Michael John LaChiusa News

Complete casting has been announced for the West End production of Wicked.

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (Curt Dempster, Founder/Artistic Director) will present MARATHON 2006, E.S.T.'s 28th annual festival of new one-act plays, at E.S.T. (549 West 52nd Street). Performances begin Friday, May 23rd and continue through Sunday, June 25th.

Judy Blazer has joined Out on Stage, a May 8th benefit featuring Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Malcolm Gets, among others

Mary Testa and Jackie Hoffman join The Civilian’s line-up of musical guests for PATRIOT ACTS: AN AMERICAN VAUDEVILLE a one-night-only benefit concert on Monday, May 8th.

Malcolm Gets and Jesse Tyler Ferguson will be featured in Out on Stage, a benefit for the New York City Gay Men's Chorus on May 8th

On June 19th at 7:30 PM, Broadway legend Barbara Cook and four-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald will share the stage of the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ for the benefit evening Barbara Cook and Audra McDonald in Concert

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

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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 world premiere of John Cariani's new play cul-de-sac will begin performances on April 20th

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