Harold Prince News

Variety reports that John Doyle's staging of Company, recently a hit at the Cincinnati Playhouse, will play the Barrymore Theatre when it opens this November.

The Irish Repertory Theatre has extended its current production, the American premiere of John B. Keane's The Field, directed by Ciarán O'Reilly, through Sunday, August 6.

In this edition: A Baltimore.BroadwayWorld exclusive discount for readers of this column! Murder mysteries circle the beltway! Cockpit has Monty and Plaza Suite! CSC has Lear and Shrew in outdoor venue! Toby’s Baltimore opens a new show! Sissies take on Gay Pride at Spotlighters! Plus some Post-Tony thoughts and a special thank you.

Marking 60 years of excellence on Broadway, The Tony Awards were being broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 11th, and we've got the winners here! The History Boys led the pack with 6 wins, followed by The Drowsy Chaperone with 5, Jersey Boys with 4 and The Pajama Game, Sweeney Todd, and Awake and Sing with 2.

Before the 60th Annual Tony Awards are telecast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS from 8 PM to 11 PM on June 11th, Victoria Clark and Norbert Leo Butz will present the first ten Tony Awards in an exclusive webcast on the Tony Awards website beginning at 7:15 PM

The Manhattan School of Music's Professional Musical Theater Workshop, led by Artistic/Musical Director Paul Gemignani, takes place from June 5th through June 30th; Lonny Price and Joanna Merlin are among the faculty

'Broadway Under the Stars' will kick-off the outdoor concert season with a free evening of all-star entertainment featuring songs from the productions of legendary director and producer Harold Prince on June 26th; Jeff Calhoun is set to direct and choreograph

Due to construction delays on the new theatre housing its lavish underground lair, the highly anticipated Las Vegas production of Phantom--The Las Vegas Spectacular will now begin previews at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas on June 12th

Side Show will play Off-Broadway's American Theatre of Actors from August 31st through September 3rd

Clocking in over 1400 performances in the longest running musical in Broadway history, Phantom, Howard McGillin talks candidly about his career, performing in the record breaking performance and more while getting made up - plus catch brand new footage of the current cast of The Phantom of the Opera!

A semi-staged concert production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company that was to have been among the offerings of the New York Philharmonic during its 2006-2007 season has been cancelled

Legendary producer/director Harold Prince--who currently has twenty Tony Awards (including two Special Tony Awards) on his mantle--will add a Tony for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

Announced this morning and reported on live at BroadwayWorld.com, we've got all the nominees for the 2006 Tony Awards, which will be broadcast on CBS on Sunday, June 11th.

A hell of a time for baseball and/or theater fans.

Accomplished live entertainment executives Brian Becker and Scott Zeiger announced today the formation of BASE Entertainment, a producer, presenter, venue programmer, and operator involved in live, theatrical entertainment and content on a worldwide basis

Patricia Phillips will replace Anne Runolfsson in the Broadway company of The Phantom of the Opera on May 15th

Complete casting has been set for the upcoming London revival of Evita, which will begin previews at the Adelphi Theatre on June 2nd and open on June 21

A Chorus Line, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical, proudly announces the 2006 cast.

Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals and Dori Berinstein, in association with MGM Onstage, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber, are psyched to announce LEGALLY BLONDE, the musical, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. Previews begin on March 30, 2007 and opening night is set for April 26, 2007 at a Broadway theatre to be announced. LEGALLY BLONDE will play a world premiere, pre-Broadway engagement in San Francisco at The Orpheum Theatre January 2007.