William Finn News

On June 8th, North Carolina Theatre announced that based on recommendations from the City of Raleigh and given the circumstances surrounding the current health pandemic, they ended up canceling the remainder of their 2019-20 Season, which includes productions of Memphis, The Sound of Music, and Edges.

Jamie deRoy & friends Broadcasts Interview with William Finn July 19th

Falsettos komt als opvolger van de gelauwerde OpusOne-productie Fun Home vanaf eind oktober 2020 naar DeLaMar Theater in Amsterdam. De met vele awards bekroonde muzikale autobiografie van William Finn vertelt de belevenissen van Marvin en zijn uniek samengestelde gezin. De hoofdrollen zijn weggelegd voor Brigitte Heitzer en William Spaaij die voor het eerst samen in een musical te zien zijn. Verder zijn Joy Wielkens, Ad Knippels, Job Greuter en Julia Herfst te zien in deze inventieve, humoristische, maar ook meeslepende musical. De vertaling en regie zijn in handen van Koen van Dijk en Marco Braam heeft de muzikale leiding. Falsettos speelt woensdag t/m zondag van 28 oktober t/m 8 november 2020 in de Wim Sonneveld zaal van DeLaMar Theater.

On this day in 2004, the beloved cult-hit musical, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE had its world premiere at Barrington Stage!

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Today we rewind to 2015, when Encores! Off Center presented William Finn and James Lapine's A New Brain, starring Jonathan Groff, Dan Fogler, Ana Gasteyer, Aaron Lazar and Rema Webb.

Artistic Director Laura Kepley chats with Nathan Motta, Artistic Director of Dobama Theatre about music, artistic leadership, and the extraordinary theatre that is made in and for Cleveland.

Today we rewind to 2016 for the first revival of Falsettos, which starred Stephanie J. Block, Christian Borle, Andrew Rannells, Anthony Rosenthal, Tracie Thoms, Brandon Uranowitz and Betsy Wolfe. The musical, written by William Finn and James Lapine, played for 84 performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre and was nominated for five Tony Awards. 

The 'Accidental Performer' Robbie Rozelle proves himself wrong with the June 26th release of his CD SONGS FROM INSIDE MY LOCKER

Composer and lyricist Darren Clark has just launched a new website that acts like a hub for new musical theatre with roots in the UK.

Wendy Scherl's debut CD is a winner, and if you listen to it, YOU'LL SEE.

The Dramatists Guild of America Council has announced that Kia Corthron is the recipient of the 2020 Flora Roberts Award.

Broadway Records announced today that Robbie Rozelle: Songs From Inside My Locker - Live at Feinstein's/54 Below will be released digitally everywhere music is sold on Friday, June 26, 2020.

MUSICAL TALK - the independent podcast for musical theatre a?" has just released episode 670, with messages from many people from the theatre industry offering their support, advice, tips, stories and background as to how they're coping with this situation.  

Actress Mónica Huarte has created a Spanish parody video of I'm Breaking Down from Falsettos, called 'No Puedo Mas'!

See the College of Arts + Architecture's musical theatre workshop came together virtually to perform 'Heart and Music' from 'The New Brain,' by William Finn, arranged by student Sam Pomerantz.

To mark the occasion of their now postponed Lincoln Center concert as part of the Broadway's Future Songbook Series, musical theater writers Lauren Taslitz and Danny Ursetti have released a music video for their song 'Built for Joy.'

1st Stage will remain closed in compliance with federal, state, and local guidelines until it is safe to welcome audiences back to the theatre. Programming changes have been necessitated by this prolonged closure.

New Repertory Theatre has announced their 2020-2021 season.

Complete casting has been announced for the upcoming Los Angeles production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's A Little Night Music. Performances will begin at the Greenway Court Theatre in West Hollywood on May 15th, 2020 and will run through June 21st, 2020.