Jerry Frankel News

August: Osage County, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play playing at Ford Center will close on February 14, 2010.

As HAIR readies for its Broadway makeover and London premiere, rumors have been swirling for weeks as to which current cast members will be settling in across the pond and which new faces will be gracing the Broadway production. The speculation will come to an end on Tuesday as the new cast will be announced at a 2:00PM press conference.

As previously reported, Jon Robin Baitz is currently working on a show about producer Robert Evans. The scribe will first make his Broadway debut as a playwright, however, with LOVE AND MERCY which will take to the Broadway stage next season.

The Tony Award-winning Broadway production of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical will celebrate the citywide closings of New York City public and private schools tomorrow, Wednesday, February 10, by offering $40 tickets to students for both the 2:00 P.M. matinee and the 8:00 P.M. evening performances.

ALL ABOUT ME will be holding auditions for an honorary understudy to Dame Edna Everage, the toast of Melbourne society and an international gigastar.

Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominee Stephen Kunken, best known for his celebrated portrayal of James Reston in Frost/Nixon on Broadway, will assume the mantle of a particularly less honorable historical figure when he takes on the role of disgraced ENRON Chief Financial Officer Andy Fastow in Lucy Prebble's critically acclaimed play ENRON.

As HAIR readies for its Broadway makeover and London premiere, rumors are beginning to swirl as to which current cast members will be settling in across the pond and which new faces will be gracing the Broadway production. The newest reports out suggest that American Idol alumni Ace Young (season 5's seventh runner up) and Diana DeGarmo (season 3 runner up) are among the new picks for the Broadway replacement cast. No official announcement has been made by the production, although it is expected that casting announcements for London and New York are imminent, as the new Broadway performers go into rehearsal in the coming weeks.

Spring Awakening will play its final performance at the Belk Theatre on February 7, 2010.

Broadway In Chicago is proud to announce the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that tells the bitingly funny and sensationally entertaining tale of the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, the Chicago engagement of August: Osage County.

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.

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award®-winner in years is coming to Atlanta. Spring Awakening, the 8-time Tony Award® winning Broadway musical, will play at The Fabulous Fox Theatre from March 9-14, 2010, and is presented by Broadway Across America - Atlanta as part of the 2009-2010 season.

The Tony Award-winning Broadway production of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is launching the 'HAIR eParty,' a unprecedented digital initiative designed to give audience members exciting new ways to share and relive the HAIR experience. Beginning tonight, the show's famous finale, when audience members are invited onstage for a massive communal dance party, will be digitally recorded at each performance. The video footage will then be posted on HAIR's official website (www.HairBroadway.com). Audience members will have the opportunity to find and tag themselves, and share the video with friends and family via e-mail or social networking outlets like Facebook and Twitter. Past videos will be archived and remain on HAIR's website.

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award®-winner in years opens Tuesday at the Belk Theater in Charlotte, NC.

The producers of August: Osage County, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that tells the bitingly funny and sensationally entertaining tale of the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, are pleased to announce that full casting for the First National Tour has been completed.

Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award®-winner in years opens Tuesday at the Belk Theater in Charlotte, NC.

The Times Online profiles writer Lucy Prebble whose play 'Enron' has achieved critical acclaim and is now Broadway-bound. 'Enron' had its premiere in Chichester, has since transferred to the West End's Noel Coward Theatre, and is now up on the marquee awaiting the start of its Broadway previews slated for April 2010 - and all within the span of one year.

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).

The producers of August: Osage County, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play that tells the bitingly funny and sensationally entertaining tale of the Weston family of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, are pleased to announce that full casting for the First National Tour has been completed.

A new promotional photo from the West End's production of the play ENRON has appeared in a new Vanity Fair feature. Inspired by the real-life financial scandal of 2001, ENRON, which was commissioned by Headlong Theatre, premiered this past summer at the Minerva Theatre Chichester, and then moved for a six-week run at The Royal Court Theatre where it played through November 8, 2009. The play will open at West End's Noel Coward Theatre later this month.