick Spangler bring Harburg's story to life-from his Lower East Side childhood to being blacklisted by HUAC. Matt Kunkel's direction, with musical direction by Paul Masse and a script by Jon Marans, weaves together Harburg's comedic and political sides.

The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati is announcing the opening title of their 101st season, and it's only fitting for Cruella De Vil to show up for the celebration a?" along with three other famous Disney super-villains in Disney's Descendants! Disney Channel's smash hit movie musical comes to life on stage October 10-19, 2020 at the Taft Theatre. The nation's oldest children's theatre is thrilled to present the pop culture phenomenon that mashes up of your favorite classic characters in a fun, fresh and feisty new Disney adventure.

Famed composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, is hard at work on his new world premiere musical adaptation of Cinderella.