Marge Champion News

The 92nd St Y hosted a private preview screening on Wednesday, May 23 of the soon-to-seen NJN/PBS documentary - Words and Music by Jerry Herman, a film by Amber Edwards.

Westport Country Playhouse will present a film documentary about the tone-deaf diva with the heart of gold, Florence Foster Jenkins, on Thursday, May 17, 7 p.m., in advance of the play Souvenir, opening later in May.

A gala celebration of the career of composer/lyricist Jerry Herman will be held Sunday, May 20th at 6:00 P.M. at the historic National Arts Club

A three-and-a-half minute excerpt from the soon-to-be-seen PBS documentary 'Words and Music by Jerry Herman' is now online

The York Theatre Company has announced the return of Florence Foster Jenkins to its theatre--this time in a documentary film by producer Donald Collup, entitled Florence Foster Jenkins: A World of Her Own.

The new NJN documentary to air on PBS next season, 'Words and Music by Jerry Herman,' by award-winning filmmaker Amber Edwards, has been selected to screen at the 9th Annual Sarasota Film Festival on Saturday, April 14 at 2:45pm and Sunday, April 15 at 1pm

Carol Channing, Jerry Herman, Amber Edwards and the Actors' Fund's Joe Benincasa recently attended a screening of Amber Edwards' film Words and Music at the Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs.

The DanceBreak Foundation today announced the six choreographers whose work will be showcased for Broadway producers and directors in February: Kelly Devine, Linda Goodrich, Stas' Kmiec', CJay Philip, Josh Prince and Paul Stancato.

The Lambs Club hosted a private preview screening last night of the new NJN/PBS documentary - Words and Music by Jerry Herman, a film by Amber Edwards.

Marge Champion and Donald Saddler, as well as a bevy of Ethel Merman impersonators, helped celebrate the Gypsy star's 99th birthday on Tuesday, January 16th at the Actors Temple Theater

Marge Champion (Hello, Dolly!, Follies) and Donald Saddler (Mary Martin and Ethel Merman: Together on Broadway, My Fair Lady, Follies), as well as an array of Ethel Merman impersonators, will help celebrate the Gypsy star's 99th birthday on Tuesday, January 16th

In honor of Ethel Merman's 99th birthday on January 16th, the Off-Broadway hit musical The Big Voice: God or Merman? will make the evening special by celebrating the legendary Broadway belter

Kerry Butler has joined the Williamstown Theatre Festival's salute to Sir Tom Stoppard, which will take place on November 13th in New York City

The New Dance Group's new studios received their grand opening on September 15th

The Williamstown Theatre Festival will salute Sir Tom Stoppard at a Gala to benefit the Festival on November 13th

Some of Broadway's brightest--including Bryan Batt, Mary Bond Davis and more--were featured in the cast of 'The Broadway Musicals of 1978' on June 19th

On Thursday June 1st, Josephine Baker's adopted son Jean-Claude Baker held a celebratory birthday luncheon in the late chanteuse's honor, and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the festivities!

Patti LuPone, John Kander, Donna Murphy and many more stars watched Chita Rivera receive New Dramatists' 2006 Career Achievement Award at their spring luncheon on May 18th, and BroadwayWorld was there!

On May 18th, Chita Rivera will be presented with the New Dramatists' 2006 Career Achievement Award at a luncheon featuring dozens of stars

Some of Broadway's brightest turned out for An Evening with Penny Fuller on March 6th at Birdland