Paul Simon News

Tony Award-nominee Euan Morton chats about his debut solo album 'NewClear' and playing the title role in the recent Bay Street Theatre production of TOMMY

Philip Hernandez and jazz pianist Jeremy Wall will play a return engagement at The Triad (158 West 72nd Street) on June 19th

Carrie Fisher, who played the iconic role of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy and who also has a notable career as a writer, will debut her one-woman show Wishful Drinking at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles beginning October 6th

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schoenberg's THE PIRATE QUEEN, the spectacular new musical from the authors of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, will play a pre-Broadway, World Premiere engagement in Chicago from October 3rd through November 26th, 2006.

We checked in with the star, who's currently in Los Angeles for her latest news, and the scoop on what it's like to make the transition from stage to the small screen.

Natascia Diaz who is currently starring in 'JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND LIVING IN PARIS' will be visiting Seth's Broadway Chatterbox today at 6PM. There is sure to be dish on SEUSSICAL, the Paul Simon flop THE CAPEMAN and what it was like going on for Aldonza in MAN OF LA MANCHA. Seth also promises great B roll of her as Anita in WEST SIDE STORY and scoop about her final call back for Cassie in the upcoming CHORUS LINE revival.

Off-Broadway¹s Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer - Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director ­ Elliot Fox, Managing Director) and Bloomingdale¹s have formed a corporate partnership in celebration of the New York Premiere of Charles Grodin¹s new play, The Right Kind of People, which begins performances at Primary Stages, the resident company at 59E59 Theaters, Tuesday, January 24, 2006, and is slated to run until Sunday, March 5, 2006.

The production will star Josh Strickland as Tarzan, Jenn Gambatese as Jane, Merle Dandridge as Kala, Shuler Hensley as Kerchak, Chester Gregory II as Terk, Timothy Jerome as Professor Porter and Donnie Keshawarz as Clayton. Daniel Manche and Alex Rutherford will alternate in the role of Young Tarzan.

Luba Mason, who is currently playing Velma Kelly in Chicago, dishes on the show, her career and her thoughts on performing

Ed Dixon's excellent musical adaptation of A.R. Gurney's play features a sung-through score and a title character who cannot sing

Disney has announced that Tarzan will being previews on March 24, to open on May 10, 2006.

At 9:00 PM on September 29th, NYMF Presents: Two Original Sets by Two Broadway Babes - Gavin Creel and Alice Ripley in concert at Upstairs at Studio 54.