Tickets on Sale for 'Bway Bares 17;' Denis Jones to Direct
by BWW News Desk - Mar 14, 2007
The theme for the 2007 edition of Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS' annual event Broadway Bares was announced and ticket sales for the hotly anticipated event were officially launched tonight at the monthly 'NextWorks' event hosted by Next Magazine at the popular Chelsea nightspot SBNY (Splash).
Gay Marshall to Perform Concert at the Zipper, 3/22
by BWW News Desk - Mar 13, 2007
Gay Marshall, who recently starred in the recent long running hit revival of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris returns to the Zipper Factory on Thursday, March 22, 2007.
LOVEMUSIK Announces Full Cast
by BWW News Desk - Mar 1, 2007
Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, artistic director; Barry Grove, executive producer) is pleased to announce full casting for the world premiere of LoveMusik, a new musical featuring the songs of Kurt Weill, starring Tony Awardâ winners Michael Cerveris and Donna Murphy.
Kitt, Huffman, Hensley Star in Kander & Ebb's All About Us
by BWW News Desk - Feb 21, 2007
Westport Country Playhouse has announced that Grammy, Emmy and three-time Tony Award nominee Eartha Kitt, and Tony Award winners Shuler Hensley and Cady Huffman will appear in the new Kander and Ebb musical, All About Us, which opens the Playhouse 2007 season, April 10 through April 28.
Clark, Wong, Sheinkin Among NYMF Grand Jury Panel
by BWW News Desk - Feb 14, 2007
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced the Grand Jury panelists - 5 Tony Award winners and a 2-time Tony nominee, as it happens - will select 18 musicals to be featured in the 4th annual Festival, scheduled this year from September 17 through October 7 in New York City.
Cook, Lansbury, Peters & Rivera Appear in Online Podcasts
by BWW News Desk - Jan 29, 2007
Celebrating its unparalleled catalogue of classic musical theater recordings, Masterworks Broadway recently released Legends of Broadway - a new series of CDs highlighting the careers of four of Broadway's greatest stars in their signature roles. Beginning January 31, you can hear these legendary ladies - Barbara Cook, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters and Chita Rivera - talk about their most beloved performances in four free podcasts, available through iTunes.com and MasterworksBroadway.com.
Criswell, Friedman, Quast Set for London Follies Concert
by BWW News Desk - Jan 29, 2007
According to Whatsonstage.com, Kim Criswell will replace Elaine Stritch as Carlotta Campion in London's upcoming 'Follies in Concert,' which will be presented at the London Palladium on February 4th, 2007 at 7:15 PM.
Encores! Follies, with Clark, Murphy, Etc., Runs Feb. 8-12
by BWW News Desk - Jan 25, 2007
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.
Spacey's A Moon for the Misbegotten Hits Broadway in March
by BWW News Desk - Jan 12, 2007
Olivier Award winner Eve Best, Academy Award and Tony Award winner Kevin
Spacey and Golden Globe nominee Colm Meaney will reprise their acclaimed
performances in The Old Vic Theatre Company production of Eugene O'Neill's A
MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 W 47th
St) for 84 performances only.
O'Hara, Grammer to Star in NY Philharmonic's My Fair Lady
by BWW News Desk - Jan 10, 2007
The New York Philharmonic presents Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady in four semi-staged performances, March 7-10, 2007. The musical - a New York Philharmonic premiere - will star Kelli O'Hara, Kelsey Grammer, Charles Kimbrough, Brian Dennehy, Marni Nixon and Tim Jerome.
Out With The Old, In With The New
by Robert Gould - Jan 1, 2007
Another year draws to a close and a new year beckons. Almost as the clock turns between the years we say adieu to Idina and say hello to Kerry, wave a fond goodbye to Caroline or Change and The Producers and welcome the brief return of The Rocky Horror Show and The History Boys. As we sing Auld Lang's Syne, it gives cause to look back on and look forward to the respective years in London theatre.
Encores! Follies Adds Extra Performance on February 12
by BWW News Desk - Dec 18, 2006
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
Garber and Hines Join Encores! Follies Concert
by BWW News Desk - Nov 29, 2006
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
Roundabout's Suddenly Last Summer Extends Through Jan. 20
by BWW News Desk - Nov 29, 2006
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is thrilled to announce a one-week extension of the Off-Broadway revival of Suddenly Last Summer now through Saturday, January 20th, 2007 at 7:30PM!
Murphy, Baranski, Bosco, Etc. Join Encores! Follies
by BWW News Desk - Nov 20, 2006
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
Kelli O'Hara Cast in Sunday In The Park With George
by James Sims - Nov 16, 2006
Los Angeles' Reprise! Broadway's Best will present Stephen Sondheim's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park With George as its second show of the 2006-2007 season, starring Tony and Outer Critics Circle Award-nominee Kelli O'Hara...
Friedman, Staunton, Etc. Set for London Follies Concert
by BWW News Desk - Oct 23, 2006
Maria Friedman, Imelda Staunton, Philip Quast, Liliane Montevecchi, Liz Robertson and Laura Michelle Kelly are among the stars who have so far been enlisted to star in Follies in Concert, which will be presented as a benefit performance at the London Palladium on February 4th, 2007