John Wilkes Booth News

Wilmington Drama League Stages Sondheim's Thrilling Assassins As Season Opener

The following nominees were announced at the Annual Barrymore Awards Press Conference on August 6. Award recipients will be announced at the 2008 Barrymore Awards Ceremony on Monday, October 6.

The classic television sitcom 'The Brady Bunch' will get a musical treatment with the world premiere of A Very Brady Musical in Hollywood beginning in June at Theatre West. With the TV show's creator Sherwood Schwartz onboard as executive proudcer, son Lloyd J. Schwartz has written the new musical and is also set to direct, while sister Hope Juber has co-written the book and penned the lyrics and music with her husband Laurence Juber...

New Line Theatre has produced many musicals by composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim over its 17 years (Anyone Can Whistle, Company, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, Assassins, Passion, and two revues of his songs), but they've never been performing one of his shows on his birthday -- till now! On Saturday, March 22, during the current run of Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins, New Line will throw Sondheim a 78th birthday party, complete with birthday cake for the audience.

New Line Theatre continues its seventeenth season of provocative, alternative musical theatre, with the return of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's political masterwork Assassins, running March 6-29, 2008, at the brand new Ivory Theatre, 7622 Michigan at Ivory, in South St. Louis City.

Terrence J. Nolan takes a bold and impressive leap with material that is both brilliant and brutal with Sondheim's 'Assassins.'

WHO: Spotlighters Theatre WHAT: Stephen Sondheim's Assassins WHEN: Through March 18; Fri, Sat at 8PM, Sun at 2PM, Thurs March 15 at 8PM HOW MUCH: $15.00, $10.00 with BWW Discount! See end of review!

The National Dance Institute will honor Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris--both currently Tony-nominated for their work as Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett, respectively, in the Sweeney Todd revival--on July 19th at 6:30 PM at at the LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts Concert Hall (65th St. between Amsterdam and West End Avenues)

The production of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA has extended through July 23rd due to popular demand

On July 19th, the National Dance Institute will honor Sweeney Todd stars Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris at their Event of the Year gala

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming production of John Weidman and Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, presented at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA from May 30-July 16

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schoenberg's THE PIRATE QUEEN, the spectacular new musical from the authors of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, will play a pre-Broadway, World Premiere engagement in Chicago from October 3rd through November 26th, 2006.

The Tragedy of Abraham Lincoln, by M. Stefan Strozier, runs Off-Broadway from April 13th through May 7th

On March 27th, Michael Cerveris and a host of downtown performers will take the stage for the Joe's Pub concert Weimar New York

Michael Cerveris will head to Seth's Broadway Chatterbox for the December 8th edition of the popular theatre chat show

Broadway star Patrick Cassidy and American Idol's Amy Adams will star in the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Techicolor Dreamcoat, which will circle the country from September 6th, 2005 to July 30th, 2006

Reported here back on April 27th, the news is now official that Lupone will star alongside Michael Cerveris for the show's fall opening.

Michael Cerveris, soon to be seen in the upcoming revival of Sweeney Todd, will open for Scottish band Teenage Fanclub at the Bowery Ballroom on July 23rd