Joe Mantello News

GLEE star Lea Michele is featured singing WICKED's powerful anthem 'Defying Gravity' in a new solo cut from the hit Fox series. You can check it out right here on STAGE TUBE!

A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held daily for WICKED, which will be performing from November 18 - December 13 at the State Theatre at PlayhouseSquare.

Cast members from the Denver company of the Broadway blockbuster musical, Wicked, will be on hand tonight, November 9 to perform the National Anthem for the Broncos vs. Steelers game. Wicked is currently playing the Buell Theatre at the Denver Center for the Arts, back by popular demand. The production, which opened on October 7, runs through November 15.

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) has announced that the culmination of the union's 50th anniversary year is a gala celebration on Sunday, November 8 at the Tribeca Rooftop.

Award-winning musical announces extra Christmas dates

Sonnet Repertory Theatre (SRT) has announced its scheduled line-up for 'Sonnet Sings the Bard' concert, which takes place on November 16 at the 92YTribeca. Contributing composers to this one-night-only benefit event include: Tony, Grammy, Emmy and Drama Desk Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated composers and lyricists Marc Shaiman and Scott Whittman (Hairspray, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Patti LuPone on Broadway), Tony, Grammy and Emmy-nominated and Academy Award-winning composer David Shire (Baby, Closer Than Ever, Big, Saturday Night Fever), Georgia Stitt (This Ordinary Thursday: The Songs Of Georgia Stitt with Sara Ramirez, Kelli O'Hara, Faith Prince, and many more), Ray Leslee (Avenue X, Educating Rita, Standup Shakespeare), Karl Mansfield (conductor and keyboardist for Broadway's Xanadu, La Boheme, 13, Dracula, Corum Boy, Sweet Charity, and Off-Broadway's Grey Gardens, Toxic Avenger, Shafrika the White Girl and Alter Boyz), and Wade McCollum (composer and lyricist for ONE, and award-winning performance in Hedwig and the Angry Inch).

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) has announced that the culmination of the union's 50th anniversary year is a gala celebration on Sunday, November 8 at the Tribeca Rooftop.

The musical blockbuster WICKED will celebrate its 6th Anniversary on Broadway by hosting several special WICKED DAY festivities throughout the New York area, as well as the first ever online global WICKED party on WICKED DAY, October 30th.

WICKED, the most anticipated musical production of the 2009 - 2010 season will go on sale to the public on Friday, October 30 at 8:00 a.m.; tickets will be exclusively available at the Schuster Center Box Office at Second and Main Streets, Dayton, OH 45402. Local radio stations Lite 99.9 FM and Mix 107.7 will be broadcasting live from the event and hosting trivia contests.

The musical blockbuster WICKED will celebrate its 6th Anniversary on Broadway by hosting several special WICKED DAY festivities throughout the New York area, as well as the first ever online global WICKED party on WICKED DAY, October 30th.

The new book, 'Wicked The Musical: A Pop-Up Compendium of Splendiferous Delight and Thrillifying Intrigue' spotlights the many magical moments in the hit production and you can watch a sneak peek video of all the OZ filled fun on Amazon.com.

This holiday season Capital Stage will present the David Sedaris cult-hit Santaland Diaries, adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello. Capital Stage associate artist Janis Stevens will direct actor Gary Wright (formerly of the Foothill Theatre Company) in this sardonic one-man holiday tour-de-force.

WICKED, the most anticipated musical production of the 2009 - 2010 season will go on sale to the public on Friday, October 30 at 8:00 a.m.; tickets will be exclusively available at the Schuster Center Box Office at Second and Main Streets, Dayton, OH 45402. Local radio stations Lite 99.9 FM and Mix 107.7 will be broadcasting live from the event and hosting trivia contests.

Tony® Award-winner Liev Schreiber and Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson, in her Broadway debut, will star in Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE directed by Gregory Mosher on Broadway at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street). Performances begin Monday, December 28, 2009 and the official opening is Sunday, January 24, 2010. The limited engagement will run for 14 weeks only.

'Behind The Curtain' on Courant.com reports that SHREK composer Jeanine Tesori is partnering with with writer Lisa Kron ('Well,' '2.5 Minute Ride') on a musical adaptation of the graphic novel, 'Fun Home,' by Alison Bechnell. Joe Mantello, reveals 'Behind The Curtain,' will direct.

Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production of After Miss Julie officially opened last night, Thursday, October 22nd. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there for all the first night festivities!

BroadwayWorld.com presents its newest column, Twitter Watch, which will bring you only the best and most interesting reports straight from the mouths of Broadway stars, shows and more on the hot social networking service - Twitter!

GLEE star Lea Michele is featured singing WICKED's powerful anthem 'Defying Gravity' in a new vocal snippet from the hit Fox series. You can check it out right here on STAGE TUBE!

Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway production of After Miss Julie officially opens tonight, Thursday, October 22nd.

The Horizon Theatre will open THE SANTALAND DIARIES for its 11th straight season beginning November 27th. THE SANTALAND DIARIES is written by critically-acclaimed author David Sedaris and runs through January 3rd, 2010.