Frederick Loewe News

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center announced today four musicals to be developed at its 2011 National Music Theater Conference under the leadership of Artistic Director Paulette Haupt.

Off-Broadway's acclaimed Irish Repertory Theatre presents its 2011 Annual Benefit Gala, a concert performance on Broadway of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's CAMELOT - the beloved musical that defined an age with its lush romantic score that soars above the legendary tale of idealism, passion and betrayal - on Monday, June 6 at The Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street) in Manhattan. Charlotte Moore, who directed last year's acclaimed concert staging of BRIGADOON on Broadway and helms the Irish Repertory's current production of Dion Boucicault's THE SHAUGHRAUN, will direct.

Kelrik Production's Central Coast premiere of Pinkalicious, the Musical, will close Paril 17 at Unity (1490 Southwood Drive in San Luis Obispo).

The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is delighted to announce the 2010 - 2011 Season!

Pittsburgh Public Theater Producing Artistic Director Ted Pappas, who is currently celebrating his 10th year as the company's leader, today announced the line-up of plays for 2010/2011. The season includes a six-play subscription series, running September 30, 2010 through June 26, 2011, plus two bonus events.

SOUTH PACIFIC star Kelli O'Hara will release her second solo album under the Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight label. The album, entitled Always, features 13 tracks consisting of a collection of Broadway favorites from MY FAIR LADY and SOUTH PACIFIC, as well as songs by Irving Berlin and Ricky Ian Gordon among others. The album is set to be release May 31, 2011.

American Opera Projects (AOP) announces the return of its popular Composers & the Voice program for its upcoming 2011-2012 season. Created and led by Composers & the Voice Artistic Director Steven Osgood, six composers or composer/librettist teams will be selected for a year-long fellowship, working with the company's Resident Ensemble of Singers and Artistic Team.

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Gavin Creel tonight!, plus Matthew Morrison, the 'Chicago Sings' fundraiser, cabaret shows at Davenport's, 'Charlotte's Web,' dueling 'Secret Gardens,' dueling 'Brigadoons' and more....

PINKALICIOUS, THE MUSICAL will move to the Manhattan Movement & Arts Center Saturday, April 2nd, 2011. Performances are Saturdays and Sundays at 11am for the opened run.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that Emerald City Theatre's 2010 hit PINKALICIOUS is coming to the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St) July 8- Sep. 4, 2011.

Reprise Theatre Company presents Barry Manilow in Concert for one performance only on Tuesday, March 22 at 8:00 pm, at UCLA's Royce Hall. This special event is presented by Reprise Theatre Company as its Annual Gala Performance. Ticket sales from Barry Manilow in Concert support Reprise's mission to produce musical theatre of the highest artistic quality and to make this art form accessible to new audiences through education and outreach programs.

Main Street Theater continues its inaugural New/Now Series with the regional premiere of Or, by Liz Duffy Adams. [Please note: there IS a comma (,) in the title itself.] The production will close on March 20 at Main Street Theater - Rice Village, 2540 Times Blvd.

The New York Philharmonic will present its eighth season of Summertime Classics, conducted and hosted by Bramwell Tovey, June 28-July 5, 2011. The first program - June 28-30 - titled -Tchaikovsky and Other Romantics,? will offer music by great Russian composers such as Khachaturian, Glazunov, and Borodin, with the Philharmonic debut of pianist Kirill Gerstein performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. The second program - July 2, 4, and 5 - titled -Star-Spangled Celebration,? will feature a -Salute to Broadway,? a suite of favorites by Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, and Frederick Loewe; Gershwin's Catfish Row suite from Porgy and Bess; and works for Band and Orchestra, performed by -The Commandant's Own,? The United States Marine Drum & Bugle Corps, Major Brian Dix, director, in its Philharmonic debut, and marches by -The March King? - John Philip Sousa.

Tickets are now on sale for Kelrik Production's Central Coast premiere of Pinkalicious, the Musical, playing April 2 - 17 at Unity (1490 Southwood Drive in San Luis Obispo).

PINKALICIOUS, THE MUSICAL will move to the Manhattan Movement & Arts Center Saturday, April 2nd, 2011. Performances are Saturdays and Sundays at 11am for the opened run.

Main Street Theater continues its inaugural New/Now Series with the regional premiere of Or, by Liz Duffy Adams. [Please note: there IS a comma (,) in the title itself.]

Fifty years after her legendary Carnegie Hall debut, The New York Pops remembers Hollywood icon Judy Garland with a song-for-song re-creation of the 1961 performance that is referred to by so many as "the greatest night in show business history".

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that Emerald City Theatre's 2010 hit PINKALICIOUS is coming to the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St) July 8- Sep. 4, 2011.

Michael Donald Edwards, Asolo Rep producing artistic director, and Greg Leaming, Asolo Rep associate artistic director and director of The FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training, announced today their selections for the 2011-2012 season

Grammy and Emmy Award winner, Tony Award nominee and multi-platinum recording artist Harry Connick, Jr. will star in a reimagined production of ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER opening fall 2011 on Broadway at a theatre to be announced. The delightful Tony Award nominated score by Burton Lane (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) is enhanced by classics from their film scores for On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) and Royal Wedding (1951). With a new book by Peter Parnell based on the original book by Alan Jay Lerner, the musical is reconceived and directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer. Further casting and creative team to be announced shortly.