Broadway L.A. launches its 2006-07 season with the Los Angeles premiere of the Tony Award winning musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels for a two week run this summer (August 15-27) at the Pantages Theatre. Headlining the engagement is Norbert Leo Butz who recreates his Tony Award winning role as Freddy Benson.
Full casting has been announced for the upcoming national tour of The Light in the Piazza, which will circle the country for 50 weeks beginning in August
Matthew Morrison, last seen on Broadway singing the lush Light in the Piazza songs of Adam Guettel, will perform in a gala evening of the Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist's songs at the Intiman Theatre in Seattle on June 10th; Guettel will perform and host
The American Musical Voices Project's presentation of composer grants and Leadership Awards took place on Monday, May 15, at a cocktail reception at New World Stages; Michael John LaChiusa, Ricky Ian Gordon and Audra McDonald were among those honored
New works by Michael John LaChiusa, Ricky Ian Gordon and Joseph Thalken will premiere at the acclaimed Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA in coming years; each has been awarded a million dollar grant
The New Voices Collective presents The Cello Project II, an ambitious cycle of eleven world-premiere chamber pieces featuring cellist Peter Sachon. The concert, a sequel to last year's sold-out inaugural Cello Project, will be performed on Monday, April 24, 2006, at 7:00pm, as part of NVC's Rush Hour Chamber Music series.
PS Classics, the nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of American musical theatre, will release the world premiere recording of Ricky Ian Gordon and Tina Landau's Dream True on May 23
The program for Audra McDonald's upcoming Carnegie Hall concert on Saturday, April 29th has been announced, with the star set to pay tribute to classic musicals
Four-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald will make her Houston Grand Opera debut in a double bill of one-act, one-woman operas by Michael John LaChiusa and Francis Poulenc from March 4th through 26th
The world premiere recording of See What I Wanna See is now available for pre-order on Sh-k-boom records. Their web site reports a release date for the album of mid-February.
Tony Award-winner Victoria Clark will make her solo concert debut with How Can I Keep from Singing--directed by Bartlett Sher and with musical direction by Ted Sperling--on February 10th
Capathia Jenkins, Steven Pasquale, Julia Murney, Mary Testa, Clarke Thorell and David Yazbek will take part in the concert Heart & Soul: Frank Loesser's Hollywood from January 21st through 23rd
American Songbook, the critically acclaimed Lincoln Center series devoted to the rich history and variety that is American popular song, returns for its eighth season.
Striking 12, billed as a festive holiday fairy tale, will play Ars Nova from December 3rd through 23rd; the show has a book by Rachel Sheinkin and direction by Ted Sperling
See What I Wanna See's Michael John LaChiusa and Marc Kudisch will take part in a new American Theatre Wing seminar on October 27th, while a seminar on Staging the Classics will be held on November 4th
