Thomas Meehan News

On November 2nd at the St. James Theatre, Mel Brooks announced that TV and stage star David Hasselhoff has joined the cast of the upcoming Las Vegas production of The Producers

TV and stage star David Hasselhoff has joined the cast of the upcoming Las Vegas production of The Producers

Big girls and big hair set North Shore Music Theatre rockin' to the Sixties

The Producers will stop in Philadelphia at the Merriam Theater for a limited one-week engagement beginning Tuesday, November 14th through Sunday, November 19th as a season special on the Broadway Across America - Philadelphia 06-07 Season.

Annie creators Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, as well as former stage orphan Sarah Jessica Parker, are among those appearing in Julie Stevens' new documentary film Life After Tomorrow, which will air on Showtime in December

Kathie Lee Gifford will take on the role of the conniving Miss Hannigan in the Madison Square Garden holiday presentation of 'Annie'

Due to a shortage of suitable Broadway theaters this spring, the New York producing team and The 5th Avenue Theatre have agreed to postpone the Seattle Cry-Baby debut until a Broadway venue becomes available

Full casting has been announced for the North Shore Music Theatre's production of Hairspray

Diana DeGarmo and Haylie Duff, who respectively star as Penny Pingleton and Amber Von Tussle in the Broadway cast of Hairspray, will serve as guest judges for a new dance contest--the winner of which will get to dance on Broadway in the hit musical comedy

Broadway veteran Lee Roy Reams has joined the cast of Broadway's The Producers

A starry cast that includes Kristin Chenoweth, Shuler Hensley and Marc Kudisch will headline an upcoming workshop of Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks' new musical version of his beloved horror spoof

The famous redheaded orphan of the title will come to the LaSalle Bank Theatre (18 W. Monroe) September 19 - October 1, 2006 as part of Annie's current national tour

Chicago will add two resident productions of Broadway musical--one a little past and one present--to its 2007 theatre season. The Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, IL will present resident stagings of The Producers and Little Women; both will be limited-run

Some interesting ideas go unexplored in this mess of a musical. Thanks to a winning performance by leading man Sachin Bhatt and some entertaining dancing the evening is not a complete fiasco. * * (out of five)

Tony Award-nominee Hunter Foster will reprise his performance as Leo Bloom opposite John Treacy Egan's Max Bialystock in The Producers beginning July 27th

The musicals that will be presented as part of this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival have been announced

The current national tour of Annie will play the Theater at Madison Square Garden for a limited holiday run from December 6th through December 30th

National tour of Charles Strouse charmer is cute and cuddly - but never cloying