William Finn News

Make Me A Song, The Music of William Finn will open off Broadway at New World Stages, on Tuesday, November 12 with previews starting on October 30. This musical revue with a cast of four, showcases the songs of composer-lyricist William Finn.

The Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will celebrate its 1,000th Broadway performance and will welcome its 4,000th volunteer speller on Broadway on Sunday, September 23 at 7:30PM at Circle in the Square Theatre. Over the past 1,000 performances the company has welcomed 4,000 volunteer spellers.

Thirty years after her last Broadway musical appearance, Penny Fuller shines in her cabaret debut.

On Saturday, September 8 at 8 PM at the Wilshire Theatre (8440 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills), The Actors' Fund presented a one-night-only engagement of Falsettos, with music and lyrics by William Finn and book by Finn and James Lapine.

Penny Fuller presents 'Friends In Deed' at the Metropolitan Room September 5 through 9 at 7:30PM.

Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Probably Don't Know But Should will be presented on August 31st and September 1st at 8:00 p.m.

The Metropolitan Room (34 West 22 St. between 5th & 6th) announces its upcoming September concert schedule. Guests include Suzanne Carrico, Jimmy James, Penny Fuller, Cary Hoffman and Marilyn Maye.

Kathy Garrick and Sue Goodman have been added to the cast of the Actor's Fund one-night only presentation of Falsettos, with music and lyrics by William Finn and a book by William Finn and James Lapine, taking place on Saturday, September 8 at 8PM

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, the new musical by Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen, the team who created last season's Musical Theatre Lab premiere of The Burnt Part Boys, inspired by Chris Van Allsburg's (Jumanji and The Polar Express) children's book, is next at Barrington Stage Company's Musical Theatre Lab

The West Bank Café announces the September 2007 line-up of live entertainment, to be presented in The Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Lincoln Center Theater will present the New York premiere of The Glorious Ones, a new musical with book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, music by Stephen Flaherty and choreography and direction by Graciela Daniele

Roslyn Kind makes a Los Angeles engagement on Friday, October 5 and Saturday, October 6 at Catalina's Jazz Bar & Grill in Hollywood, CA.

Funked Up Fairy Tales, the new hip musical by Kirsten Childs at Barrington Stage Company's Musical Theatre Lab, has been extended through August 18, due to popular demand

On Saturday, September 8th at 8 PM at the Wilshire Theatre, The Actors' Fund will present a one-night-only engagement of Falsettos

Barrington Stage Company is currently presenting Peter Shaffer's farce Black Comedy

Chicago's acclaimed company of the Broadway musical comedy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee celebrated 500 performances on Sunday, July 15.

Producers of the acclaimed Broadway musical Grey Gardens announced today that the show's composer, Tony Award nominee Scott Frankel, will conduct the Wednesday evening, July 18 performance at 8PM at The Walter Kerr Theatre

'Saturday Night Live's Darrell Hammond is making his Broadway debut this summer in the acclaimed Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as Vice Principal Douglas Panch, whom he plays for a limited engagement, June 12 - July 19

Barrington Stage Company's Musical Theatre Lab, under the mentorship of Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist William Finn, launches its second season of musicals and workshop productions with Calvin Berger, winner of the 2007 Jerry Bock and Richard Rodgers Award.

The West Bank Café has announced upcoming performances to be presented in The Laurie Beechman Theatre