Jonathan Larson News

NewMusicalTheatre.com, the first website ever exclusively devoted to selling sheet music by musical theater writers, launches Tony-nominated Jeff Blumenkrantz's sheet music catalogue today. Over the course of the next several weeks and leading up to an April launch concert, NewMusicalTheatre.com will be adding a new writer to the site every Friday.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Neil Patrick Harris will indeed be appearing on GLEE this season. Entertainment Weekly is reporting that he'll be playing a former rival of Mr. Schu (Matthew Morrison) who's come back to town to try to shut down the show choir.

With its enduring lessons of love, loss and living life to the fullest, the groundbreaking rock opera, 'Rent,' will be presented by Mercer County Community College Theatre students and community actors at the college's Kelsey Theatre in April. Dates and show times for this unforgettable musical based on Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme are: Fridays, April 9 and 16 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, April 10 and 17 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, April 11 and 18 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on Mercer's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

The American Theatre Wing Presented the 2010 Jonathan Larson® Grants on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at the American Airlines Theatre in New York City. This year, Peter Lerman, Daniel Maté, and songwriting team Michael Kooman (music) and Christopher Dimond (book & lyrics) were selected to receive the prestigious grants, totaling $10,000. The evening included special performances of the recipients' work by Brian d'Arcy James and Kerry Butler. Brad Bass, John Eric Parker, and Ephraim Sykes from Memphis performed a rarely heard Jonathan Larson song. BroadwayWorld was there for the ceremony.

On Fri & Sat, Feb 26 & 27, 2009 - Singer-Songwriter and musical theater composer Jeremy Schonfeld made his stunning Los Angeles debut with two sold-out concerts at Upright Cabaret.

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo, L.A.

11th Hour Theatre Company is pleased to present the Philadelphia Premiere of Rooms: a rock romance. This musical will run April 9-May 2 at the Independence Black Box at the Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut Street. The show will open on Thursday, April 15. Tickets cost $27 - $30. There is a three dollar discount for all tickets purchased online. Tickets for preview performances cost $19 - there is no discount on preview tickets. Tickets are available at www.11thhourtheatrecompany.org or by calling the box office at 267-987-9865.

The Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University (1 University Parkway, University Park, IL 60484) presents "If You Give a Pig a Pancake & Other Story Books," Theatreworks USA's new musical adaptation of popular children's books, on Saturday, March 6 at 11 a.m.

The Music Division of the Library of Congress will present the 1934 Harold Arlen/Ira Gershwin/Yip Harburg musical revue 'Life Begins at 8:40' in concert, its first live performance in 75 years, in the Library's Coolidge Auditorium at 10 First St., S.E., Washington, D.C., on Monday, March 22, 2010, at 8 p.m. Aaron Gandy will conduct the cast of 25 and the 24-piece orchestra.

The American Theatre Wing announced today that the 2010 Jonathan Larson® Grants will be presented on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at the American Airlines Theatre (227 W 42nd Street, 5th Floor) in New York City. This year, Peter Lerman, Daniel Mate, and songwriting team Michael Kooman (music) and Christopher Dimond (book & lyrics) were selected to receive the prestigious grants, totaling $10,000. The evening will include special performances of the recipients' work by Brian d'Arcy James, Kerry Butler and Brad Bass, John Eric Parker, and Ephraim Sykes from Memphis will perform a rarely heard Jonathan Larson song.

NewMusicalTheatre.com, the first website ever exclusively devoted to selling sheet music by musical theater writers, launches Ryan Cunningham and Josh Salzman's sheet music catalogue today. Over the course of the next several weeks and leading up to an April launch concert, NewMusicalTheatre.com will be adding a new writer to the site every Friday.

According to Entertainment Weekly, it's confirmed that Neil Patrick Harris will indeed be appearing on GLEE this season. The pub reports that he'll be playing a former rival of Mr. Schu (Matthew Morrison) who's come back to town to try to shut down the show choir.

Ars Nova, under the leadership of Artistic Director Jason Eagan, will present the world premiere of the new musical BLOODSONG OF LOVE with book, music & lyrics by multi-award winner Joe Iconis, and directed by John Simpkins. BLOODSONG OF LOVE, which was commissioned and developed by Ars Nova, will begin previews on April 1st prior to an official press opening of April 15th at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues) in Manhattan.

Village Theatre has announced its 2010-2011 Mainstage Season, comprised of five with five diverse stories. Last season, the Village Theatre achieved an all-time high 18,000 subscribers, and hope to build on that number with a season including two Broadway musicals as well as two world premieres.

Auditions for the Lehigh Valley premiere of RENT at Civic Theatre of Allentown will be held on Tuesday, March 2nd and Wednesday, March 3rd at 7pm in the rehearsal hall above Civic's 19th Street Theatre at 527 N 19th Street in Allentown.

On Monday, March 1, Larson Award-winning songwriters Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk featured their work in a special concert at Birdland. The event was part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series, which showcases performers and songwriters from the Great White Way.

The Wagner College Theatre has named Richard Martin Hirsch, of Pacific Palisades, Calif., the winner of the 2010 Stanley Drama Award for his play, 'The Restoration of Sight.'

March 2 marks the 69th Anniversary of the opening of the American Theatre Wing's popular World War II nightclub, the Stage Door Canteen.

Auditions for the Lehigh Valley premiere of RENT at Civic Theatre of Allentown will be held on Tuesday, March 2nd and Wednesday, March 3rd at 7pm in the rehearsal hall above Civic's 19th Street Theatre at 527 N 19th Street in Allentown.

American Stage Theatre Company, the Tampa Bay area's only professional equity regional theatre, has announced the 2010-2011 season for its Mainstage Series and American Stage in the Park.