Michael Rupert News

Casting has been announced for the first week of Summer Play Festival shows

On June 12th, The York Theatre Company presented some of Broadway's brightest stars singing the songs of emerging composers and lyricists in 'NEO2,' and BroadwayWorld was there for the event!

Tonight at York Theatre Company, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty will host two sold-out performances of 'NEO2' at 6:00pm and 9:00pm; the evening will feature some of Broadway's brightest stars

Due to overwhelming demand, and with the 9pm performance sold out, York Theatre Company has announced an additional performance of 'NEO2,' a benefit concert celebrating emerging musical theatre writers, at 6:00pm on Monday June 12th

On June 12th, the York Theatre Company's NE02 benefit concert will feature the work of emerging musical theatre songwriters, as performed by stars such as Stephanie J. Block, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Phylicia Rashad and Michael Rupert

When a high mass star reaches its supernova explosion, the result is either a shower of stardust that creates new light, or a black hole that consumes everything in its wake. Such is one of the main metaphors of Splitting Infinity by award-winning playwright and screenwriter Jamie Pachino, which currently having its world premiere at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, New York.

Julia talks about her influences, dream roles, Wicked, Internet chat rooms and more...

Joan Allen, Michael Rupert and Christine Ebersole are among the stars lined up for the Playwrights Horizons gala High Standards on April 3

Wendy Kesselman's adaptation of the 1955 play contains sides of his daugher Otto Frank did not want to be made public

Paper Mill Playhouse's production of The Diary of Anne Frank opened on Sunday night, January 22, 2006 and BroadwayWorld was there!

The Paper Mill Playhouse's production of The Diary of Anne Frank, starring Isabel Keating and Michael Rupert, will begin performances on January 18th

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the second production of the 2005-2006 season: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett's timeless classic drama The Diary of Anne Frank adapted by Wendy Kesselman with direction by Carolyn Cantor.

On November 6th, playwright Christopher Durang went on for Michael Rupert in Adrift in Macao when the latter was taken out by sickness

Michael Rupert will star in the new Christopher Durang musical Adrift in Macao, which will run in Philadelphia from October 19th through November 20th

Creators of the eight NAMT New Works musicals as well as performers and industry professionals turned out for a reception at Marseilles on September 27th

Celia Keenan-Bolger, Hunter Foster, Stephanie D'Abruzzo and other stars have been cast in the eight National Alliance for Musical Theatre Festival of New Musicals, which will be held on September 25th and 26th

The York Theatre Company has announced that its musical hit, Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story, by Stephen Dolginoff, will play its final performance Sunday, August 21 at 7 PM.

Shonn Wiley will succeed Doug Kreeger as Richard Loeb in the York Theatre Company's Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story

Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story will play a benefit performance for BC/EFA on July 25th and talkback sessions with noted scholars will be held on July 23rd and 28th

Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story will offer a talkback session on July 16th with composer/lyricist/star Stephen Dolginoff, David Spencer and Doug Cohen discussing non-formula musicals