Johann Strauss News

On the night when baseball's all-stars were blasting dingers into the bleachers of Yankee Stadium, the cast of Scott Siegel's A Night At The Operetta, was having their own home run derby on the stage of Town Hall, knocking melodies by Victor Herbert, Sigmund Romberg and Rudolf Friml out of the park.  And in both cases, the crowd frequently went nuts.

Pamela Armstrong will star in Opera Pacific's production of 'Susannah.'

Stacy Keach to guest star as Merlyn in the New York Philharmonic's 'Camalot' May 7-10, 2008

Opera Pacific announces 'Susannah' as the final opera of their 2007-2008 season. Performances begin May 14th.

The Academy for the Performing Artist, Las Vegas, will present Tales from the Holly Woods a contemporary version of Die Fledermaus at the Whitney Library on December 15 at 7PM. This production was originally produced by The Academy's parent company, Opera New York.

LoveMusik and 110 in the Shade orchestrator Jonathan Tunick chats with BroadwayWorld in our Tony Award nominee interview series

Kitty Carlisle Hart, the elegant legend whose seventy-year career encompassed theatre, films, opera, TV game shows and cabaret, has passed away at the age of 96.

Broadway and cabaret star Jason Graae will join the San Francisco Opera this fall to play the drunken jailer 'Frosch' in Johann Strauss Jr.s' Die Fledermaus

Legendary producer/director Harold Prince--who currently has twenty Tony Awards (including two Special Tony Awards) on his mantle--will add a Tony for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

Variety reports that Harold Prince has lined up two new tuners to work on, LoveMusik, followed by Paradise Lost.

Bill Irwin will make his Metropolitan Opera debut in a speaking role in Die Fledermaus from December 19th through January 7th