Joe DiPietro News

Multi-award winning Foothill Music Theatre presents ALL SHOOK UP, featuring hit songs made famous by Elvis Presley and a book by Tony Award winner Joe DiPietro (Memphis; I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change).

The Inspire Change Talkback Series celebrating Black History Month, minorities, and their impact on the entertainment industry, will begin on Thursday, February 9th. Immediately following 7pm performances of MEMPHIS on Thursdays in February, patrons will be invited to participate in a talkback about the role of minorities in various aspects of the performing arts including dance, music and theater. Each talkback will feature a guest moderator along with cast members from the show.

Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati announces its 2012-2013 25th Anniversary Blockbuster season which includes several brand new shows and a few family favorites.

Denver Center Attractions presents I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, at the Garner Galleria Theatre through June 24. See a video montage of the production below!

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, with music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro (Memphis), will open on Tuesday, April 24 at Broadway's Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street). NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT stars two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick (The Producers, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) and three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara (South Pacific, The Pajama Game) and will be directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes, The Pajama Game).

Denver Center Attractions presents I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, at the Garner Galleria Theatre through June 24. I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE opened to positive reviews on June 29, 2000 becoming Denver's longest running musical by 2005. Tickets are now on sale at www.denvercenter.org or by calling 303.893.4100.

The 2012 - 2013 FAIRWINDS Broadway Across America - Orlando season is bringing the best of Broadway straight to Orlando! The sensational 2012-2013 season boasts some of the hottest shows direct from Broadway, including one of the most beautiful love stories ever told, Disney's BEAUTY & THE BEAST; the 2010 Tony winner for Best Musical, MEMPHIS; and the acclaimed musical comedy based on the wildly popular film, SISTER ACT. The season also features the smash hit musical MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET; the irresistible story of one of the most popular Disney films of all time, MARY POPPINS; and Bette Midler's outrageously fun PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT. Season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at www.OrlandoBroadway.com, by calling 1.800.448.6322 (M - F, 10a.m. - 5p.m.) or in person at 100 S. Eola Drive, Suite 100, Orlando, Fla. 32801 (M - F, 10a.m. - 5p.m.).

Nancy Opel will return to the company of the 2010 Tony Award winning Best Musical MEMPHIS as "Mama." Opel will begin performances today. Current "Mama" Cass Morgan played her final performance on Sunday, February 12th. Opel returns from a leave of absence where she appeared in David Bryan and Joe DiPietro's The Toxic Avenger at The Alley Theater in Houston, TX

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!

Due to popular demand, Florida Studio Theatre (FST) announces a final extension of the romantic comedy The Last Romance by Joe DiPietro through Friday, March 2.

The 2010 Tony Award winning Best Musical MEMPHIS announced today that Nancy Opel will return to the company as "Mama." Opel will begin performances on Tuesday, February 14th. Current "Mama" Cass Morgan will play her final performance on Sunday, February 12th. Opel returns from a leave of absence where she appeared in David Bryan and Joe DiPietro's The Toxic Avenger at The Alley Theater in Houston, TX.

OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS, a comedy about family by Joe DiPietro, is the six offering of the 18th Season at Eastpointe's Broadway Onstage Theatre when it opens on Friday, February 24. Running Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, and Select Sundays at 2pm, the popular comedy will entertain through Saturday, March 24.

Starring Heather Anderson, Josh Bernaski, Ryan Bowie (who does double duty as director of the production) and Ashley Laverty, this celebration of the mating game explores the journey from dating and waiting to love and marriage, and reveals the agonies and triumphs of in-laws and newborns, trips in the family car and pick-up techniques of the geriatric set.

The Players Club of Swarthmore Theater will present the hilarious musical comedy, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change for three weeks beginning Friday, February 10. Just in time for Valentine's Day, this celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as "the relationship" - giving audiences a funny look at flirtation (and everything that goes with it).

MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony® Award Winner for Best Musical, opens at PlayhouseSquare on Tuesday, February 28 for a limited engagement.

The first of these talkbacks will be tonight (Thursday, February 9th) and the topic will be dance. MEMPHIS welcomes The Ailey School to the show.

The producers of the 2010 Tony Award winning Best Musical MEMPHIS announced today that the Inspire Change Talkback Series celebrating Black History Month, minorities, and their impact on the entertainment industry, will begin on Thursday, February 9th.

The Alley Theater's production of The Toxic Avenger, starring American Idol and Rock of Ages alum Constantine Maroulis alongside Nancy Opel, began previews on January 13 and officially opened on January 20. With book & lyrics by Joe DiPietro, music & lyrics by David Bryan, based on the film The Toxic Avenger by Lloyd Kaufman, and directed by John Rando, the production will run through Sunday, February 12, 2012. Check out just-released performance highlights from the production below!

PNC Broadway Across America - Pittsburgh, presented by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony and Broadway Across America, proudly announces the 2011/2012 season. PNC Broadway Across America - Pittsburgh, one of the city's premier entertainment series, is sponsored by The PNC Foundation. This season presents an exceptional array of live entertainment on the Cultural District's world-class stages.

Broadway's Memphis, winner of four Tony Awards® including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book and Best Orchestrations, comes to THIRTEEN's Great Performances Friday, February 24 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings). Featuring the original Broadway cast, including Tony nominees Chad Kimball and Montego Glover, as well as Derrick Baskin, J. Bernard Calloway, James Monroe Iglehart, Michael McGrath and Cass Morgan. Memphis is the historic first Best Musical Tony Award winner to air on U.S. national television with its original principals while simultaneously continuing a successful Broadway run and national tour.