Tommy Tune News

Bernadette Peters will host 'Broadway's Best at Pops' on PBS; the program will feature performances by Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Tommy Tune and others

JERSEY BOYS, the new Broadway musical based on the life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons opened on Sunday night and BroadwayWorld was there to cover the red carpet!

SWEENEY TODD opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on Thursday, November 3 and BroadwayWorld was there to capture the red carpet arrivals.

The producers of Dr. Dolittle announced today that nine-time Tony Award-winner Tommy Tune will star and direct as the beloved veterinarian who talks to the animals in an extraordinary new musical based upon Leslie Bricusse's 1967 Oscar-winning movie of the same name, and 'The Doctor Dolittle Stories' by Hugh Lofting. Performances begin on January 17, 2006 at the Hobby Center in Houston.

Ann Reinking, Charlotte D'Amboise and others performed at Williams College on October 10th to celebrate the opening of the new '62 Center for Theatre and Dance

On October 31st, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star William Ryall will wrap up his cabaret show Flying Cars and Falling Chandeliers!

Variety reports this morning that the nine-time Tony-winner is expected to take over the recently closed touring production of Dr. Dolittle, both as a performer and on the creative team.

From October 7th through 10th, William Finn, Tommy Tune and others from Broadway will celebrate the opening of the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance at Williams College with a number of events

Brent Barrett, Jeff Blumenkrantz and Johnny Rodgers turned out to Jim Caruso's Cast Party on September 19th

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's William Ryall will reprise his cabaret show Flying Cars and Falling Chandeliers at Danny's Skylight Room on October 24th and 31st

After the driver of a tractor trailer was tragically killed in a fiery accident and sets were damaged, the national tour of The Will Rogers Follies will postpone performances until September 23rd

You never know who will show up at Jim Caruso's Cast Party! Last week, Amanda McBroom, Jamie DeRoy, Michael Feinstein, Erich Bergen, Devon May, and others were there.

Disney has announced that Tarzan will being previews on March 24, to open on May 10, 2006.

Hal Shane, Brian Nalepka and Tripp Hanson--the Manhattan Rhythm Kings--will go their separate ways after an October 16th performance in Queens

Jeff Calhoun talks to BroadwayWorld about Brooklyn, Big River, his latest show Holy Cross Sucks! and more...

How I Got to Broadway, a new musical starring and written by Brooklyn: The Musical's Mark Schoenfeld, will open off-Broadway in Spring of 2006

Robert Wright, whose musicals with George Forrest gave a Broadway voice to classical composers, passed away on July 27th at the age of 90

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's William Ryall will perform his cabaret Flying Cars and Falling Chandeliers at Danny's Skylight Room on August 8th and August 15th

Jim Caruso's Cast Party, with Caruso, Karen Mason, Johnny Rodgers and more in tow, will go on the road to play the Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY on July 23rd