Jule Styne News

The Town Hall has announced the line-up for its latest Not Just Jazz Series. The program features a mix of sounds from the world over, including flamenco, Middle Eastern music, cabaret, nostalgic 60s and movie soundtracks

Jewish Community Centers of Chicago will hold its annual benefit concert on Tuesday, November 14th at 7:30 PM at Chicago's Symphony Center.

Jane Russell, the legendary film star who created the role of brunette Dorothy Shaw in the 1953 film version of the composer's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, has joined the roster of stars who will salute the music of Jule Styne as part of the 7th annual Actors' Fund Winter Concert

Henry Winkler, the 'Happy Days' star who last appeared on Broadway in The Dinner Party, has taken on the role of swashbuckling villain Captain Hook in a London holiday pantomime of Peter Pan.

In November, Carol Channing, Jason Alexander, Robert Morse, Tyne Daly and dozens of stars will salute the music of Jule Styne as part of the 7th annual Actors' Fund Winter Concert

Gypsy, starring Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone in the towering role of Rose, played from August 11th through August 13th at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago

For many years the theater community wondered why Tony Award wining actress Patti LuPone had never been cast as Mama Rose in the various revivals of the legendary musical GYPSY...Finally, the part and the actress were brought together at Ravinia's Music Festival and the results surpassed expectations

Legendary composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim will no longer appear before the Ravinia Festival in Chicago's August 11th performance of Gypsy, starring Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone as Rose.

Full casting has been announced for Ravinia's Gypsy, running August 11th through 13th; in addition, Sondheim will appear for a pre-show discussion on August 11th

PS Classics, the label dedicated to celebrating the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, has announced plans to release Charlotte Rae's much-loved 1955 solo album, 'Songs I Taught My Mother,' for the first time on CD

Craig Zadan and Neil Meron--the producers of the upcoming film version of Hairpray--will bring a movie musical of Peter Pan to the small screen

Mamma Mia What a Mama Rose

The new musical I Love You Because, with its acclaimed score by Ryan Cunningham and Joshua Salzman, will be preserved on disc, in a recording to be released in the fall by PS Classics

According to The New York Post's Liz Smith, the Weinsteins do not hold the rights to Gypsy for a planned film version

Stephanie J. Block, the talented performer who will soon be appearing in concert at Birdland, dishes on her soon-to-be reign as The Pirate Queen, on her turn as Wicked's Elphaba, and on other favorite roles

Due to his commitment to the upcoming Simon Cowell series 'America's Got Talent,' 'Baywatch' star David Hasselhoff will no longer be playing Captain Hook in a London holiday pantomime of Peter Pan

Is a second film version of Gypsy on the way...with Oscar-winner Catherine Zeta Jones as ultimate stage mother Rose?

'Jule Styne in Hollywood,' a concert celebrating the release of a new PS Classics Inc. CD and featuring Maria Friedman and others, took place at Birdland on May 22nd