Pittsburgh CLO, in conjunction with the families of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, will present the 10th Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theater to siblings Kathleen Marshall and Rob Marshall. The ceremony will be held in conjunction with the 2008 Pink Frolic Ball on May 10, 2008, at the Omni William Penn Hotel. This awards ceremony will mark the first time that the Richard Rodgers Award will be presented to two Broadway professionals.
Applications are now available for the 2008 Pittsburgh CLO Summer Internship Program. The Summer Internship Program runs approximately 10 weeks beginning in mid-May to early August, depending upon the internship being applied for, and affords students 18 years of age and older the opportunity to work one-on-one with musical theater industry professionals.
The highly-anticipated Pittsburgh premiere of Plaid Tidings at the CLO Cabaret previews next Thursday, November 8 and opens Wednesday, November 14 for its limited run. The original cast from Forever Plaid, the show that opened the CLO Cabaret, is back to perform their harmonious melodies in a show that is sure to lift your Holiday spirit.
Pittsburgh CLO and Carnegie Mellon School of Drama are proud to announce a new partnership with The ASCAP Foundation and composer/lyricist and Carnegie Mellon alumnus Stephen Schwartz to develop new musicals as part of the Pittsburgh CLO/Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama New Works Program. The ASCAP Foundation and Mr. Schwartz will select musicals for this initiative from participants in the prestigious ASCAP Foundation/Disney Musical Theatre Workshop.
Pittsburgh CLO presents two Holiday shows: Tickets for Pittsburgh CLO's 16th annual holiday production of A Musical Christmas Carol at the Byham Theater and the highly-anticipated Pittsburgh premiere of Plaid Tidings at the CLO Cabaret will go on sale Friday, October 5, 2007.
Pittsburgh CLO is holding auditions for singers/actors (all types) for the Gallery of Heroes touring production of the musical The Incredibly Innovative Innovators of Pittsburgh. Auditions will be held at the Pittsburgh CLO Academy, 130 CLO Academy Way, 8th Floor on Monday, October 15 from 5PM - 8 PM.
Pittsburgh CLO is holding auditions for A Musical Christmas Carol on October 10. Singers/Actors (both men and women) in their 20s, 30s and 40s are eligible.
Pittsburgh CLO announces auditions for 2007-2008 Mini Stars. PCLO is currently seeking 18 to 20 young performers in grades 7-11 to perform as part of a high-energy musical theater performance troupe.
LONE STAR LOVE, a new musical comedy starring Academy Award nominee Randy Quaid in his Broadway debut as Colonel John Falstaff, has announced full casting as it begins rehearsals this week for its Seattle engagement at The 5th Avenue Theatre, September 8 - 30. LONE STAR LOVE will open on Broadway on Monday, December 3 at New York's Belasco Theatre; previews will begin Thursday, November 1.
Ana Gasteyer, the 'Saturday Night Live' comedienne turned stars of such musicals as Wicked and The Threepenny Opera, will take on the role of the tormented, sickly Fosca in a Chicago production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion.
Jujamcyn Theaters has announced that Matt Cavenaugh will join the cast in this season's Broadway production of A Catered Affair, the new musical with book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, score by John Bucchino and directed by Tony Award-winner John Doyle.
Producers Stuart Oken, Michael Leavitt and Five Cent Productions announced today that Elephant Eye Theatrical has reached its full capitalization of $8,000,000, added ten new strategic members and has three new musicals in advanced stages of development.
The Nederlander Organization has announced the formation of an unprecedented business alliance with The Shubert Organization, Jujamcyn Theatres and members of The Independent Presenters Network to endorse Audience Rewards as the industry's official national patron loyalty program.
The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein, a new musical comedy from the creative team of the 12-time Tony Award winning smash The Producers, will open on Broadway November 8th 2007 at the Hilton Theatre (213 W 42nd St). Previews begin October 11th 2007. The production stars Roger Bart (Dr. Frederick Frankenstein), Megan Mullally (Elizabeth), Sutton Foster (Inga), Shuler Hensley (The Monster), Fred Applegate (Kemp) and Christopher Fitzgerald (Igor).
BroadwayWorld.com presents the first in a series of Broadway profiles leading up to the 12th Annual 'Nothing Like a Dame' benefit, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on March 19, 2007 at 8:00 PM at the Marquis Theatre
Ana Gasteyer, who received critical acclaim when she originated the role of Elphaba in the Chicago production of WICKED, will be joining the Broadway company of the smash-hit musical at the Gershwin Theatre (222 W. 51st St.) beginning Tuesday, October 10 for a thirteen-week limited engagement (through January 7).
