Stephanie McClelland News

Journey's End, the revival of the R.C. Sheriff play, will close on Sunday, June 10th after a run of 15 previews and 125 performances.

BroadwayWorld.com goes to courts with these highlights from the classic drama, Inherit The Wind!

The Drowsy Chaperone, which opened at the Marquis Theatre on May 1st, recently celebrated its one year anniversary on Broadway.

The Drowsy Chaperone, a completely original musical comedy, will launch a national tour in September 2007 with a return to Toronto, where it was the sleeper hit of the 1999 Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival before transferring to a hit commercial run at Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre.

The League of American Theatres and Producers announced the winners of the Touring Broadway Awards today at its annual Spring Road Conference.

Broadway's smash hit musical The Color Purple, now starring Fantasia, had its best 8-show week ever, shattering the house record at the Broadway Theatre, grossing $1,183,722.56 for the week ending April 15, 2007, its 76th week on Broadway.

Inherit the Wind, starring two time Tony Award-winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy, opened April 12th at the Lyceum Theatre, and BroadwayWorld was there!

Tonight is opening night for Inherit the Wind, starring two time Tony Award-winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy

Broadway veteran Peter Bartlett, now starring as 'Underling' in the Tony Award-winning hit musical The Drowsy Chaperone, will be interviewed by 'Theatre Talk' hosts Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins this weekend in a segment devoted to favorite Broadway musical replacements also featuring The Producers star Lee Roy Reams.

Performances of Inherit the Wind begin tonight, Monday, March 19th.

The first North American Tour of the Broadway smash hit The Color Purple will premiere at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph St.) April, 17 through July 22, 2007.

While Tony Award-winner John Glover was previously announced as The Drowsy Chaperone's new Man in Chair, Canadian actor Jonathan Crombie will first fill the seat recently vacated by Bob Martin.

Members of the cast of the upcoming West End production of the Drowsy Chaperone met the press in London and we've got pictures!

Broadway's Tony Award-winning hit musical The Drowsy Chaperone will welcome Tony Award-winner John Glover on April 17th.

A starry cast has been assembled for the upcoming national tour of the Broadway hit The Color Purple, which will begin at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre on April 17th, running through July 22nd.

Following an inspiring live performance on American Idol tonight, Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 8PM EST (8PM PST tape-delayed) on FOX TV, as well as an interview and performance scheduled to air on The Oprah Winfrey Show Wednesday, February 28, 2007 (check local listings), the producers of THE COLOR PURPLE confirm that American Idol Season 3 winner Fantasia Barrino is set to make her Broadway debut in the starring role of Celie beginning Tuesday, April 10, 2007.

The third season of the critically acclaimed television series 'Slings & Arrows,' co-created by THE DROWSY CHAPERONE's Tony Award winning authors Bob Martin and Don McKellar, premieres on The Sundance Channel this Sunday, February 18th at 8 p.m.

Summer Strallen and Nickolas Grace will join Elaine Paige and Bob Martin in the West End production of the five-time Tony Award winning The Drowsy Chaperone opening at the Novello Theatre on 6 June, with previews from 14 May. Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, The Drowsy Chaperone has music by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar.

Broadway's Tony Award winning hit musical THE DROWSY CHAPERONE will welcome Tony Award winner John Glover (Love! Valour! Compassion!, TV's 'Smallville') to the cast in April on a date to be announced.

The Color Purple will celebrate its 500th performance tonight, Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 7:00PM at the Broadway Theatre