Kenneth Posner News

The new musical is not so much a horribly bad one as it is an exceedingly dull one, despite the efforts of some talented artists who try to create something entertaining out of material that's inescapably bland.

Beth Leavel and James Naughton announced the nominees for the 2007 Drama Desk Awards this morning at The Friar's Club. The awards will take place on Sunday, May 20th at the F. H. LaGuardia Concert Hall.

The Broadway cast of LEGALLY BLONDE will perform two numbers on NBC-TV's 'The Today Show' on Friday, April 27th in the 8am and 9am hours

Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announced today (April 23, 2007) its nominees for the 2006-07 season in 23 categories.

The National Tour of the scamming, scheming, double-crossing hit Broadway musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will play Chicago's Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Parkway, July 31 through August 12, 2007

The Pirate Queen stars Stephanie J. Block and Hadley Fraser will perform a live, 3-song medley with 20 cast members on ABC's 'The View' on Tuesday, April 17th at 11:00AM-12:00PM on channel

The new Boublil and Schönberg musical The Pirate Queen, starring Stephanie J. Block as the swashbuckling title character, opened at the Hilton Theatre on April 5th, and BroadwayWorld was there!

Stephanie J. Block and Linda Balgord, two stars of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's The Pirate Queen, will be interviewed on WCBS's '2 News this Morning' on Thursday, April 5th between 6:00-6:30AM on channel 2.

The Pirate Queen, the epic new musical from the Tony Award-winning authors of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon, will open officially on April 5th, 2007 at the Hilton Theatre

The authors of The Pirate Queen, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, will celebrate the release of their new biography, The Musical World of Boublil and Schönberg, today, Tuesday April 3rd at 6:00PM at the Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center

A video announcement on the 'Grease: You're the One That I Want' website reveals that more casting has been set for the upcoming Broadway revival of Grease.

On the March 25th live season finale of the NBC series 'Grease: You're The One That I Want' the show came to its conclusion announcing the upcoming revival's new Broadway stars. Playing Danny will be Max Crumm and playing Sandy will be Laura Osnes.

Stephanie J. Block and Hadley Fraser, the stars of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's The Pirate Queen, will be interviewed on WABC's 'Eyewitness News this Morning' on Sunday, March 25th between 9:30-10AM on channel 7

Slightly subdued road company needs a bit more rüffhousin' to match the manic merriment of Broadway's outlandish con job

Let the games begin. That is games of ticket scalpers and daily lottery drawings for those impossible to snag seats, as Broadway's smash hit Wicked has finally landed in Hollywood for a presumably lengthy run...

The new production of WICKED is being mounted specifically for Southern California and stars Eden Espinosa and Megan Hilty as Elphaba and Glinda.

The winners are currently being announced for the 2007 Laurance Olivier Awards, the UK's most prestigious theatrical awards.