Jenn Gambatese News

Little House on the Prairie, the musical by Rachel Portman, Donna DiNovelli and Rachel Sheinkin based upon the series of books by Laura Ingalls Widler, will be given a new production with a revision of the script and score, at Cumberland County Playhouse, in Crossville.

New York's top improvisors and actors, from Broadway, 30 Rock, Conan, SNL, and beyond, perform in scenes from Stoppard to Sophocles, and everything in between. The actors will know their lines, and the improvisors will improvise, with no prior knowledge of the scenes!

Today in 2005, All Shook Up opened at the Palace Theatre, where it ran for 213 performances.All Shook Up is a jukebox musical with Elvis Presley music, with a book by Joe DiPietro. The story is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Directed by Christopher Ashley, with choreography by Ken Roberson, the original Broadway cast included Cheyenne Jackson (Chad), Jenn Gambatese (Natalie Haller/'Ed'), and Jonathan Hadary (Jim Haller).

York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) has announced the next three offerings in its Developmental ReaYork Theatre Company has announced the next three offerings in its Developmental Reading Series: Stranger, Guess Who's Coming to Seder? and Dirty Little Secret. ding Series: Stranger, Guess Who's Coming to Seder? and Dirty Little Secret.

York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) has announced the next three offerings in its Developmental ReaYork Theatre Company has announced the next three offerings in its Developmental Reading Series: Stranger, Guess Who's Coming to Seder? and Dirty Little Secret. ding Series: Stranger, Guess Who's Coming to Seder? and Dirty Little Secret.

'Predictable Heart: The Music of Justin Rugg' is described as an evening of story songs about life and love. Rugg's melodies are stirring, passionate and exciting, and his lyrics are honest, fresh, funny and often biting. Rugg's informal evening around the piano marks his cabaret debut and is also Pantochino's first 'grown-ups only' entertainment. The performance features fifteen original songs.

This July, Prospect Theater Company (Cara Reichel, Producing Artistic Director / Melissa Huber, Managing Director) builds on their education initiative for musical theater students aged 12-17. Beginning Monday, July 9 and running through Saturday, July 28, selected students will participate in a daily musical theater training program from 10am-6pm (Sundays off).

'Predictable Heart: The Music of Justin Rugg' is described as an evening of story songs about life and love. Rugg's melodies are stirring, passionate and exciting, and his lyrics are honest, fresh, funny and often biting. Rugg's informal evening around the piano marks his cabaret debut and is also Pantochino's first 'grown-ups only' entertainment. The performance features fifteen original songs.

This July, Prospect Theater Company (Cara Reichel, Producing Artistic Director / Melissa Huber, Managing Director) builds on their education initiative for musical theater students aged 12-17. Beginning Monday, July 9 and running through Saturday, July 28, selected students will participate in a daily musical theater training program from 10am-6pm (Sundays off).

From Nick Jonas and Michael Urie to the Ladies of THE VIEW to Adam Pascal, Raul Esparza, Barbra Streisand to Alan Menken, Bernadette Peters to Susan Boyle, Colin Quinn to GLEE and Everything in Between - It's the BroadwayWorld.com 2012 Valentine's Day Special - It's the Biggest Ever!

Matt Cavenaugh (West Side Story, Grey Gardens), Jenn Gambatese (Tarzan, All Shook Up), Sean MacLaughlin (The Phantom of the Opera, The Woman in White), and Michele Ragusa (Young Frankenstein, Urinetown) will appear in concert with David Stewart Wiley and the Long Island Philharmonic on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 7:30 pm.

Matt Cavenaugh (West Side Story, Grey Gardens), Jenn Gambatese (Tarzan, All Shook Up), Sean MacLaughlin (The Phantom of the Opera, The Woman in White), and Michele Ragusa (Young Frankenstein, Urinetown) will appear in concert with David Stewart Wiley and the Long Island Philharmonic on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 7:30 pm.

The Broadway Dreams Foundation just presented White Christmas, a celebratory holiday cabaret featuring performances by Broadway's brightest stars and talented local BDF performers. Each year hundreds of students receive valuable musical theatre training through BDF programs offered in partnership with Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

Christmas will be white in Philadelphia this year when Vicki and Chris Le Vine, along with The Broadway Dreams Foundation, present the second annual White Christmas at Sweetwater Farm and Grace Winery (50 Sweetwater Road, Glen Mills, PA) on Sunday, December 18, 2011.

Christmas will be white in Philadelphia this year when Vicki and Chris Le Vine, along with The Broadway Dreams Foundation, present the second annual White Christmas at Sweetwater Farm and Grace Winery (50 Sweetwater Road, Glen Mills, PA) on Sunday, December 18, 2011.

Christmas will be white in Omaha and Philadelphia this year when The Broadway Dreams Foundation presents White Christmas, a celebratory holiday cabaret featuring performances by Broadway's brightest stars and talented local BDF performers. Each year hundreds of students receive valuable musical theatre training through BDF programs offered in partnership with Omaha Performing Arts and Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

Christmas will be white in Omaha and Philadelphia this year when The Broadway Dreams Foundation presents White Christmas, a celebratory holiday cabaret featuring performances by Broadway's brightest stars and talented local BDF performers. Each year hundreds of students receive valuable musical theatre training through BDF programs offered in partnership with Omaha Performing Arts and Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

Prospect Theater Company's critically-acclaimed Off Broadway production of Iron Curtain, originally scheduled to run through November 27, 2011, will instead play through December 4. A post-performance talkback with members of the creative team and cast will be held at the theater following the Wednesday, November 30 matinee.

The Broadway Dreams Foundation presented their Third Annual New York Benefit Performance at the Florence Gould Hall (55 East 59th Street) on Monday, November 21, 2011. The special evening, which only happens once a year in NYC, got a spontaneous ovation after a non-stop, 100 minute show, which showed off the talents of BDF students and faculty that assembled from across the country to perform and to show the audience what they were about.

Prospect Theater Company's critically-acclaimed Off Broadway production of Iron Curtain, originally scheduled to run through November 27, 2011, will instead play through December 4. A post-performance talkback with members of the creative team and cast will be held at the theater following the Wednesday, November 30 matinee.