Ken Davenport News

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) announced today that the timeline for submissions to the Next Link Project, which guarantees production slots in the 2010 Festival, has been extended. Applicants who register shows on the NYMF website by Monday, March 1st will be given until Friday, March 5th at 6pm EST to finish uploading their submission materials.

Celebrate Valentine's Day in style this year -- just like AVENUE Q's Rod (photo attached) -- and bring your sweetheart to AVENUE Q at New World Stages (340 West 50 Street) in Manhattan.

The New York Times is reporting that Producer Ken Davenport (Oleanna, 13, Altar Boyz, Awesome 80s Prom) is behind a new stage revival of Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men. He, alongside director David Esbjornson (The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?) are in the process of seeking out a lead to star as Lt. Daniel Kaffee in the production in a 2010-2011 revival on Broadway. This production will be the first revival since 1991, when it played the Music Box Theatre. Tom Hulce originated the role on stage in 1989. Tom Cruise famously took the role to the silver screen in 1991.

Ken Davenport (theproducersperspective.com) today announced that his Off-Broadway hit My First Time (www.MyFirstTimeThePlay.com) would close Friday January 22nd.

WaterTower Theatre (WTT) is proud to announce that it will produce the Regional Premiere of Ken Davenport's My First Time as a part of the 2010 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival.

Celebrate Valentine's Day in style this year -- just like AVENUE Q's Rod (photo attached) -- and bring your sweetheart to AVENUE Q at New World Stages (340 West 50 Street) in Manhattan.

Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, Caron Wheeler of Soul II Soul, will perform at The Triad NYC on Saturday, January 16, 2010 and Sunday, January 17, 2010, in a back by popular demand, limited engagement due to the recent snowstorm.

Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, Caron Wheeler of Soul II Soul, will perform at The Triad NYC on Saturday, January 16, 2010 and Sunday, January 17, 2010, in a back by popular demand, limited engagement due to the recent snowstorm.

The off-Broadway staple Altar Boyz, played its final performance on January 10, 2010 at its home, New World Stages after playing 2032 performances. It is the 9th longest running off-Broadway musical in history.

The off-Broadway staple Altar Boyz, played its final performance on January 10, 2010 at its home, New World Stages after playing 2032 performances - cast members past and present were on stage and on hand to celebrate the show's success. It is the 9th longest running off-Broadway musical in history.

Ken Davenport, producer of the off-Broadway staple Altar Boyz, has announced today that the show will play its final performance on January 10, 2010 at 7:30pm at its home, New World Stages after playing 2023 performances. It is the 9th longest running off-Broadway musical in history.

Sarah Stiles, who starred as Kate Monster and Lucy in AVENUE Q on Broadway, will re-join the cast of the musical now at New World Stages (340 W. 50 St. in Manhattan) starting Friday, January 8, 2010.

Broadway and Off-Broadway producer Ken Davenport (author of the popular blog, www.TheProducersPerspective.com) will present THE DAVENPORT THEATRICAL DEVELOPMENTAL READING SERIES, four readings of new works (plays and/or musicals) beginning Monday, March 15th at a theater to be announced.

On Wednesday, January 6, the current cast of ALTAR BOYZ, in addition to cast alum, presented a $203,916 check to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids that the show raised for the organization at New World Stages.

Ken Davenport today announced that his Off-Broadway hit My First Time (www.MyFirstTimeThePlay.com) would close Friday January 22nd. It has played over two-and-a-half years, having opened at New World Stages on July 30th, 2007. Davenport says, 'I'm thrilled that my production of My First Time has lasted a hell of a lot longer than my own first time.'

ALTAR BOYZ announced today that it would be closing Sunday January 10th after playing 2032 performances, making it the 9th longest running Off-Broadway musical ever!

Producer Jeffrey Finn announced today that the first-ever Broadway production of OLEANNA, the provocative drama by Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet, would end its Broadway engagement on Sunday, January 3, 2010. Starring Bill Pullman (in his Broadway return) and Julia Stiles (in her Broadway debut) and directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes (Doubt), OLEANNA is a gripping account of a power struggle between a male university professor and one of his female students. Following an engagement last summer at The Mark Taper Forum, the Broadway run began previews on September 29 and opened on October 11 at The Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street). As of the January date, the cumulative 14-week engagement will have played 15 previews and 97 performances.

Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, Caron Wheeler of Soul II Soul, will perform at The Triad NYC on Saturday, January 16, 2010 and Sunday, January 17, 2010, in a back by popular demand, limited engagement due to the recent snowstorm.

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman announced that the cast of Altar Boyz, the acclaimed musical comedy at New World Stages, will perform holiday tunes for the young patients at St Mary's Children's Hospital in Bayside, Queens (NY) on Tuesday December 23rd. Anne Craig of 'Good Day NY' will be on hand to broadcast live.

Two-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, Caron Wheeler of Soul II Soul, will perform at The Triad NYC www.triadnyc.com on Saturday, December 19, 2009, in a limited engagement in time for the Holidays.