John Kander News

The 1972 concert has been digitally restored and will air in 2006.

Larry Blank reflects back on his friend and colleague, Michael Gibson.

Tony-nominated orchestrator Michael Gibson, who often collaborated with John Kander, has passed away at the age of 60

The final edition of the season took us back to a year of Sondheim, Rodgers, Coleman, Berlin, Strouse & Adams and Newley & Bricusse

For the second consecutive year, CBS 2's Dana Tyler hosts 'Broadway Under the Stars,' a popular celebration of the best of Broadway and CBS 2's official start of summer.

The 4th Annual Broadway Under the Stars free outdoor concert took place on Monday, June 13th featuring a plethora of Broadway's leading men and we were there to capture them all!

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mario Cantone and Brent Barrett have joined the starry line-up of leading men scheduled to perform at Broadway Under the Stars on June 13th

Some of Broadway's brightest leading men as well as Christina Applegate and others will show up to perform at this year's Broadway Under the Stars on June 13th

Some of Broadway's most charming leading men will take the stage in this year's Broadway Under the Stars, which will honor the songs of the late Cy Coleman and Fred Ebb

On Monday, June 6, 2005, The York Theatre Company will present the international stage and film designer Tony Walton with the fifteenth Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre at its annual spring benefit at Broadway's Hudson Theatre, 145 West 44th Street.

Melanie Herman had the love of theatre and the determination to help support the arts-- all she needed was the show. Then she discovered The Musical of Musicals.

Over 100 hours of interviews with Broadway legends have been donated to the New York Library of Performing Arts' TOFT Collection

With the passing of Fred Ebb, Onna White and, most recently, Cy Coleman, the 'death comes in threes' superstition seems to have a sorrowful twinge of truth.

Legendary set and costume designer Tony Walton will receive the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Acheivement in an all-star tribute on June 6th

The Encompass New Opera Theatre paid tribute to composer John Kander of May 15 in a gala performance at the National Arts Club.

Movin' Out, The Graduate, Little Shop, Chicago and More Honored with Awards...

The Fred Ebb Award will recognize excellence in musical theatre songwriting, by a lyricist, composer, or songwriting team that has not yet achieved significant commercial success. The award is meant to encourage and support aspiring songwriters to create new works for the musical theatre. The prize includes a $50,000 award.

Some of Broadway's finest take over Sarofim Hall stage on Thursday, April 28 to salute one of Broadway's most prolific writing teams, John Kander and Fred Ebb, during Theatre Under The Stars' 2005 American Musical Theatre Awards. The longest-running music-and-lyrics partnership in Broadway musical history, Kander and Ebb have created such revered musicals as Chicago, Cabaret, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Steel Pier, among others.

The Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell Bernard, Trustee) in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) are pleased to announce the inauguration of the Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters. The award is named in honor of the late award-winning lyricist Fred Ebb.

Brooke Shields will make her British stage debut starring as 'Roxie Hart' in the London production of Chicago for 9 weeks.