Ken Billington News

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Multi award-winning actress and recording artist Elaine Paige will return to the West End to take the title role in the Broadway smash hit musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, with music by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar, the five-time Tony Award winning musical will preview at the Novello Theatre from 14 May, with press night on 5 June and opening night on 6 June.

StudentsLive Career Day on Broadway will be held on Saturday, December 9th, 2006 at Roseland Ballroom

Natascia Diaz, Sebastian La Cause and Jim Stanek will be among the stars of the Kennedy Center's production of Carnival, the whimsical 1961 Bob Merrill musical that will run from February 17th through March 11th, 2007 at the Eisenhower Theatre

The new Broadway musical High Fidelity will begin previews on November 20 prior to a December 7 opening at the Imperial Theatre

Caren Lyn Manuel has joined the cast of the new Broadway musical High Fidelity

L.A. Stage Alliance announces presenters for 2006 Ovation Awards...

The box office of the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street) - home of the new Broadway musical High Fidelity- will open on Monday, October 30th at 10am

Kathie Lee Gifford will take on the role of the conniving Miss Hannigan in the Madison Square Garden holiday presentation of 'Annie'

Rachel Stern has taken over in the role of Liz in the Broadway-bound musical High Fidelity, which is currently playing an out-of-town tryout at Boston's Colonial Theatre

Nominations for the Ovation Awards, celebrating achievement in Los Angeles-area theatre, have been announced

Tickets for the new Broadway musical High Fidelity will go on sale September 24 to the general public

Visa cardholders will enjoy pre-sale access to purchase tickets for the new Broadway musical High Fidelity on September 9 with an exclusive window through September 23; they go on sale to the general public on September 24

The producers of the new Broadway musical High Fidelity have announced that the show will begin previews November 20 prior to opening December 7, 2007 on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre

The famous redheaded orphan of the title will come to the LaSalle Bank Theatre (18 W. Monroe) September 19 - October 1, 2006 as part of Annie's current national tour

The musical [title of show] - one of the hits of the summer theatre season - has extended its Off-Broadway run 3 more weeks through October 1 at the Vineyard Theatre

The American Theatre Wing's Henry Hewes Design Awards Committee has nominated 57 theater artists for recognition of their outstanding work in 39 productions presented during the 2005-2006 New York theater season

Jenn Collela, Christian Anderson, Kirsten Wyatt, Emily Swallow and more have joined the cast of the Broadway-bound musical High Fidelity