Sheldon Harnick News

This coming Monday August 10th the hit show ?The Temperamentals? by Jon Marans continues the hit Militant Mondays, a series of talk backs following the performance. Joe Masteroff, Marle Becker & Jon Marans will lead the lively discussion. It will be moderated by Stacy Shane. 'The Temperamentals' is Off Broadway at the TBG Theater, 312 West 36 Street 3rd Floor, NYC. MANunderdog and Daryl Roth are presenting the new American play. Thomas Jay Ryan plays Harry Hay and Michael Urie (TV?s ?Ugly Betty?) is Rudi Gernreich, with Tom Beckett, Matthew Schneck, and Sam Breslin Wright completing the cast. The acclaimed play is directed by Jonathan Silverstein. The event is 2hrs & 15 mins including intermission.

This coming Monday August 10th the hit show 'The Temperamentals' by Jon Marans continues the hit Militant Mondays, a series of talk backs following the performance. Joe Masteroff, Marle Becker & Jon Marans will lead the lively discussion. It will be moderated by Stacy Shane. 'The Temperamentals' is Off Broadway at the TBG Theater, 312 West 36 Street 3rd Floor, NYC.

Playwrights Horizons will present private readings of MRS. SHARP, a new musical with Book by Kirsten Guenther and Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Ryan Scott Oliver. Directed by three-time Tony Award nominee and Playwrights Horizons alumnus Michael Greif (Grey Gardens, Next to Normal, Rent), the invitation-only readings will take place on Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31 at Playwrights Horizons (416 West 42nd Street).

The Marriott Theatre, known for reenergizing the classics, showcasing new works, and delivering smash hits directly from Broadway, announces its 35th Anniversary 2010 Season. In 35 years, the theatre has presented more than 135 productions to an estimated 7 million people and currently has more subscribers than any other regional theatre in the nation. Following an acclaimed 2009 season, The Marriott Theatre will present the international phenomenon Fiddler on the Roof, previewing February 17th, opening February 24th, running through April 25th; the regional premiere of the recent Broadway sensation The Drowsy Chaperone, previewing April 28th, opening May 5th, running through June 27th; the effervescent Caribbean musical fairytale Once on This Island, previewing June 30th, opening July 7th, running through August 29th; the multi-Tony Award winning musical A Chorus Line, previewing September 1st, opening September 8th, running through October 31st, 2010; and the beloved classic The Music Man, previewing November 3rd, opening November 10th, and running through January 9th, 2011.

SHN is pleased to announce the 2009-2010 Citibank Best of Broadway season, under the direction of Carole Shorenstein Hays and Robert Nederlander presented at San Francisco's Orpheum, Curran and Golden Gate Theatres. SHN, the pre-eminent theatrical entertainment company in San Francisco, offers the ultimate Broadway experience to all Bay Area audiences.

The Theatre and Interpretation Center and American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) at Northwestern University will present the 2009 Summer Music Theatre Festival (June 24 to Aug. 9), featuring new works and old favorites performed by both Broadway stars and Northwestern music theatre students.

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) today announced a principal cast change for the private readings of MRS. SHARP, a new musical (Winner of the Richard Rodgers Award for Staged Readings, administered by the American Academy of Arts and Letters) with Book by Kirsten Guenther and Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Ryan Scott Oliver. Directed by three-time Tony Award nominee and Playwrights Horizons alumnus Michael Greif (Grey Gardens, Next to Normal, Rent), the four invitation-only readings will take place over two days on Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31 at Playwrights Horizons (416 West 42nd Street).

The Apple Tree, a musical comedy at Crown City Theatre Company, has extended again through August 9th.

Playwrights Horizons will present private readings of MRS. SHARP, a new musical with Book by Kirsten Guenther and Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Ryan Scott Oliver. Directed by three-time Tony Award nominee and Playwrights Horizons alumnus Michael Greif (Grey Gardens, Next to Normal, Rent), the invitation-only readings will take place on Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31 at Playwrights Horizons (416 West 42nd Street).

Reprise Theatre Company will present a month-long Richard Rodgers Celebration October 2-November 2 in a variety of venues across Los Angeles. The series of concerts, symposiums, staged readings, screenings and cabarets will explore the diversity and scope of the work of one of the most important figures in the American Musical.

'Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as...as a FIDDLER ON THE ROOF,' announces Tevye, a humble milkman from the Russian village of Anatevka. So begins a tale of love and laughter, devotion and defiance, and changing traditions.

'Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as...as a FIDDLER ON THE ROOF,' announces Tevye, a humble milkman from the Russian village of Anatevka. So begins a tale of love and laughter, devotion and defiance, and changing traditions.

The 92nd Street Y announces the 2010 line-up for Lyrics & Lyricists, the 40th anniversary season of 92Y's legendary American Songbook series. DEBORAH GRACE WINER returns for her second season as artistic director of the series, as well as one of the shows. Guest artistic directors are LUCIE ARNAZ, DARYL SHERMAN, ROB FISHER, TED SPERLING and ROBERT KIMBALL.

The Apple Tree book, music & lyrics by Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock additional book by Jerome Coopersmith directed by Gary Lamb (I), William A. Reilly (II), Matthew J. Williamson (III) choreography by Gary Lamb and Bradley Michael Crown City Theatre @St. Matthew's Church on Camarillo in NoHo through July 27

The Apple Tree, a musical comedy at Crown City Theatre Company, is extended through July 26th. Half-price tickets are now available July 4th weekend.

The Apple Tree, a musical comedy at Crown City Theatre Company, is extended through July 26th. Half-price tickets are now available July 4th weekend.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, the laugh-inducing, award-winning musical comedy about love in the suburbs, is often described as 'Seinfeld set to music'. It's a hilarious look at love and relationships that is as touching and insightful as it is humorous. Four actors play over forty roles scaling the dizzying spectrum of male/female relationships. The trials and tribulations of being single, dating, marriage, loss, and heartbreak - and everything in the relationship process that you have ever secretly thought about, but were afraid to admit - are cleverly explored.

A toast to new works and Broadway favorites will mark the 2009 Summer Music Theatre Festival at the Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, the laugh-inducing, award-winning musical comedy about love in the suburbs, is often described as 'Seinfeld set to music'. It's a hilarious look at love and relationships that is as touching and insightful as it is humorous.

The celebrated Jewish philanthropist Ernest W. Michel will be honored at Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, on Monday, June 8, 2009 at 7:30pm, in a gala concert presented by the Drama Desk Award-winning National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene. Folksbiene's musical celebration, entitled 'Fun Dor Tsu Dor - From Generation to Generation,' brings together a multi-generational cast of stars from both the Yiddish and mainstream theatre worlds.