Peter Allen News

Tony Winner Hugh Jackman is featured in the September issue of Vogue magazine. The article is titled 'Hugh Jackman, Broadway's Sexiest Star' and details his return to Broadway in A STEADY RAIN plus news of some of his future projects, including a tidbit about the star wanting to do a Shakespeare play with Trevor Nunn. The issue is on news stands now.

Direct from sold out shows in Australia, Darren Willams returns to Metropolitan Room at Gotham with his show 'Not the Boy Next Door! - the Peter Allen Songbook' for four shows only.

The Metropolitan Room recently announced its September events.

Two retired British army colonels stumble across a bracelet in a stall in the old bazaar in Casablanca. The bracelet belongs to the missing heiress of the great Mumulgum Castle. The missing heiress is a niece of one of the colonels, so they decide upon a quest to find and rescue her.

Direct from sold out shows in Australia, Darren Willams returns to Metropolitan Room at Gotham with his show 'Not the Boy Next Door! - the Peter Allen Songbook' for four shows only.

Friends In Deed has tapped Tommy Tune's brand new road show, Steps in Time, for their one-night-only spectacular Broadway Benefit Gala which will take place at The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College (899 Tenth Avenue) on Monday, September 21st at 8:00 p.m. All proceeds benefit Friends In Deed - The Crisis Center for Life-Threatening Illness.

Come join The Metropolitan Room every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our nightly piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

Variety reports that Twentieth Century Fox has signed Hugh Jackman to star as P.T. Barnum in a new musical 'The Greatest Showman on Earth' which will be a contemporary musical written by Jenny Bicks (Sex and the City).

Remember the legendary ladies such as: Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Shirley Bassey, Carol Channing, Marlene Dietrich, and Lucille Ball? On September 12th, British Sensation, Toni Morrell salutes these ladies and others in her all new one-woman show.

Two retired British army colonels stumble across a bracelet in a stall in the old bazaar in Casablanca. The bracelet belongs to the missing heiress of the great Mumulgum Castle. The missing heiress is a niece of one of the colonels, so they decide upon a quest to find and rescue her.

Today's Broadway Blogs on BroadwayWorld.com from Monday, July 27, 2009.

Chicago Dramatists has a special block of orchestra tickets on reserve to A STEADY RAIN, the hottest upcoming Broadway show starring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman and directed by Tony-Award nominee John Crowley. With stars of this caliber, tickets are in high demand, but Chicago Dramatists will be hosting a benefit performance on November 14th. A STEADY RAIN, the smash hit production by Chicago Dramatists Resident Playwright, Keith Huff, thrilled audiences during its two critically and publicly acclaimed runs in Chicago and will open in New York City this September.

Come join The Metropolitan Room every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our nightly piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that A STEADY RAIN scribe, Keith Huff has sold the film rights to James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. WIlson, who are also among the producers of the play.

Two retired British army colonels stumble across a bracelet in a stall in the old bazaar in Casablanca. The bracelet belongs to the missing heiress of the great Mumulgum Castle. The missing heiress is a niece of one of the colonels, so they decide upon a quest to find and rescue her.

Variety reports that the much rumored story that Guy Ritchie is readying a remake of 'GUYS & DOLLS' has bothered the rights holders of the musical so much that they sought out the Ritchie's reps to find out how he could be working a movie they hadn't given a blessing to in the first place.

Variety is reporting that Wolverine star Hugh Jackman will star in the Full Monty-ish 20th Century Fox comedy 'Avon Man.' 'Hitch' writer Kevin Bisch will write the script from his original pitch concept.

Variety is reporting that A STEADY RAIN starring Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman is already looking like a winner. The trade paper reports that industry insiders are 'buzzing' about the whopping $3 million in advance sales solely from the initial pre-sale offer for American Express cardholders. Tickets for the general public are not available until July 25th. The Amex pre-sale launched Saturday.

Producers Frederick Zollo, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Raymond L. Gaspard, Frank Gero, Cheryl Wiesenfeld, Jeffrey Sine, Michael Rose and Robert Cole announced today that Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman will star together on Broadway in A STEADY RAIN, a critically acclaimed two-character play by Keith Huff. Directed by Tony Award nominee John Crowley, A STEADY RAIN begins previews on Thursday, September 10, 2009 and opens Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street) for a strictly limited 12 week engagement through Sunday, December 6, 2009.

Perfectly timed (in Australia time) as the closer to Bio's Television Cabaret Month, the world premiere of Bernadette Peters live concert at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival will air on Foxtel at 8:30 PM on Saturday June 27th.