Tommy Tune News

A monthly calendar of theatre in the Baltimore area, plus discounts, news and contests! Updated 04/24/2007!

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) will present its 2007 Ruth Denney Award - a Lifetime Achievement Award given annually to an individual who has been instrumental in shaping lives of young artists in Houston - to Dr. Sidney Berger, founder of the Houston Shakespeare Festival, Houston's Children's Theatre Festival, and head of the University of Houston's School of Theatre since 1969

Producer Harvey Weinstein is planning a high-wattage star cast for the upcoming film version of Nine, directed by Tony- and Oscar-nominee Rob Marshall

Variety reports that Rob Marshall will direct a feature film version of the Maury Yeston / Arthur Kopit musical Nine for the big screen.

Having just played for ten sold-out weeks in five cities in Australia, Walking With Dinosaurs - The Live Experience, winner of six Emmy Awards and three BAFTA Awards and based on BBC Award-winning Television Series, will enjoy a two-year North America arena tour, kicking off July 11 at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington.

Legendary pop/jazz vocalist Keely Smith opened at the Cafe Carlyle on April 3rd

The American Theatre Wing will honor Carol Channing, James Earl Jones and Tommy Tune at its Annual Spring Gala on Monday, June 4, 2007.

Acclaimed Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons will hold its annual 'High Standards' Gala Benefit on Monday evening, April 16th at Guastavino's

Elegant cabaret star Karen Akers returns to New York for her highly anticipated eighth consecutive spring engagement at the legendary Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel

Altar Boyz, the acclaimed musical comedy at Dodger Stages, winner of the coveted Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical Off-Broadway, will have its 3rd anniversary Off-Broadway March 1st.

The 10th Annual 'Broadway Bears' auction will be presented on February 11th, 2007.

BroadwayWorld presents the second in an eight-part preview series leading up to the 10th Annual Broadway Bears auction, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Translations by Brian Friel opened January 25th, at the Biltmore Theatre after beginning previews on January 4th

On January 29th and February 5th, composer Ben Toth will perform at Pater Norton Symphony Space

Beloved Baltimore/DC actor, Bryon Predika, passed away on January 6, 2007.

Award-winning Broadway and cabaret star Jason Graae debuted his new show 'Graae's Anatomy' at Birdland on Monday, January 15 at 7 PM

JAY Records has scheduled to record the Original Cast Album of Busker Alley on Tuesday November 14 in NYC, following the Concert performance.

Perhaps the next time A Chorus Line is produced on Broadway, a new director will have a wonderful new vision for the material. But since we lost Michael Bennett 19 years ago at the age of 44, why not re-mount a replica his greatest theatrical achievement while we still have his colleagues around to reproduce his original work?

The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio will present an interview with renowned theatre producers and five-time Tony Award recipients Barry and Fran Weissler, on their weekly theatrical interview show, 'Downstage Center,' on XM's On Broadway

Busker Alley, which will soon be seen at the York Theatre Company in a star-studded concert headlined by Tony-winners Jim Dale and Glenn Close, may sidle up to a Broadway run