Frank Loesser News

Today it was announced that GUYS AND DOLLS will open on Broadway for the first time in 17 years in the spring of 2009 at a Nederlander Theatre to be announced. With music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, this production is the first joint Broadway project by director Des McAnuff and Sergio Trujillo since Jersey Boys.

Director Billy Porter and Grammy nominee Ledisi mark their debuts with Reprise Theatre Company in the 1990 musical 'Once on This Island,' opening the 2008-2009 season, September 2 to 14 at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. The press opening is September 3.

Peter Howard and Alvin Colt, two friends of mine, have now walked through that great stage door in the sky.

Get two shows for the price of one…and they're both worth the cost of admission for movie and musical theatre fans alike!

GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS, a division of Sh-K-Boom Records, is proud to announce the release of the new CD from KLEA BLACKHURST and BILLY STRITCH - Dreaming Of A Song: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael. Blackhurst took New York by storm with her acclaimed tribute to Ethel Merman, Everything the Traffic Will Allow; Stritch is an award-winning composer, arranger, vocalist and jazz pianist. Their first artistic collaboration mines the catalogue of one of America's most treasured songwriters, who wrote such standards as 'Skylark,' 'Georgia On My Mind' and 'Star Dust.' The recording is produced by Grammy Award winner Joel Moss and will be available in stores and online June 17, 2008. Klea and Billy will celebrate the CD with a special concert at Birdland Jazz Club (315 West 44th Street) at 7:00 PM on Monday, June 16. Please call (212) 581-3080 for reservations.

GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS, a division of Sh-K-Boom Records, is proud to announce the release of the new CD from KLEA BLACKHURST and BILLY STRITCH - Dreaming Of A Song: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael. Blackhurst took New York by storm with her acclaimed tribute to Ethel Merman, Everything the Traffic Will Allow; Stritch is an award-winning composer, arranger, vocalist and jazz pianist. Their first artistic collaboration mines the catalogue of one of America's most treasured songwriters, who wrote such standards as 'Skylark,' 'Georgia On My Mind' and 'Star Dust.' The recording is produced by Grammy Award winner Joel Moss and will be available in stores and online June 17, 2008. Klea and Billy will celebrate the CD with a special concert at Birdland Jazz Club (315 West 44th Street) at 7:00 PM on Monday, June 16. Please call (212) 581-3080 for reservations.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will conclude the Spring 2008 season with the solo debut of Emmy Award winner and Tony Award nominee LIZ CALLAWAY from June 17 - 28.

The West Bank Café announces their June, 2008 line-up of live entertainment, to be presented in The Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Based on the turbulent and triumphant life of Danny Kaye, this intimate musical portrayal chronicles Kaye's career and his relationships on and off the stage…

Cabaret and concert star Andrea Marcovicci brings her own captivating high style to the role of the magnificent and mercurial fashion doyenne, Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel in 42nd Street Moon's upcoming production of Coco. Alan J. Lerner and Andre Previn's musical memory play - unseen anywhere since the early 1970s -- will preview April 24 and 25, open on April 26, and run through May 11.

Broadway has watched the delightful Matthew Broderick grow up in front of their eyes. He has won two Tony Awards for his work in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs and in the 1996 hit revival of Frank Loesser's How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying. Broadway beat caught up with Broderick during the recording of How to Succeed without Really Trying to talk about the role of Finch.

Ashley Brown's concert 'An Evening with Ashley Brown' with the 65-member Pensacola Symphony Orchestra and special guests the Pensacola Children's Chorus at the Olive Baptist Church (1836 East Olive Road) in Pensacola, FL on Saturday, February 9 at 8PM is sold out

Ashley Brown, who stars in the title role of Broadway's classic musical, Mary Poppins, will return to her hometown to perform 'An Evening With Ashley Brown' with the 65-member Pensacola Symphony Orchestra and special guests the Pensacola Children's Chorus at the Olive Baptist Church (1836 East Olive Road) in Pensacola, FL on Saturday, February 9 at 8pm.

Ruben Studdard, notable as the winner of 'American Idol' Season 2, will reportedly star in the 30th Anniversary national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Ain't Misbehavin' with Frenchie Davis.

New York Festival Of Song (NYFOS) founders Steven Blier and Michael Barrett and the students of The Juilliard School's Vocal Arts Department will present 'A Modern Person's Guide to Hooking Up and Breaking Up,' a free evening of song on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 8PM at The Juilliard School, Peter Jay Sharp Auditorium

The 92nd Street Y opens the 2008 season of Lyrics & Lyricists, the Y's legendary American Songbook series, with 'It's Magic: The Lyrics of Sammy Cahn,' by artistic director Ted Sperling, who also serves as host.

Celebrated cabaret performer Karen Mason brings a little holiday cheer to The Big Apple with 'Karen Mason and Friends: Christmas in the City,' a festive holiday concert featuring special guests Liz Callaway, Gregg Edelman, and The Accidentals. This special one-night-only engagement will take place Saturday December 22 at 5PM & 8PM at The Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space

The West Bank Café announces our October, 2007 line-up of live entertainment, to be presented in The Laurie Beechman Theatre.

American Musical Theatre of San Jose presents Guys and Dolls, playing October 9 through 21 at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, starring Sarah Uriate Berry and Burke Moses.