Louise Forlenza News

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, a new musical based on the beloved Laura Ingalls Wilder series of classic American books, will launch a national tour in October at The Ordway Theatre in St. Paul, Minnesota, following a five-week engagement beginning September 10 at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, N.J. Melissa Gilbert, who rose to fame as a child playing ?Laura' in the hugely successful NBC television series 'Little House on the Prairie' during the 1970's, now continues her legacy ?on the prairie' by taking on the role of Ma. LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE will also star Steve Blanchard as Pa and Kara Lindsay as Laura.

The Broadway revival of American Buffalo closed after the matinee performance on Sunday, November 23, at Broadway?s Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. American Buffalo played 20 previews and eight performances.

American Buffalo which just celebrated opening night, Monday, November 17, at the Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44 Street, is being rumored to close on Sunday, November 23rd.

American Buffalo opened Monday, November 17th at the Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44 Street. BroadwayWorld's cameras followed the cast to the after party celebration!

American Buffalo opened Monday, November 17th at the Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44 Street. BroadwayWorld sent our cameras to capture the starry crowd as they joined the celebration of Opening Night.

American Buffalo opened Monday, November 17th at the Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44 Street. BroadwayWorld sent our cameras in to capture the 'cons' as they celebrated Opening Night on Broadway.

American Buffalo opens tonight, Monday, November 17, at the Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44 Street.

So fans of the production's stars can participate in celebrating the opening night of American Buffalo on Monday, November 17, the show's producers have made tickets for available for the performance, which begins at 6:45pm, at the Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44 Street.

The highly anticipated Broadway revival of David Mamet's masterpiece American Buffalo, starring an extraordinary multi-cultural cast - John Leguizamo, Cedric The Entertainer, and Haley Joel Osment began performances onFriday, October 31 at Broadway's Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. American Buffalo is directed by Robert Falls. The dynamic cast took a break from performances to meet the press.

The cast of current Broadway revival of David Mamet's masterpiece American Buffalo, John Leguizamo, Cedric The Entertainer, and Haley Joel Osment were immortalized on the walls of Sardi's Restaurant on Nov. 11th. They joined the hundreds of theatre icons ensconced in places of honor gazing down upon the diners.

The highly anticipated Broadway revival of David Mamet's masterpiece American Buffalo, starring an extraordinary multi-cultural cast - John Leguizamo, Cedric The Entertainer, and Haley Joel Osment begins performances tonight, Friday, October 31 at Broadway's Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. American Buffalo is directed by Robert Falls.

Today, Friday October 10th, the box office for the the highly anticipated Broadway revival of David Mamet's masterpiece American Buffalo will open to the public at 10am. Starring an extraordinary multi-cultural cast - John Leguizamo, Cedric the Entertainer, and Haley Joel Osment - American Buffalo is directed by Robert Falls, and will begin performances Friday, October 31 at Broadway's Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.

American Buffalo is a 1976 play by playwright David Mamet and won the 1977 Outer Critics Circle Award. 'The play concerns a team of men, Don, Teach, Bob, and Fletcher (who does not appear in the play, but is referred to), who are conspiring to steal a coin collection from a wealthy man. Don, who owns a junk shop, sold a nickel to a man for much less than what it was worth. Out of revenge, he and his friend-in-training, Bob, plan to steal the man's coin collection after suspecting that he went away for the weekend,' describes press notes.

Vy Higginsen and her partners welcome radio mogul Oscar Joyner, in presenting the highly anticipated Broadway revival of David Mamet's masterpiece American Buffalo. Starring an extraordinary multi-cultural cast - John Leguizamo, Cedric the Entertainer, and Haley Joel Osment - American Buffalo is directed by Robert Falls, and will begin performances Friday, October 31 at Broadway's Belasco Theatre, 111 West 44, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.

Producers Ben Sprecher and Louise Forlenza of the newly formed production entity GLOBAL BROADWAY Inc. officially signed a deal this evening with the Vereinigte Buhnen Wien Theatre to bring the hit musical REBECCA to Broadway in 2010. The signing took place in front of the sold-out re-opening night audience for REBECCA following the performance with Sprecher, Forlenza, VBW Artistic Director Kathrin Zechner and Manager Thomas Drozda. REBECCA, based on the classic Daphne Du Maurier novel (and later turned into an Oscar-winning film by Alfred Hitchcock) features book and lyrics by Michael Kunze, music by Sylvester Levay, and direction by Francesca Zambello, director of Broadway's The Little Mermaid and the new musical Little House on the Prairie, which just had its world premiere at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis.

David Mamet's 'American Buffalo,' brings in Oscar nominee Haley Joel Osment as the third member of the show's junk shop trio which already includes John Lequizamo and Cedric the Entertainer. Osment will be making his Broadway debut in the production which opens November 17th at the Belasco Theatre.

Cedric the Entertainer will make his long-awaited Broadway debut this fall when he joins award-winning actor John Leguizamo in David Mamet's most powerful play, American Buffalo.

Producers Ben Sprecher and Louise Forlenza announced today the formation of GLOBAL BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS INC., a new production entity created to develop and produce new musicals for Broadway, the road, and international stages.

The Old Vic's production of A Moon for the Misbegotten, the most successful production of the Eugene O'Neill classic in Broadway history, will play its final performance as scheduled on Sunday, June 10th at 3:00pm at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre

Actors Patrick Swayze and Melissa Gilbert will join the cast as 'Pa' and 'Ma' in the workshop presentation this April of PRAIRIE, a new twenty character musical based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's enduringly popular Little House on the Prairie book series.