Michael John LaChiusa News

Bebe Neuwirth, Paul Rudd, Veanne Cox and Carol Kane will be among the presenters of the Lucille Lortel Awards on May 1st

A weekly column on theater for the Baltimore/Washington area.

New works by Michael John LaChiusa, Ricky Ian Gordon and Joseph Thalken will premiere at the acclaimed Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA in coming years; each has been awarded a million dollar grant

Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.

Tony Award-winner Bryan F. O'Byrne and actress/comedienne Judy Gold have been lined up to host the 21st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards, which will take place at New World Stages (formerly Dodger Stages) on Monday, May 1st at 7 PM

The BMI Librettists Workshop is now accepting applications

Jesse Tyler Ferguson will headline a free play reading of Barry Levey's All the Way from China on April 24th

Michael John LaChiusa, Adam Rapp, Carol Kane, Diane West and many others attend the Lucille Lortel Awards nominees' Cocktail Party at Therapy in New York City April 17, 2006.

PS Classics, the nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of American musical theatre, will release the world premiere recording of Ricky Ian Gordon and Tina Landau's Dream True on May 23

Transatlantic Talent: Best of Both Worlds will showcase established and emerging British and American artists, with performances taking place cabaret-style in the Theatre Museum's Paintings Gallery

With Jonathan Pryce's new take on the starring role, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels makes a sharp 180 degree turn into the highbrow lane

Nominees for the 2006 Lucille Lortel Awards have been announced

The program for Audra McDonald's upcoming Carnegie Hall concert on Saturday, April 29th has been announced, with the star set to pay tribute to classic musicals

Michael John LaChiusa, as part of Lincoln Center Theatre's Platform series, will take part in a pre-performance talk after Bernarda Alba on March 29th

Ghostlight Records is said to go into the studio on March 27th to record the new production of Michael John LaChiusa's Bernard Alba.

BroadwayWorld.com and Ghostlight/Sh-K-Boom Records announce the winners of the 'See What I Wanna See' and 'Songs From An Unmade Bed' CD Giveaway!

The original cast recording of Michael John LaChiusa's See What I Wanna See has landed at #6 on Billboard's Top Cast Albums Chart, while the OBC of Wicked--also featuring Idina Menzel--remains in the top place

Lincoln Center Theater's Platform Series, a forum for public discussion between Lincoln Center Theater artists and interested theatergoers, continues its 2005-2006 season on Wednesday, March 29, at 6:30 pm with a pre-performance talk with Michael John LaChiusa, who wrote the words and music for LCT's new musical, BERNARDA ALBA.

The Drowsy Chaperone, Michael John LaChiusa and Matthew Bourne were among the winners of this year's Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards

Ghostlight Records will record a cast recording of Michael John LaChiusa's Bernarda Alba on March 20th for a late spring release