From her dressing room at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre where she is currently playing the role of Mrs. Lovett in the hit production of Sweeney Todd, the incomparable Patti LuPone talks to Michael J. Roberts about her newly released CD 'The Lady with the Torch', her upcoming May 22, 2006 concert to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fight AIDS, and her return this summer to the Ravinia Festival where she will be portraying Mamma Rose in GYPSY.
Accomplished live entertainment executives Brian Becker and Scott Zeiger announced today the formation of BASE Entertainment, a producer, presenter, venue programmer, and operator involved in live, theatrical entertainment and content on a worldwide basis
BroadwayWorld.com was there as Patti LuPone celebrated the release of her newest recording The Lady With the Torch, released by Ghostlight Records, a division of Sh-K-Boom Records.
Harvey Fierstein and Dick Latessa will depart the Las Vegas production of Hairspary on April 30th, while Paul Vogt and Eddie Mekkla will take over on May 1st
BroadwayWorld.com has learned that Caissie Levy, currently in the National Tour of 'Hairspray' will make her Broadway debut as Penny Pingleton from May 23rd - August 31st, 2006
Tony and Olivier Award winning actress-singer Patti LuPone, currently starring to critical acclaim in the hit Broadway production of Sweeney Todd, will return to the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 W 65 Street), to perform a special one-night only concert of her critically acclaimed one-woman show The Lady With The Torch on Monday, May 22 at 8 PM to benefit Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS.
Contrary to a report in the Las Vegas Sun, John Goodman will not be playing Edna Turnblad in the Las Vegas production of Hairspray; Paul Vogt will begin performances as Edna on May 1st while Eddie Mekka will begin to play Wilbur that day
Malcolm Gets, Stephen Bogardus, John Glover, Barbara Walsh and more have been cast in the Philly premiere of Terrence McNally's new play Some Men, running from May 12th through June 11th
Casting has been completed for the new Broadway-bound musical Martin Short:
Fame Becomes Me. Joining the Tony award-winning star are Brooks Ashmanskas,
Mary Birdsong, Capathia Jenkins and Nicole Parker.
San Francisco heralds in a highly-anticipated season of pre-Broadway premieres and special engagements, including 'Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake,' 'Slava's Snowshow,' and 'A Chorus Line.'
The sixth season of the Broadway by the Year series began at Town Hall on Monday, March 6 'The Broadway Musicals of 1930,' with a cast that included a rich array of theater and cabaret stars.
