Paul Williams News

Legendary performer Barbra Streisand has announced she will auction off performance costumes, paintings, furniture and vintage collectibles to benefit her Streisand Foundation.

Come celebrate Christmas at the Opera House! Goodspeed Musicals, the only two time Tony Award winning theatre in the country, is proud to announce the return of last year's hit musical production Jim Henson's Emmet Otter.

Shane Arts Theatrical Ensemble Repertory has taken a different approach in telling the story of Romeo and Juliet, with a clever condensed adaptation by dramaturge David Hundsness and several standout performances, making the classic more accessible to modern audiences, particularly those unfamiliar with Shakespeare or find the genre yawn-boring.

Jane Fonda has taken to her blog to discuss her recent trip to Las Vegas, as well as catching up with Barbra Streisand.

The final song selections for Love Is The Answer, the eagerly awaited new studio collection of intimate jazz standards performed by Barbra Streisand, are being revealed in anticipation of the album's release on Tuesday, September 29.

Actress/singer/jewelry designer Shana Farr will make her long awaited cabaret debut at The Laurie Beechman Theatre at The West Bank Café in a thrilling new musical show, Pure Imagination? in which the beautiful and talented soprano will interpret imaginative songs by composers ranging from Harold Arlen to Carly Simon, Jule Styne to Francesca Blumenthal, Paul Williams to Rachmaninoff, and others.

THE FIRST WIVES CLUB is getting a new wife. For personal reasons, Adriane Lenox will not be a part of the musical production. Tony Award nominee Sheryl Lee Ralph has stepped in to the role of 'Elyse'.

Actress/singer/jewelry designer Shana Farr will make her long awaited cabaret debut at The Laurie Beechman Theatre at The West Bank Café in a thrilling new musical show, Pure Imagination? in which the beautiful and talented soprano will interpret imaginative songs by composers ranging from Harold Arlen to Carly Simon, Jule Styne to Francesca Blumenthal, Paul Williams to Rachmaninoff, and others.

Previews for the world premiere of The First Wives Club - A New Musical are now set to begin July 17, 2009. The schedule was changed to accommodate a revised rehearsal/technical schedule.

Old Globe Executive Producer Lou Spisto is pleased to announce the complete cast and design team for its world premiere of The First Wives Club - A New Musical, as part of the Globe's 2009 Summer Season.

Goodbye gray skies, hello blue! The national tour of Happy Days - A New Musical will play at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts with Theatre Under The Stars May 12-24, 2009 for just two weeks.

Songwriter Paul Williams was elected President and Chairman of the Board of ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) today by the ASCAP Board of Directors at its meeting in Nashville, TN.

Goodbye gray skies, hello blue! The national tour of Happy Days - A New Musical will play at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts with Theatre Under The Stars May 12-24, 2009 for just two weeks.

HAPPY DAYS - A NEW MUSICAL Playing The Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts April 14-19 Goodbye gray skies, hello blue - HAPPY DAYS - A New Musical is coming to the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, April 14-19. Tickets are on sale now!

Goodbye gray skies, hello blue, Happy Days ? A New Musical is coming to the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, April 14-19. Tickets are on sale now! Based on the hit Paramount Pictures? television series, Happy Days ? A New Musical reintroduces one of America?s best loved families, the Cunninghams and the days of 1959 Milwaukee. This time capsule is complete with familiar friends, Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph, Joanie and Chachi, Pinky Tuscadero and of course, the king of cool: Arthur ?The Fonz? Fonzarelli.

Goodbye gray skies, hello blue HAPPY DAYS A New Musical is coming to the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, April 14-19. Tickets are on sale now!

MAXWELL C. KING CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS announces their MARCH, APRIL, MAY, LINE-UP 'Dame Edna Everage - My First Last Tour' Friday & Saturday, April 3& 4, 8:00 pm Tickets On Sale Now

HAPPY DAYS - A NEW MUSICAL Playing The Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts April 14-19 Goodbye gray skies, hello blue - HAPPY DAYS - A New Musical is coming to the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, April 14-19. Tickets are on sale now!

Goodbye gray skies, hello blue, Happy Days ? A New Musical is coming to the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, April 14-19. Tickets are on sale now! Based on the hit Paramount Pictures? television series, Happy Days ? A New Musical reintroduces one of America?s best loved families, the Cunninghams and the days of 1959 Milwaukee. This time capsule is complete with familiar friends, Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph, Joanie and Chachi, Pinky Tuscadero and of course, the king of cool: Arthur ?The Fonz? Fonzarelli.

Rubicon Theatre Company continues its 'Brave New World' Season with FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. The musical begins previews Thursday, March 19, open on Saturday, March 21 at 7pm and run through Sunday, April 26, 2009 at Rubicon Theatre, 1006 E. Main Street in Ventura. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is the Tony Award? winning musical that captured the hearts of people all over the world with its universal appeal. The play tells the story of Tevye, a Jewish milkman coping with day-to-day 'shtetl' life, Jewish traditions and the women in his life in pre-Revolutionary Russia.