Hank Williams News

Randal Myler, whose It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues was seen on Broadway some years ago, will bring Grant James Varjas' 'new rock 'n' roll play' 33 to Nothing to a developmental workshop this month and then to a new Off-Broadway production later this year

The new rock musical Only a Lad will play FringeNYC from August 12th through 24th

'Love, Janis,' a new musical celebrating the life and music of rock legend Janis Joplin, makes its Bay Area premiere at the Marines Memorial Theatre for a limited 8-week engagement beginning July 7, 2006.

A touring regional production of Hank Williams: Lost Highway, presented by the Arizona Theatre Company, will play dates in Phoenix, Mesa, Tucson, Kansas City and Dallas

Harold Thau will present the New York premiere of ALMOST HEAVEN: THE SONGS OF JOHN DENVER, a new musical opening Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at Off-Broadway's Promenade Theatre (2162 Broadway at 76th Street). Directed by Tony Award nominee Randal Myler (It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues), ALMOST HEAVEN begins preview performances on Friday, October 28.

Star-Studded Charity Performance, Featuring Idina Menzel, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Bernadette Peters, Patrick Wilson, Trace Adkins, Raul Malo, Lee Ann Womack and Trisha Yearwood, Is A Fundraiser For The Actors' Fund of America and the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund

Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF) opens this year's Nikos Stage season with Create Fate on July 13 at 8:00 p.m.

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of André Bishop, Artistic Director, and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) will continue its 20th Anniversary season with THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, a new musical with book by Craig Lucas, music and lyrics by Adam Guettel and direction by Bartlett Sher.