Lynne Shankel News

Donna English, Jenny Fellner and Tom Hewitt will be featured in a March 9th private industry reading of Matthew Wilder and David Zippel's Princesses

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that ALTAR BOYZ, the acclaimed musical comedy at Dodger Stages, winner of the coveted Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical Off-Broadway, will welcome back its original MARK on Monday, January 9th (8 PM) when TYLER MAYNARD returns to the role that garnered him Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominations as Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical!

ALTAR BOYZ, the new acclaimed musical comedy at Dodger Stages, winner of the coveted Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical Off-Broadway, will have its 300th performance on FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18TH (8 PM)!

From October 23rd through January 15th, 2006, the cast and creative team of Altar Boyz will chat online with fans

A video show preview of the Off-Broadway hit, ALTAR BOYZ is now available on BroadwayWorld.com

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that ALTAR BOYZ, the acclaimed musical comedy, winner of the coveted Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical Off-Broadway, will premiere a new song by Altar Boyz composer/lyricist Gary Adler, 'Leading the Way,' after the performances on Tuesday October 11th through Tuesday October 18th.

ALTAR BOYZ, the new acclaimed musical comedy at Dodger Stages, winner of the coveted Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical Off-Broadway, will have its 250th performance on Tuesday October 4th.

David Ayers and Angela Gaylor will star in the New York Musical Theatre Festival bawdy period musical Tom Jones, which will run from September 26th through October 2nd

A musical version of Henry Fielding's novel Tom Jones will run from September 26th through October 2nd as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's Next Link series

The five Altar Boyz will discuss the show and sign CDs at Lincoln Center Barnes & Noble on July 28th

The 50th Annual Drama Desk Awards Ceremony took place on Sunday, May 22. The big winners of the night were Doubt and The Light in the Piazza, each of whom received 5 awards. Outstanding Musical however, went to Spamalot.

CAP21 will present a fully staged Equity workshop production of a new musical 'SIX OF ONE' on May 16 through May 27 at CAP21's Studio One, 18 West 18th Street.

Altar Boyz will release its debut CD at the theater only, for two weeks, beginning Tuesday, May 3rd.

The Official Drama Desk Cocktail Reception honoring this year's nominees was held on May 3. The awards ceremony takes place on Sunday, May 22.

Spamalot leads the pack with 12 nominations, followed by Light in the Piazza with 11, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with 10. Click in to see all the nominees.

The Altar Boyz will sing the National Anthem at the Mets vs. Braves game on Wednesday April 27th at 1pm.

Altar Boyz will open at Detroit's City Theater this September, with the cast to be announced later.

A giddy new musical spoofs Christian rock and teenage boy bands

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman today announced that the international search for the fifth member of ALTAR BOYZ is over. Matthew (who has taken the secular name Scott Porter) was recently discovered singing for thousands of dedicated worshippers at Disney World and Universal Studios in Florida, all without forsaking the boy-band roots that have allowed him to open for Orleans and 98 Degrees.