Whitney Bashor News

Jamie McGonnigal and Joe's Pub present Broadway Loves Country, the next in the 'Broadway Loves' Series, following two sold-out rockin' evenings of Broadway Loves the 80's! The concert will feature a truckload of Broadway stars sangin' their hearts out to their favorite country tunes!

Westport Country Playhouse announces its summer roster of shows, featuring Tony Award winner James Naughton directing a Cole Porter musical revue; 'Saturday Night Live's' Rachel Dratch appearing in David Wiltse's 'tour de farce' office comedy; and Playhouse favorite Mark Shanahan ('Sedition,' 'David Copperfield,' 'Journey's End') performing in a thriller.

Jamie McGonnigal and Joe's Pub present Broadway Loves Country, the next in the 'Broadway Loves' Series, following two sold-out rockin' evenings of Broadway Loves the 80's! The concert will feature a truckload of Broadway stars sangin' their hearts out to their favorite country tunes!

On March 3rd at 7:30PM the University of Michigan Entertainment Coalition (UMEC) and the U of M Club of New York will present Bravo Blue! This 'Musical Homecoming' Concert will feature over 40 U of M alumni professionals and friends in a fast paced sampler of musical theatre, classical and contemporary music, jazz, opera, and dance. The performance will be held at the Peter Norton Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia on Broadway at 95th St at 7:30PM.

Edges: A Song Cycle is scheduled to make its Midwest premiere at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts, February 21 - 24. Musical by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, featuring Farah Alvin, Whitney Bashor, Steven Booth and Colin Hanlon.

The acclaimed series, 'Monday Nights, New Voices,' will continue February 18 at 7PM at The Duplex, as some of Broadway's beloved stars come out to celebrate their favorite 'New Voices.'

The new Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks celebrated 500th performance on Saturday, November 3, 2007. The beloved, musical love story plays at the Snapple Theater Center in the newly dedicated Jerry Orbach Theater.

The Fantasticks will welcome Doug Ullman, Jr. to the role of 'Matt' on Tuesday, October 29 and Whitney Bashor to the role of 'Luisa' on Monday, November 5. Both have appeared in the new production previously. Having recently completed a run in the American Musical Theater of San Jose's production of Guys and Dolls, Burke Moses will return to the role of 'El Gallo' on Tuesday, October 29.

'I See London, I See France', Vid Guerrerio and Jeremy Desmon's new musical about a smart-girl ad exec who falls for her himbo underwear model is funny, modern, and highly entertaining- the perfect package.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Skivvies Inc. presentation of I See London, I See France (The Underwear Musical) opens Tuesday, September 18 at 8PM for its sold out seven-performance run.

Berkeley Repertory Theatre proudly announces the world premiere of 'To the Lighthouse,' a luminous adaptation of Virginia Woolf's landmark novel. Begins previews in the Roda Theatre on February 23, opens February 28, and closes March 25.

Kaitlin Hopkins, Carey Anderson, Todd Buonopane, Jesse Nager, Whitney Bashor, and Marcus Paul James be among the performers starring in 'Unsung 2006: Sex, Love and Lies,' a benefit concert for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS that will take place on Monday, October 16th, at 8pm at the Lucille Lortel Theater

Kaitlin Hopkins, Todd Buonopane and more will be featured in the benefit concert 'Unsung: A Night of Original Song By New and Established Composers 2006: Sex, Love and Lies'

The provocative upcoming musical White Noise announced new casting for its New York Musical Theater Festival production this September

Whitney Bashor and Kacie Sheik will reprise their roles in White Noise, running as part of NYMF from September 18th through 30th

Anthony Rapp, Will Chase, Raul Esparza and Michael Stuhlbarg will be among the stars taking part in the 2006 Sundance Institute Theatre Laboratory, which will take place at the Sundance Resort in Utah from July 10-30

Ensemble Studio Theatre bills itself as 'The Major Forum for One-Act Plays in America.' Having not surveyed too many of the minor forums, I can't necessarily second it. But if its 28th Festival of One-Act Plays 'Series C' is any indication, the company can pride itself on presenting intriguing work by artists more than skilled in the craft of one-act playwriting-and even the writing of musicals

White Noise, billed as a 'cautionary musical,' received its first public viewing in an Equity Reading on Thursday, May 25 at the Kirk Theater

Full casting has been announced for the new musical White Noise, which will receive its first public viewing in an Equity Reading on Thursday, May 25 at the Kirk Theater; Kacie Sheik, Whitney Bashor and Kevin Pariseau will be among the performers

'Become'--a showcase of the music of Justin Paul and Benj Pasek featuring some of Broadway's biggest stars--was a sold-out success on May 14th, and BroadwayWorld was there!