Joe DiPietro News

On Dec. 2 members of the press were treated to a preview of ALL SHOOK UP. The show begins previews in February and opens in March after a five-week Chicago run starting Dec. 19.

On Sunday, November 7th, 2004, Leah Hocking, who is currently in rehearsal for the new Broadway musical comedy ALL SHOOK UP, will sing the National Anthem to start the 2004 ING New York City Marathon. WNBC (channel 4 in the tri-state area) will cover the event from 9:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m.

Cheyenne Jackson, originally hired as understudy to Jarrod Emick, has now replaced him as the lead.

Broadway favorites Harvey Fierstein, Dick Latessa, Euan Morton, Christiane Noll, Alix Korey, Chad Kimball, Kate Shindle, Julia Murney, Anne Runolfsson, Isabel Rose, Anika Larsen, and Bon Jovi keyboard player David Bryan will gather for a one-night only benefit for Only Make Believe, hosted by Hayley Mills and Brad Oscar, on Monday, November 1 at 7 p.m. at SHOW (135 West 41st Street). The event will be directed by Joe DiPietro, with musical direction by Seth Rudetsky.

BroadwayWorld.com has learned that Jennifer Gambatese (currently Penny in Hairspray) has been offered one of the leads in 'All Shook Up'

'The Thing About Men,' the new musical at the Promenade Theatre, is misnamed, as was the 1985 German film 'Men' ('Manner' in German) on which it's based.