Johnny Mercer News

Kumu Kahua Theatre and Bamboo Ridge Press have announced the winner of the December 2023 Go Try PlayWrite Contest. Find out who won and learn more about the competition here!

Goodspeed Musicals has revealed the participants for the 12th annual Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals.

See photos of Amber Ardolino and Nick Fradiani in A Beautiful Noise!

Watch Nick Fradiani sing 'Holly Holy' in A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical on Broadway!

Washington National Opera will present the 11th season of American Opera Initiative (AOI), an acclaimed initiative to commission and present new American operas, on January 19, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. T

Tony nominee John-Andrew Morrison (A Strange Loop) and Angie Schworer (Some Like It Hot, The Prom,) lead the cast of Salem, a new musical comedy.

Elton John is now an EGOT. He won a Tony Award in 2000 for Best Original Score for Aida with Tim Rice. He was awarded with his first Oscar in 1995 for 'Can You Feel the Love Tonight' from the Lion King. Other EGOT winners include Viola Davis, Whoopi Goldberg, Marvin Hamlisch, Helen Hayes, Alan Menken, Rita Moreno, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and more.

The Johnny Mercer Foundation and Snow Pond Center for the Arts have extended the deadline for submissions to their inaugural Songwriting Intensive. Grammy-nominated composer/lyricist Rona Siddiqui and award-winning composer/lyricist Adam Gwon will join as mentors.

Theatre Collingwood announces their exciting collection of productions and events for their 40th anniversary year in 2024.

Amber Ardolino will join the cast of A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical in the role of ‘Marcia Murphey’, beginning tonight, January 2, at the Broadhurst Theatre.

The company of A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical on Broadway have revealed their picks for best line in the show and the answers are so good! Check out the video!

BrightSide Theatre presents Chess in Concert, a professional theatre performance in Naperville's Historic Downtown District. Don't miss this captivating production of Chess in Concert.

Watch Robyn Hurder take her final bow in A Beautiful Noise.

Join Rona Siddiqui and Adam Gwon as faculty for the Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriting Intensive at Snow Pond Center for the Arts.

54 Below will welcome back Andrea McArdle in her brand-new show Confessions of a Broadway Baby  on March 29 & 30 at 7pm.

Christine Lavin industriously releases her decades-long SEASONS PROJECT

Performing to a record-breaking crowd at Sydney's Sports Ground and telecast live to the largest viewer audience in Australian history, Neil Diamond's explosive performance in March of 1976 electrified and mesmerized an entire nation for one amazing night with nearly three hours of phenomenal showmanship and entertainment.

Yesterday, A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical celebrated its first anniversary on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre with the traditional first anniversary gift of paper lottery tickets for the entire audience.

Goodspeed Musicals has announced a Festival of New Musicals taking place in January. Stay tuned for exciting new productions and performances!

Amber Ardolino is joining the cast of A Beautiful Noise next year! Ardolino will play ‘Marcia Murphey’ on Broadway in A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical starting Tuesday, January 2, 2024.