Donna McKechnie News

The 2nd Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival, the star-studded event that recently played Town Hall, concluded with 'Broadway Originals' on Sunday, October 22nd

This week on Broadway Beat catch rehearsals for the eagerly awaited revival of Les Miserables, opening night of Jay Johnson: The Two and Only! and one on one with Donna McKechnie right here on BroadwayWorld.com!

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas--the latest star-studded Actors' Fund Benefit concert--took place on October 16th at the August Wilson Theatre, and BroadwayWorld was there!

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The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio will present an interview with Donna McKechnie on their weekly theatrical interview show Downstage Center on XM's On Broadway channel number 28.

On October 6th at 7 PM, Tony Award-winner Donna McKechnie--joined by Priscilla Lopez, Harvey Evans and Kurt Peterson--appeared at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle for a book signing of Time Steps: My Musical Comedy Life, her recently released autobiography

The revival of A Chorus Line opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Thursday, October 5, and original cast members such as Donna McKechnie were among the opening night arrivals!

Featuring all the Broadway Cassies including Donna McKechnie, Ann Reinking, Pamela Sousa, Cheryl Clark, Wanda Richert, Angelique Ilo, Laurie Gamache, Deborah Henry, Vicki Frederick in a very special feature.

Harvey Evans, Kurt Peterson, Pamela Myers and Priscilla Lopez will join Donna McKechnie for a book signing of the star's 'Time Steps: My Musical Comedy Life' on October 6th

A memorial celebration of the life and career of Cy Feuer, legendary Broadway producer, director, composer, musician, and immediate past chairman and longtime president of The League of American Theatres and Producers, was held on Thursday, September 21st at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

A memorial celebration of the life and career of Cy Feuer, legendary Broadway producer, director, composer, musician, and immediate past chairman and longtime president of The League of American Theatres and Producers, will be held on Thursday, September 21st at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Thursday night was a veritable WHO's WHO of theatre history as Donna McKechnie and her publishers hosted a book party at the National Arts Club, celebrating the release of TIME STEPS - My Musical Comedy Life.

Feature a report on 'without you' by Anthony Rapp, 'til the fat girl sings' by Sharon Wheatley, 'Female Brando: The Legend of Kim Stanley' by Jon Krampner, 'The Importance of Being Barbra' by Tom Santopietro and 'TIME STEPS ? My Musical Comedy Life' by Donna McKechnie with Greg Lawrence.

As the theatre season gets back into gear, BroadwayWorld.com tallies up some numbers that are quite impressive. Their biggest story to date has been an ongoing piece this summer titled 'What's on Your iPod?.' It boasts a host of theatre celebrities, singers and well-known industry professionals listing what they're listening to on their iPod. Due to the feature's huge popularity, it was extended to continue for over 40 days, concluding this Saturday, September 9, 2006.

Tony Award-nominee Sandy Duncan will open a new window in the title role of the Barrington Stage Company's upcoming production of Mame, which will run as a staged concert version at the Pittsfield, MA theatre from October 4th through 15th

Brutality of Fact, a new play by Keith Reddin, opened at Off-Broadway's Urban Stages on August 19th

Tony Award-winner Donna McKechnie, whose memoir Time Steps: My Musical Comedy Life celebrates a performing career that has spanned over four decades, will appear in two upcoming book-signing events

Due to other engagements, Tony Award-winner Donna McKechnie will no longer be taking on the title role of Mame in a semi-staged concert version of the Jerry Herman classic at the Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA

'Broadway Under the Stars,' the star-studded salute to the musicals of legendary director and producer Hal Prince that was performed in Central Park on June 26th, will be broadcast of CBS 2 on July 15th

Tony Award-winner Frances Ruffelle took the stage of the Supper Club on July 10th, and BroadwayWorld was there for the first of two exciting concerts!