Karen Ziemba News

Liza Minnelli will emcee That's Entertainment! a gala celebrating Transition for Dancers' 20th anniversary on October 24th; stars such as Sandy Duncan and Bebe Neuwirth will also take part in it

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) has announced that Tony Award wining Director/Choreographer Susan Stroman is to be honored at Primary Stages 21st Season Anniversary Gala at Tavern on the Green on Monday, November 7 at 6:30pm.

Tickets for the upcoming Broadway revival of The Pajama Game are now on sale to Roundabout subscribers, and will go on sale to the public in October

Karen Ziemba, Charlotte Rae and John Astin will star in Ken Ludwig's comedy Leading Ladies, which will run at D.C.'s Ford's Theatre from September 23rd through October 23rd

The upcoming Broadway revival of The Pajama Game will be co-produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company, and will begin performances on March 2nd at the American Airlines Theatre

Tony Roberts and Derek Cecil will team up in the Bay Street Theatre's July production of Sleuth, while Sebastian LaCause, Alice Playten and Larry Keith have been added to the cast of Pippin, which will open in August

Rolex presents 'THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!' Celebrating Career Transition For Dancers', 20th Anniversary Jubilee - on Monday, October 24, 2005 at 7:00 pm at City Center, 131 West 55 Street (bet. 7 & 6 Ave) NYC.

Rachel York has been cast as Catherine and David Larsen will play the title role in Pippin, which will run from August 9th to Septembre 4th at the Bay Street Theatre in Long Island

Karen Ziemba has been cast as Fastrada and B.D. Wong as the Leading Player in the Bay Street Theatre's production of Pippin, which will run from August 9th to September 4th

BroadwayWorld was there to capture the farewell party City Center threw for departing Music Director Rob Fisher.

The Encompass New Opera Theatre paid tribute to composer John Kander of May 15 in a gala performance at the National Arts Club.

Some of Broadway's finest take over Sarofim Hall stage on Thursday, April 28 to salute one of Broadway's most prolific writing teams, John Kander and Fred Ebb, during Theatre Under The Stars' 2005 American Musical Theatre Awards. The longest-running music-and-lyrics partnership in Broadway musical history, Kander and Ebb have created such revered musicals as Chicago, Cabaret, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Steel Pier, among others.

Tony award winners Karen Ziemba and Donna McKechnie, Urinetown's Jeff McCarthy, City of Angels's Leslie Denniston, and Tony-nominated Lara Teeter will star in Barrington Stage Company's production of James Goldman's and Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece Follies. Broadway veteran Marni Nixon will also be featured. Artistic Director Julianne Boyd will direct and Lara Teeter will choreograph. Follies, presented in celebration of Sondheim's 75th birthday, will run from June 23 through July 16 at the Consolati Performing Arts Center, Sheffield, MA.

Donna McKechnie and Karen Ziemba will headline Folles at the Barrington Stage Company from June 23rd-July 16th

The entertainment community came out to honor the life and career of the legendary actor Jerry Orbach.

Nothing Like A Dame 2005, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, has raised a total of $300,000 for the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of The Actors' Fund of America. This year, that amount includes a generous $50,000 gift of support from an anonymous donor. Nothing Like A Dame, an evening of performances from the leading ladies of Broadway, celebrated its 10th anniversary this year; the annual event has raised over $1,600,000 since 1995. Last year's Nothing Like A Dame raised $250,000.

NOTHING LIKE A DAME on March 14 benefitted The Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of The Actors' Fund of America.

Angela Lansbury, Chita Rivera, Sam Waterston, Law & Order creator and executive producer Dick Wolf, Karen Ziemba, and other notable members of the entertainment community will honor the life and career of the legendary actor Jerry Orbach, who died on December 28 at the age of 69, with A CELEBRATION OF JERRY ORBACH.

More stars announced for the BC/EFA benefit featuring the first ladies of Broadway.