Graciela Daniele News

Laura Benanti, Mary Testa, Alice Ripley and Lisa Howard will star in a Joe's Pub concert of Michael John LaChiusa's Little Fish on July 10th

The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9:00 PM, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. The annual awards honor excellence in theater for Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway during the season.

Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.

All Shook Up, Altar Boyz, Twelve Angry Men, STOMP, Doubt, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Chita Rivera--The Dancer's Life, and The Light in the Piazza--as well as the pre-Broadway tryout of the new musical High Fidelity--will comprise the 2006-2007 Broadway Across America-Boston seaso

'The Pajama Game' Heads the List with 8 Nominations followed by 'Grey Gardens' with 7 Nominations and 'The Drowsy Chaperone' and 'Jersey Boys' with 6 Nominations

Nominees for the 2006 Lucille Lortel Awards have been announced

Ghostlight Records is said to go into the studio on March 27th to record the new production of Michael John LaChiusa's Bernard Alba.

Ghostlight Records will record a cast recording of Michael John LaChiusa's Bernarda Alba on March 20th for a late spring release

With a majestic, flamenco-inspired score by Michael John LaChiusa, dynamic dance-infused direction by Graciela Daniele and a powerful, anguished performance by Phylicia Rashad in the title role, Bernarda Alba is a captivating ninety minutes of intense and inspired musical drama

Michael John LaChiusa's new musical Bernarda Alba, starring Phylicia Rashad and Daphne Rubin-Vega, opens tonight, March 6th

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The American Theatre Wing's SpringboardNYC, an intensive summer boot camp for actors, is now accepting applications for this summer's program, taking place June 5th - 16th and limited to 40 participants.

Lincoln Center Theaters presents 'Bernarda Alba', a new musical by Michael John LaChiusa, starring Phylicia Rashad.

yIn light of the recent closing notice, the dancers of CHITA RIVERA: THE DANCER'S LIFE have announced 'THE BROADWAY GIVES-BACK FUND,' whereby they will subsidize the purchase of tickets to the final performances of CHITA RIVERA: THE DANCER'S LIFE for students and up-and-coming performers. The show play's its last performance this Sunday (2/19).

Solid hits winning acclaim from critics and audiences, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, CHITA RIVERA: THE DANCER'S LIFE, and WICKED will set the stage for the season. A fifth show, still to be announced, will round out the 2006-2007 season.

The world premiere recording of See What I Wanna See is now available for pre-order on Sh-k-boom records. Their web site reports a release date for the album of mid-February.

Michael John LaChiusa's Bernarda Alba, starring Phylicia Rashad, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Sally Murphy, Judith Blazer and others, will begin previews on February 11th