A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Revival 2004 - Articles Page 18

South Coast Repertory kicks off the 2008-09 Season with the World Premiere of its first commissioned musical: An Italian Straw Hat: A Vaudeville.

The Public Theater announced complete casting for the New York premiere of ROAD SHOW, a new musical featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman, and direction and scenic design by John Doyle. Road Show was originally titled Bounce.

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director), Off-Broadway's preeminent theater company, will honor Tony Award-winning actress Patti LuPone and The Baruch-Routh-Frankel-Viertel Group at this year's Primary Stages 24th Anniversary Gala Benefit to be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel (109 East 42nd Street) on Monday, October 27, 2008.

Roger Michell will direct a cast led by Eileen Atkins in Joanna Murray-Smith's latest play, 'The Female of the Species', opening at the Vaudeville Theatre on 16 July.

Roger Michell will direct a cast led by Eileen Atkins in Joanna Murray-Smith's latest play, 'The Female of the Species', opening at the Vaudeville Theatre on 16 July.

Joining previously announced Hunter Foster in the up-coming Off-Broadway musical, 'Frankenstein,' are Christiane Noll, Steve Blanchard, Jim Stanek and Mandy Bruno.

Theatre By The Sea in Matunuck, RI has been shuttered since 2003.The summer-stock style theater will stage a production of Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, as a taste of what is to come.

Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, writers of the 2006 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Jersey Boys, are the librettists for THE ADDAMS FAMILY, Drama Desk Award-winning composer/lyricist Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party) is writing the score, and Improbable Theater founders Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch (Shockheaded Peter) will direct and design. EET plans to premiere THE ADDAMS FAMILY in the 2009-2010 Broadway season, preceded by an out-of-town tryout.

Tony-winner Michael Crawford's official charitable fan association and web site reports that the star is in the early planning stages of a new PBS special and concert tour, 'hopefully for late 2007 or early 2008.'

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.

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.

Dominic, who quit his H.S. baseball and hockey teams to concentrate on theater, is playing more than half a dozen characters in his Broadway debut.

Michael Crawford's official web site and fan association is reporting that the star will appear in concerts

Actress Caroline Sheen, of the New York Musical Theatre Festival Musical show 'Three Sides,' begins a four-part series of blog entries about her experiences with the new UK-born musical

John Bucchino and a number from the upcoming NYFM musical Smoking Bloomberg will be featured in the concert 'Any Minute Rocks Now' on July 24th

A Chorus Line, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical, proudly announces the 2006 cast.

Michael Crawford's official web site and fan association is reporting that the star will appear in two concerts at Caesars Atlantic City on Friday June 2nd, and Saturday June 3rd.

Award winning filmmaker Taylor Hackford will make his Broadway debut as director of the new musical, Leap of Faith, to premiere in the 2007-2008 season.

Ken Page and Natascia Diaz were among the winners of the first annual Kevin Kline Awards for St. Louis theatre

BroadwayWorld offers an exclusive never-before-seen video interview with Stephen Sondheim that was cut from Broadway: The Golden Age

Ann E. Wrecksick & The Odyssey of the Bulimic Orphans is written by bare actor Scott Allgauer and bare composer Damon Intrabartolo with music and lyrics by Intrabartolo. It seemed like the perfect time to sit down with both to get the scoop on the show...and lots more.

The show, will begin previews on April 3, 2006 and will open on May 1, 2006.

Kevin Kline to participate in the first annual Kevin Kline Awards ceremony on March 20 in St. Louis, to be hosted by Broadway star Jason Danieley

Plans are still under wraps for just how the show will celebrate it's longevity, but original star Michael Crawford's web site reports that he will take part in the celebration.