Gregg Barnes News

The National Tour of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE will hit South Bend, Indiana this weekend, playing at the Morris Performing Arts Center on Friday, January 29th and two performances on Saturday, January 30th. Original direction and choreography is by Tony Award® nominee Casey Nicholaw (Spamalot), with music and lyrics by Tony Award® winners Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, and a book by Tony Award® winners Bob Martin and Don McKellar.

London's newest hit show, Legally Blonde The Musical, has now released 350,000 new tickets for sale, taking booking at the Savoy Theatre up to 20 February 2011.

Broadway San Jose presents THE FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OF LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL March 16-21, 2010 at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced its nominations and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2009. The 41st Annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards ceremony will take place on Monday, March 22 at the Colony Theatre, thanks to the generous donation of the Colony's management. The theatre is located at 555 N. Third Street, in Burbank.

Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) limited engagement of Bye Bye Birdie will play its final performance on Sunday, January 24th at 2:00 PM.

Last night, Wednesday 13 January 2010, Legally Blonde The Musical held its opening night Gala performance at the Savoy Theatre in London. BWW is happy to bring you a video from opening night, straight from BWW's UK TV partners, reelkandi.tv!

Last night, Wednesday 13 January 2010, Legally Blonde The Musical opened at the Savoy Theatre in London. Sheridan Smith, Duncan James, Jill Halfpenny, Peter Davison, Aoife Mulholland, Susan McFadden and Alex Gaumond lead the cast in Legally Blonde The Musical which is currently booking until 23 May 2010. Directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winning Jerry Mitchell, Legally Blonde The Musical has music and lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin, book by Heather Hach, set design by David Rockwell, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Kenneth Posner and Paul Miller, sound design by Acme Sound Partners and orchestrations by Christopher Jahnke.

Last night, Wednesday 13 January 2010, Legally Blonde The Musical held its opening night Gala performance at the Savoy Theatre in London. Sheridan Smith, Duncan James, Jill Halfpenny, Peter Davison, Aoife Mulholland, Susan McFadden and Alex Gaumond lead the cast in Legally Blonde The Musical which is currently booking until 23 May 2010.

The most celebrated musical of the 2006 Broadway season, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, a completely original musical comedy, is coming to Nashville at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall, February 9-14, 2010. Original direction and choreography is by Tony Award® nominee Casey Nicholaw (Spamalot), with music and lyrics by Tony Award® winners Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, and a book by Tony Award® winners Bob Martin and Don McKellar.

Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) limited engagement of Bye Bye Birdie will play its final performance on Sunday, January 24th at 2:00 PM.

Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) limited engagement of Bye Bye Birdie will play its final performance on Sunday, January 24th at 2:00 PM.

Sheridan Smith may be best known to TV audiences in the role of Janet Keogh in the BBC sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, but it's her most recent outing - as stage star of the musical Legally Blonde - that is causing a stir in the West End. So much in fact that producers of the show have hired six extra security guards, built and extra stage door and put up rope barriers, reports the Times Online.

Whatsonstage.com is reporting that Legally Blonde is poised to be this season's monster hit in the West End, 'reporting £2million advance ticket sales and a 'Beatlemania'-like atmosphere' at the Savoy Theatre, where the production is currently in previews.

On the heels of the news that Legally Blonde: The Musical is testing out a new reviewing policy in the U.K. whereby reviewers come a few days prior to opening night to better prep their comments, the producers have now revealed that they are instituting the West End's first ever lottery.

THE FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OF LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will begin performances in Milwaukee on April 13-18, 2010 presented by Broadway Across America-Milwaukee and the Marcus Center as part of the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center Series. Tickets will go on sale at NOON on December 13.

Variety reports that the West End's production of Legally Blonde is breaking a rule - or rather, testing new waters - when it comes to reviewing policies.

THE FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OF LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will begin performances in Milwaukee on April 13-18, 2010 presented by Broadway Across America-Milwaukee and the Marcus Center as part of the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center Series. Tickets will go on sale at NOON on December 13.

With the show beginning previews tonight in London, it's a perfect time to take a look at the show's first read-through with the British cast! Take a peak behind the scenes as the cast meets one another and runs through the show for the first time.

Peter Davison and Jill Halfpenny are to join Sheridan Smith, Duncan James, Alex Gaumond, Aoife Mulholland and Susan McFadden in Jerry Mitchell?s Legally Blonde The Musical which will preview at the Savoy Theatre from 5 December 2009. Currently booking until 23 May 2010, Legally Blonde The Musical has now added Sunday performances to its schedules. Directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winning Jerry Mitchell, Legally Blonde The Musical has music and lyrics by Laurence O?Keefe and Nell Benjamin, book by Heather Hach, set design by David Rockwell, costume design by Gregg Barnes, lighting design by Kenneth Posner and Paul Miller, sound design by ACME Sound Partners and orchestrations by Christopher Jahnke.

THE FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OF LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will begin performances in Milwaukee on April 13-18, 2010 presented by Broadway Across America-Milwaukee and the Marcus Center as part of the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center Series. Tickets will go on sale at NOON on December 13.