Tommy Tune News

Broadway's most celebrated showman debuts his new act 'Steps in Time: A Broadway Biography in Song and Dance' April 19-20 at the Reagle Players in Waltham, Mass.

Producers Randall L. Wreghitt, Chris Presley and Ellen Rusconi announced today that PURE COUNTRY, a brand-new original musical, will have its World Premiere as part of the 2008-2009 Broadway Season.

BROADWAY BARES 18: WONDERLAND will be held on Sunday, June 22 with two performances only (9:30 PM & Midnight) at Roseland Ballroom (239 West 52nd Street). BROADWAY BARES 18: WONDERLAND is produced by and benefits Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS.

The Actor's Fund will present the 12th Annual Tony Awards Bash honoring nine time Tony Award nominated Tommy Tune on Sunday June 15th, 2008 at the Skirball Ball in Los Angeles. Florence Henerson will host and Mr. Tune will be presented with the Julie Harris Lifetime Achievement by his 'Theatrical God-Mother' Carol Channing. The gala features the only approved live feed of the Tony Awards as they happen in New York.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench will be starring (and singing) in the upcoming film version of the Tony Award Winning musical Nine. The film is being adapted by Rob Marshall and produced by the Weinstein Company.

Teatro ZinZanni, now in its ninth successful season of performance in the elegant spiegeltent located at Pier 29 on the Embarcadero, welcomes the return of one of its most popular shows, Hail Caesar, which premiered in 2006. It opens on May 22 and runs through September 21.

BROADWAY BARES: BACKSTAGE PASS, a titillating photographic chronicle of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS's annual BROADWAY BARES event, will be available June 2008 from Universe Publishing, a division of Rizzoli New York

The Actors Fund kicked off its third year of intimate Musical Mondays celebrations Monday night in the lobby of Hollywood's Pantages Theatre as Broadway composer and musical director Ron Abel took center stage joined by a handful of all-star friends...

The Sixty-third Boys' Towns of Italy 'Ball of the Year' will be honored Tommy Tune, Liza Minnelli, Louis R. Cappelli and Mark Simone. Tune, the Tony and Drama Desk-winning actor, dancer, singer, choreographer, director and producer is named Entertainer of the Year. Minnelli, the Academy Award-winning singer and dancer is named Woman of the Year. Cappelli, a prominent real estate developer and founder of the Louis R. Cappelli Foundation which assists at-risk youth. Simone is a famed broadcaster. Minnelli will also sing at the event, which takes place on April 12. Cocktails and the photo op begin at 7pm with the dinner and entertainment at 8pm. The ceremony is at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, 3 Renaissance Plaza, White Plains, NY.

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS is proud to present a special performance of PAMELA'S FIRST MUSICAL, a new musical with music by Tony Award® winner Cy Coleman, lyrics by Tony Award® winner David Zippel, book by Tony® & Pulitzer Award winner Wendy Wasserstein and directed by Tony Award® nominee Graciela Daniele, on Sunday, May 18 at 3 PM at Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street) with a reception at Sardi's immediately following. Proceeds will benefit BC/EFA and Theatre Development Fund's Open Doors Program, which Wasserstein founded.

Westport Country Playhouse (Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, artistic directors, and Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, managing director) will present two of Broadway's most versatile performers, Sandy Duncan and Karen Ziemba, in a reading of the new comedy, The Real Tabasco, written by Deborah Grace Winer, formerly of Westport, on Monday, April 14, 7 p.m. The reading is part of the Playhouse's 'Funny Mondays' series, showcasing both new and classic comedies, followed by audience feedback, often with the playwright in attendance.

The Stella Adler Studio of Acting hosted its 4th annual Stella by Starlight gala benefit last night at Cipriani 23rd Street. Actor Martin Sheen accepted the Marlon Brando Award for a life committed to social activism and excellence in film art.

Join host Florence Henderson as The Actors Fund honors Tommy Tune at their 12th Annual Tony Awards(R) Party with the Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement and featuring a live feed of the Tony Awards as they happen in New York.

Taboo star spreads his wings to perform in concerts at the Oak Room.

An interview with Broadway star (and Maryland native) Barbara Walsh, soon to star in A Little Night Music at CENTERSTAGE.

'Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure' premieres Tuesday March 4 at 8PM on WLIW21 New York Public Television. For more information visit www.PBS.org

Luba Mason returns her 'Collage' tour to the Metropolitan Room now through March 3.

Broadway legend Tommy Tune will celebrate his birthday by hosting an exclusive special on SIRIUS Satellite Radio's Broadway's Best channel. To air Thursday February 28 and March 2.

BroadwayWorld.com is proud to announce its newest offering in the streaming video space. FLIRT is BroadwayWorld's new talk show hosted by Broadway star Haviland Stillwell. The pilot episode features the Tony and Emmy Award-winning star David Hyde Pierce.