'The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber' Returns to Kennedy Center Starting 12/23
by Faetra Petillo - Oct 10, 2008
Jeffrey Finn Productions announces a special return holiday engagement of THE MUSIC OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER for two weeks only at the Kennedy Center's newly-renovated Eisenhower Theater, Tuesday, December 23, 2008 through Sunday, January 4, 2009. The engagement marks the first return of the special concert since a sold out holiday run at the Kennedy Center Opera House in December 2004.
A.C.T. To Present OBIE Award Winner O'Hara's 'Good Breeding'
by Faetra Petillo - Sep 18, 2008
A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts Program presents celebrated young playwright and OBIE Award winner Robert O'Hara's Good Breeding, directed by acclaimed director Timothy Douglas, and featuring the A.C.T. M.F.A. Program class of 2009. Sex, murder, revenge-it's all fair game in this extravagant new adaptation of the Greek Oresteia.
Sher, Yazbek and Hwang Team Up For Broadway's 'Bruce Lee'
by BWW News Desk - May 19, 2008
Bartlett Sher, who has received great acclaim as well as a Tony nomination and Drama Desk Award as Best Director of A Musical for the current Lincoln Center Theater production of South Pacific, will direct the new musical BRUCE LEE: JOURNEY TO THE WEST, to be produced on Broadway by Elephant Eye Theatrical. Joining Sher are Tony nominees David Yazbek (The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) composing the music and writing the lyrics and David Henry Hwang (M Butterfly, Yellow Face) penning the book.
Ben Elton To Team Up With Lloyd Webber On Phantom Sequel
by BWW News Desk - Apr 9, 2008
According to The Stage News, writer Ben Elton will be teaming up with Andrew Lloyd Webber on the upcoming sequel to Phantom of the Opera. Elton teamed up with Webber in 2000 to write the book and lyrics for The Beautiful Game. He has recently worked as book writer for the musicals We Will Rock You and Tonight's The Night.
Roger, Quast, and Rawle Announced for UK Evita; Show Opens June 2
by BWW News Desk - Jan 31, 2006
EVITA, one of the world's greatest musicals, returns to London's West End after 21 years this summer. Directed by the award-winning Michael Grandage and featuring lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the brand new production of the smash-hit stage show has its Press Night at the Adelphi Theatre on June 21st.
New Andrew Lloyd Webber Song Receives London Premiere May 4
by BWW News Desk - May 3, 2005
Reported by the London Theatre Guide is news that a new Andrew Lloyd Webber tune which had been cut from The Beautiful Game has been revised and will premiere in a cabaret show by performer Janie Dee on May 4. Webber will accompany Dee on piano for the song.
Look-ahead: London 2004
by Jake Brunger - Dec 12, 2003
In this years' final UK column Jake looks at the year ahead in London's West End, including Billy Elliot the Musical, Mary Poppins and the casting game for The Producers