Russel Crouse News

Simon MacCorkindale will star as 'Captain Von Trapp' opposite Summer Strallen playing 'Maria' in the smash hit West End musical 'THE SOUND OF MUSIC' at the London Palladium from Monday 25 August.

David Mirvish is delighted to present a total of eight shows in the new 2008/2009 Mirvish Theatre Season. Six of the shows - five acclaimed musicals and one classic drama - will be available in a subscripton package. Two bonus shows, both musicals, round out the season.

From February 26, the worlds of theatre and television collide in a unique life imitating art event as Summer Strallen, from Channel 4's hit soap Hollyoaks, takes over as Maria in The Sound of Music at the London Palladium.

The search to find Canada's Maria von Trapp starts January 25, 2008 with a seven-city cross-country audition tour that will culminate in the eight-week CBC Television series 'How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?'

Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Ian's smash-hit new London production of The Sound of Music will make its North American premiere beginning September 2008 at The Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto. Role of 'Maria' to be cast by Canadian TV public audiences.

Beginning September 24, the smash hit new production of the legendary Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The Sound of Music at the London Palladium, introduces four new cast members to the company. Fiona Sinnott will play The Baroness, Paul Grunert assumes the role of Max, Amy Lennox will portray Liesl and Luke Fredericks as Rolf.

Simon Burke will star as 'Captain Von Trapp' in The Sound of Music at the London Palladium from 24 September, joining Connie Fisher, who stars as 'Maria' for six performances a week, with Aoife Mulholland playing the role on Monday evenings and Wednesday matinees

2nd Story Theatre in Warren, RI may have exceeded its artistic reach with the second in a summer series of plays.

The Williamstown Theatre Festival is about to launch Anything Goes, its first Main Stage production of the season; erformances are Wednesday, July 5 through Sunday, July 16

On May 18th, Chita Rivera will be presented with the New Dramatists' 2006 Career Achievement Award at a luncheon featuring dozens of stars

Laurence Holzman, Felicia Needleman, Alison Louise Hubbard, Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak have been selected as the winners of the 16th Annual Kleban Awards, which honor achievement in writing for musical theatre

On May 18th, New Dramatists will present Chita Rivera with a Career Achievement Awrd

David Javerbaum of the Daily Show has won the 15th annual Kleban Award as the most promising lyricist in American musical theatre