Gerald Sternbach News

Reprise! Broadway's Best presents Damn Yankees through Sunday, November 25 at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.

BroadwayWorld's own James Sims recently caught up with Jason Alexander during rehearsals for Damn Yankees discussing the former 'Seinfeld' alum joining Reprise! as Artistic Director and his vision for the future of the Los Angeles theatre company.

'Broadway Unplugged at The Ford' was held on October 15, 2007 at the John Anson Ford Theatre in Los Angeles; serving as a Benefit for the Valley Musical Theatre's programming.

Jason Alexander, new artistic director of Reprise! Broadway's Best, announced that Cleavant Derricks, Meg Gillentine, Amelia McQueen, Ken Page, Ty Taylor, Lillias White and Jackee Harry would head up the cast of Damn Yankees. Damn Yankees will perform Tuesday, November 6 through Sunday, November 25 (opening November 7) at UCLA's Freud Playhouse.

This September, Upright Cabaret returns to the place it all began for a festival of new generation cabaret. From a Broadway Diva to a Goddess...from a future Fashion Mogul to a Farm Girl. Shane Scheel, Chris Isaascson and Trapper Felides are thrilled to present an eclectic mix of some of the hottest talent in the country...

Co-stars of Stephen Schwartz's hit Broadway and Los Angeles companies of Wicked will perform in 'Broadway Unplugged at The Ford' on Monday, October 15 at 8PM at the outdoor John Anson Ford Amphitheatre.

That roar of applause heard from UCLA's Freud Playhouse is a two-fold result of the top-notch production of On Your Toes as part of Reprise! Broadway's Best as well as a note of approval for the smash up job from the company's newest artistic director, actor Jason Alexander...

'Fractured Broadway 2' produced by Ronn Goswick, Executive Producer and Director of the Valley Musical Theatre (which just completed its second year of operation), was a sold-out success on June 11, 2007 at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, CA.

The Valley Musical Theatre announced that stars of Wicked, Jersey Boys and NBC's 'Grease: You're the One that I Want' will join the already star-studded benefit event, Fractured Broadway 2, on June 11 at the El Portal Theatre...

Ronn Goswick, Executive Producer of The Valley Musical Theatre (VMT), announced today that a second, all-new production of 'Fractured Broadway' will be presented June 11th at 8:00 pm at the historic El Portal Theatre as a Benefit for the Valley Musical Theatre's programming and educational programs.

Golden Globe-award winner and Emmy and Tony-nominated actor Scott Bakula, who starred on Broadway in Romance/Romance and has thrilled TV audiences with his series 'Quantum Leap' and 'Enterprise,' will star as David in the final Reprise! Broadway's Best production of its 2006-2007 season - Richard Rodgers's 2962 musical No Strings, running May 8th through 20th.

Stars of theatre, film and television gathered last weekend (March 10 and 11) for the 23rd Annual Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event (S.T.A.G.E.), the longest continuously running AIDS benefit in the world, raising more than $300,000 for AIDS Project Los Angeles...

West Hollywood was full of love last Friday as the boys of UPRIGHT Cabaret took over the romantic hot spot La Boheme for their monthly evening of world-class entertainment chalk full of stage and screen stars, creating an only in Los Angeles moment...

Over two dozen stars set to perform in 'Side By Side By Side By Side By Side by Stephen Sondheim,' presented as this year's S.T.A.G.E. (Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event) benefit at the Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills. The concert will take place on March 10th and 11th at 3 PM.

UPRIGHT, an L.A. Cabaret, along with AIDS Project Los Angeles presented 'Life is a Holiday Cabaret' at La Boheme Restaurant December 10...

The legendary composer/lyricist will be honored with 'Side By Side By Side By Side By Side by Stephen Sondheim,' presented as this year's S.T.A.G.E. (Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event) benefit at the Wilshire Theatre in Beverly Hills on March 10th and 11th at 3 PM

Fisher gives a glimpse into her roller coaster life in this World Premiere one-woman show...

Los Angeles' Reprise! Broadway's Best will present Stephen Sondheim's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park With George as its second show of the 2006-2007 season, starring Tony and Outer Critics Circle Award-nominee Kelli O'Hara...

The Drowsy Chaperone, which played the Center Theater Group's Ahmanson Theatre before moving to its current hit run on Broadway, was among the big winners of Los Angeles' Ovation Awards, which took place on November 13th at the Orpheum Theatre in a ceremony hosted by Neil Patrick Harris and presented by the L.A. Stage Alliance

Kelli O'Hara will star as Dot in the Reprise! Broadway's Best staged concert of Sunday in the Park with George