Gwen Verdon News

Wake Up With BWW 1/7: Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel Begin in WAITRESS, and More!

by Stephi Wild — January 7, 2019

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel begin in Waitress, and more!

Theater Resources Unlimited Announces The Winners Of The 2019 TRU Voices New Musicals Reading Series

by Stephi Wild — December 18, 2018

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announced the winners of the 2019 TRU Voices New Musicals Reading Series: Miracolo by Jarlath Barsanti-Jacobs and Emilio Solla; and Seeing Red by Joey Mazzarino and Aron Accurso.

Audra McDonald Joins Broadway Concert Series At Herbst Theatre

by A.A. Cristi — November 29, 2018

Producer Mark Cortale will present historic six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald with Sirius XM Radio star Seth Rudetsky as music director and host, on Sunday, Jan.

Alex Lacamoire Joins Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tommy Kail on FX's FOSSE/VERDON

by Kaitlin Milligan — November 29, 2018

Tony® and Grammy® Award-winning composer and arranger Alex Lacamoire has come aboard FX's highly-anticipated Fosse/Verdon limited series as Supervising Music Producer, it was announced today by Eric Schrier and Nick Grad, Presidents of Original Programming for FX Networks and FX Productions.

BWW Flashback: The Iconic Stars That Inspired New FX Series FOSSE/VERDON

by Paul Smith — November 27, 2018

BroadwayWorld reported last week the additional cast that will appear in Fosse/Verdon, an eight episode limited series from award-winning producers Thomas Kail, Steven Levenson, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Joel Fields.

Harvey Granat Closes Out 2018 With Events On Cy Coleman And Harry Warren

by A.A. Cristi — November 26, 2018

Harvey Granat closes out 2018 with events on composers Cy Coleman and Harry Warren, featuring special guest performers and speakers.

Norbert Leo Butz, Laura Osnes, Ethan Slater & More Join Cast of FX's FOSSE/VERDON

by Kaitlin Milligan — November 19, 2018

FX today announced the additional cast that will appear in Fosse/Verdon, an eight episode limited series from award-winning producers Thomas Kail, Steven Levenson, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Joel Fields.

Will Reynolds & Eric Price Announced Winners of 14th Annual Fred Ebb Award

by Julie Musbach — November 5, 2018

The Fred Ebb Foundation in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company will present the fourteenth annual Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters to Will Reynolds and Eric Price.

BBC and FX Expand Their Content Partnership

by Kaitlin Milligan — October 31, 2018

The BBC has entered a creative partnership with FX Networks, with the BBC securing the rights to all new scripted (comedy and drama) FX original series, it was announced today by Charlotte Moore, Director, BBC Content and Gina Brogi, President of Global Distribution, Twentieth Century Fox Television

BWW Review: CHICAGO at Mogador Theatre

by Alan Henry — October 25, 2018

Though the French public is more familiar with Chicago through the Rob Marshall movie of 2002, there has already been a French-language version at the Casino de Paris in 2004, but it actually came from Canada as part of an international tour.

Audra McDonald and Ramin Karimloo to Join Seth Rudetsky in Concert in San Francisco

by Julie Musbach — September 24, 2018

Broadway concert series, hosted by Seth Rudetsky, will return to San Francisco.

Audra McDonald, Kelli O'Hara and Jeremy Jordan Slated for Concerts at Town Hall

by Julie Musbach — September 17, 2018

The internationally acclaimed Broadway @ concert series hosted and music directed by Sirius XM Radio Star Seth Rudetsky is finally landing smack dab in the middle of Broadway itself this fall.

Exclusive Podcast: Go 'Behind the Curtain' with the Prolific Theatre Historian Ethan Mordden

by Behind the Curtain — September 17, 2018

Theatre historian Ethan Mordden pulls back the curtain on his career to discuss how he fell in love with musical theatre, what musicals are deserving of a second look, and why Bob Fosse is the most iconic choreographer in musical theatre history.

VIDEO: Nicole Fosse Talks Keeping Her Parents' Legacy Alive With a New Generation

by Stephi Wild — September 15, 2018

Nicole Fosse is working hard to make sure her parents, legendary choreographer Bob Fosse and actress/dancer Gwen Verdon, live on.

BWW Interview: Multi-faceted Tony Tanner GIVEs ME THE SUNny & Dark Sides of Making Theatre For Years

by Gil Kaan — September 5, 2018

Theatre veteran Tony Tanner's latest directorial project GIVE ME THE SUN, his adaptation of Ibsen's GHOSTS, world premieres September 15, 2018 at the Lounge Theatre.

Legendary Playwright Neil Simon Dies at 91

by Robert Diamond — August 26, 2018

BroadwayWorld is sad to report that legendary playwright Neil Simon has died at 91.

BWW Dance Interview: Kevin Winkler, Author of Big Deal: Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical.

by Barnett Serchuk — August 3, 2018

Brief 7/25: Inside Opening Night of STRAIGHT WHITE MEN, and More!

by Stephi Wild — July 25, 2018

Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: we're taking you inside opening night of Straight White Men, and more!

Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams Will Lead FX Miniseries Based on the Lives of Bob Fosse & Gwen Verdon

by Nicole Rosky — July 24, 2018

According to Variety, FX has ordered an eight-part mini series about of the lives of iconic Broadway duo, Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, based on Sam Wasson's book, 'Fosse.

Deborah Grace Winer Brings BABY DREAM YOUR DREAM To Guild Hall In East Hampton

by Julie Musbach — July 2, 2018

r/j productions & Deborah Grace Winer present Baby, Dream Your Dream: The Great Women Songwriters, a spectacular musical review of Broadway's women composers and writers at Guild Hall on Sunday, July 8 at 7 pm, featuring acclaimed Broadway performers Karen Ziemba, Margo Seibert, and Natalie Douglas.