Oscar Hammerstein II News

Sadler's Wells today announced 20 landmark commissions to mark the 20th anniversary of its iconic London theatre. Natalia Osipova, Mark Morris, William Forsythe, Sharon Eyal and Akram Khan are among the internationally acclaimed artists presenting new work, which will be produced or co-produced by Sadler's Wells in 2018.

The Victoria Symphony celebrates the bright lights and popular musicals of Broadway with the talented students of the Canadian College of Performing Arts. Broadway Lights is presented March 9 and 10, 2018, at 8pm, with a matinee March 10 at 2pm. All performances take place at the Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton Street, Victoria, BC.

Ghostlight Records celebrates Hal Prince's historic 90th Birthday today with the announcement that the label will release PRINCE OF BROADWAY Original Broadway Cast Recording in physical, digital and streaming formats on Friday, April 20.

Victoria Theatre Association's Premier Health Broadway Series presents a brand-new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, produced by NETworks Presentations. THE SOUND OF MUSIC is making its Dayton premiere Feb. 13-18 at the Schuster Center as part of a North American tour. Tickets start at $30 and are on sale now at Ticket Center Stage, located in the Wintergarden of the Schuster Center, by phone at 937-228-3630 or toll-free at 888-228-3630, or online at Ticketcenterstage.com. For more information, please visit www.SoundOfMusicOnTour.com.

Palo Alto Players, the Peninsula's first theatre company, announces its 88th season - featuring four Peninsula premieres and a re-imagined classic. The 2018-19 line-up, beginning September 2018, was unveiled Sunday, January 28 by Artistic Director Patrick Klein at the company's annual Season Announcement Party and includes Disney's TARZAN®, ALL THE WAY, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, FLOWER DRUM SONG, and ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS. All performances are held at the Lucie Stern Theater located at 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. Subscriptions are on sale now online at www.paplayers.org or by phone at 650.329.0891. Individual tickets for the September show go on sale in August and for the remaining season beginning in October.

Columbia University School of the Arts is proud to present Mark H.'s (Columbia MFA Directing Candidate 2018) production of The Escape; or, A Leap for Freedom.

Ruthie Ann Miles will reprise her Tony Award winning and critically acclaimed Broadway role of Lady Thiang in the West End production of THE KING AND I, which opens at the London Palladium on 21 June (Press Night 3 July). She will join fellow Tony Award winner Kelli O'Hara (Anna) and Tony and Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe (The King) in the Broadway transfer of the multi award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic musical.

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) has spent the past 50 years serving the Houston community from our first performance at Miller Outdoor Theatre to the more than 300 productions TUTS has staged at Miller, The Music Hall, and now at the Hobby Center. With our 50th Season, we will build upon the legacy, of our founder, Frank M. Young, and confidently step forward into the next 50 years!

RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA, the 2013 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical from the creators of The King & I and The Sound of Music, will play the State Theatre for a limited engagement on February 16th and 17th.

The Kansas City Broadway Series has announced the 2018-19 Kansas City Broadway Series, presented by Broadway Across America and Theater League at the Music Hall and Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Joining previously announced HAMILTON are Andrew Lloyd Webber's SCHOOL OF ROCK, ANASTASIA, EVITA, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG and RENT.

Bill Kenwright's production of one of the greatest family musicals of all time, The Sound of Music, launches its 2018 tour around the UK on Tuesday 9 January with a stop at the King's Theatre in Glasgow from Tuesday 22 until Saturday 27 January.

Columbia University School of the Arts is proud to present Arthur Makaryan's (Columbia MFA Directing Candidate 2018) production of BROKEN APRIL adapted by Ned Moore (Columbia MFA Dramaturgy Candidate 2018).

Tickets are on sale now for the national Broadway tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC. The brand-new production of the family classic, produced by NETworks Presentations, takes the stage at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts, on the campus of Missouri State University, for a limited three performance engagement January 9-11. Ticket prices start at $30 (plus applicable fees).

RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA, the 2013 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical from the creators of The King & I and The Sound of Music, will play the Fabulous Fox Theatre for a limited engagement from December 27 - 31.

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Fresh from the sold-out premiere in Philadelphia, the new docu-musical An Enchanted Evening: A Night With Oscar Hammerstein II comes Off-Broadway for a limited engagement starting tonight, December 8.

Doreen Taylor recently visited Oscar Hammerstein's Highland Farm to take photos promoting her new show 'An Enchanted Evening: A Night With Oscar Hammerstein II.' Check out the photos here!

The Mabel Mercer Foundation announced this week that Adela and Larry Elow have established a $50,000 endowment fund, created specifically to 'encourage teenagers to learn and perform The Great American Songbook, as composed between the years 1900-1970.'

Fresh from the sold-out premiere in Philadelphia, the new docu-musical AN ENCHANTED EVENING: A NIGHT WITH OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II is headed Off-Broadway for a limited December 2017 engagement.

Bill Kenwright's 'Brilliant' (The Mail) and 'Stunning' (The Echo) production of one of the greatest family musicals of all time, The Sound of Music, launches its 2018 tour around the UK on Tuesday 9 January at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley following a Christmas season at the Bord G is Energy Theatre in Dublin from 19 December 2017.