Julie Andrews News

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Fred Travalena, the master impressionist and singer whose vast repertoire of voices ranged from Jack Nicholson to Sammy Davis Jr. to Bugs Bunny, has died. He was 66.

The festival will include performances by the faculty and students, as well as seminars by faculty members including Jed Bernstein and Dave Clemmons. Workshops taking place during the project will also be featured including directors such as Frank Wildhorn, David Loud and Christopher D'Amboise.

?We are thrilled to bring back the tap dancing musical extravaganza 42nd Street,? exclaims Christopher B. Manos, Producer of Theater of the Stars. ?And starring as the perennial leading lady ?Dorothy Brock,? is the sublime Loretta Swit, an amazing actress whose career spans stage, screen and television roles from Mame to ?Hot Lips Houlihan? in M*A*S*H*. Our brand new production is sure to delight audiences of all ages! Join us for an unforgettable experience and see one of the all-time great musicals at the Fabulous Fox Theatre from July 28 through August 2. Tickets are on sale now at all Ticketmaster outlets and www.ticketmaster.com.?

BROADWAY THEATRE PROJECT ANNOUNCES REVISED COMPREHENSIVE SUMMER MUSICAL THEATRE ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM--Creates New Festival to Include Students Parents; Underscores Commitment to the Tampa Theatre Arts Community--Debra McWaters' New Book - Musical Theatre Training: The Broadway Theatre Project Handbook - Available from Major Booksellers Worldwide--

'HAIR Week' On Broadway's exclusive look into the revival of HAIR, in celebration of the release of Ghostlight Records' New Broadway Cast Recording (in stores June 23), will also include special guest DJ sessions with members of the 'tribe.' Beginning Monday, June 22 through Friday, June 26 at 9:00 am and 9:00 pm ET, the 'tribe' members will play music from the new cast album and share stories about what goes on behind the scenes at the Hirschfeld Theatre.

The Broadway Tour of Jonathan Larson's masterpiece, 'Rent', starring original cast members Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp has hit the Paramount and the show is still a powerhouse of all that's good about Musical Theater.

Tony Award nominee Gavin Creel (Thoroughly Modern Millie, La Cage aux Folles) with cast members Sasha Allen, Ato Blankson-Wood, Allison Case, Kaitlin Kiyan, Caissie Levy, Nicole Lewis, and Megan Reinking.

Tony Award winner Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, Flower Drum Song) and Anika Larsen (Xanadu, All Shook Up, Avenue Q)

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the full cast for the New York premiere of the new musical The Tin Pan Alley Rag, written by Mark Saltzman, with Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin & Scott Joplin, directed by Stafford Arima.

SIRIUS XM Radio's On Broadway channel will feature extensive Tony Awards programming now through the 63rd annual ceremony on Sunday, June 7. Listeners will hear a special live Tony Awards broadcast hosted by SIRIUS XM hosts Seth Rudetsky and Julie James. In addition to play-by-play commentary and music from the award-winning shows, the special will include exclusive comments from Sir Elton John, composer of the music of Billy Elliot The Musical, which received fifteen nominations, in addition to the premiere of a performance of ?Electricity? by Sir Elton John himself.

Tony Award winner Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, Flower Drum Song) and Anika Larsen (Xanadu, All Shook Up, Avenue Q)

Broadway actress and celebrated impressionist Christine Pedi is to premiere her one woman tour-de-force, Great Dames, in London. Great Dames will be at Jermyn Street Theatre from Tuesday June 2 - Sunday June 21. The press night is Wednesday June 3 at 8.00pm.

Theatre Tuscaloosa is proud to present two showings of the beloved classic film, 'The Sound of Music' June 2, 2009. The film will be shown at Tuscaloosa's historic BAMA Theatre, 600 Greensboro Avenue, in downtown Tuscaloosa.

NEW DRAMATISTS, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, honored the late Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Horton Foote with their 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 60th Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, on Tuesday, May 19th at the New York Marriott Marquis (1535 Broadway, between 45th and 46th Streets). New Dramatists 60th Annual Spring Luncheon has been underwritten by Bob Boyett. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there to capture the afternoon event.

Filmmakers Gregory V. Sherman and Jeffrey C. Sherman explore the brothers' peripatetic childhoods, marriages, early careers and close personal and professional relationship with pioneering filmmaker and studio chief Walt Disney to create a unique portrait of these two extremely gifted but very different artists.

NEW DRAMATISTS, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premiere playwright development workshop, proudly announces that the late Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Horton Foote will be honored with their 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 60th Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, to be held Tuesday, May 19th at the New York Marriott Marquis. New Dramatists 60th Annual Spring Luncheon has been underwritten by Bob Boyett.

Hunter Foster and Titus Burgess will join SIRIUS XM Radio host Seth Rudetsky for SIRIUS XM Live on Broadway, an exclusive SIRIUS XM musical series that invites Broadway artists to perform live and speak candidly with fans.

Two-time Tony Award winners NATHAN LANE (The Producers, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) and BEBE NEUWIRTH (Chicago, Sweet Charity) will star as Gomez and Morticia in THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams. Produced by Stuart Oken, Roy Furman, Michael Leavitt and Five Cent Productions, by special arrangement with Elephant Eye Theatrical, THE ADDAMS FAMILY will open on Broadway Thursday, April 8, 2010 at a Nederlander theatre to be announced. Previews will begin Thursday, March 4, 2010 following a pre-Broadway engagement at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre in Chicago that begins November 13.

The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Director Andrew D. Hamingson) will extend Christopher Durang's WHY TORTURE IS WRONG, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM one final week through Sunday, May 10. Directed by Nicholas Martin, this world premiere comedy opened to rave reviews and has been extended twice. Extension tickets are on-sale now at (212) 967-7555 or www.publictheater.org.

When Your Good to Mamma is a new benefit concert with some of Broadway's best performing songs that even those not familiar with Broadway will love. This concert will honor the unique relationships between LGBT people and their mother's. This new benefit concert is sure to become a staple in the community.