Oscar Hammerstein News

The program has been announced for 'From Broadway to Hollywood,' the August 10th concert featuring Kelli O'Hara and Aaron Lazar backed by Peter Nero and the Philadelphia Pops

Ron Raines will play debonair Frenchman Emile de Becque in Casa Mañana's upcoming staging of South Pacific, running at the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas from August 15th through 20th

The classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel may soon be receiving a movie musical remake--as a vehicle for Tony Award-winner Hugh Jackman

A nationwide UK casting search is still underway to find a Maria for the upcoming West End revival of The Sound of Music; film star Scarlett Johansson, however, came very close to landing the role

Universal Home Video will, for the first time, release the film version of Flower Drum Song on DVD in November

June Allyson, who performed in several Broadway musicals before becoming one of Hollywood's leading actresses, has passed away at the age of 88

Tony Award-nominee Rachel York, John Schneider and Jeffrey Tambor have joined the cast of the upcoming Hollywood Bowl (2301 Highland Avenue) concert production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music, which will take place on Friday, July 28th and Sat. July 29, and Sunday, July 30

A London revival of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's classic 1927 musical Show Boat is currently being seen in a limited engagement at the Royal Albert Hall from June 10th through 25th

More casting has been announced for the upcoming London limited engagement revival of Show Boat, featuring Elena Shaddow

On May 18th, Chita Rivera will be presented with the New Dramatists' 2006 Career Achievement Award at a luncheon featuring dozens of stars

The upcoming London revival of The Sound of Music will now open on November 14th, rather than the previously-announced date of December 5th

Encores!'s latest production helps prove this classic and wholly original musical deserves a higher place in the standard American theatre repertory

Elena Shaddow will play Clara in the national tour of The Light in the Piazza, as well as Magnolia in the upcoming limited engagement London revival of Show Boat

Marni Nixon will play the Mother Abbess in the upcoming Hollywood Bowl staged concert presentation of The Sound of Music on July 28th and 29th

Jeremy Sams will direct the upcoming London revival of The Sound of Music, opening at the London Palladium on December 5th

Vicki Lewis and Jean Louisa Kelly will be among the stars taking part in Reprise! Broadway's Best's The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein on May 8th

REPRISE! Broadway's Best announced today the third and final event in the Marvelous Musical Monday series for the 2005/06 season, Amick Byram, Kevin Earley, Jean Louisa Kelly and Vicki Lewis starring in THE SONGS OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN, with musical direction by Steven Smith, choreography by Lee Martino and direction by Nick DeGruccio.

On June 19th at 7:30 PM, Broadway legend Barbara Cook and four-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald will share the stage of the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ for the benefit evening Barbara Cook and Audra McDonald in Concert

Laurence Holzman, Felicia Needleman, Alison Louise Hubbard, Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak have been selected as the winners of the 16th Annual Kleban Awards, which honor achievement in writing for musical theatre

Tonight, April 26th, PBS will air a presentation of the Carnegie Hall South Pacific concert starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Rebe McIntire