Producers Circle News

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts presents Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, by Tom Stoppard ('Shakespeare in Love' screen-writer), directed by Katherine Woodzick. Performances continue at Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, 565 Camano Avenue, through Saturday, February 21. Tickets range in price from $12 to $16, with discounts available for students and groups, and are available from www.WICAonline.com or 360.221.8268 - 800/638.7631.

On June 7, 2008, Charles Strouse, the award winning composer of Annie, Bye Bye Birdie and some of the most popular music from the last 50 years of Broadway, film and television, turns 80. To mark the occasion, a year-long celebration of events including concerts, international tributes, revivals of popular favorites and premieres of new works will take place across the United States and around the world.

Marian Seldes will be honored at Symphony Space's annual gala on May 1st, while Alec Baldwin will be one of the co-chairs of the event

Producer Marty Richards is considering putting Cy Coleman's 1997 show The Life on the big screen