John Drew News

An upcoming staged reading of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's 1927 classic The Royal Family has drawn a starry cast that includes Marian Seldes and Mercedes Ruehl

Ed Dixon's new backstage comedy, Scenery, will make its debut at Mason Street Warehouse in Saugatuck, Michigan on August 25 for a limited run through September 10

Judith Ivey, Harris Yulin, Joseph Stein, Scott Frankel and more recently turned out for a screening and celebration of Grey Gardens at the fabled estate in East Hampton

Barbara Carroll, Brandon Cutrell, Natalie Douglas, Phillip Officer and more will perform in The Third Hamptons Festival of American Cabaret, taking place at the John Drew Theatre at Guild Hall in East Hampton from July 21st through 22nd

This summer, Melissa Errico will star in the Hollywood Bowl's concert production of The Sound of Music this July before performing in a concert called The Gershwins in Hollywood this August

On March 13th, Chita Rivera and other stars attended Guild Hall's 75th anniversary Academy of the Arts gala 'Celebrating Creativity'

THE 2005 NEW YORK MUSIC THEATER FESTIVAL, DENNIS GRIMALDI PRODUCTIONS and NICK CAVARRA are pleased to announce the New York premiere of the new musical 'RICHARD CORY,' directed by JAMES BRENNAN.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party, with Caruso, Karen Mason, Johnny Rodgers and more in tow, will go on the road to play the Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY on July 23rd

Guild Hall of East Hampton, the premier cultural institution of its kind in the area, has announced the honorees for its 20th Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards Gala to be held on Monday, March 14, 2005 at the Rainbow Room, New York City. The distinguished honorees for the year 2004, selected by the 200 member Guild Hall Academy of the Arts, are composer/lyricist Sheldon Harnick for Performing Arts, novelist Louis Begley for Literary Arts, photographer/artist Cindy Sherman for Visual Arts and real estate developer and philanthropist Marshall Rose for Lifelong Patron of the Arts.

From a chorus boy in the original cast of 'Oklahoma!' to a one-man show off-Broadway and a Tony Award in between, George S. Irving has been one of Broadway's most endearing and enduring character men