Karen Carpenter News

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will present the Arizona premiere of the international hit play Love, Loss, and What I Wore on Jan. 3-8, 2012. The show's Scottsdale cast will feature five actresses, including Loretta Swit, a star of the long-running television comedy M*A*S*H.

Daryl Roth, producer of LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE, is thrilled to announce that Erica Watson and Michelle Shupe will join Dawn Wells (Gilligan's Island) and cast veterans Roni Geva and Katie O'Brien in Chicago's premier engagement of LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE on Tuesday, Dec. 6. LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE has been extended by popular demand through Jan. 1, 2012 at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St.). Individual tickets are on sale now.

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that Tony Award-winner Daisy Eagan (The Secret Garden) will join returning cast members Myra Lucretia Taylor (Wicked; Nine), Sonia Manzano (Maria on "Sesame Street") and Loretta Swit ('Hot Lips Houlihan' on "M*A*S*H") for the December cast of the Off Broadway hit Love, Loss, and What I Wore beginning Wednesday, December 7, 2011 (through Friday, December 30) at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43 Street). Following their Off Broadway run, the cast will launch the show's first national tour, which begins in Scottsdale, Arizona at the Mesa Arts Center (January 2 - 8, 2012). The current touring schedule includes:

The award-winning York Theatre Company just honored Tony and Grammy Award winner Barbara Cook with the 20th Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre on Monday, November 21st, 2011 at the Edison Ballroom.

Daryl Roth, producer of LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE, today announced that Chicago's premier engagement of LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE, which kicked off the show's first national tour on Sep. 18, 2011, is extended by popular demand through Jan. 1, 2012 at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St.) and Dawn Wells (Gilligan's Island) joins the star-studded cast on Dec. 6, 2011. Individual tickets are on sale now.

Fanny Brice, America's Funny Girl and Love, Loss, and What I Wore will be the final two shows of Asolo Repertory Theatre's 53rd season.

Terrace Theatre is packed to see and listen to Scotsman.

Producer Daryl Roth announced today that stand up comedian and writer Jenny Allen (I Got Sick Then I Got Better), TV and stage veteran Eve Plumb ('The Brady Bunch') and 'Gossip Girl' actress Amanda Setton will join the upcoming cast of the hit Off Broadway show Love, Loss, and What I Wore. They join current cast member Zuzanna Szadkowski ('Gossip Girl'), who will stay on for her fourth cast, and previously announced cast member Maddie Corman (Next Fall) in a run that begins Wednesday, November 2 through Sunday, December 4 at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43 Street).

Musical Theatre West is proud to announce that it will open its 59th Season with the mega-hit HAIRSPRAY at the beautiful 1,070-seat Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach. HAIRSPRAY previews October 28 and runs for fourteen performances through November 13, 2011

The award-winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) has announced the titles for its upcoming Fall 2011 Musicals in Mufti Concert Series-the York's acclaimed series of musical theatre gems in staged concert performances. This October, the York will continue its Off-Broadway Celebration with the Muftis of The Housewives' Cantata (October 21-23) and Tomfoolery (October 28-30).

The Fall 2011 Musicals in Mufti Concert Series-the York's acclaimed series of musical theatre gems in staged concert performances- presented THE HOUSEWIVES' CANTATA on October 21. Two performances remain, on October 22 and 23.

The award-winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) has announced preliminary casting for its upcoming Fall 2011 Musicals in Mufti Concert Series-the York's acclaimed series of musical theatre gems in staged concert performances.

LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE cast members featuring Nora Dunn, Felicia Fields, Roni Geva, Katie O'Brien and Barbara Robertson perform at Petterino's (150 N. Dearborn St., Chicago), the downtown theater district go-to restaurant, for 'Monday Night Live' on Monday, Oct. 10 beginning at 7:30 p.m., in addition to the singers who regularly showcase their talent during the cabaret-style 'open mic' showcase.

Aurora Theatre Company proudly opens its 20th anniversary season with renowned American playwright Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning brutal comedy of manners A DELICATE BALANCE. Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross helms a remarkable cast for A DELICATE BALANCE, including Aurora co-founder Ken Grantham and the company's first leading lady (Candida), Kimberly King. Jamie Jones makes her Aurora Theatre Company debut and Bay Area favorites Anne Darragh, Charles Dean, and Carrie Paff return to the Aurora stage, rounding out this spectacular ensemble. A DELICATE BALANCE closes October 9 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.

Daryl Roth, producer of LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE, has announced that Chicago's own Cindy Gold and Whitney White will join the cast of the Chicago production beginning Oct. 25, 2011. Also starring in the Chicago engagement are Taylor Miller (All My Children), beginning Oct. 25, Loretta Swit (MASH), beginning Nov. 8 and original Chicago cast member Roni Geva.

The award-winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) has announced preliminary casting for its upcoming Fall 2011 Musicals in Mufti Concert Series-the York's acclaimed series of musical theatre gems in staged concert performances. This October, the York will continue its Off-Broadway Celebration with the Muftis of The Housewives' Cantata (October 21-23) and Tomfoolery (October 28-30).

Love, Loss, and What I Wore celebrates its landmark two-year anniversary this week as it welcomes its newest cast!

LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE cast members featuring Nora Dunn, Felicia Fields, Roni Geva, Katie O'Brien and Barbara Robertson perform at Petterino's (150 N. Dearborn St., Chicago), the downtown theater district go-to restaurant, for 'Monday Night Live' on Monday, Oct. 10 beginning at 7:30 p.m., in addition to the singers who regularly showcase their talent during the cabaret-style 'open mic' showcase.