Nancy Carson News

Two Camp Broadway alumni now starring on Broadway will visit camp for lunch to share their experiences on stage, and their transitions from camper to Broadway actor in Tony award winning shows.

Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown returned to Broadway Artists Alliance last week to lead a master class, working with talented young people from across the country

Meet each of the 10 contestants for the New York Musical Theatre Festival's 2007 'Broadway Idol' competition. 'Broadway Idol,' a talent competition seeking to find the newest musical theatre star presented by NYMF, returns this summer for its second season. Broadway veteran Andrea McArdle hosts this year's competition.

This week: Raising a Star, Ethel Merman: The Biggest Star on Broadway, I Could Have Sung All Night: My Story by Marni Nixon and the Playbill Broadway Yearbook!

As the theatre season gets back into gear, BroadwayWorld.com tallies up some numbers that are quite impressive. Their biggest story to date has been an ongoing piece this summer titled 'What's on Your iPod?.' It boasts a host of theatre celebrities, singers and well-known industry professionals listing what they're listening to on their iPod. Due to the feature's huge popularity, it was extended to continue for over 40 days, concluding this Saturday, September 9, 2006.

Feature a report on 'without you' by Anthony Rapp, 'til the fat girl sings' by Sharon Wheatley, 'Female Brando: The Legend of Kim Stanley' by Jon Krampner, 'The Importance of Being Barbra' by Tom Santopietro and 'TIME STEPS ? My Musical Comedy Life' by Donna McKechnie with Greg Lawrence.