Frederick Loewe News

Live From Lincoln Center - the pioneering, award-winning performing arts series - continues its 40th anniversary season with another concert from Lincoln Center's American Songbook series, featuring Norm Lewis: Who Am I? (April 10 on PBS). Song selections include: 'Wouldn't It Be Loverly?' (Music by Frederick Loewe, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner); 'I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' (Music by George Gershwin, lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin); 'What's Going On' (Renaldo Benson, al Cleveland, and Marvin Gaye); and 'No One Is Alone' (Stephen Sondheim).

The new Broadway production of Gigi, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's beloved Oscar and Tony Award-winning musical comedy, opens on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at the Neil Simon Theatre (250 West 52nd Street). The production began previews on Thursday, March 19. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the cast in action below!

NBC has announced that GIGI star Vanessa Hudgens will stop by THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON on Friday, April 10 to talk about her new Broadway musical.

American Opera Projects (AOP) announces the return of its popular Composers & the Voice program for its 2015-17 seasons.

GIGI star Vanessa Hudgens posted an adorable video last night in tribute to Alan Cumming's Saturday night tradition. Check it out below!

Tickets are now on sale for Kelrik Production's PINKALICIOUS, the Musical, playing April 11 - May 17 at the Monroe Forum Theatre @ El Portal Theatre, 5269 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood.

A new play by acclaimed playwright Coni Koepfinger will receive a developmental reading at the Dramatist Guild of America's Friday Night Footlights Reading Series on April 10, 2015.

LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL's Kelly Ripa and guest co-host Mark Consuelos sat down with Vanessa Hudgens this morning to talk about her new Broadway musical, Gigi. Later the actress performed 'I Never Want to Go Home Again.' Check out her full appearance below!

?The Playhouse on Rodney Square is pleased to announce that Collin Jeffery, Luke Plunkett, and Sam Melba have been cast as "Tom of Warwick" in the upcoming Wilmington engagement of the 2014/2015 National Tour of Lerner & Loewe's CAMELOT at The Playhouse on Rodney Square.

'Every single time I drive home from work, I pass Times Squre and there's a massive billboard in the middle of Times Square and it just blows my mind!,' shared Hudgens of seeing herself up in lights.

Nationally-syndicated morning talk show 'LIVE with Kelly and Michael' has announced that today, April 1, 2015 - Kelly and guet co-host Mark Consuelos will sit down with VANESSA HUDGENS to talk about her new Broadway musical Gigi. Later in the show, the actress will perform for the 'LIVE' audience.

Vanessa Hudgens will be interviewed and will perform "I Never Want To Go Home Again" with cast members from the new Broadway production of Gigi on "Live with Kelly and Michael" tomorrow, Wednesday, April 1. "Live with Kelly and Michael" airs locally at 9:00 AM (ET) on WABC-TV Channel 7. Check local listings.

Kelly and guet co-host Mark Consuelos will sit down with VANESSA HUDGENS to talk about her new Broadway musical GIGI. Later in the show, the actress will perform for the 'LIVE' audience.

Previews have begun for Gigi on Broadway!

Today in 1976, the first Broadway revival of My Fair Lady opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 377 performances. My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phoneticist, so that she may pass as a well born lady. The musical's 1956 Broadway production was a hit, setting what was then the record for the longest run of any major musical theatre production in history. It was followed by a hit London production, a popular film version, and numerous revivals.

Actors' Shakespeare Project brings the language of love and loss to center stage in Jenny Schwartz's play God's Ear, today, March 25-April 12, 2015, at The Davis Square Theatre, 255 Elm Street, Somerville. Performances are Wed. (March 25 only)-Fri, 7 pm; Sat., 2 pm; (except March 28) & 7 pm; Sun., 2 pm. (Press performance Saturday, March 28 at 7pm; please RSVP to jbpr@comcast.net.) Tickets are $28-$50; $15 student rush. For tickets and information, visit www.actorsshakespeareproject.org or call 617-776-2200 x225.

Beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, March 25 and running through Tuesday, April 7 only, a limited number of tickets for the new Broadway production of Gigi will be sold to winners of a digital lottery drawing. Tickets are $30 and limited to two per person. For details and entrance to the digital lottery, please visit ?gigionbroadway.com/lottery. Winners will be notified by email at 12:30pm on the day of the performance, for evening shows, and at 12:30pm the day before for matinees.

Victoria Clark looks back at her fearless childhood!

The Producer of The Cape Playhouse, Mark Cuddy, today announced the remaining two productions for the historic theater's 89th Season in Dennis, MA. Six professional productions - a mix of comedies, dramas & musicals - and starring Broadway actors, will play from June 16 - September 5, 2015.