Fred Ebb News

With the passing of Fred Ebb, Onna White and, most recently, Cy Coleman, the 'death comes in threes' superstition seems to have a sorrowful twinge of truth.

Legendary set and costume designer Tony Walton will receive the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Acheivement in an all-star tribute on June 6th

Movin' Out, The Graduate, Little Shop, Chicago and More Honored with Awards...

The Fred Ebb Award will recognize excellence in musical theatre songwriting, by a lyricist, composer, or songwriting team that has not yet achieved significant commercial success. The award is meant to encourage and support aspiring songwriters to create new works for the musical theatre. The prize includes a $50,000 award.

Some of Broadway's finest take over Sarofim Hall stage on Thursday, April 28 to salute one of Broadway's most prolific writing teams, John Kander and Fred Ebb, during Theatre Under The Stars' 2005 American Musical Theatre Awards. The longest-running music-and-lyrics partnership in Broadway musical history, Kander and Ebb have created such revered musicals as Chicago, Cabaret, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Steel Pier, among others.

The Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell Bernard, Trustee) in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) are pleased to announce the inauguration of the Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters. The award is named in honor of the late award-winning lyricist Fred Ebb.

Brooke Shields will make her British stage debut starring as 'Roxie Hart' in the London production of Chicago for 9 weeks.

Tickets to the Ceremony Available to the General Public For the First Time. Awards to be Presented at The Marriott Marquis on Friday, May 13 at Noon

Friday, January 28 at midnight on Thirteen, THEATER TALK welcomes producer/director/writer Michael Kantor and writer/historian Laurence Maslon discussing their remarkable PBS documentary, BROADWAY: THE AMERICAN MUSICAL.

Karen Mason, one of Broadway and cabaret's most powerful performers, is bringing her acclaimed yearly holiday concert, Christmas! Christmas! Christmas!, to Birdland (315 West 44th Street) on Monday, December 13th at 7pm. Cover charge is $30 with a $10 food/drink minimum.

Genius was honored and a legend was remembered at the Stella by Starlight Gala for the world famous Stella Adler Studio of Acting.

RCA Victor is pleased to present the DVD release of Broadway: The Golden Age, By The Legends Who Were There. The DVD of the award-winning film by Rick McKay, featuring 88 minutes of bonus material, is available in stores now.

Fred Ebb, passed away on September 11, 2004 at the age of 72 from a heart attack. Funeral services are expected to be held on Tuesday.

The stars came out to the Mandarin Oriental New York Hotel on Monday, April 26, 2004 for a special musical tribute to John Kander and Fred Ebb and BroadwayWorld was there to cover it.

BWW finally gets to ask, 'So when you write together, which generally comes first, the music or the lyrics?'

As I read The New York Times article 'The Broadway Musical Is Changing Its Key', I was pleased to see that what I meant to say or how I said it was pretty much there. Thank you, Bruce Weber (hey, I gotta kiss butt, ya' never know when he may be reviewing me next!).

There was a familiar excitement at the Merriam in Philly. Many of these loyal theater fans had been 'razzle-dazzled' before.