Michael John LaChiusa News

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee's Jesse Tyler Ferguson will perform his solo show tribute to William Finn and Michael John LaChiusa on June 13, June 20 and July 4 at Joe's Pub

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee's Jesse Tyler Ferguson will perform his solo show at Joe's Pub from June 13-July 4

Students in the BMI Workshop will have their work performed in the Art and Artists Stars of Tomorrow concert on May 24th

Guare, Mamet and Foote are among the represented playwrights in the Ensemble Studio Theatre's Marathon 2005 27th Annual Festival of New One-Act Plays, which runs from May 25th through June 26th

PS CLASSICS has announced plans to record JASON DANIELEY and MARIN MAZZIE, 'Broadway's golden couple' (The San Francisco Chronicle), in a studio recording drawn from their acclaimed evening of duets, 'Opposite You.'

John Patrick Shanley has received the Dramatist Guild's 2005 Hull-Warriner Award for his play, DOUBT, now on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).

Audra McDonald will star in a special two performance concert of the First Lady Suite by Michael John LaChiusa.

Greg Jbara is currently starring as Andre in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and we sat down recently in his dressing room to speak about the show, his career, his love of New York and lots more…

Broadway and TV actress Audra McDonald will star in a special two performance concert of the Transport Group's Drama Desk nominated production of the OBIE award-winning musical First Lady Suite by Michael John LaChiusa, Tony Award nominated composer-lyricist ('Marie Christine' and 'The Wild Party') on Monday, May 2nd & Tuesday, May 3rd, 7:00 p.m. at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at 77th Street.

This emotional roller-coaster of a cabaret show just finished its run at the Duplex, and will hopefully be back for more.

PS Classics will record the cast album of the recent much-acclaimed production of Lone Star Love on March 2nd. Directed by Michael Bogdanov (Olivier Award-winner for The War of the Roses), LONE STAR LOVE is inspired by the play The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare, conceived and adapted by John L. Haber, with music and lyrics by Jack Herrick, and contributions from Michael Bogdanov, Bland Simpson and Tommy Thompson. Randy Skinner (2001 Tony® nominee, 42nd Street) is choreographer. Discussions are underway for a commercial transfer.

On Monday, March 7 at 7pm Peter Sachon's 'Cello Project' will feature twelve world-premiere chamber pieces by some of NY's hottest composers. Plus, guest artist Rebecca Luker.

Show to feature Rob Sapp, Nicholas Dalton, Adam Fleming, Ben Cameron, and Daniel Torres with special guests Stephen Schwartz and Paul Scott Goodman. Matt Morrison hosts.

We spoke to your favorites to find out what they thought was the most romantic Broadway love song.

PS Classics will record the cast album of the new Broadway production of PACIFIC OVERTURES on February 1, and anticipates a May release. The production, presented by Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) in association with Gorgeous Entertainment (Kumiko Yoshii & Michael Wolk, Producers), began performances at Studio 54 on November 12, 2004, and plays through January 30, 2005.

In a show originally produced by the Ars Nova Broadway Spotlight series, Jesse Tyler Ferguson moves downtown to Joe's Pub where he name drops, practices the art of storytelling and sings the music of Michael John LaChiusa and William Finn, including songs from their new works, R SHOMON and THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE. The evening is directed by Jason Eagan and musical directed by Mary Mitchell Campbell.

RCA Victor is pleased to present the DVD release of Broadway: The Golden Age, By The Legends Who Were There. The DVD of the award-winning film by Rick McKay, featuring 88 minutes of bonus material, is available in stores now.

Town Hall turns off the mikes for a special concert Sept. 27.

A classic femme fatal icon seduces the musical stage