Richard Rodgers News

Luis Salgado choreographs Jaradoa Theater's new musical I'll Be Damned while continuing his run in the Tony Award winning Best Musical In the Heights. I'll Be Damned will play the Dimson Theatre at The Vineyard for a limited engagement from Thursday, July 1 - Sunday, July 18. The playing schedule for I'll Be Damned is: Tuesdays at 7pm, Wednesday - Friday at 8pm, Saturdays at 2pm and 8pm, and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets are available at www.SmartTix.com or by calling 212-868-4444.

Sonnet Repertory Theatre presents William Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT, directed by Michael Lluberes and Featuring Yaya DaCosta, Jolly Abraham, Nick Choksi, Ted Schneider, Phillip Christian, Lucas Hall, Ian Lowe, Jennifer Lyon, Brynne Morrice, Henry Vick, Paul Whitty

Prospect Theater Company (Cara Reichel, Producing Artistic Director / Melissa Huber, Managing Director) presents the third and final production of its 2009-2010 season, With Glee, a new musical comedy about five teenage boys in their freshman year at boarding school.

Musicals Tonight presents I'D RATHER BE RIGHT February 8 through 20 2011.

The first Broadway revival of August Wilson's 1987 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play FENCES, which won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play, broke the box office record for the FIFTH time at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street, NYC) for the week ending June 27, 2010, grossing $1,138,982.38.

Kathie Lee Gifford will host the 2nd Annual National High School Musical Theater Awards (NHSMTA) on Monday, June 28 at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway). The NHSMTA is a national celebration of outstanding student achievement recognizing individual artistry in vocal, dance and acting performance by high school students. Forty-four young performers will compete for the coveted JimmyTM Award for Best Performance by an Actor and Best Performance of an Actress, as well as merit scholarships and professional opportunities.

The YALE INSTITUTE FOR MUSIC THEATRE (Mark Brokaw, Artistic Director; Beth Morrison, Producer) announces the full creative teams and casting for THE DAUGHTERS and STUCK ELEVATOR, the original music theatre works receiving two-week workshops in New Haven, June 13-27.

Vital Theatre Company has extended the production 'ISABELLE AND THE PRETTY-UGLY SPELL,' with music and lyrics by Steven Fisher, book by Joan Ross Sorkin and Steven Fisher and directed by Vic DiMonda, through June 27th at 45 Bleecker Street. Performances continue every Sunday at 1pm through June 27th. Tickets are $25. The show is appropriate for ages 3-12. For reservations visit www.vitaltheatre.org or call (212) 579-0528. 45 BLEECKER STREET is at the corner of Lafayette, in NOHO.

The Skokie Theatre Music Foundation presents 'Voice of America' on June 27th, 2010 at 7:00pm. 'Voice of America' is patriotic revue featuring America's favorite songs from World Wars I and II, the Korean and Vietnam years, and Operation Desert Storm. Performers include Jeanne Scherkenbach, Carolyn Wehner, Rachel Renee, Joel Kopischke and Matt Richardson.

THE OFFSTAGE GROUP invites music educators, musicians and students to take part in the 2010 Complete Choral Musician on June 27 - 30, 2010 in New York City.

The Theatre Company at CAP21 will present the world premiere of Danny Larsen and Michelle Elliott's new musical Cloaked from June 8th - June 26th.

BroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ: Rush, Lottery & Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 6/25/2010.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a recently restored 70mm print of 'South Pacific' on Friday, June 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

San Francisco Arts Education Project (SFArtsED) is celebrating its 10th year of the musical theatre troupe for young people with a staged concert adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical Carousel, on Monday, July 19 at 8 p.m. at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (50 Oak Street, San Francisco).

North Coast Repertory Theatre is proud to present The San Diego Premiere of a two-time Tony Award winning musical. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Music and lyrics by William Finn, book by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman, directed by Rick Simas

MAC Award nominated songwriter Drew Fornarola (COLLEGE The Musical) and Broadway's Marshall Pailet (writer - 'On a Glorious Day;' Fringe's upcoming JURASSIC PARQ: The Broadway Musical) team up to rock the Laurie Beechman Theatre on Wednesday, June 23 at 9:30pm, joined by some of Broadway's top young talent. Fornarola and Pailet will present selections from their shows, as well as debuting a set of songs from their first full-length collaboration, SUPER CLAUDIO BROS.: A Videogame Musical, which will have its world premiere this summer in Washington, DC (commissioned and produced by the New Musical Development Foundation, executive producer Charlie Fink). The evening will be directed by Scott Elmegreen with music direction by Zak Sandler.

Favorites from both stage and screen came together for an all-star musical salute to Richard Rodgers, Mary Rodgers, and Adam Guettel to benefit The Acting Company last night, June 21 at the Kaye Playhouse.

Tony Nominated Choreographer & Director DAN KNECHTGES to direct The Directors Company Staged Reading of Cheer Wars. The play has a book & lyrics by Gordon Leary, music by Karlan Judd

Transport Group, the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award and 2007 and 2010 OBIE Awards, introduced the cast of the New York premiere of See Rock City & Other Destinations, music by Brad Alexander; book and lyrics by Adam Mathias; directed by Artistic Director Jack Cummings III, yesterday, June 21. BroadwayWorld was on hand to meet the company!

Corbin Bleu, who just added a final 3 weeks to his critically acclaimed run in In The Heights has been hard at work documenting his life backstage for BroadwayWorld.com with a Flip camera... Here's part 4.