Mimi Hines News

The newly formed Havok Theatre Company in association with the Bootleg Theatre is thrilled to present its third production, the Los Angeles Intimate Theatre Premiere of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, book by Terrence McNally, Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, choreography by Lee Martino, with musical direction by Michael Paternostro and directed by Ovation Award-winner and Artistic Director of the new Havok Theatre Company Nick DeGruccio. KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN will preview on Thursday, September 18; Friday, September 19; Saturday September 20 at 8pm; Sunday, September 21 at 3pm and Thursday, September 25 at 8pm and will open on Friday, September 26 at 8pm and run through Sunday, October 26, 2008 at the Bootleg Theatre, 2220 Beverly Blvd. in Los Angeles.

Lea Thompson and Patrick Cassidy join Vicki Lewis and Jason Alexander.

Director Billy Porter and Grammy nominee Ledisi mark their debuts with Reprise Theatre Company in the 1990 musical 'Once on This Island,' opening the 2008-2009 season, September 2 to 14 at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. The press opening is September 3.

The newly formed Havok Theatre Company in association with the Bootleg Theatre is thrilled to present its third production, the Los Angeles Intimate Theatre Premiere of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, book by Terrence McNally, Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, choreography by Lee Martino, with musical direction by Michael Paternostro and directed by Ovation Award-winner and Artistic Director of the new Havok Theatre Company Nick DeGruccio.

Director Billy Porter and Grammy nominee Ledisi mark their debuts with Reprise Theatre Company in the 1990 musical 'Once on This Island,' opening the 2008-2009 season, September 2 to 14 at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. The press opening is September 3.

Gateway Playhouse in Bellport remains and is so popular that local residents know better than to drive along South Country Road at certain hours lest they become entangled in traffic either entering or exiting the theater. The Gateway Playhouse is located on the site of the former Mott Estate on the eastern-most tip of Bellport , New York . Rumors are rife about the ghost of Lucretia Mott still haunting one of the buildings on the premises but she seems to be benign and hasn't caused any significant problems in the past few decades.

In the mid-1960's it was the multi-talented Mimi Hines, who was chosen to step into the role of Fanny Brice in the Broadway musical Funny Girl, when Barbara Streisand left the show to take it to London. The wonderful thing is, Mimi made the role her own and enjoyed a tremendous Broadway run.

BroadwayWorld.com is proud to announce its newest offering in the streaming video space. FLIRT is BroadwayWorld's new talk show hosted by Broadway star Haviland Stillwell. The pilot episode features the Tony and Emmy Award-winning star David Hyde Pierce.

Reprise! Broadway's Best has announced Broadway Babies as their next Best of Broadway at the Ford Amphitheatre production, set for June 16. Stage veterans Karen Morrow, Mimi Hines and Marilyn Maye will sing favorite songs from the Great White Way in this One Night Only performance...

On Monday, March 12th, the National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction (NFFR) presented 'Broadway for Medicine,' a gala concert at New York City Center featuring the best of Broadway!

Last summer, BroadwayWorld premiered the stunning Broadway digital art of Norn Cutson. Now, Norn is proud to share his portrait of the cast of Follies, the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman classic recently presented as a staged concert at Encores!.

Betty Buckley (Cats, The Mystery of Edwin Drood), Kate Burton (Hedda Gabler, The Constant Wife), Hugh Panaro (Lestat), Lisa Vroman (The Phantom of the Opera), and Josh Strickland, Jenn Gambatese and Chester Gregory II (Tarzan), have joined the upcoming gala concert Broadway for Medicine, featuring the best of Broadway coming together on one stage to benefit children with craniofacial differences, presented by The National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction.

You won't want to miss this week's show - highlights from Encore's recent Follies; BC/EFA's Broadway Bears X and performances & interviews from The Drama League's Benefit Gala. Click to watch Mimi Hines, Donna Murphy, Christine Baranski, Roz Ryan, Ashley Brown, Josh Strickland & the cast of Spring Awakening!

A new Broadway revival of the Sondheim/Goldman masterpiece Follies may be in the works

With all due respect to William Shakespeare and Noel Coward, Broadway's never had a ghost story that mixes terror, wit and theatrical thrills quite like Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies, now receiving an Encores! concert staging so loaded with achingly good moments they could loan a few of them out to some of Broadway's current tenants without losing a bit of its sheen.

New York City Center's Encores! 2007 Season pays tribute to the 100th Anniversary of the first Ziegfeld Follies, kicking off the celebration with Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's legendary 1971 multiple Tony Award-winner, Follies, directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, with music direction by Eric Stern. Follies will play for six performances, from February 8 - 12 at New York City Center, 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues.

With the casting of Colin Donnell as Young Ben and Natalie King Smith as Young Dee Dee, casting for the eagerly anticipated Encores! production of Follies is now complete.

Due to popular demand, the upcoming Encores! staged concert presentation of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's 1971 classic Follies will play an extra performance on February 12th at 8 PM

Victor Garber and Mimi Hines are the latest stars to sign onto the upcoming Encores! staged concert production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies, presented from February 8th through 11th, 2007 at City Center