Edgar Lansbury News

Grosse Pointe Theatre opens its 63rd Season with the 1971 rock musical, Godspell on Sunday, September 19 with a 2:00 p.m. matinee at the Fries Auditorium of the Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236. Performances continue September 23-25 at 8:00 p.m., September 26 at 2:00 p.m. and September 29-October 2 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $24. Group rates are available. Call 313-881-4004 for tickets or visit the Grosse Pointe Theatre website at www.gpt.org for more information.

Eight cast members of Broadway's Burn the Floor (Damon Sugden, Rebecca Sugden, Patrick Helm, Sharna Burgess, Jeremy Garner, Sarah Hives, Kevin Clifton and Giselle Peacock) will open The Acting Company's Shakespearean Masquerade at The Pierre Hotel on Monday, November 16.

Raúl Esparza, Terrence McNally, Debra Monk, David Hyde Pierce, Chita Rivera, Tom Wopat, Karen Ziemba, among other Kander and Ebb alums, headlined Come to the Cabaret: A Celebration of Kander and Ebb. Directed by John Doyle with Mary-Mitchell Campbell lending her talents as music director, the May 4th star-studded evening was a benefit for The Acting Company and was held and The Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45thSt.)

On Monday, November 12 at the Cipriani Wall Street (55 Wall Street), Gerald Schoenfeld, Board Chairman of The Shubert Organization and The Shubert Foundation, received the Joan Warburg Humanitarian Award from The Acting Company. Legendary producer Edgar Lansbury was presented with the John Houseman Award honoring his commitment to the development of classical actors and a national audience for the theater.

Gerald Schoenfeld, Board Chairman of The Shubert Organization and The Shubert Foundation, will receive the Joan Warburg Humanitarian Award from The Acting Company on Monday, November 12. Legendary producer Edgar Lansbury, will be presented the John Houseman Award honoring his commitment to the development of classical actors and a national audience for the theater.

The Acting Company's Macbeth and The Three Musketeers, playing in repertory through May 20th, began performances on May 9th, and BroadwayWorld was there for the celebration!

LENNON, the new Broadway musical based on the life and songs of John Lennon will end its run at the Broadhurst Theatre on Saturday, September 24th at 8pm. The production will have played 42 previews and 49 regular performances.

Lennon opened on Sunday, August 14th and BroadwayWorld was out on the red carpet to capture all the celebrity arrivals!

The musical biography Lennon has moved back its opening date from August 4th to August 14th

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is in New York City from July 25th to July 29th, and Lennon Castmates Mandy Gonzalez and Terrence Mann paid a visit.

The Creative Coalition, the nonprofit arts and entertainment community, will bring such stars as Olympia Dukakis and Marcia Gay Harden to the July 28th performance of the musical Lennon

You can now view footage of the cast of LENNON from their performance on The Today Show...

Lennon, the Broadway musical opening on August 4th, will host the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus in New York City from July 25th to July 29th

The cast of Lennon, which opens at the Broadhurst Theatre on August 4th, will perform on NBC's Today Show on July 19th

NBC's 'The Today Show' will feature a performance by the cast of the new Broadway musical LENNON on Tuesday, July 19th in the 8:30am - 9am half hour.

Written and directed by Don Scardino, the cast includes Will Chase, Chuck Cooper, Julie Danao-Salkin, Mandy Gonzalez, Marcy Harriell, Chad Kimball, Terrence Mann, Julia Murney, and Michael Potts.

The website of the upcoming musical Lennon has offered visitors a contest in which the winnner will compose and record a song track on the Lennon Educational Tour Bus

LennonTheMusical.com, the website of the upcoming musical that toasts the live and art of the late music legend, is inviting fans to send out a virtual peace sign

An exclusive Lennon photo screensaver is available at the website of the musical, which opens on Broadway on August 4th

700 Sundays will extend its run through June 12th, and Lennon will now begin previews on July 7, top open August 4.