Michael Todd News

First things first; there is no hot air ballooning in Mark Brown's stage adaptation of Jules Verne's Around The World In 80 Days, just in case your only familiarity with the plot comes from Michael Todd's not exactly faithful 1956 movie version. (For that matter, there aren't any martial arts fight scenes either, in case you only saw the Jackie Chan remake.) But if Verne's hero did dabble in a bit of ballooning, I'm sure Brown and director Michael Evan Haney would have found some clever way to depict it in this lively and entertaining little production that's landed at the Irish Repertory Theatre in association with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.

Broadway Musicals of 1944, was presented by The Town Hall (Executive and Artistic Director Lawrence Zucker), on Monday, May 11th. Now in its ninth season, the critically acclaimed Broadway By The Year® series is known for great signing and spectacular Broadway dancing. The series is created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall. The cast celebrated after the concert at Broadway favorite, Tony's DiNapoli restaurant (147 West 43rd Street at Broadway).

Chicago Opera Theater's second opera of their 2009 Spring Festival Season is La Tragédie de Carmen, a 90 minute adaptation of Georges Bizet's Carmen by Marius Constant, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Peter Brook. La Tragèdie de Carmen runs May 2nd through May 15th at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park.

Chicago Opera Theater's second opera of their 2009 Spring Festival Season is La Tragédie de Carmen, a 90 minute adaptation of Georges Bizet's Carmen by Marius Constant, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Peter Brook. La Tragèdie de Carmen runs May 2nd through May 15th at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park.

Lynn Bernay, Dancer and Costumer, died on December 9th in Santa Fe, N.M. She was 77 years old and briefly battled brain cancer. Lynn Bernay was born in Bronx, NY and started her acreer as a Radio City Rockette. She then went on to dance in many Broadway musicals and film adaptations.

Lyric Theatre, Oklahoma's premiere professional theatre company, concludes the 2007-2008 'Lyric at the Plaza' season with the big, bad, rock-n-roll musical, The Rocky Horror Show. From October 9th through November 1st, Lyric will present the live version of the spectacular cult classic film about the madcap adventures of Brad Majors and his fiancé Janet Weiss, who approach the spooky Frankenstein place to find help for a flat tire.

'PROJECT GHOSTLIGHT' the new series pilot from SchoonerScout Productions has been named an Official Selection in the fourth annual New York Television Festival (NYTVF) held September 12-17, 2008 at New World Stages in New York and BroadwayWorld.com has a sneak peek at this new and unique show!

'PROJECT GHOSTLIGHT' the new series pilot from SchoonerScout Productions has been named an Official Selection in the fourth annual New York Television Festival (NYTVF) held September 12-17, 2008 at New World Stages in New York.

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Project Ghostlight, a potential new documentary/reality series, shoots its pilot episode next week at The Boston University Theatre (The Huntington Theatre Company in residence). The show is a journey into the world of America's oldest, and sometimes forgotten, theatrical past. The aim: to bring to light the amazing stories locked inside America's majestic theaters and explore some of the phenomenal tales and experiences of the past and present.