Shubert Organization News

Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy will star in a revival of Inherit the Wind, which will begin a limited run at the Lyceum Theatre in March

A memorial celebration of the life and career of Cy Feuer, legendary Broadway producer, director, composer, musician, and immediate past chairman and longtime president of The League of American Theatres and Producers, was held on Thursday, September 21st at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Inside Broadway, which during the 2006-2007 season will celebrate 25 years of serving New York City children with innovative theatre programs and services, will present a special free anniversary event on Thursday, November 2

A memorial celebration of the life and career of Cy Feuer, legendary Broadway producer, director, composer, musician, and immediate past chairman and longtime president of The League of American Theatres and Producers, will be held on Thursday, September 21st at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

The Actors' Fund of America has raised close to half of the $5.5-million needed in its capital campaign to expand and upgrade the Lillian Booth Actors' Home in Englewood, NJ. Construction on the facility is scheduled to begin October 1.

Four-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury makes a return to the Broadway stage heading the cast of This is on Me, An Evening of Dorothy Parker, a staged reading adapted by Tom Fontana to benefit The Acting Company on Sunday, November 5, 7pm at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street. Boyd Gaines, Harriet Harris, Lisa Banes and Lynn Collins complete the cast.

The critically acclaimed new Broadway production of Brian Friel's Faith Healer, starring Tony Award-winners Ralph Fiennes, Cherry Jones and Ian McDiarmid, will play its final performance as scheduled on Sunday, August 13th at 3:00 p.m. at the Booth Theatre

On Saturday, 29th July at the Laundry Restaurant, East Hampton, close friends, family, and Broadways finest gathered for a surprise party for the president of the Shubert organization, Philip Smith

The hit Donmar Warehouse production of John Mortimer's A Voyage Around My Father, starring Olivier Award- and Tony Award-winner Derek Jacobi, will transfer to the West End

Kimmel Center Inc. and The Shubert Organization, Inc. today announced plans to collaborate on theatrical presentations in the Philadelphia market

Catch scenes from Faith Healer and book tickets for its final weeks

Ok PHANTOM 'Phans'... I have found your nirvana...and you can find it at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, where I attended the lavish opening of PHANTOM: The Las Vegas Spectacular last night (Saturday, June 24th at 7pm).

The critically acclaimed new Broadway production of Brian Friel's Faith Healer, starring Ralph Fiennes, Cherry Jones and Ian McDiarmid, will recoup its entire $2 million investment in 8 weeks

John Epperson, John Lahr, and Gerald Schoenfeld will be among those joining the Theatre Library Association on Friday, June 2nd to present at the 38th Annual Theatre Library Association Book Awards

Three Days of Rain, starring Julia Roberts, has reportedly grossed almost a million dollars at the box office in its first week of previews

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

According to an Associated Press article, tickets for Three Days of Rain, starring Julia Roberts, are available--but becoming very scarce

According to The New York Post's Michael Riedel, both the Shubert Organization and producer Marc Platt are trying to lure Hugh Jackman to upcoming revivals of Stop the World, I Want to Get Off and Pal Joey, respectively

The revival of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial has moved from the Lyceum Theatre to the Schoenfeld, where it will open on May 7th