Oscar Hammerstein News

Brian Stokes Mitchell will sing with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center on September 15th, 16th and 17th

Performances begin Wednesday evening, October 19, 2005 and will continue through Sunday evening, December 4, 2005. Opening night is Sunday evening, October 23, 2005 at 7:30PM.

Eighteen rarities sung by legendary composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim have been assembled for the CD Sondheim Sings II, which will be released by PS Classics on October 25th

Barbara Cook: Bell Telephone Hour Appearances 1960-1965 will feature rare early TV performances by the star; the DVD will be released on September 27th

Legendary Broadway soprano Barbara Cook will make her Metropolitan Opera debut when she gives a concert on January 20th, 2006

The New Victory Theater is turning 10! On December 11, 1995, NYC's premier theater for kids and families forever changed the 42nd street landscape when it became the FIRST historic theater to reopen its doors

In September 2005, Tony-winning Broadway legend Barbara Cook will release Tribute, a CD honoring Wally Harper and Bobby Short, as well as favorite composers such as Harold Arlen and Arthur Schwartz

Jean Cocteau Repertory (Ernest Johns, Artistic Director) announces the creation of the Off Off Bowery Festival, a new festival designed to offer support for emerging Off Off Broadway theatre companies by offering selected organizations free space at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre during its summer hiatus.

Legendary set and costume designer Tony Walton was honored with the prestegious Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement at a star-studded gala.

On Monday, June 6, 2005, The York Theatre Company will present the international stage and film designer Tony Walton with the fifteenth Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre at its annual spring benefit at Broadway's Hudson Theatre, 145 West 44th Street.

Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster and Nancy Anderson are some of the stars featured on the latest CD release of Broadway by the Year

David Javerbaum of the Daily Show has won the 15th annual Kleban Award as the most promising lyricist in American musical theatre

Legendary set and costume designer Tony Walton will receive the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Acheivement in an all-star tribute on June 6th

KT Sullivan, Mark Nadler, Heather MacRae and Craig Rubano will star in Something Wonderful! A Richard Rodgers Celebration in Song at Town Hall on June 3rd

Lancelot, Merlin, Guinevere and the King of all Knights leap from the pages of British lore onto the stage of The New Victory Theater with the minimalist production, King A. From Friday, May 13th through Sunday, May 29th, Holland-based Het Laagland's five fearless actors tackle the epic saga of King Arthur's rise to power that ends tragically in a destructive romantic triangle.

Maureen McGovern, who is currently starring on Broadway in Little Women: The Musical, will lend her 'Stradivarius Voice' to a worthy cause in One Enchanted Evening, a special one-night-only benefit concert for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Presented by R/J Productions in cooperation with Jim Caruso and TheaterMania.com, the concert will be at Birdland (315 West 44th Street) on Monday, April 11 at 9 PM. Jeff Harris will be McGovern's Musical Director for the concert.

Maureen McGovern, who is currently delighting audiences with her moving portrayal of Marmee in the new Broadway musical Little Women, will lend her 'Stradivarious Voice' to a worthy cause in ONE ENCHANTED EVENING, a special, one-night-only benefit concert for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Report and photos from the 12-hour celebration of everything Sondheim, which was held at Symphony Space three days before his 75th birthday.

Paper Mill Playhouse announced its line-up for the 2005-2006 season and beginning in October, the new season of classic hits opens with Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella followed by The Dairy of Anne Frank, Carnival, William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and closing out the season will be Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly!

The hit series returns to The Town Hall with an evening of songs written by Broadway's greatest composers.