Marvin Hamlisch News

Point Park University's Conservatory of Performing Arts welcomes Marvin Hamlisch as Distinguished Master Artist in Residence in the fall of 2011. Hamlisch will give three workshops for Point Park students at the University on October 17, December 13 and January 27. The workshops are not open to the public.

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According to the Mann Center schedule, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Martin Short, and Marvin Hamlisch with special guest Mark Nadler will play the Center this Sunday, July 10th. They will be joined by the Philadelphia Pops.

Tony Award-winning actress Idina Menzel is performing at famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado on July 17, backed by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Marvin Hamlisch. It's part of an 18-month concert tour that has zig-zagged the singer across the United States from Los Angeles to New York (and soon overseas to the United Kingdom), placing her in front of the nation's best symphony orchestras. Idina recently took some time to speak to me about her upcoming concert and her approach to performing.

According to the Mann Center schedule, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Martin Short, and Marvin Hamlisch with special guest Mark Nadler will play the Center this Sunday, July 10th. They will be joined by the Philadelphia Pops.

Audiences of all ages will fall in love with Pittsburgh CLO's production of The Sound of Music, July 19-31 at the Benedum Center. T

The ultimate 'Singular Sensation,' A Chorus Line, will dance its way onto the Civic Center Music Hall stage this summer. Thousands will audition, 24 get to the stage, but in the end only eight will get the opportunity to do what they've always wanted - to have the chance to dance. This is the story of the ones who make it and the ones who don't. Winner of nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Musical Score and Best Choreography, this show features the Broadway showstoppers such as 'I Hope I Get It,' 'At the Ballet,' 'What I Did for Love' and 'ONE.'

Grammy award winning vocalist Steve Tyrell will return to the Blue Note from July 12 - 13 to perform material from his upcoming recording I'll Take Romance, to be released by Concord Records in the fall.

West End stars Julie Atherton and Paul Spicer bring their unique brand of Masterclass to Manchester's Salford University on Tuesday 19 July 2011 where they will be leading two sessions in acting through song. The classes are open to actors and students alike from the age of 16 and above. Having previously played dates at London's Albany Theatre, the pair are keen to bring Masterclass to the rest of the country. The trip precedes Atherton's up and coming return to Manchester's Palace Theatre where she will be appearing as Sister Mary Robert in the UK tour of the West End smash hit musical Sister Act in September.

Time Out New York called Steven Brinberg's performance as Simply Barbra! 'absolutely brilliant and wickedly funny.'

First reported exclusively by BroadwayWorld.com on Tuesday, the producers of the new musical BONNIE & CLYDE have announced that the show as the first new musical to open this fall on Broadway. It will play at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street), beginning previews on Friday, November 4th and opening on Thursday, December 1st. BONNIE & CLYDE has direction by JEFF CALHOUN, music by FRANK WILDHORN, lyrics by DON BLACK, book by IVAN MENCHELL and music supervision/orchestrations/arrangements by JOHN McDANIEL.

Point Park University's Conservatory Theatre Company will produce five works, including one world premiere, in the 2011-2012 season, which opens October 21, 2011 and runs through April 22, 2012 at the Pittsburgh Playhouse.

Experience a spectacular night of song and dance when Pittsburgh CLO presents Love Changes Everything, July 8-14 at the Benedum Center. Highlighted by a magnificent orchestra and a full company of singers and dancers, this dynamic production will feature songs from the emotionally-charged scores of The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Evita, Variations and many more in a celebration of one of the world's most accomplished composers, Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Nationally recognized comedy stars, A-list music legends, incredible tribute bands, and spectacular family entertainment will join four amazing Broadway musicals next season at Aurora's historic Paramount Theatre, which announced today its full 2011-12, 80th anniversary line-up.

Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing's 65th Annual Antoinette Perry 'Tony' Awards were announced May 3, 2011 by Tony Award winning actor Matthew Broderick and Tony Award winning actress Anika Noni Rose, at the Tony Award Nominations Announcement sponsored by IBM.