Rob Fisher News

On March 24th, Liz Callaway will perform with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall in a concert called Cinema Soundtracks

The music of Stephen Schwartz, Jason Robert Brown, Vernon Duke and George Gershwin will be featured in Symphony Space's Broadway and Beyond concert, starring Rebecca Luker, Liz Callaway and others, on February 2nd

Jason Robert Brown will be busy with a slew of events in 2006, including concerts, a workshop of his musical 13, and playing Jamie in Reprise!'s one-night-only concert of The Last 5 Years

The music of Vernon Duke, George Gershwin, Stephen Schwartz and Jason Robert Brown will be featured in Symphony Space's Broadway and Beyond concert on February 2nd

BroadwayWorld was there as Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life opened, celebrating the long career of the Broadway legend.

She's appeared on Broadway in Forum, Les Miserables, Good Vibrations and Little Shop of Horrors, starring alongside a wide range of performers from Colm Wilkinson, to Nathan Lane, Whoopi Goldberg and Joey Fatone. In the Summer of 2005 though, Jessica-Snow Wilson is playing to smaller audiences, having just finished in the Fringe Festival, and next up - NERDS in NYMF.

The Broadway and cabaret worlds will be featured in Symphony Space's packed and eventful 2005-2005 season; Rebecca Luker will be one of the featured stars

Rob Fisher, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Sarah Jessica Parker and others join the nominating committee.

Rob Fisher's final production for Encores! showed off the many musical styles of Eddie Sauter

BroadwayWorld was there to capture the farewell party City Center threw for departing Music Director Rob Fisher.

The Encores! production of The Apple Tree runs May 12-16 at the NY City Center.

BroadwayWorld brings you a sneak peak at The Apple Tree rehearsals with Kristin Chenoweth, Michael Cerveris, and Malcolm Gets.

Gemignani will succeed Rob Fisher, who has been music director for the entire 12-year history of Encores!.

New York City Center Encores! Artistic Director Jack Viertel and Music Director Rob Fisher have announced that Tony® Award nominee Malcolm Gets and Tony Award-winner Michael Cerveris will join the previously announced Tony Award-winner Kristin Chenoweth in The Apple Tree, the final Encores! presentation of the 2004-5 Season.

The show runs May 12-16, and features Rob Fisher as Music Director.

Brooke Shields will make her British stage debut starring as 'Roxie Hart' in the London production of Chicago for 9 weeks.

Show runs 3/31-4/3, also stars John Cullum, and Doug E. Doug.

Review of the all-star concert...

Some of Broadway's Top Talent Will Perform Songs by Harold Arlen, Marc Blitzstein, Dorothy Fields, Frederick Loewe and Jule Styne in Celebration Of The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of These Immortal American Songwriters

In this very first journal entry, Raymond Jaramillo McLeod, now starring as 'Wreck' in Wonderful Town, takes us through the show's early rehearsal period. New installments will be available each week.