Dina Merrill News

OSO at The Southampton Inn, 91 Hill Street in Southampton continues its popular 'Dinner and...' Series featuring a 3 course gourmet dinner and conversations with luminaries in The Hamptons with a very special evening featuring three Hamptonites who have delighted audiences on stages across the East End: Josh Perl founder of The Naked Stages, Josh Gladstone Artistic Director, John Drew Theatre at Guild Hall and Watermill Center Artist in Residence writer/actor/director/choreographer Kate Mueth. The trio will give audiences a brief preview of the upcoming Naked Stages Marathon at Guild Hall; what special events are planned for the 2009 Season and do a short performance in an intimate salon like atmosphere.

Eminent artist friends and peers of this year's six honorees converged in Washington, D.C. Sunday night, December 7th to present entertaining and heartfelt tributes at THE 31ST ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras covered the gala event to bring you all the starry celebration.

Feinstein's at Lowes Regency has announced additions to their upcoming winter lineup.

The New York Musical Theater Festival honored producer Robyn Goodman at its Fifth Anniversary Season Awards Gala on Sunday, November 2nd at The Hudson Theatre.

On Monday September 15th, movie icon Arlene Dahl and producer Marty Richards hosted an evening of song to benefit The Broadway Walk of Stars Foundation. The gala was held at Richard's River House duplex apartment. Kelli O'Hara lent her glorious vocal talent to the event, and the guest list included theater icons Polly Bergen and Phyllis Newman.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Puppetry Conference, announced today the projects selected for the 2008 Conference, which features puppet artists from throughout the world who come to Waterford to collaborate on new puppet theater works.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center will present its annual Monte Cristo Award to Pulitzer Prize and triple Tony Award-winning playwright Neil Simon, in recognition of his distinguished accomplishments and contributions to the American theater, exemplifying Eugene O'Neill's standard of excellence. The Award will be presented to Mr. Simon at a gala dinner in the Rainbow Room's Pegasus Suite on Monday, April 21st at 6:30 p.m.

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting hosted its 4th annual Stella by Starlight gala benefit last night at Cipriani 23rd Street. Actor Martin Sheen accepted the Marlon Brando Award for a life committed to social activism and excellence in film art.

Tony-Award Winner and Broadway legend Brian Stokes Mitchell made his solo concert debut at the renowned Carnegie Hall on Monday, October 15, 2007. The After Party was held at the legendary Russian Tea Room.

Scores of the brightest lights on stage and screen will turn out in red carpet finery for a celebration of classic Hollywood, Hooray for Hollywood honoring the legendary Oscar winner Patricia Neal, Smith Barney's Shirl Penney and The Count and Countess de Lesseps, Stage 6 at Steiner Film Studios, 15 Washington Avenue at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard. The gala evening is slated for November 1, with all proceeds going to The Auditory Oral School of New York, a non profit organization which specializes in teaching deaf and hard of hearing children to listen, talk, think and socialize.

The Actors Fund celebrated their 125th Anniversary with its Annual Gala at the Waldorf Astoria on April 30th, and BroadwayWorld was there!

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center will present its annual Monte Cristo Award posthumously to Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein in recognition of her distinguished accomplishments and contributions to the American theater exemplifying Eugene O'Neill's standard of excellence.

MEL MILLER, Producer and Artistic Director of MUSICALS TONIGHT! has announced casting for THE HAPPY TIME, running March 6th through March 18th.

Shows include Kander & Ebb's THE HAPPY TIME, running March 6th through March 18th, ERNEST IN LOVE, based on the Oscar Wilde classic THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST running March 20th through April 1st and IRENE running April 17th through April 29th which features the song ALICE BLUE GOWN.

Actress Catherine Wolf, who has appeared on Broadway in An Inspector Calls, Otherwise Engaged and The Innocents, plays 'Marjorie' in the new film Little Children, directed by Todd Fields

Deven May, Penny Fuller, André De Shields, Ruth Williamson and more will take part in the Eugene O'Neill Center's Cabaret and Performance Conference from August 2nd through 12th

On March 13th, Chita Rivera and other stars attended Guild Hall's 75th anniversary Academy of the Arts gala 'Celebrating Creativity'

Bernadette Peters, Dina Merrill, Tony Danza and more at the Museum of Television and Radio's Gala for producer Merv Griffin.