Harriett D. Foy News

The world premiere of Tim Acito's musical adaptation of Gloria Naylor's novel, The Women of Brewster Place, opens at Arena Stage after its successful co-production run at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre. The Women of Brewster Place runs October 19 - December 9 in the Kreeger Theater; Opening performance is Friday, October 26 at 8PM.

On Monday September 25th, an all-star reading of Love's Fire benefited the future expansion of Opening Act, an innovative nonprofit that provides free after-school theater programming to New York City's most underserved public high schools

Amelia Campbell and Victor Slezak have joined the September 25th benefit Love's Fire

Daniel Reichard, Keith Bryon Kirk and more will star in the benefit reading Love's Fire on September 25

Tony Award-winner Chuck Cooper will headline the Yale Rep production of dance of the holy ghosts: a play on memory from March 17th through March 23rd

PS Classics released the original cast recording of last season's acclaimed production of Lone STAR LOVE on Tuesday, January 10, 2006.

The 7:30 PM concert, which benefits Only Make Believe, the charity that brings musical theatre to ill children, will be held at the Millennium Hotel's Hudson Theatre. As previously announced, those scheduled to appear include Hayley Mills, Linda Eder, Julia Murney, Chad Kimball, Andrew Lippa, Ashley Brown, Amanda Green and Montego Glover with direction by Joe DiPietro and musical direction by Seth Rudetsky.

Save your long-term love affairs for Guys and Dolls or South Pacific. Slut is a musical to enjoy one crazy night with and vaguely remember a week from now.

Amanda Watkins has signed on to appear in the upcoming off-Broadway musical Slut, which opens on October 1st

PS Classics will record the cast album of the recent much-acclaimed production of Lone Star Love on March 2nd. Directed by Michael Bogdanov (Olivier Award-winner for The War of the Roses), LONE STAR LOVE is inspired by the play The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare, conceived and adapted by John L. Haber, with music and lyrics by Jack Herrick, and contributions from Michael Bogdanov, Bland Simpson and Tommy Thompson. Randy Skinner (2001 Tony® nominee, 42nd Street) is choreographer. Discussions are underway for a commercial transfer.

LONE STAR LOVE, the new musical at the John Houseman Theatre, has been extended by popular demand through February 6. The Amas Musical Theatre Production, also known as the Merry Wives of Windsor Texas, was originally scheduled to run through January 9.

LONE STAR LOVE, or The Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas, opens tomorrow, December 8 at 8pm. Presented by Amas Musical Theater, LONE STAR LOVE is playing at Off-Broadway's John Houseman Theater (450 West 42nd Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues). Performances began November 23.

Performances of the new musical, LONE STAR LOVE (also known as The Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas), begin tomorrow, Tuesday, November 23. Presented by Amas Musical Theater, LONE STAR LOVE will play at Off-Broadway's John Houseman Theater (450 West 42nd Street, between 9th & 10th Avenues), and the official opening night is Wednesday, December 8.