Rupert Holmes News

Nashville's Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) will play host this summer to the world premiere of The Nutty Professor, a new musical comedy directed by the King of Comedy himself, Jerry Lewis. The Broadway at TPAC Special Event will run from July 24 to August 19 in TPAC's James K. Polk Theater. Featuring music by Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line) and a book and lyrics by three-time Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), The Nutty Professor is based on the classic 1963 film in which Lewis starred and co-wrote.

The Nutty Professor, the Jerry Lewis-helmed musical based on his successful film comedy, takes up residence at the James K. Polk Theatre in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center for a July 24-August 19 run, ahead of the production's anticipated November 15 opening on Broadway.

The producers of Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project have confirmed that the list of participating composers and lyricists now boasts Pulitzer Prize winners Tom Kitt (Next to Normal) Tony Kushner (Angels in America) and Stephen Sondheim (Sunday in the Park With George).

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced that critically acclaimed Broadway actress Rachel York will star as "Reno Sweeney" in the national tour of the 2011 Tony® Award winning Anything Goes. Presented by Roundabout Theatre Company, the national tour will set sail in Cleveland this fall. Anything Goes is the winner of three Tony® Awards including Best Musical Revival.

In the 200th ANNIVERSARY YEAR of Charles Dickens' birth, Aria Entertainment in association with The Landor Theatre are pleased to present the London revival of Rupert Holmes' Broadway musical THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD at The Landor Theatre, London in April/May 2012.

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According to The Wall Street Journal, comedian Jerry Lewis revealed on Friday night during celebrations for his 86th birthday, that THE NUTTY PROFESSOR will hit Broadway this fall, with a planned opening of November 15th. The production, which had originally aimed for the 2010/11 season will star entertainer Michael Andrew. Lewis first revealed the production and introduced Andrew back in 2006 while hosting the MDA telethon, video of which apepars below. Lewis also revealed that joining the production team would be choreographer Kathleen Marshall.

Cornish Theater and Performance Production departments, present The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Intiman Playhouse. Join the denizens of London's Music Hall Royale, as they perform Charles Dickens' unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The audience is invited to solve the mystery themselves by choosing one of several ingenious resolutions. The only Broadway show in which the audience decides the ending, Drood won five Tony awards in 1986, including Best Score, Best Book and Best Musical.

In the 200th ANNIVERSARY YEAR of Charles Dickens' birth, Aria Entertainment in association with The Landor Theatre are pleased to present the London revival of Rupert Holmes' Broadway musical THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD at The Landor Theatre, London in April/May 2012.

Tony and Emmy Award-winning writer Rupert Holmes brings the new play "Say Goodnight Gracie: The Life, Laughter, and Love of George Burns and Gracie Allen" direct from a sell-out Broadway run to our season!

Tony and Emmy Award-winning writer Rupert Holmes brings the new play "Say Goodnight Gracie: The Life, Laughter, and Love of George Burns and Gracie Allen" to Wilson Center for the Arts! Tickets for Say Goodnight Gracie start at $31.00 and can be purchased at www.artistseriesjax.org or at (904) 632-3373. Discounts are available for groups of 10+ by calling (904) 632-3228 or groupsales@fscj.edu.

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced three productions as part of the 2012-2013 theatrical season. In the fall of 2012, Roundabout will present The Mystery of Edwin Drood, starring Chita Rivera, featuring book, music and lyrics by Rupert Holmes, musical direction by Paul Gemignani and direction by Scott Ellis. Winter 2013 will bring Picnic by William Inge, directed by Sam Gold. The third production announced is The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin by Steven Levenson, directed by Scott Ellis.

Tony and Emmy Award-winning writer Rupert Holmes brings the new play "Say Goodnight Gracie: The Life, Laughter, and Love of George Burns and Gracie Allen" to Wilson Center for the Arts! Tickets for Say Goodnight Gracie start at $31.00 and can be purchased at www.artistseriesjax.org or at (904) 632-3373. Discounts are available for groups of 10+ by calling (904) 632-3228 or groupsales@fscj.edu.

Tony and Emmy Award-winning writer Rupert Holmes brings the new play "Say Goodnight Gracie: The Life, Laughter, and Love of George Burns and Gracie Allen" direct from a sell-out Broadway run to our season!

Victoria Clark, Brian D'Arcy James, Sutton Foster, Kellli O'Hara and Rebecca Luker are among the Broadway stars who will be featured on 'Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullay Project', a two-CD set which will be released this spring as a fund raising project for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Young Survival Coalition.

Tony and Emmy Award-winning writer Rupert Holmes brings the new play "Say Goodnight Gracie: The Life, Laughter, and Love of George Burns and Gracie Allen" direct from a sell-out Broadway run to our season!

Some of our writers and reviewers give their thoughts about UK theatre this year!

Cornish College of the Arts has announced its spring 2012 events calendar. The spring schedule of events features a diverse schedule of exhibitions, music, theater and dance performances.