Michael John LaChiusa News

The Public Theaters Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Mara Manus announce the New York premiere of SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE, a musical with words and music by Michael John LaChiusa.

It's The Beggar's Opera updated to the 21st Century, featuring gangstaz, pornstaz, popstaz and lots of screaming

Charles Busch will host the 2005 New York Innovative Theatre Awards, which celebrates off-off-Broadway theatre achievement, on September 19th

Idina Menzel will be heard duetting with the late Ray Charles on a CD of duets called Genius and Friends, which will be released on September 20th

Liz Callaway, Judy Blazer and Walter Charles will perform songs from the Saver/Cole musicals Dodsworth and Time After Time at Tower Records at Lincoln Center on September 21st

Aaron Lohr, who will soon be seen as Steve in the Rent film, has joined the cast of See What I Wanna See, which will open at the Public Theatre on October 11th

Producers for the upcoming spring 2006 London revival of Evita are desperately seeking Madonna for the title role

A gay adaptation of La Ronde makes its American debut at the Fringe Festival.

Idina Menzel will be heard on 'Music From and Inspired by Desperate Housewives,' which will be released on September 20th

Kenneth Kantor will temporarily take over for Marc Kudisch as Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from September 24th through November 27th

Barbara Walsh will star in the new off-Broadway musical Normal from October 20th through November 12th

Michael John LaChiusa will provide both songs and piano accompaniment for the female stars of The Girly Show at the Blank Theatre Company's 15th Anniversary Gala on August 15th

Idina Menzel, who will appear as Maureen in the upcoming film version of Rent, will be one of the Rent cast members to appear at Bryant Park on August 4th; she will sing 'Take Me or Leave Me' with Tracie Thoms

The show will play at the Public Theatre from October 11 to November 20.

On July 25th, All Shook Up understudies were put under the Broadway Spotlight at Ars Nova as part of the Monday Nights, New Voices series

THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA, a new musical based upon the play by Federico García Lorca, with a book by Richard Nelson, music by Michael John LaChiusa, lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and Richard Nelson, direction by Graciela Daniele and Richard Nelson, and choreography by Graciela Daniele, will begin performances on Thursday, January 26, and open on Thursday, February 23.

The songs of a number of ascendant composers and lyricists, such as Brian Lowdermilk, will be featured in On the Verge on July 10th and 11th

George C. Wolfe has signed on to direct Usher's untitled movie musical for MTV

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee's Jesse Tyler Ferguson discusses William Finn and Michael John LaChiusa, both of whom will be celebrated in his upcoming show Adios Pantalones!

Malcolm Gets dishes about his June 13th Birdland cabaret, upcoming and past shows, his mischievous streak and more...