Johnny Rodgers News

BroadwayWorld reached out to Liza and her 'boys' Cortes Alexander, Jim Caruso, Tiger Martina and Johnny Rodgers and gave them a Flip video camera to record all the fun as they wowed the crowds in Italy.

Due to overwhelming demand, 'Liza's at the Palace....' the new show starring Liza Minnelli will play an additional two weeks of performances at Broadway's Palace Theatre (Broadway & 47th Street). With an opening set for December 3rd (6:30PM), Miss Minnelli will bring her unmatchable magic to Broadway for an engagement now scheduled to play through December 28th---surpassing the originally announced closing date of December 14th. Included in the extension, is a special holiday matinee at 3PM on December 24th.

Due to overwhelming demand, 'Liza's at the Palace....' the new show starring Liza Minnelli will play an additional two weeks of performances at Broadway's Palace Theatre (Broadway & 47th Street). With an opening set for December 3rd (6:30PM), Miss Minnelli will bring her unmatchable magic to Broadway for an engagement now scheduled to play through December 28th---surpassing the originally announced closing date of December 14th. Included in the extension, is a special holiday matinee at 3PM on December 24th.

Liza Minnelli will bring her unmatchable magic BACK to Broadway, when she stars in her new show 'Liza's At The Palace...!' Opening Wednesday, December 3rd at the Palace Theatre for a limited engagement through December 14th. BroadwayWorld's Walter McBride was one of the few exclusive photographers invited to capture the moment as Liza and her team held their official press 'meet and greet'.

Liza Minnelli will bring her unmatchable magic BACK to Broadway, when she stars in her new show 'Liza's At The Palace...!' opening Wednesday, December 3rd at the Palace Theatre for a limited engagement through December 14th. BroadwayWorld's Walter McBride was one of the few exclusive photographers invited to capture the moment as Liza and her team held their official press 'meet and greet'.

After weeks of rumors, it's finally official! Liza Minnelli will bring her unmatchable magic BACK to Broadway, when she stars in her new show 'Liza's At The Palace...!' opening Wednesday, December 3rd.

Last night, Liza Minnelli decided to treat co-workers Johnny Rodgers, Jim Caruso, Cortes Alexander and Tiger Martina to an evening of...cabaret! The five-some took time off from rehearsals to cheer musical cohort Billy Stritch and Klea Blackhurst, who dazzled the crowd with an evening of Hoagy Carmichael songs at the Metropolitan Room.

On THURSDAY, JULY 31st CAROL HALL and STEVEN LUTVAK, two members of the award-winning faculty at the Cabaret Conference at Yale University, will perform in concert at Yale University's NEW THEATRE.

It's finally here! The jam-packed end-of-season roundup of CDs from our very own Naomi Plume (so big, it had to be put into two parts)...The good, the bad, the ugly...or to quote from the ad for the upcoming musical A TALE OF A TWO CITIES... 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' We're so glad that we got to use that line first! So enjoy this very special two-parter - happy reading, happy listening, happy buying (or not) and good luck to everyone at the TONY Awards on Sunday night from all of us at BroadwayWorld.com. So enjoy this very special two-parter - happy reading, happy listening, happy buying (or not) and good luck to everyone at the TONY Awards on Sunday night from all of us at BroadwayWorld.com.

The Leading Men III concert was performed on Monday, April 21, 2008 at 7:00pm to a sold out audience, as part of the long-running concert series Broadway at Birdland. The concert was a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Award-winning Playwright/Composer CAROL HALL joins Kia Corthron, Jeffrey Sweet, Gary Garrison, Roland Tec, Hilary Chaplain & David Engel, Kristine Niven and Margo Hammond in Artistic New Directions' presentation of 'AN ECLECTIC EVENING OF SHORT WORKS.'

LML Music will release 'Hallways, The Songs of Carol Hall' on Tuesday, March 11, 2008. The new CD will be available nationally in stores and online at iTunes and Amazon.com.

BroadwayWorld.com's New and Updated Who's Who Entries for the Week of 9/11/2007. Updates include: Orfeh , Julian Alvarez, James Anest, Chad Beguelin, Jen Bender, Marc Bruni, Cornell Christianson, Petula Clark, Tom D'Angora, Adriana Gaviria, Steven Hack, Randy Jones, Ralph Lampkin, Jr., Angela Lin, Johnny Rodgers, Drew Sarich, Stephanie St. James, Jim Stanek, Ben Vereen, Brandon Wardell.

Happy Holidays Everyone! Well ... here it is ... our BIGGEST CD coverage EVER and just in time for some last minute 'stocking-stuffer' inspiration ... even though a few of these are better used as coal, if you know what I mean.

On Monday, June 4th at 7 PM, Jim Caruso presented 'Jim Caruso & Friends: A One Man Show' as part of Broadway at Birdland with guests Amanda Green, Todd Londagin, Stephanie J. Block and Johnny Rodgers.

On Monday, June 4th at 7 PM, Jim Caruso's Cast Party and Theatremania.com are presenting Jim Caruso & Friends...A One Man Show will appear at Broadway at Birdland.

Because of the overwhelming response to our report on Liza Minnelli's first concert tribute to her godmother Kay Thompson, we're happy to bring you some new dates on their schedule.

For audiences lucky enough to live in Florida this month, or if you find yourself in Las Vegas this March 29-31 at the Luxor Hotel, you'll find Liza Minnelli trying out a great new ACT II consisting of the extraordinary vocal arrangements and humor that defined her Godmother, the singularly unique Kay Thompson.

The Metropolitan Room has announced its March schedule of cabaret performers.

The hit Broadway musical GREY GARDENS - recently proclaimed the #1 Show of the Year by Time Magazine - will have its Original Broadway Cast Recording recorded and released by PS Classics.