Michael Patrick News

Ars Nova will present At Least It's Pink, a 'trashy little show' about New York City life through the eyes of a girl from Manhattan, Kansas, who's never afraid to tell it like it is

John Tartaglia will be starring as Lumiere in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, beginning performances on Tuesday, November 21st at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street). Tartaglia is best known for originating the roles of Princeton and Rod in Avenue Q in Las Vegas and on Broadway for which he received a Tony Award® nomination in 2004.

The winners of Chicago's Jefferson Awards were announced in a ceremony at the DePaul Merle Reskin Theatre (60 Balbo Drive) in Chicago on November 6th

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman proudly announce the long running off-Broadway show, Altar Boyz (now also in the midst of a National Tour), has endorsed Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for Governor of New York. No other musical has ever endorsed a candidate.

It's funny, it's witty, it's energetic, and it's smart, but one only needs a single word to describe Altar Boyz-heavenly.

CANADIAN CHILDREN'S OPERA CHORUS PERFORMS A DICKENS OF A CHRISTMAS AT HARBOURFRONT CENTRE THEATRE NOV. 30 TO DEC. 3

The national tour of Altar Boyz begins in Chicago on October 10th

Altar Boyz recently made it past its 666th Off-Broadway performance at New World Stages

Kyle Dean Massey will take over the role of Matthew in the award-winning musical comedy Altar Boyz, beginning October 3rd

The tour schedule has been announced for Altar Boyz, which will kick off its 30-week tour with a three-week engagement at Chicago's LaSalle Bank Theatre

Matthew Buckner, Ryan J. Ratliff, John Arthur Greene, Jay Garcia and Nick Blaemire will star in the national tour of Altar Boyz, which will kick off in Chicago in October

Stephen Flaherty, Frank Galati, Gary Griffin, Mary Zimmerman, David Ives and James Lapine, as well as performers Tyler Hanes, Rondi Reed, Mary Beth Peil, Hollis Resnik, Anthony Crivello and E. Faye Butler are among the nominees for the 2006 Joseph Jefferson Awards, which recognize achievement in Chicago-area Equity theatre

The 30-week national tour of the acclaimed Off-Broadway hit Altar Boyz will kick off with a three-week engagement at Chicago's LaSalle Bank Theatre (18 West Monroe Street) October 10 - 29, 2006.

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that ALTAR BOYZ offer a special post- performance Talk-Back following the matinee on Sunday September 10th, featuring the cast along with the creators, Gary Adler, Michael Patrick Walker and Kevin Del Aguila.

Cynthia Nixon, Christine Ebersole, Tony Kushner and more took part in the Trevor Project's 'A Totally Funny Whatever' on June 22nd

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that SHAUN TAYLOR-CORBETT will take over the role as JUAN in the award-winning musical comedy, beginning July 3rd. Original Juan, Ryan Duncan leaves the show July 2nd.

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that ALTAR BOYZ, the award-winning musical comedy, will kick off a 30-week National Tour with a three-week engagement at the LaSalle Theatre (4901 W. Irving Park Road) in Chicago beginning October 10th.

Zach Hanna will succeed Tyler Maynard as Altar Boyz' Mark on June 5th

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that ALTAR BOYZ will play its 500th performance on Friday, May 12th.

The runaway success of Disney Channel's 'High School Musical,' the sound track from which has hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard pop-music charts twice this year, has renewed interest in the teen musical genre -- and among the musical productions benefiting is 'In Your Dreams,' a musical written and produced by Miramax-linked screenwriter Zeke Farrow and scored by Marc Shaiman-protégé Lucian Piane.