James Lapine News

Reprise! Broadway's Best will treat audiences to staged concerts of My One and Only, Sunday in the Park with George and No Strings during its 10th anniversary season of staged readings at UCLA's Freud Playhouse

The Chicago production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has initiated a rush ticket lottery

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced complete details for the fifth production of its 2005/2006 35th Anniversary Season, the World Premiere of PEN, a new play by David Marshall Grant.

'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' will launch its national tour after a limited four-week engagement at Atlanta's Alliance Theater beginning August 23.

On March 13th, Manhattan Theatre Club will host a special edition of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation's One-on-One Conversation series featuring directors Doug Huges and Daniel Sullivan

PS CLASSICS will record the new, acclaimed London production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE on March 6th & 7th.

No Doubt they'll be no Angry Men (or Women) now that the HIPP has a Wicked Scoundrel of a Bee Season with lots of Spam and Charity

INTO THE WOODS is the musical, that beat The Phantom of The Opera for the TONY award for best music and lyrics and book. Three years ago it won the Tony for Best Musical Revival.

The Menier Chocolate Factory's hit revival of Sunday in the Park with George will transfer to the West End this spring

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced that Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning star Christine Lahti will make her eagerly-awaited return to the stage in the company's final production of its 2005/2006 35th Anniversary Season,

The first block of tickets for the Chicago production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will go on sale on February 10th

Grant James Vargas' play 33 to Nothing will run in New York from March 2nd through April 8th

Manhattan Theatre Club will host a special edition of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation's 'One-on-One Conversation Series' with Tony Award winning directors Doug Hughes (Defiance, Doubt) and Daniel Sullivan (Rabbit Hole, Proof) with moderator Mandy Greenfield, MTC Director of Artistic Operations, on Monday, March 13 at 6 PM at New York City Center- Stage I (131 West 55th Street).

Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Idina Menzel and others took part in The Public Sings: A 50th Anniversary Celebration on January 30th

Spellers and bee staff are raring to go for the open-ended Chicago company of the new Tony-award winning Broadway musical comedy THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE.

Mike Nichols has signed on to join stars such as Natalie Portman, Meryl Streep, Donna Murphy, Donna McKechnie and Zach Braff in The Public Sings: A 50th Anniversary Celebration on January 30th

Jay Reiss, who created the role of Vice Principle Douglas Panch in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, will return for one 'adults-only' performance of the show on January 22nd

A host of stars including Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Idina Menzel, Donna McKechnie and Savion Glover will be on hand for The Public Sings: a 50th Anniversary Celebration on Monday, January 30th