Monique News

LAByrinth Theater Company, in residence at The Public Theater, presents the second production of their 2007-2008 season: the world premiere of UNCONDITIONAL by Brett C. Leonard with direction of Mark Wing-Davey; Opening Night is Monday, February 18.

Theaproductions presents, Killing The Boss, a new dark comedy by Catherine Filloux, author of the award-winning Off-Broadway play Lemkin's House, directed by Jean Randich; opens Tuesday, February 12 at Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street, near 7th Avenue, between Bedford and Barrow Streets) through February 23.

BroadwayWorld has learned the complete cast details of Paper Mill Playhouse's up-coming production of Steel Magnolias, to begin at their Millburn Theatre on Wednesday, March 5; officially opening Sunday March 9 at 7:30PM with performances through April 6. The cast of Steel Magnolias will star Kelly Bishop as Clairee, Charlotte Booker as Truvy, Beth Fowler as Ouiser, Monique Fowler as M'Lynn, Kelly Sullivan as Shelby and Kate Wetherhead as Annelle.

Darren Lee Cole presents the Off-Broadway premiere of NAACP Award-winning playwright and actor Debra Ehrhardt's Jamaica, Farewell, based on her true-life story, which opens Monday, March 3rd at 7PM at the SoHo Playhouse

The Butterfly - adapted from Patricia Polacco's book of the same name by Charles Greenberg (Music) and Barbara Zinn Krieger (Book & Lyrics) and directed by David Schechter - will be presented by Making Books Sing, the New York-based company dedicated to turning culturally and historically significant books for young readers into musical works for the stage, with performances in the Bronx at the Lovinger Theatre at Lehman College from January 28 to February 1; in Brooklyn at the Goldstein Theatre at Kingsborough Community College from February 4 to 8; in Manhattan at Symphony Space from February 9 to 12; and in Queens at Laguardia Performing Arts Center at Laguardia Community College from February 14 to 15.

Lauren Glassberg, a features reporter and substitute co-anchor for WABC-TV's Eyewitness News - will read Patricia Polacco's book The Butterfly on Thursday, February 7th at 4:00pm at the Upper West Side Barnes & Noble (2289 Broadway at 82nd Street). This reading will give parents and children the opportunity to hear the work that has inspired the new family musical The Butterfly - adapted from Polacco's children's book, with Music by Charles Greenberg, Book & Lyrics by Barbara Zinn Krieger and Directed by David Schechter - before seeing it at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th Street) from February 9th through February 12th.

Director and choreographer Kenny Ortega helm Walt Disney Pictures' upcoming film High School Musical: 3 for the big-screen, featuring all principal cast members from the two previous tween-phenomenon TV events; including Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman. To begin filming in spring 2008.

The world premiere of the new family musical The Butterfly - adapted from Patricia Polacco's book of the same name by Charles Greenberg (Music) and Barbara Zinn Krieger (Book & Lyrics) and directed by David Schechter - will be presented by Making Books Sing, the New York-based company dedicated to turning culturally and historically significant books for young readers into musical works for the stage, with performances throughout New York.

Disney's High School Musical 2 DVD Premiered at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, CA on November 19, 2007.

Us Magazine reports: 'Vanessa Hudgens and Ashley Tisdale will reprise their roles in the upcoming third installment of the hit movie High School Musical.' Officially, a Disney spokesperson has neither confirmed or denied the casting news.

Merrimack Repertory Theatre's 29th season opens with the regional premiere of the second installment of local playwright Richard Dresser's 'happiness trilogy' about class in America

Nominees for the 2007 American Music Awards, produced by Dick Clark Productions, Inc., were announced today during a press conference at The Beverly Hills Hotel. The three nominees in the Soundtrack - Favorite Album category are Dreamgirls, Hairspray and High School Musical 2.

The world premiere of Tim Acito's musical adaptation of Gloria Naylor's novel, The Women of Brewster Place, opens at Arena Stage after its successful co-production run at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre. The Women of Brewster Place runs October 19 - December 9 in the Kreeger Theater; Opening performance is Friday, October 26 at 8PM.

The Color Purple, The Musical about Love, announces that tickets will go on sale Sunday, September 23 at 11AM for the Los Angeles engagement of the first North American touring production at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre at the Los Angeles Music Center for 12 weeks only, December 13, 2007, through March 9, 2008.

Disney's 'High School Musical 2,' Zac Efron and Vanessa Anne Hudgens were among the winners at the ninth annual Teen Choice Awards on FOX.

The FringeNYC Encore Series announces a lineup of 80 performances in 12 shows in two theatres from August 30 - September 16 at Soho Playhouse & Bleecker Street Theater.

Due to popular demand, the first North American Tour of the Broadway smash hit The Color Purple will add four final weeks to its Chicago engagement at the Cadillac Palace Theatre before moving to San Francisco

'High School Musical 2,' the sequel to Disney's smash TV hit, broke a number of viewership records.

Tonight's the night that Disney Channel debuts 'High School Musical 2!' It's finally here, and everybody's still writing about it!

With the overwhelming success of the original High School Musical, it was only a matter of time before Disney delivered what the millions of fans were begging for - the highly anticipated sequel, High School Musical 2 which debuts on the Disney Channel on Friday, August 17th. BroadwayWorld sat down with Lucas Grabeel who is better known to the HSM fans as drama club die-hard, Ryan Evans. Here's what he had to say about making the original, the sequel, going on tour, and more!