Frank Abagnale Jr. News

On this day in 2011, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN opened on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre.

Tacoma Musical Playhouse (TMP) announces its fourth musical of the 2017-2018 season, Catch Me If You Can.

Jefferson Performing Arts Society presents Catch Me If You Can the Musical. Starring Anthony Harvey as Frank Abagnale Jr. Jimmy Murphy as Carl Hanratty Butch Caire as Frank Abagnale Sr. Melissa Hunter* as Paula Abagnale Christian Tarzetti as Brenda Strong Elizabeth Lowry as Carol Strong Warren Hovis as Roger Strong Abigail Gardner as Cheryl Ann John Michael Haas* as Agent Branton John Detty* as Agent Cod Eli Timm as Agent Dollar, Emily Bagwill, Isabella Baudry, Carrie Daigle, Jonathan Damare, John Detty*, Peter Elliot, Brandon Garza, Darren Hayes, Emily Heck, Taylor Thomas Hosemann, Jorden Majeau, Mandi Mueller, Katherine Nezames, Daniel Shevlin, Riley Tafaro, Christina Tichenor, Juliana Wagner, LG Williams

Two-time Tony Award Winner Norbert Leo Butz is about to take the stage again this year in the Broadway Revival of My Fair Lady as Alfred P. Doolittle -- a part that won George Rose the Tony back in 1976. Butz is one of only nine actors who have won the Best Actor Tony twice (alongside stars like Nathan Lane). As he prepares to take stage yet again, let's reflect on his career: all twenty two years of it!

This New Year's Eve, Live From Lincoln Center rings in 2018 with a celebration of the legendary Leonard Bernstein on the occasion of his centennial year.

There are plans for a screening of Aaron Tveit's new film Created Equal on January 4, but a few more tickets need to be bought for the event to happen! The event will also feature a Q&A session with Tveit and producer Thada Catalon following the screening.

The New York Philharmonic's 2017 holiday season presents classical and seasonal hallmarks, four Broadway stars singing Laureate Conductor Leonard Bernstein's musical theater highlights, and the beloved annual traditions of Holiday Brass and Handel's Messiah.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is a musical with a libretto by Terrence McNally and a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. It follows the story of con artist named Frank Abagnale, Jr. The plot borrows heavily from the 2002 film of the same name, which in turn was based on Abagnale's 1980 autobiography. The musical received four 2011 Tony nominations. The current production is directed by Joshua Denning.

Old Library Theatre, Fair Lawn Recreation Department's resident theater company and NJACT's 2017 Community Theater of the Year, will proudly present the New Jersey Premier of: Catch Me If You Can on October 20, 21, 27 & 28, 2017 at 8:00pm and October 22 & 29 at 2:00pm.

Greater Boston Stage Company opens its 18th Season with the tap-happy Broadway musical Dames at Sea. Directed and choreographed by Elliot Norton and IRNE Award-winner Ilyse Robbins, performances run September 7 - 24, 2017.

Greater Boston Stage Company opens its 18th Season with the tap-happy Broadway musical Dames at Sea. Directed and choreographed by Elliot Norton and IRNE Award-winner Ilyse Robbins, performances run September 7 - 24, 2017.

Glizty, intriguing AND a true story! Papakura Theatre Company's 'Catch Me If You Can' is a extravaganza of singing, dancing and a brilliant story line. As a bonus there's a 12 piece jazz band on stage comprising of some of Auckland's top musicians led by Musical Director Edwin Randell.

It's hard to imagine why this gem of a show had such a short Broadway run, but it is finding new life in regional productions, not the least of which opened here at South Portland's Lyric Music Theater this past weekend. Directed by Mary Meserve with sparkling choreography by Raymond Marc Dumont and featuring a large cast with strong vocal-dramatic abilities, anchored by Eric Berry-Sandelin's charismatic performance as Frank Abagnale, Jr., this is a delight not to be missed!

For the second year in a row, I had the great pleasure of attending the Triangle Rising Star Awards at the Durham Performing Arts Center. This regional competition brings together high school musical theater students from Central and Eastern North Carolina to perform and compete for the chance to represent the Triangle in The National High School Musical Theater Awards in New York City this summer on June 26th. The national competition celebrates outstanding student performances in high school musical productions from all over the United States.

Arizona Broadway Theatre (ABT) announced its Season 13 lineup to a packed house of invited donors and season subscribers. The eight full-scale productions will appear on the ABT Mainstage for the 2017-2018 season October 2017 through September 20186.

Broadway meets Utah on May 13, 2017 when more than 250 performers from 29 high school productions across the state compete in the seventh annual Utah High School Musical Theatre Awards at the new George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City.

Playhouse South presents CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, featuring book by Terrence McNally and music & lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Playhouse South presents Terrence McNally's Catch Me If You Can. Catch Me If You Can is a high-flying musical comedy about chasing your dreams and not getting caught. Based on the hit film and the incredible true story, this splashy spectacle follows the adventures of a globetrotting con artist named Frank Abagnale, Jr.

Opening tonight on Broadway, Come From Away spotlights the town of Gander, Newfoundland, which became the temporary home of over 6,000 passengers whose planes were rerouted during the 9/11 attacks. In its dramatization of real-life figures such as Beverley Bass, a stranded pilot portrayed by Jenn Colella, and Claude Elliott, the Gander mayor brought to life by Joel Hatch, the musical provides a historical recount of the week following 9/11, heavily inspired by true stories of the compassion and camaraderie that came about in Gander.

Aspire Community Theatre, the newest theatrical company in town, is a place 'for the next generation of characters,' and is producing their second main stage production.