Gregg Barnes News

The London production of The Drowsy Chaperone, which opened at the Novello Theatre on May 14th, will have its final performance on Saturday, August 4th 2007, following a decision made by the producers.

The national tour of the scamming, scheming, double-crossing hit Broadway musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, will play Chicago's Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Parkway, July 31 through August 12, 2007.

The 2007 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards were presented live from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 10th, and Spring Awakening and The Coast of Utopia led the pack!

For the second year, Baltimore/DC columnists on who they pick to win this year's Tony Awards

The new musical is like a big bowl of sugary butter cream frosting that you can't resist dipping your finger into and licking off every bit of delectable goodness. The only trouble is that after a while you start wondering when the hell you're going to get some cake.

Nominations have been announced for the 2007 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards. Click in to view all of this year's nominees! The Tony Awards will be broadcast LIVE from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 10th on PBS.

The Drowsy Chaperone, a completely original musical comedy, will launch a national tour in September 2007 with a return to Toronto, where it was the sleeper hit of the 1999 Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival before transferring to a hit commercial run at Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre.

The Broadway cast of LEGALLY BLONDE will perform two numbers on NBC-TV's 'The Today Show' on Friday, April 27th in the 8am and 9am hours

The National Tour of the scamming, scheming, double-crossing hit Broadway musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will play Chicago's Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Parkway, July 31 through August 12, 2007

On Friday, March 23rd, the 2007 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards were held at the Hudson Theatre of the Millennium Broadway Hotel

Slightly subdued road company needs a bit more rüffhousin' to match the manic merriment of Broadway's outlandish con job

Members of the cast of the upcoming West End production of the Drowsy Chaperone met the press in London and we've got pictures!

Summer Strallen and Nickolas Grace will join Elaine Paige and Bob Martin in the West End production of the five-time Tony Award winning The Drowsy Chaperone opening at the Novello Theatre on 6 June, with previews from 14 May. Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone has music by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar.

With all due respect to William Shakespeare and Noel Coward, Broadway's never had a ghost story that mixes terror, wit and theatrical thrills quite like Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies, now receiving an Encores! concert staging so loaded with achingly good moments they could loan a few of them out to some of Broadway's current tenants without losing a bit of its sheen.

Having just opened to unanimously glowing notices in its pre-Broadway engagement at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre, LEGALLY BLONDE will be offering an exclusive pre-sale to Visa cardholders beginning this Sunday, February 11, 2007.

The San Francisco pre-Broadway debut of 'Legally Blonde' is packed with laughs, bends and snaps! Brimming with awesome sets, glowing costumes, and power-house dance breaks, it's hard not to enjoy yourself. But can Broadway fit another bubblegum musical onto the boards?

Legally Blonde: The Musical is currently playing its Pre-Broadway World Premiere at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre through February 24th, and BroadwayWorld presents a sneak peek at the highly anticipated show!

Multi award-winning actress and recording artist Elaine Paige will return to the West End to take the title role in the Broadway smash hit musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, with music by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, the five-time Tony Award winning musical will preview at the Novello Theatre from 14 May, with press night on 5 June and opening night on 6 June.

Year-end round up of the best in professional touring productions seen in Baltimore in 2006.