Rue McClanahan News

The event will star Ben Vereen & Liza Minnelli and feature Bryan Batt, Shoshana Bean, Victoria Clark, Charlotte D'Amboise, Jill Eikenberry, Raul Esparza, Shuler Hensley, Megan Hilty, Bill Irwin, Brian d'Arcy James, Isabelle Keating, Adriane Lenox, Terrence Mann, Rue McClanahan, Michael McElroy, Julia Murney, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelli O'Hara, Denis O'Hare, David Hyde Pierce, Carole Shelley, Christopher Sieber, Michael Tucker, Frederick Weller and The Broadway Inspirational Voices, plus the casts of The Light in the Piazza, Hairspray, Mamma Mia!, All Shook Up, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Two Gentlemen of Verona and Wicked.

Wicked understudies Saycon Sengbloh and Jerad Bortz will be some of the performers at an August 14th Wicked benefit

A new book about Wicked entitled Wicked: The Grimmerie will be released in stores on October 26th, and is currently available for pre-order on Amazon

A benefit for Gilda's Club NYC will feature interviews with and performances by Wicked cast members, as well as a live auction on August 14th

Dozens of stars will serve as presenters of up-for-adoption animals in Broadway Barks! 7, which will be held on July 30th in Shubert Alley

After receiving rave reviews, Wicked continues in its megahit run at the Oriental Theatre, where it stars Ana Gasteyer as Elphaba and Kate Reinders as Glinda

The Behind the Emerald Curtain tour will offer Wicked fans a behind-the-scenes opportunity to learn about and see more of the smash show

Members of the cast of Wicked's national tour (currently playing in LA) will perform 'One Short Day' on The Tonight Show on July 18th

Eden Espinosa will temporarily take over for Stephanie J. Block for the San Francisco portion (August 5th-September 11th) of Wicked's national tour

Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters will host the seventh annual BROADWAY BARKS! along with many Broadway stars.

Gregory Maguire's new novel, Son of a Witch, will take up 10 years after Wicked to tell the story of Elphaba's son, Liir; the book will officially be released on September 27th

Celebrities from the worlds of TV and film as well as of theatre have been flocking to see Steel Magnolias, currently running at the Lyceum Theatre

Rue McClanahan, Ben Vereen and Megan Hilty are the latest to play Madame Morrible, the Wizard and Glinda in Wicked

The 50th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards were presented on Monday night at Webster Hall.

Over a dozen stars will add luster to the 50th annual Drama Desk Awards, which will be broadcast in New York and other cities at later times

PRESENTED BY: Karen Finley, Holly Hunter, Sarah Jones, Craig Lucas, Rue McClanahan, John C. Reilly, Elaine Stritch, James Urbaniak, Others To Be Announced

John Tartaglia shares a wealth of memories from Opening Night to his final performance in Avenue Q.

Harvey Fierstein, the multi award-winning comic actor currently winning rave reviews in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway, will host the 50TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS on Sunday, May 22, 2005 at 9:00 PM, at the LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center.

Ben Vereen, Rue McClanahan, and Megan Hilty all join the cast of Wicked on May 31.

CHARLES BUSCH added to star-studded line up of the 2005 Nightlife Awards The All Performance/No Acceptance Speeches Awards Show