Michael Bruce News

Nominations for the best musicals at the Edinburgh fringe annouced, Jaime Winstone to make her stage debut and a new one-off Notes From New York concert revealed.

Reginald Van Lee, Chairman of the Board and Ronald K. Brown, Founder and Artistic Director of Evidence, A Dance Company announced the appointment of Bruce Michael, former Vice-President/Creative Producer of the Radio City Rockettes to the post of Executive Director of Evidence, A Dance company now readying to celebrate its 25th Anniversary in 2010.

West End stars Julie Atherton, Helena Blackman, Daniel Boys, Clare Foster, Alex Jessop, Sarah Lark and Paul Spicer to showcase work of new composer

The Repertory East Playhouse is proud to open its 2009 Season with One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, written by Dale Wasserman and sponsored by Mission View Public Schools 'We really wanted to lighten up and this is the perfect piece to do so. We have a wonderful cast and we are all very excited to be a part of this production' says Artistic Director Ovington Michael Owston.

The Repertory East Playhouse is proud to open its 2009 Season with One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, written by Dale Wasserman and sponsored by Mission View Public Schools 'We really wanted to lighten up and this is the perfect piece to do so. We have a wonderful cast and we are all very excited to be a part of this production' says Artistic Director Ovington Michael Owston.

Multi-award-winning leading lady Maria Friedman returns to the West End for one night only to headline this year's instalment of Christmas in New York, the annual celebration of classic carols and seasonal show-stoppers, at the Lyric Theatre on Sunday 7 December 2008, alongside Avenue Q's Julie Atherton, Wicked's Oliver Tompsett and Ashleigh Gray, Spamalot's Michael Xavier and a full supporting cast including Adrian Hansel, Zoe Rainey, Richard Reynard and Lorna Want.

Multi-award-winning leading lady Maria Friedman returns to the West End for one night only to headline this year's instalment of Christmas in New York, the annual celebration of classic carols and seasonal show-stoppers, at the Lyric Theatre on Sunday 7 December 2008, alongside Avenue Q's Julie Atherton, Wicked's Oliver Tompsett and Ashleigh Gray, Spamalot's Michael Xavier and a full supporting cast including Adrian Hansel, Zoe Rainey, Richard Reynard and Lorna Want.

The event was a special toast to nine time Tony award winner Tommy Tune who will receive the group's Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Brooke Shields at the awards gala benefiting The Auditory Oral School of New York.

Ann and Bill Van Ness hosted a cocktail party to toast the honorees, co-chairmen and committees of Career Transition for Dancers upcoming Jubilee Gala 'Dance Rocks' at City Center on October 29.

Wynn Handman, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of The American Place Theatre was toasted by a gathering of theater and film luminaries at a reception in his honor

A kick-off cocktail party was recently held for GAYFEST NYC, a festival of new plays and musicals, that will be presented at the TBG Arts Center, May 9 - June 2, 2007.