110 in the Shade - 2004 - Los Angeles Articles Page 11

A near record was achieved by performers taking part in The 21st Annual Easter Bonnet Competition, with the second-highest total raised in the event's history.

The 2007 Target Mainstage Season was announced this week at Bay Street Theatre, a not-for-profit professional regional theatre located on the Long Wharf in Sag Harbor, NY.

Nikki just finished a run as Fantine and is prepping for her first solo cabaret on April 9.

Designers Santo Loguasto, Bob Mackie, Murell Horton, Kermit Love and Rouben Ter-Arutunian will all be honored for their contributions to the theater at the TDF/Irene Sharaff Award Ceremony March 23rd at the Hudson Theatre.

It's the third Broadway show for Sarah Jane, and the second time this former beauty pageant winner is understudying a Kristin Chenoweth part.

The Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the full company joining Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald as 'Lizzie Curry,' Tony Award winner John Cullum as 'H. C. Curry,' and Steve Kazee as 'Starbuck' in a new Broadway production of 110 in the Shade, with a book by N. Richard Nash, music by Tony Award-honoree Harvey Schmidt, lyrics by Tony Award honoree Tom Jones and directed by Lonny Price.

Veteran stage, screen and television star John Rubinstein is announced to play The Wizard in the new Los Angeles production of WICKED, which begins performances on February 10, 2007, at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Rubinstein joins stars Eden Espinosa and Megan Hilty, who play Elphaba and Glinda, and Carol Kane, who plays Madame Morrible. Kane appeared in the role during the sold out engagement of WICKED at the Pantages Theatre last summer, and then went on to play the part on Broadway.

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming national tour of The Light in the Piazza, which will circle the country for 50 weeks beginning in August

The production of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA has extended through July 23rd due to popular demand

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming production of John Weidman and Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, presented at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA from May 30-July 16

On March 1st, Marin Mazzie will guest star on the CBS sitcom 'Still Standing'

A visitor walking into the Avatar recording studio in New York City last May was greeted with the most stirring rendition of Stephen Sondheim's 'Too Many Mornings'. The voices of Marin Mazzie and her husband, Jason Danieley, were so exceptionally suited to the music that a new dimension was added to the material.

Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba and Edward Hibbert will join David Hyde Pierce in the pre-Broadway world premiere of Kander and Ebb's Curtains at the Ahmanson Theatre in LA this summer

Geoffrey Doig-Marx, Bruce Robert Harris and Dance Spirit Magazine will present the 6th Annual Elan Awards, honoring Susan Stroman, presented by Hal Prince. This amazing event will take place on Monday, October 10, 2005 at FIT's Haft Auditorium (227 West 27th Street), beginning 7PM.

Maria Friedman, the leading lady of the British musical theatre, makes her Broadway debut in London's smash hit musical, THE WOMAN IN WHITE, opening on Broadway Thursday, November 17th at the Marquis Theatre (211 W 45th St).

Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to present the world premiere of 'Harold & Maude: The Musical,' starring Academy Award-winner Estelle Parsons, Eric Millegan, Donna English, Donna Lynne Champlin and Danny Burstein.

See what you can expect to see on-stage in the coming year in Los Angeles and throughout Southern California!