Oscar Hammerstein News

‘Getting to Know You: Rodgers & Asia' - a symposium exploring the successes and controversies in Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals -- 'The King and I,' 'South Pacific,' and 'Flower Drum Song,' will be presented October 5 at David Henry Hwang Theater. The event will include musical performances by Jose Llana and Jennifer Paz. The symposium, presented by Reprise Theatre Company in association with East West Players, will be moderated by playwright David Henry Hwang. The symposium, presented by Reprise Theatre Company in association with East West Players, will be moderated by playwright David Henry Hwang.

The Signature Theatre, nationally renowned for its innovation in musical theater, will reinvent the 1927 classic American musical, Show Boat, in a brand new production playing November 10, 2009 through January 17, 2010.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian and David Mirvish's lavish, Dora Award-winning production of the timeless classic THE SOUND OF MUSIC will enjoy its 1st Anniversary - a full year on stage at the Princess of Wales Theatre - this Friday, October 2.

Previously reported by BroadwayWorld.com and now confirmed by PBS, to celebrate the one year anniversary of Liza Minnelli's Tony Award-winning performance 'LIZA'S AT THE PALACE,' American Public Television (ATP) will distribute the long awaited Special in December, 2009. Minnelli's unanimously acclaimed Broadway performances were sold out for five weeks in December last year and fans around the world have been eagerly anticipating news of the broadcast.

John Bonanni, Big Fish Big Pond, Ltd and the New York Musical Theater Festival present the world premiere of Under Fire, a new musical set in the late 1970's during the bloody revolution in El Mirado, and based upon the 1983 motion picture of the same title.

Jennie Eisenhower, who won a Barrymore Award five years ago for her performance in The Media Theatre's 'The Wild Party', returns to the State Street stage as Julie in the classic musical 'Show Boat'. Artistic Director Jesse Cline, who directed her to her award winning performance, takes the helm once again for this Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II collaboration.

John Bonanni, Big Fish Big Pond, Ltd and the New York Musical Theater Festival present the world premiere of Under Fire, a new musical set in the late 1970's during the bloody revolution in El Mirado, and based upon the 1983 motion picture of the same title.

Columbia Stages announces its first fall presentation of the 2009-2010 season, Lifetime Fairytale-the collaboration of 2nd year MFA Playwright Zhu Yi and 3rd year MFA Director Marios Theocharous.

Signature Theatre, winner of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award®, continues its 20th anniversary season in October and November with the two types of musical productions for which the company has become renowned: musical theater and cabaret performances. November 10, 2009 through January 17, 2010, Signature reinvents the 1927 classic American musical, Show Boat, with Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer creating an intimate new staging in the 300-seat MAX Theatre, complete with a special new approved script and new orchestrations. Cabaret shows take over Signature?s other house, the 120-seat ARK Theatre, when Signature begins a year-long ?best of? salute to its 20 years of musicals. From October 13 through 18, the cabaret offering Signature Sings: 1989-1994 will feature music from Company, Wings, Assassins, and Into the Woods. Cabaret performances will again return from November 17 through 22 with Signature Sings: 1995-1999, featuring select songs from First Lady Suite, Cabaret, A Grand Night for Singing, Passion, The Rink, Sunday in the Park With George, Working, The Fix, A Little Night Music, Over and Over, and Tell Me on a Sunday.

Julie Wilson Award winner Jennifer Sheehan makes her Laurie Beechman Theatre debut celebrating the upcoming 100th birthday of The Great American Songbook. After all, its first chapter was written in 1910, with the publication of Shelton Brooks's 'Some of These Days,' a song that experts regard as the first modern American standard!

The New School presents the acclaimed composer, lyricist, and arranger Charles Strouse in conversation with New School President Bob Kerrey and Robert LuPone, director of The New School for Drama, on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. Strouse's first Broadway musical, Bye Bye Birdie (written with longtime collaborator Lee Adams), has returned to Broadway this fall and is currently in previews.

Porchlight Music Theatre, Chicago's musical theatre leader, celebrates the company's 15th Anniversary with an updated version of one of the most popular hits in the company's history, Macabaret. The production, with music and lyrics by Robert Hartmann and Scott Keys, runs for two weekends only -Thursday, October 22 through November 1, 2009, at Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont Ave.

Julie Wilson Award winner Jennifer Sheehan makes her Laurie Beechman Theatre debut celebrating the upcoming 100th birthday of The Great American Songbook. After all, its first chapter was written in 1910, with the publication of Shelton Brooks's 'Some of These Days,' a song that experts regard as the first modern American standard!

Previously reported by BroadwayWorld.com and now confirmed by PBS, to celebrate the one year anniversary of Liza Minnelli's Tony Award-winning performance 'LIZA'S AT THE PALACE,' American Public Television (ATP) will distribute the long awaited Special in December, 2009. Minnelli's unanimously acclaimed Broadway performances were sold out for five weeks in December last year and fans around the world have been eagerly anticipating news of the broadcast.

SHN will present the all-new production of the Lincoln Center Theater prize-winning musical classic of Rodgers and Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC at the Golden Gate Theatre beginning Friday, September 18 through Sunday, October 25, 2009.

South Coast Repertory kicks off the 2009-10 Season with Putting It Together, a compilation of Stephen Sondheim songs, that the composer put together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, creating a narrative set at a cocktail party in an elegant Manhattan condo. The non-traditional musical, led by Broadway and television star Harry Groener, has a cast of five (a glamorous but slightly jaded couple, a starry-eyed younger couple and a savvy observer) who sing more than 30 songs that reflect their lives, lifestyles and moods of the moment. Some of the songs will be familiar, some less so, a few were even cut from their original musical scores, but they are all sophisticated, smart and drop-dead droll. All, in other words, Sondheim.

A memorial service has been set for American conductor and musical theatre archivist John McGlinn. The public service will take place at Merkin Hall (129 West 67th Street) at 2pm on McGlinn's birthday, September 18.

Julie Wilson Award winner Jennifer Sheehan makes her Laurie Beechman Theatre debut celebrating the upcoming 100th birthday of The Great American Songbook. After all, its first chapter was written in 1910, with the publication of Shelton Brooks's 'Some of These Days,' a song that experts regard as the first modern American standard!

The National Touring Company of Rodgers & Hammerstein's SOUTH PACIFIC will be led by Rod Gilfry (Emile de Becque) and Carmen Cusack (Nellie Forbush), with Anderson Davis (Lt. Cable), Matthew Saldivar (Luther Billis), Keala Settle (Bloody Mary), Gerry Becker (Capt. Brackett), Peter Rini (Cmdr. Harbison), Sumie Maeda (Liat), Rusty Ross (Professor) and original 2008 Broadway cast member Genson Blimline (Stewpot).

John Bonanni, Big Fish Big Pond, Ltd and the New York Musical Theater Festival present the world premiere of Under Fire, a new musical set in the late 1970's during the bloody revolution in El Mirado, and based upon the 1983 motion picture of the same title.