Pump Boys and Dinettes News

The 11th Annual Broadway Bears auction, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, was held Sunday, February 17 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill on West 42nd Street.

Today's the day the Teddy Bears had their picnic! And they brought along all their Broadway-loving friends for another successful and entertaining Broadway Bears auction, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS! To the thrill of bear and fan-boy alike, the 11th Annual event raised over $127,000! Top winners were 'Cyrano de Bergerac,' 'The Lion King' and 'Spamalot.'

The 11th Annual Broadway Bears auction line-up, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS on February 17 at 7PM, is here! Each year, 'Broadway Bears: A Costumed Teddy Bear Auction' is a much-anticipated BC/EFA event. These specially-designed bears (often using actual material from their respective Broadway productions, and autographed by the stars) raised $130,000 last year. BC/EFA hopes to reach even higher this winter!

We meet with Jim Wann, the composer/lyricist/co-author of the book, and with director/producer, Kate Middleton. Daniel Bailey accompanies Mariand Torres and Richard Binder in three songs: 'Tippo', 'Lockdown Blues', and Come on Down to Tippo'. This is Jim Wann's first musical since the award-winning Pump Boys and Dinettes, which launched the career of Debra Monk, among others. A little bit love story, a little bit courtroom drama, the musical comedy is set in Tippo, Geroge. It's about the trial of Mona Mae Kitt, who owns a popular hangout in town, and is charged with her husband's murder. If she's convicted, she will have to go to jail, and her attorney has never won a case against the prosecutor -- who is also his fiancee. This production marks its New York premiere. It is playing at the Abingdon Theatre (312 West 36th Street), and opened July 18th.

The New York Theatre Barn will present a staged reading of the new musical I Married Wyatt Earp at The Players' Loft on Tuesday, July 31 at 12 noon and 3pm.

Ground UP Productions presents the New York premiere of The People vs. Mona, a new Southern murder mystery musical from Jim Wann

Ground UP Productions will present the New York premiere of The People vs. Mona, a new Southern murder mystery musical from Jim Wann (co-conceiver of the Tony Award nominated musical Pump Boys and Dinettes) and Patricia Miller.

Curtains star Debra Monk chats with BroadwayWorld in our Tony Award nominee interview series

Ground UP Productions will present the New York premiere of The People vs. Mona, a new Southern murder mystery musical from Jim Wann and Patricia Miller

The Manhattan Theatre Source will serve up a revival of the 1982 hit Pump Boys and Dinettes; the show will begin performances on May 10th for an opening on May 13th

Debra Monk headlines the cast in the world premiere production of Paul Weitz' dark comedy Show People, which began previews at Second Stage on March 16th and opens on April 6th; it will run through April 30th

Cass Morgan returns full-time to the Broadway musical Ring of Fire beginning Tuesday, March 7th. Cass performed several performances last week after recovering from surgery that required her to take a temporary leave of absence.

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce full casting for the upcoming the world premiere production of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's BASED ON A TOTALLY TRUE STORY. Directed by Michael Bush, the production begins previews on March 23 and opens on April 11 at New York City Center - Stage II (131 West 55th Street).

Cass Morgan was required to undergo surgery, which was successful. The surgery will require a significant amount of recuperation time that has already begun. Cass has begun a leave of absence from Ring of Fire and is expected to re-join the production prior to the opening on March 12th.

Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba and Edward Hibbert will join David Hyde Pierce in the pre-Broadway world premiere of Kander and Ebb's Curtains at the Ahmanson Theatre in LA this summer

Kathryn Frawley and Chris Neuner are pleased to announce the return of Infertility: the musical that's hard to conceive, which was previously seen in New York as part of the 2004 New York International Fringe Festival.

Ring of Fire is a musical show based on the music of Johnny Cash, and it is currently playing to sold out houses at Studio Arena Theatre in Buffalo, New York. This production, directed by Maltby, is the sole tryout prior to a spring opening at the Barrymore Theatre on Broadway.

Debra Monk will appear in the title role of a November workshop production of James Lapine's Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing at Second Stage