Gretchen Cryer News

Precious Days Records will release the debut recording of Gretchen Cryer and Gracie Hyland's new musical HOUSE ON FIRE in streaming and digital formats on Friday, January 31.

The 2025 Kleban Prize for the most promising musical theatre lyricist has been awarded to Benjamin Velez. The 2025 Kleban Prize for the most promising musical theatre librettist has been awarded to Madeline Myers.

THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present Gretchen Cryer and Gracie Hyland’s House On Fire, a record release show for the new musical. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Out of the Box Theatrics will present three industry concert presentations of About Time, the final installment in the Starting Here, Starting Now and Closer Than Ever song trilogy. Learn more!

In her show THE WINDMILLS OF MY MIND…FOR DUSTY SPRINGFIELD, Lianne Marie Hobbs draws comparisons between what she calls the “hamsters in her brain” and those that inhabited the similar ones in Dusty Springfield's brain.

Tomatoes Got Talent, the talent show for women over 40 who do not work professionally in showbiz, took its final, fabulous bow on Oct 14, 2024 at the Upper West Side theatre/club, TRIAD. See photos from the event here!

“Tomatoes Got Talent” – the decade-long talent show created and produced by The Three Tomatoes and Randie Levine-Miller, took its final bow after 10 years! It rocked the house on October 14 at the Triad, NYC. Check out photos here!

TOMATOES GOT TALENT will present its 10th annual and final show on October 14, 2024. Hosted by Randie Levine-Miller, this event celebrates performers over 40 showcasing their skills.

What star turned down CABARET? What two cabaret stars were born on Halloween? What cabaret club was named for a character in a musical? What Broadway lyricist turns 100 this month? Take the multiple-choice quiz and see what you know (or might guess correctly) about so many talented folks ALL born in October.

Gretchen Cryer, Beth Fowler, and Alyce Finell announced as judges for the final 'Tomatoes Got Talent' contest on October 14th at The Triad. Discover the details of this annual event's last edition.

THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present the new musical HOUSE ON FIRE by Gretchen Cryer and Gracie Hyland, featuring Kenita Miller and Michael McCorry Rose. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater will present the World Premiere of LIBERTY TALKS: A Colossal Satire by Provincetown playwright Fermin Rojas, directed by Janice L. Goldberg.

A 'Big' salute to songwriters Maltby & Shire, hosted and music-directed by Michael Lavine, brings us 'Closer Than Ever' to perfection. As tributes go, the one filled with the songs of Maltby and Shire, as they were bestowed the Lifetime Achievement Award, was tops. Filled with theatre and cabaret performers, it was a great night.

Jeanine Tesori and Bess Wohl have joined The Dramatists Guild Council, the leadership team of the Guild.

Marilyn Maye will perform at the American Popular Song Society 3rd Annual Gala Benefit on Monday, June 17, 2024 at The Cutting Room.

Monday, June 17, 2024 will be the American Popular Song Society 3rd Annual Gala Benefit. It will honor the award winning Richard Maltby, Jr.  and David Shire with a Lifetime Achievement Award at The Cutting Room.

Watch as Tony Award nominee Elizabeth Stanley sings 'Back to Before' from Ragtime at 54 Below. In celebration of Women’s History Month, acclaimed women musical theatre writers who are Council members of the Dramatists Guild of America gathered at 54 Below to share stories and introduce some of the songs they’ve written from Broadway and beyond.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that the honorees for the 2024 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre, as well as Special Tony Awards.

The York Theatre Company has announced that Broadway leading ladies Leslie Uggams and Liz Callaway have been added to the starry list of the company's Honorary Board of Directors.

The Dramatists Guild previously announced that playwright Christopher Durang will receive a Lifetime Achievement award at this year’s ceremony. He will be joined by two additional recipients, George C. Wolfe and Emily Mann.