70, Girls, 70 2006 - Articles Page 17

Casting has been announced for the North Shore Music Theatre's (NSMT) 18th Anniversary production of A Christmas Carol

Lenny Wolpe Talks About THE DROWSY CHAPERONE and life as an actor.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival and the Chaplin Corporation present BEHIND THE LIMELIGHT, a new musical about the life and art of Charlie Chaplin by Christopher Curtis. Directed by Michael Unger, BEHIND THE LIMELIGHT features a distinguished cast that includes Luther Creek (Rent, Urinetown) as Chaplin, as well as Andrea McArdle (Tony Award nominee for Annie, Beauty and the Beast), Janet Metz (Falsettoland, Bingo:The Musical) and Garrett Long (The Spitfire Grill), among others.

Complete scheduling information has been announced for the New York Musical Theatre Festival

PS Classics, the label dedicated to celebrating the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, has announced plans to release Charlotte Rae's much-loved 1955 solo album, 'Songs I Taught My Mother,' for the first time on CD

Broadway will likely be bringing up the Kander-Ebb-Holmes musical Curtains during the 2006-2007 theatre season

Applications are now being accepted by the Fred Ebb Foundation for the second annual Fred Ebb Award

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schoenberg's THE PIRATE QUEEN, the spectacular new musical from the authors of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, will play a pre-Broadway, World Premiere engagement in Chicago from October 3rd through November 26th, 2006.

The Fred Ebb Foundation in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the guidelines for the second annual Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters, the winner of which will be announced this November

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Victor Garber will play John P. Wintergreen in the Encores! production of the Gershwins' Of Thee I Sing, which will run from May 11th through 14th, 2006

New York City Center will present the 13th season of New York City Center Encores! Great American Musicals In Concert®, opening February 9 with Kismet starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie, followed by the Kander and Ebb musical 70, Girls, 70. George and Ira Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing will end the season, playing May 11 - 14.

The Gershwins' satiric musical Of Thee I Sing will be the third entry in City Center's Encores!' 2006 season

Frequent co-stars Marin Mazzie and Brian Stokes Mitchell will once again team up for the Encores! production of Kismet, which will open in February of 2006

Princesses, a new musical by David Zippel and Matthew Wilder, will open at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre tomorrow, August 17th