Joan Ross Sorkin News

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director), winner of a special 2006 Drama Desk Award for 'Vital contributions to theatre by developing and producing new musicals' will present NEO5, a benefit concert celebrating emerging musical theatre writers, on Monday, April 27 at its home in Saint Peter's Theatre. Following the 8 PM performance featuring the voices of many of today's top musical theatre talent, there will be a champagne and dessert reception to end the evening catered by Kitchenette.

The York Theatre Company has announced initial casting and lineup for their upcoming readings.

Invitation-only readings of Izzy! A Dizzy Musical Fairy Tale will feature a number of Broadway stars

Joan Ross Sorkin's fascinating new play explores the triumphs and tragedies of Hattie McDaniel's life and career.

Capathia Jenkins will play the Hollywood icon of the title in Emerging Artists' Theatre's premiere of (mis)Understanding Mammy: The Hattie McDaniel Story, written by Joan Ross Sorkin and directed by David Glenn Armstrong

Isabelle and the Pretty Ugly Spell will continue its off-Broadway run, as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, through October 2nd

Joan Ross Sorkin weighs in on her collaboration on Isabelle And The Pretty-Ugly Spell now playing as part of NYMF 2005.

On Thursday, September 8, 2005 at the Virgin Megastore in Union Square, 4 NYMF shows - The Unknown, 6 Women With Brain Death (or Expiring Minds Want To Know), The View From Here and Isabelle and the Pretty-Ugly Spell showed off their stuff, and BroadwayWorld was there!

Isabelle and the Pretty Ugly Spell, a new children's musical, will run off-Broadway from September 23rd through October 2nd

06880: The Musical, Isabelle and the Pretty Ugly Spell and It Came From Beyond will all run as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival in September

The New York Musical Theatre Festival has chosen 18 new shows for its 2005 programming