Walter Bobbie News

Tonight, April 26th, PBS will air a presentation of the Carnegie Hall South Pacific concert starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Rebe McIntire

All Shook Up, Altar Boyz, Twelve Angry Men, STOMP, Doubt, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Chita Rivera--The Dancer's Life, and The Light in the Piazza--as well as the pre-Broadway tryout of the new musical High Fidelity--will comprise the 2006-2007 Broadway Across America-Boston seaso

The musical version of High Fidelity, by Tom Kitt, Amanda Green and David Lindsay-Abaire, will spin into Broadway in November after playing a tryout run in Boston from September 26th through October 22nd

Tony Award-winner Lillias White will stay with the Broadway company of Chicago for an additional few months, through September 10th; she was previously scheduled to leave on April 23rd

John O'Hurley will play his final performance as Billy Flynn in Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre on Sunday, April 16th, but will be joining the national touring company of the musical for three special engagements in Charlotte, NC, Atlanta and Tampa

Kevin Chamberlin will succeed P.J. Benjamin as Amos Hart in the Broadway company of Chicago on June 12th

A number of West End musicals have announced starry cast changes; British pop star Antony Costa will join the cast of Blood Brothers, musical theatre veterans Louise Gold and Diane Langton will step into Mary Poppins, and Amra-Faye Wright and Luca Barbareschi will be welcomed into the cast of Chicago

The newest Billy Flynn in the Broadway production of Chicago will be Obba Babatunde, who will return to the Ambassador Theatre on April 17th; succeeding John O'Hurley, he will continue in the show through June 11th.

A cast recording of the sold-out South Pacific concert that was presented at Carnegie Hall last summer will be released on April 18th

On March 23rd, Billy Van Zandt's play The Property Known as Garland --starring Adrienne Barbeau--opened off-Broadway

Martin Richards, one of the producers of the Oscar-winning Chicago movie and the head of Producer Circle Co., has hit Miramax Film Corps with a $10 million lawsuit

Molly Ringwald will headline the national tour of Sweet Charity, which will launch in September of 2006

Robin Givens has extended her engagement as Roxie Hart in the Broadway company of Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre through April 16th

John O'Hurley, who currently plays Billy Flynn in Chicago, will now be seen in the show through April 16th after extending his engagement

No Doubt they'll be no Angry Men (or Women) now that the HIPP has a Wicked Scoundrel of a Bee Season with lots of Spam and Charity

A new touring production of Sweet Charity, based on the recent revival and starring Molly Ringwald, has announced stops in Denver and Houston