Oscar Hammerstein News

Filipino-American Broadway star Adam Jacobs ('Les Miserables', 'Mamma Mia') is currently essaying the coveted role of Simba in Disney Theatrical Productions' North American touring production of ground-breaking, multi-award winning musical 'The Lion King'. The show plays the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago, IL until Saturday, November 27, 2010. Upcoming tour engagements will include Durham, NC January 4 to 30, 2011; Providence, RI February 1 to 20, 2011; Schenectady, NY February 22 to March 20, 2011; Rochester, NY March 22 to April 17, 2011; Toronto, ON Canada April 19 to May 22, 2011; Dayton, OH June 14 to July 10, 2011; and Montreal, QC Canada August 9 to September 4, 2011.

Stage and screen legend Julie Andrews returns for the third year to host the festive annual New Year's celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic, under the direction of Franz Welser-M st from Vienna's Musikverein.

Anchorage Opera will present SOUTH PACIFIC April 1, 2011 - April 10, 2011.

Best known as runner-up in the BBC's How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, West End star Helena Blackman releases her debut solo album The Sound ofRodgers & Hammerstein, celebrating her ongoing association with this legendarymusical theatre writing duo, on 14 th February 2011, to coincide with Valentine's Day.

The award-winning York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the star-studded roster of performers for its 19th Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre. The award will be presented to Tony Award-winning librettist Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray, Elf) on Monday, November 22, 2010. As previously announced, the evening is directed by Tony-winning director/lyricist/librettist Richard Maltby and the award will be presented by Alice Hammerstein Mathias, daughter of Oscar Hammerstein II.

The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) announced its Give My Regards to Broadway tour on November 21, 2010.

Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim's new book 'Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes' was released today, October 26, 2010. The book debuted at #11 on the New York Times Book Review Bestseller list this week.

Linda Lane Smith performs 'From Cows to Cadenzas' at The Triad Theatre 158 West 72nd Street (bet. Broadway & Columbus) NYC this Wednesday, November 10th at 7:00 pm. The musical director is Phil Hall.

The 2011 Cosmopolitan Cabaret season, California Musical Theatre's third in the 200-seat venue at 10th and K Streets in Sacramento, will feature the Tony-nominated Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II 'A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING,' the return of the battle-of-the-sexes comedy 'DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN' and a new musical comedy about friendship among women, 'BINGO.'

Bob Boyett and NETworks Presentations announce casting for the National Tour of The Lincoln Center Theater Production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein's prize-winning musical SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Bartlett Sher playing the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh, November 2-7, 2010. SOUTH PACIFIC ispart of the PNC Broadway Across America - Pittsburgh Series, presented by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony and Broadway Across America. For more information on the production, please visit www.SouthPacificOnTour.com.

On Friday, November 5th THE F.U.D.G.E. (FRIENDS UNITED DEVELOPING GENUINE ENTERTAINMENT) Theatre Company, Inc. will inaugurate its 10th Anniversary Season of Celebration.

Bob Boyett and NETworks Presentations announce casting for the National Tour of The Lincoln Center Theater Production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein's prize-winning musical SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Bartlett Sher playing Philadelphia's Academy of Music, November 23 - 28.

Come on and sing! It's Irving Berlin - the Russian immigrant who transformed American music with some of the greatest popular songs ever written - who gets the SING! SING! SING! "sing-in" treatment with Isn't This A Lovely Day? - The Songs Of Irving Berlin on Tuesday, December 7th (2010) at 7 p.m. at The Triad, 158 West 72nd Street in New York City.

Dena Hammerstein, Founder of Only Make Believe and the President of James Hammerstein Productions along with Actor Sir Ian McKellan were on-hand at the Empire State Building for a lighting ceremony on Monday, November 1st in anticipation of the Only Make Believe Gala later that evening. The Empire State Building, the world's most famous office building, glowed brightly in the colors of Only Make Believe - purple, blue and yellow - in celebration of their 11th Anniversary.

Bob Boyett and NETworks Presentations announce casting for the National Tour of The Lincoln Center Theater Production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein's prize-winning musical SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Bartlett Sher playing the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh, November 2-7, 2010. SOUTH PACIFIC ispart of the PNC Broadway Across America - Pittsburgh Series, presented by The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony and Broadway Across America. For more information on the production, please visit www.SouthPacificOnTour.com.

The 2011 Cosmopolitan Cabaret season, California Musical Theatre's third in the 200-seat venue at 10th and K Streets in Sacramento, will feature the Tony-nominated Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II 'A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING,' the return of the battle-of-the-sexes comedy 'DEFENDING THE CAVEMAN' and a new musical comedy about friendship among women, 'BINGO.'

Only Make Believe, the non-profit organization that creates and performs interactive theatre for children in hospitals and care facilities, will celebrate their 11th Anniversary on November 1st with an evening at the Shubert Theatre.

As the leaves are turning into a rainbow of colors, and we await the first snowflakes to fall, DC theatergoers are anticipating Arena Stage's first two productions in their new Mead Center, while Harry Connick, Jr. introduces children to a friendly elf, and Snow White and a red rose and a guy named Fred make a stop at The Kennedy Center. That red-haired orphan brings Sandy and a bitchy Ms. Hannigan and a pooch named Sandy to Olney, MD. Synetic Theater Artistic Director and his wife/choreographer reunite on the stage, a Ziegfeld Folly stars in a one-woman show, and doughnuts are served at The Studio Theatre.

Pittsburgh Public Theater opens its 36th season in grand style with George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's comedy, The Royal Family. Presented by First Niagara and directed by Ted Pappas, The Royal Family runs September 30 - October 31, 2010 at the O'Reilly Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theater's home in the heart of Downtown's Cultural District.

Lincoln Center Theater, in association with Bob Boyett and NETworks Presentations, presents a new production of Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical SOUTH PACIFIC, directed by Bartlett Sher.