Jule Styne News

In May, Any Wednesday will bring audiences an abundance of cabaret divas.

Side by Side by Sondheim, a celebration of the works of Stephen Sondheim, will enjoy a limited 12-week run at the Venue Theatre in London, from April 26 - July 14, 2007, with Opening Night scheduled for Tuesday, May 1. The production will be the first major West End revival in 30 years. The show is produced by The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) producers Neil Laidlaw (NML Productions) and Melanie Herman.

Acclaimed Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons will hold its annual 'High Standards' Gala Benefit on Monday evening, April 16th at Guastavino's

The New York Times reports today that City Center's Encores! will be spinning off 'Encores! Summer Stars' which will kick things off from July 9 to July 29th with Gypsy starring Patti LuPone. Author Laurents, who wrote the book and directed the show on Broadway will direct.

Elegant cabaret star Karen Akers returns to New York for her highly anticipated eighth consecutive spring engagement at the legendary Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel

George S. Irving is featured in Musicals Tonight!'s reading of Kander and Ebb's 1968 musical

Masterworks Broadway, a label born out of the SONY/BMG merger, has gathered together collection of these 'sleeper' hits sung by some of the theater's most talented performers in its new release, 'Broadway Scene Stealers,' featuring songs sung by supporting characters in musicals.

Award-winning cabaret star Andrea Marcovicci performed 'I'll Be Seeing You...Love Songs of World War II' at Town Hall on Friday, February 23 at 8 pm.

A revival of the Jule Styne/Bob Merrill musical 'Some Like It Hot' is confirmed to hit the West End in autumn 2007. The show will be produced by Paul Coxwell and directed by Jerry Zaks, whose impressive Broadway track record includes productions as diverse as 'La Cage Aux Folles', 'Little Shop of Horrors', 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum', 'Smokey Joe's Café', 'Guys and Dolls' and 'The Front Page'.

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

Award-winning cabaret star Andrea Marcovicci will perform 'I'll Be Seeing You...Love Songs of World War II' on Friday, February 23 at 8 pm.

An array of Broadway stars will take part in a January 26th reading of the Jule Styne musical Bar Mitzvah Boy, which will be presented at Chelsea Studios

A sense of flippant musical comedy silliness, combined with a legit soprano of crystalline clarity, provided a keen balance of artistry and entertainment in Kristin Chenoweth's Metropolitan Opera concert debut

John Meyer and Judy Blazer, Ken Page and Baby Jane Dexter are among the performers who will appear at the Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street) in January and February.

The New York Philharmonic presents Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady in four semi-staged performances, March 7-10, 2007. The musical - a New York Philharmonic premiere - will star Kelli O'Hara, Kelsey Grammer, Charles Kimbrough, Brian Dennehy, Marni Nixon and Tim Jerome.

Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre has announced its 2007-2008 season

To honor the life of Betty Comden, the marquee of every Broadway theatre will be dimmed on Tuesday, November 28 at exactly 8 p.m. for one minute in her memory