Rob Berman News

The PS Classics cast recording of the critically-acclaimed Broadway revival of Finian's Rainbow will be in stores Tuesday, February 2.

Fanny, running February 4 - 7, has music and lyrics by Harold Romeand book by S.N. Behrman and Joshua Logan, and is based on Marcel Pagnol's trilogy Marius, Fanny and Cesar. Fanny will be directed by Marc Bruni and choreographed by Lorin Latarro with music direction by Rob Berman.

The PS Classics cast recording of the critically-acclaimed Broadway revival of Finian's Rainbow will be in stores Tuesday, February 2.

Tony Award-winning actress Priscilla Lopez has joined the cast of Fanny, the 50th Encores! musical produced by New York City Center since 1994 and the second Encores! production of the season. (Ms. Lopez replaces the previously announced Rondi Reed, who is no longer available due to illness.) Fanny, running February 4 - 7, has music and lyrics by Harold Rome and book by S.N. Behrman and Joshua Logan, and is based on Marcel Pagnol's trilogy Marius, Fanny and Cesar. Fanny will be directed by Marc Bruni and choreographed by Lorin Latarro with music direction by Rob Berman.

Fred Applegate, George Hearn, David PatRick Kelly, Michael McCormick, Rondi Reed, Elena Shaddow, James Snyder and Ted Sutherland have been cast in Fanny, the 50th Encores! musical produced by New York City Center since 1994 and the second Encores! production of the season.

Cast members from Broadway's recent FINIAN'S RAINBOW will be on hand at the Lincoln Center Barnes and Noble at Lincoln Center on February 1st, 5pm for the release of the revival cast recording. The cast will perform and sign copies of the CD, which fans will be able to purchase a day earlier than its February 2nd release date.

Broadway star Meredith Patterson, most recently seen in Irving Berlin's White Christmas, will bring her new show, 'Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl,' to acclaimed club Birdland. Her show will play the club on March 15th at 7:00pm.

New York City Center will celebrate Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner Stephen Sondheim on the occasion of his 80th birthday on Monday, April 26 with a gala celebration featuring stars who have shone in Sondheim musicals including Michael Cerveris, Barbara Cook, Raúl Esparza, Victor Garber, Joanna Gleason, Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone, Donna Murphy and Bernadette Peters. Directed by Tony Award-winner John Doyle, the evening will highlight shows for which Mr. Sondheim has written both music and lyrics, and will feature a full orchestra conducted by Encores! Music Director Rob Berman. The Benefit will help fund New York City Center's artistic and education programs. In addition, a portion of the evening's proceeds will go to Young Playwrights Inc, a charity of great importance to Mr. Sondheim.

Finian's Rainbow began previews at Broadway's ST. James Theatre, 246 West 44 Street, on Thursday, October 8, and opened on Thursday, October 29. The production will have played 22 previews and 92 performances. The show's cast recording will be released on February 2 on PS Classics.

Cast members have confirmed and Michael Riedel in the New York Post is reporting as well that although options to transfer Finian's Rainbow to a smaller theatre (the Neil Simon presumably) in a scaled down production had been discussed, ultimately it was deemed economically unfeasible and the show will still close as originally announced on January 17th.

Fred Applegate, George Hearn, David Patrick Kelly, Michael McCormick, Rondi Reed, Elena Shaddow, James Snyder and Ted Sutherland have been cast in Fanny, the 50th Encores! musical produced by New York City Center since 1994 and the second Encores! production of the season. Fanny, running February 4 - 7, has music and lyrics by Harold Rome and book by S.N. Behrman and Joshua Logan, and is based on Marcel Pagnol's trilogy Marius, Fanny and Cesar. Fanny will be directed by Mark Bruni and choreographed by Lorin Latarro with music direction by Rob Berman.

The NY City Center Encores! Presents FANNY on its mainstage from February 4-7, 2010.

Happy Holidays New York! The Tony Award® nominated hit musical Irving Berlin'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, the stage reinvention of the beloved classic film, directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Randy Skinner, with music supervision by Rob Berman, returns to Broadway!

Producers David Richenthal, Jack Viertel, and Alan D. Marks have announced that the critically-acclaimed Broadway production of Finian's Rainbow will close on Sunday, January 17. The production will have played 22 previews and 92 performances.

The album, featuring Yip Harburg-Burton Lane's score, is being produced by Tommy Kasker of PS Classics. The CD's official release date is February 2, 2010 but pre-orders are being accepted now on the show's official web site for shipping in late January.

WCBS- TV 'EYE ON NEW YORK' host Dana Tyler sits down with IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS star Melissa Errico this Sunday morning, December 20 at 6:50am to discuss the Tony Award nominated leading lady's return to Broadway to play 'Betty Haynes' in the hit musical.

WCBS- TV 'EYE ON NEW YORK' host Dana Tyler sits down with IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS star Melissa Errico this Sunday morning, December 20 at 6:50am to discuss the Tony Award nominated leading lady's return to Broadway to play 'Betty Haynes' in the hit musical.

Broadway World spent the week with busy actor Tyrick Wiltez Jones capturing day to day footage of his hectic life on, off and backstage. Currently featured in the hit revival of FINIAN'S RAINBOW at the St. James Theater, Tyrick's week packs a real punch! 8 performances of Finian's, classroom dance instruction and mentoring, recording a cast album, charity work and more. We got tired just tagging along! Follow Tyrick's footsteps and get a taste of a week in the life of a working Broadway actor!

Kate Baldwin, currently starring in the Broadway revival of FINIAN'S RAINBOW that took it's opening night bow last night, is set to perform in concert at Feinstein's at Loews Regency on December 13th. The show, 'Let's See What Happens,' will feature songs from her debut solo album of the same name, recently released.

Finian's Rainbow has a book by Yip Harburg and Fred Saidy; lyrics by Yip Harburg; music by Burton Lane; with book adaptation by Arthur Perlmanand original adaptation for New York City Center Encores! by David Ives. It is directed and choreographed byWarren Carlyle; musical direction is by Rob Berman.