William Finn News

ELEGIES: A SONG CYCLE by William Finn will be staged at the Berkeley Street Theatre Upstairs from Feb 15 to Mar 03.

A cast has been assembled for Acting Up Stage Company Theatre's upcoming production of William Finn's song cycle Elegies, which will receive its Toronto premiere

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director) and Documentary Arts in association with Central Track Productions have announced that Tony Award winner Lillias White will join the cast of the Off-Broadway premiere of Blind Lemon Blues.

Douglas Sills, Michael Rupert and Alison Fraser are among the performers set to perform in the In Concert series

Cast to feature Peter Weller as Frank Lloyd Wright, Harris Yulin as Louis Sullivan, Chris Henry Coffey, Holley Fain, Mary Beth Fisher, Maggie Siff, Jeremy Strong and Jay Whittaker

On Tuesday, January 9, three new principal cast members will join the Broadway company of the smash-hit musical WICKED at the Gershwin Theatre (222 W. 51st St.). Kendra Kassebaum will play Glinda, a role she originated on tour, while Julia Murney, who played Elphaba on tour, will reprise her role. Sebastian Arcelus joins the Broadway Company as Fiyero, having starred in the role on tour.

On Friday, January 12, 2007, there will be a special 'for-mature-audiences-only' performance of Chicago's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, the Tony Award-winning and critically acclaimed new musical comedy in an open-run

Bernstein and Sondheim, Shaffer and Chekhov will be part of Barrington Stage Company's 2007 summer Mainstage season, which will be presented in the company's fully renovated theatre at 30 Union Street in Pittsfield

Starting Wednesday, December 6, audience members at Chicago's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will get in on the spelling bee buzz by competing in 'Game Night at the Bee,' a pre-show board game competition held at 6 p.m. before Wednesday night performances of the critically acclaimed Broadway musical comedy.

Joe's Pub has added a production of William Finn's Elegies, starring Betty Buckley, Darius de Haas, and more, to its season line-up

The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio proudly present individual interviews with celebrated Broadway composer William Finn and acclaimed actor Stephen Spinella on their weekly theatrical interview show, 'Downstage Center,' on XM's On Broadway (XM Channel 28).

On Friday, December 1 at 8 pm at The Wilbur Theatre, there will be a special for-mature-audiences-only performance of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The new Off-Broadway musical Striking 12 opened on Sunday, November 12th for an eight-week limited engagement at the Daryl Roth Theatre

Karen Mason, Richard Skipper and others will help to ring in the holidays with two evenings of pop, jazz and comedy in 'Seasons of Love' on November 29th and November 30th

The Center has announced its new 'In Concert' series celebrating the artistry of Broadway's most distinguished performers.

A memorial for Lovette George, who passed away on September 6th, will be held on November 6th in Manhattan

Acting Up Stage Theatre Company is a theatre company in Toronto, dedicated to producing intimate musical theatre productions, while cultivating a new generation of audiences through thought-provoking, contemporary works. The company previously produced the Canadian premiere of Jonathan Larson's tick, tick…BOOM! in 2005 and the Toronto premiere of john & jen in 2006. In February 2007 they will present teh Toronto premiere of William Finn's ELEGIES.

Boston 'Spelling Bee' boasts a superb ensemble that earns perfect scores for brains, humor and heart