Yvonne News

Almeida will host its first ever Chain Play for one night only, Friday, March 23, as the theatre's primary 2007 fundraising event.

Franklin Furnace, described as 'the internationally acclaimed incubator of the avant-garde,' will present a one-night only benefit event on Friday, April 27th at 8:00 PM: 'The History of the Future: A Franklin Furnace View of Performance Art,' to take place at the Harry de Jur Playhouse of Henry Street Settlement

Last summer, BroadwayWorld premiered the stunning Broadway digital art of Norn Cutson. Now, Norn is proud to share his portrait of the cast of Follies, the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman classic recently presented as a staged concert at Encores!.

Entertainment industry veteran, Jamie Foster Brown brings her trademark sass, innate intelligence, sensitivity and well-honed sense of humor to the stage to star in a one-night-only presentation of the Obie Award-winning performance piece, The Vagina Monologues at Washington, D.C.'s historic Lincoln Theatre

A new Broadway revival of the Sondheim/Goldman masterpiece Follies may be in the works

With all due respect to William Shakespeare and Noel Coward, Broadway's never had a ghost story that mixes terror, wit and theatrical thrills quite like Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies, now receiving an Encores! concert staging so loaded with achingly good moments they could loan a few of them out to some of Broadway's current tenants without losing a bit of its sheen.

New York City Center's Encores! 2007 Season pays tribute to the 100th Anniversary of the first Ziegfeld Follies, kicking off the celebration with Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's legendary 1971 multiple Tony Award-winner, Follies, directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, with music direction by Eric Stern. Follies will play for six performances, from February 8 - 12 at New York City Center, 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues.

With the casting of Colin Donnell as Young Ben and Natalie King Smith as Young Dee Dee, casting for the eagerly anticipated Encores! production of Follies is now complete.

Yvonne De Carlo, the beautiful brunette actress whose performance in Follies immortalized her as a theatre star, has passed away at the age of 84

Idina Menzel gave her final performance as the unusually green witch, Elphaba, in the London production of the hit musical Wicked on the 30th December at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Her three-month contract, which paid a record-breaking $30,000 per week, is now over and Kerry Ellis takes over the role from 1st January 2007.

From Monday, January 1st, Kerry Ellis will play the role of Elphaba in Wicked, London's smash-hit musical at the Apollo Victoria Theatre

Due to popular demand, the upcoming Encores! staged concert presentation of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's 1971 classic Follies will play an extra performance on February 12th at 8 PM

Ruth Webb, legendary theatrical talent agent, passed away on December 4, 2006

The Barefoot Theatre Company will continue its collaboration with internationally-acclaimed playwright Israel Horovitz with Israel Horovitz's New Shorts: nine actors, nine new plays

Victor Garber and Mimi Hines are the latest stars to sign onto the upcoming Encores! staged concert production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies, presented from February 8th through 11th, 2007 at City Center

More stars have signed on to the eagerly awaited Encores! staged concert of the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman classic Follies, presented from February 8th through 11th, 2007 at City Center

Broadway and cabaret star Yvonne Constant will return to Danny's Skylight Room on November 8th at 7 PM with her show La Chanson Realiste: Paris in the Twenties with Musical Director Russ Kassoff.

The Shakespeare-based musical Fools and Lovers will begin performances on September 21st