Ken Billington News

The New York Musical Theatre Festival's Next Link presentation of The Flight of the Lawnchair Man, playing from September 13th through 18th, will reunite its 2005 Goodspeed Opera cast--including Sweeney Todd's Donna Lynne Champlin--as well as much of its creative team

Danny Burstein, the stage door favorite who plays narcissistic Latin Lover Aldolpho in The Drowsy Chaperone, is anything but vain about his theatrical accomplishments

Ghostlight Records will release the original cast recording of the hit Off-Broadway meta-musical [title of show] on July 25th.

The current national tour of Annie will play the Theater at Madison Square Garden for a limited holiday run from December 6th through December 30th

Make an appointment to see Dr. Dolittle, staged by and starring Tommy Tune, in Chicago at the Cadillac Palace Theatre for a limited engagement July 18-30, 2006. The Internet, video games…These days, all this 'interactive' entertainment can get in the way of actually interacting with your kids.

National tour of Charles Strouse charmer is cute and cuddly - but never cloying

Will Chase has been tapped to star in the Broadway-bound musical version of High Fidelity, premiering in Boston on September 26th

Marking 60 years of excellence on Broadway, The Tony Awards were being broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 11th, and we've got the winners here! The History Boys led the pack with 6 wins, followed by The Drowsy Chaperone with 5, Jersey Boys with 4 and The Pajama Game, Sweeney Todd, and Awake and Sing with 2.

The hit musical [title of show] -- recent winner of Obie Awards for its creators Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell and director Michael Beresse -- will return for an 8-week engagement this summer starting July 14 at the Vineyard Theatre

The Drowsy Chaperone's Tony Award-nominated stars Bob Martin and Beth Leavel will perform 'As We Stumble Along' live on ABC's 'Live with Regis and Kelly' on Thursday, June 8th

Richard Griffiths, currently on Broadway in The History Boys, as well as The Drowsy Chaperone's Bob Martin, will be interviews on 'Theater Talk' on May 26th

Announced this morning and reported on live at BroadwayWorld.com, we've got all the nominees for the 2006 Tony Awards, which will be broadcast on CBS on Sunday, June 11th.

One of the most popular new musicals of the season -- [title of show], which extended its run three times Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre will return, by popular demand, for a limited engagement this summer starting July 14.

RING OF FIRE will play its final performance on Sunday, April 30th at 2:00PM. The musical was created and directed by Tony Award® winner Richard Maltby, Jr. and conceived by William Meade. Ring of Fire officially opened on March 12th, 2006.

Complete casting is now set for the upcoming Kennedy Center production of Mame, which will open at the Eisenhower Theatre at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on June 1st after beginning previews on May 27th; the show, starring Christine Baranski, will run through July 2nd

The musical version of High Fidelity, by Tom Kitt, Amanda Green and David Lindsay-Abaire, will spin into Broadway in November after playing a tryout run in Boston from September 26th through October 22nd

[title of show] -- the new hit musical by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell -- offers its third and final extension, with performances now set to run through April 30th at the Vineyard Theatre

Flying Tigers, a new multi-million dollar musical set in China during World War 2, is on its way to Broadway for a likely April 2007 berth

Be the first to get a special sneak peek of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, which begins performances on Broadway on Monday, April 3rd.

For the second time, [title of show] has been extended off-Broadway; it will now run through April 23rd