Phyllis Newman News

We recently sat down with Frank Conway of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS to learn about some upcoming events they have planned... and get the backstage lowdown on crazy happenings!

Carol Channing, Jerry Herman, Amber Edwards and the Actors' Fund's Joe Benincasa recently attended a screening of Amber Edwards' film Words and Music at the Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs.

In anticipation of the upcoming 12th Annual 'There's Nothing Like a Dame' benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Phyllis Newman hosted a reception in her home

Make way for the Dames! Coming March 19, 2007 at 8:00 PM at the Marquis Theatre (1565 Broadway), Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presents The 12th Annual NOTHING LIKE A DAME benefiting The Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of The Actors' Fund of America.

The American Musicals Project (AMP) Concert Series will present 'The Brilliance of Leonard Bernstein,' an evening of live music and special video clips of Bernstein, presented on February 12th at 7:00 PM at the New-York Historical Society

The Lambs Club hosted a private preview screening last night of the new NJN/PBS documentary - Words and Music by Jerry Herman, a film by Amber Edwards.

Rita Moreno opens the Cafe Carlyle's 2007 Winter/Spring Season with her show 'Little Tributes,' which began on January 16th

The American Musicals Project has announced its AMP Concert Series 2007, 'The Art of the Musical,' which will include a performance by Isabella Rossellini as legendary German actress and singer Lotte Lenya

The New York Philharmonic presents Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady in four semi-staged performances, March 7-10, 2007. The musical - a New York Philharmonic premiere - will star Kelli O'Hara, Kelsey Grammer, Charles Kimbrough, Brian Dennehy, Marni Nixon and Tim Jerome.

The 12th Annual Nothing Like a Dame concert will take place on March 19th

Chicago's Wicked raised over $175,000 for Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS this season, earning the top fundraising honor for the second year in a row at the 18th Annual Gypsy of the Year Competition, a national effort on behalf of the charity. The awards ceremony, held December 5 in New York City, announced Chicago's Wicked as the top fundraiser in a category of productions outside of New York.

A star-studded after-party was held after the opening of High Fidelity at the Imperial Theatre on December 7th

The new Broadway musical High Fidelity opened on December 7th at the Imperial Theatre after beginning previews on November 20th

BC/EFA's 18th Annual Gypsy of the Year Competition, co-hosted by Marin Mazzie and Jonathan Hadary of Spamalot, took place at the Neil Simon Theatre on Monday, December 4 and Tuesday, December 5

Cipriani Wall Street was the site of The Acting Company's October 23 'Masquerade' as Angela Lansbury presented the John Houseman Award to Patti LuPone for her outstanding contributions to the theater

On October 18th, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' Mamma Mia! celebrated five years on Broadway!

Zoe Caldwell, Roseanne Cash, Megan Dodds, John Doyle, Tom Fontana, Dana Ivey, Thomas Kean, Audra McDonald, Phyllis Newman, Alan Rickman, Laila Robins, David Schramm, Marian Seldes and Francesca Zambello will ateend the Acting Company's October 23rd Masquerade, in which Angela Lansbury will present an award to Patti LuPone

In celebration of the 5th Anniversary of Mamma Mia! on Broadway, BroadwayWorld is pleased to bring you this montage of clips from the international smash hit!

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Joanna Gleason and David Henry Hwang will be among the members of the 2006-2007 Tony Award Nominating Committee