Harold Prince News

Amas Musical Theatre (Donna Trinkoff, Producing Artistic Director) in association with Snap-Two Productions, Inc. will present the World Premiere of Signs of Life a new musical, with book by Peter Ullian, lyrics by Len Schiff, music by Joel Derfner, music direction by Michael Pettry, and directed by Jeremy Dobrish.

Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, James Gandolfini, Patti LuPone, Liz Smith, Christine Ebersole, Lesley Stahl, Joni Evans, Cynthia McFadden, and Michael Feinstein were just a few of the stars who gathered at the Carlyle Hotel last night to celebrate the 85th birthday of its most famous resident, Elaine Stritch. In honor of the event, Stritch herself celebrated with an hour long performance of 'At Home At The Carlyle: Elaine Stritch Singin' Sondheim...One Song At A Time.'

Catherine Zeta-Jones, star of Broadway's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, sat down with the ladies of ABC's 'The View' last week to talk all things NIGHT MUSIC and Desiree.

Dinosaurs once again roam the earth in a spectacular theatrical arena show, WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - The Arena Spectacular, based on the award-winning BBC Television Series. WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - The Arena Spectacular is now on tour in North America and will perform 12 performances at Madison Square Garden in New York. More than 3.1 million Americans have already seen the production since it opened in July 2007.

Famed director/designer Isaac Mizrahi will direct the upcoming production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at the Opera Theatre in St. Louis. The production will run June 6th through 19th at the Opera Theatre and will feature conductor Stephen Lord. NIGHT MUSIC was written by Hugh Wheeler and features a score by Stephen Sondheim.

The Irish Repertory Theatre's revival of 'Ernest in Love,' a musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Ernest' will close on January 31, 2010.

Catherine Zeta-Jones, star of Broadway's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, is featured in the February 5th issue of Entertainment Weekly on stands now. In the interview she talks about performing live onstage eight shows a week, working with the legendary Angela Lansbury, and the kind of reactions she receives at the stage door of the Walter Kerr Theatre.

Catherine Zeta-Jones, star of Broadway's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, will sit down with the ladies of ABC's 'The View' tomorrow, Friday, January 29th. Check local listings ('The View' airs locally on channel 7, WABC in the tri-state area).

MUSICAL THEATRE WEST kicks off the new year with the Stephen Sondheim masterpiece, Sweeney Todd. Previewing on January 29, 2010, Sweeney Todd opens January 30 and runs through February 14 at the spectacular Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, is based on the 1973 play Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Christopher Bond.

The longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, is set to reach another unprecedented milestone.

California Stage of Sacramento will be presenting the Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill musical, The Threepenny Opera, begining February 5th. This classic show tells the story of what happens when the banks get richer and the poor get poorer. The musical incorporates the tale of the doomed love affair of Mac Heath, London's reining thief, and Polly Peachum, the deceptively sweet daughter of a successful businessman who specializes in human misery and controls the city's beggars. Based loosely on John Gay's much earlier Beggars' Opera, it is filled with betrayals, schemes, revenge, reversals of fortune, and Weill's famously dissonant score.

PNC Broadway Across America - Pittsburgh - presented by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Broadway Across America, proudly announces the return of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, directed by Harold Prince, to the Benedum Center from August 25th through September 19th, 2010, as a 2010-11 Season Special.

Catherine Zeta-Jones appeared as a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman last night. During the interview, Zeta-Jones shared her impressions about living in New York City, and talked about the gift that her husband (Michael Douglas) gave her when she told him she wanted to have another baby

The Diary of a Dancer, a brand new one-person show, debuts at The Bridge Theatre @ Shetler Studios for a limited engagement January 21-23, 2010. Written by and starring Wade Dooley, Diary is the autobiographical tale of Mary Shennanbargger, an eighty-something retired performer-turned-teacher.

BRAT productions will be merging worlds in 2010 with their FINAL production of Eugene Ionesco's (24 HOUR) 'THE BALD SOPRANO' FRIDAY, JANUARY 22nd @ the Annenberg Center - Harold Prince Theatre 3680 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA.

Northwestern University's Dolphin Show, America?s largest student-produced musical, is proud to announce its 68th annual production, Parade, a powerful, daring musical from the minds of Jason Robert Brown, Alfred Uhry, and Harold Prince. This year's Dolphin Show will be directed by School of Communication rising senior, Scott G. Weinstein and will open on January 22, 2010 in Cahn Auditorium at Northwestern?s Evanston campus.

BRAT productions will be merging worlds in 2010 with their FINAL production of Eugene Ionesco's (24 HOUR) 'THE BALD SOPRANO' FRIDAY, JANUARY 22nd @ the Annenberg Center - Harold Prince Theatre 3680 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA.

The Diary of a Dancer, a brand new one-person show, debuts at The Bridge Theatre @ Shetler Studios for a limited engagement January 21-23, 2010. Written by and starring Wade Dooley, Diary is the autobiographical tale of Mary Shennanbargger, an eighty-something retired performer-turned-teacher.

Amas Musical Theatre (Donna Trinkoff, Producing Artistic Director) in association with Snap-Two Productions, Inc. will present the World Premiere of Signs of Life a new musical, with book by Peter Ullian, lyrics by Len Schiff, music by Joel Derfner, music direction by Michael Pettry, and directed by Jeremy Dobrish.