Nancy Anderson News

Roger Kirby's new Off-Broadway play Burleigh Grime$ began previews on Tuesday, May 23rd and opens on Tuesday, June 13th at New World Stages New World Stages

The 51st Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented on Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 9:00 PM, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. The annual awards honor excellence in theater for Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway during the season.

A Fine and Private Place will end its limited run at the York Theatre Company on May 21st

Jason Robert Brown, Stephanie J. Block and Linda Lavin will be among the performers appearing at Birdland as part of the Summer in the City series

The 21st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Oustanding Achievement Off-Broawday were presented on Monday, May 1st at New World Stages (formerly Dodger Stages, 340 West 50th Street) at 7 PM.

The Wedding Singer--the new Broadway musical based on the hit Adam Sandler movie--marched down the aisles of the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 27th for its opening night and BroadwayWorld was there!

Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.

On Thursday, April 20, the cast and creators of Roger Kirby's new Off-Broadway play Burleigh Grime$ convened at the New World Stages theatre complex in midtown Manhattan for their first day of rehearsal

James Badge Dale ('24'), Emmy and Golden Globe Nominee Wendie Malick ('Just Shoot Me'), Mark Moses ('Desperate Housewives') and Ashley Williams ('Huff,' 'Good Morning Miami') will star in the U.S. premiere of BURLEIGH GRIME$.

Scott Siegel took us back in time to one of Broadway's most golden years, directed by Emily Skinner.

Jason Antoon, Nancy Anderson, James Badge Dale, John Lavelle and Ashley Williams will join previousy-announced 'Just Shoot Me' star Wendie Malick in the New York premiere of Roger Kirby's Burleigh Grime$, opening Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at New World Stages

Victoria Clark, Alexander Gemignani, Daniel Reichard, Michael Gruber and others joined the American Musicals Project's annual benefit concert, 'Applause for the Golden Boy: The Music of Charles Strouse.' The evening showcased Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, and other works by Charles Strouse, who made a special appearance.

More casting has been announced for the Huntington Theatre's 3rd annual Breaking Ground of New Readings, with Denis O'Hare, Campbell Scott, Julie White and more set to join the previously-announced Douglas Sills, Nancy Anderson and Jill Paice

Nancy Anderson, Jill Paice and Douglas Sills--times eight--will headline the Huntington Theatre's staged reading of Steven Lutvak and Robert Freedman's new musical Kind Hearts and Coronets, which will be presented at the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion in Boston on April 6th

The hit series returned to Town Hall last week, kicking off its sixth season celebrating the musicals of 1930.

Fanny Hill, presented by the York Theatre Company will end its limited run on March 12th after 2 performances at 3:00pm and 7:00pm.

The sixth season of the Broadway by the Year series began at Town Hall on Monday, March 6 'The Broadway Musicals of 1930,' with a cast that included a rich array of theater and cabaret stars.

Tony Award nominee Marla Schaffel (Jane Eyre) will join the cast of FANNY HILL, a new musical by Ed Dixon, currently playing at the York Theatre at Saint Peter's. Ms. Schaffel will replace Emily Skinner in the role of Martha beginning Wednesday. March 8. Ms. Skinner, who is leaving to recover from a recent injury, will play her final performance on Sunday, March 5.

On February 26th, The York Theatre Company will premiere the first entry of its new musical theatre education series Musical Conversations

Scott Siegel, the creator/writer/host of the critically acclaimed Broadway by the Year series, which begins its sixth smash season at Town Hall on Monday, March 6 at 8 PM with 'The Broadway Musicals of 1930,' has assembled a powerhouse cast that includes a rich array of theater and cabaret stars.