Melissa Errico & More Set for Symphony Space's KURT WEILL ON BROADWAY Today
by BWW News Desk - Oct 7, 2013
Symphony Space opens its 2013-14 Music season with 'Kurt Weill on Broadway,' tonight, October 7 (8 pm) at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre. Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Broadway opening of Weill's One Touch of Venus. Ted Chapin hosts a stellar cast featuring Melissa Errico, Brent Barrett, Judy Blazer, and Ron Raines, plus winners of the international Lotte Lenya Competition.
Melissa Errico and More Set for Symphony Space's KURT WEILL ON BROADWAY, 10/7
by BWW News Desk - Aug 27, 2013
Symphony Space will open its 2013-14 Music season with 'Kurt Weill on Broadway,' Monday, October 7 (8 pm) at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre. The show takes place on the 70th anniversary of the Broadway opening of Weill's One Touch of Venus. Ted Chapin hosts a stellar cast featuring Melissa Errico, Brent Barrett, Judy Blazer, and Ron Raines, plus winners of the international Lotte Lenya Competition.
Photos: Tommy Tune's FIFTY FOUR FOREVER Bound for LA, Then Broadway?
by Robert Diamond - Jun 28, 2013
Tune has, well, fine-tuned the show since Miami, and will open it in Los Angeles in the fall. The Nederlanders are quiet backers, and if 'Fifty Four Forever' is well-received, look for its disco ball to twirl above Broadway next spring, just in time, perhaps, to upend next year's Tony Award race.'
2012 Tony Awards Clip Countdown - Day 15: Tommy Tune At The Tonys
by Pat Cerasaro - May 26, 2012
Today we continue our extensive consideration of the best Tony Awards clips of all time, culled from over sixty years worth of shows, as we look ahead to the 2012 ceremony on June 10 by saluting a true triple-threat times two whose Tony-winning Best Musical, THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES, provided fodder for yesterday's selection - actor/director/choreographer Tommy Tune.
Walt Disney Company Releases Statement on Death of Robert Sherman
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 6, 2012
Disney songwriter Robert B. Sherman died yesterday, March 5, in London. The Academy and Grammy Award winner, who is honoured along with his brother Richard Sherman with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was 86.
Robert A. Iger, President and CEO, The Walt Disney Company released the following statement on his passing:
Roundup: Tommy Tune is BACK with Studio 54 Musical - FIFTY FOUR FOREVER
by Robert Diamond - Nov 12, 2011
Conceived and directed by 9 time Tony-winner Tommy Tune and written by Mark Saltzman, FIFTY FOUR FOREVER, is currently receiving its world premiere at The University of Miami's Jerry Herman Ring Theatre, from November 9 to 19. South Florida theatre audiences are the first to experience this exciting new musical and so far, they've all been raving about the production.
Photo Flash: First Look at Tommy Tune's FIFTY FOUR FOREVER
by Nicole Rosky - Nov 10, 2011
Conceived and directed by Tony-winner Tommy Tune and written by Mark Saltzman, FIFTY FOUR FOREVER, will receive its world premiere at The University of Miami's Jerry Herman Ring Theatre, from November 9 to 19. The associate director and choreographer of the production will be David Warren Gibson. Check out photos from the production below!
Tommy Tune Wins 2011 Helen Hayes Tribute Award
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 1, 2011
Tommy Tune has been announced as the 2011 recipient of the Helen Hayes Tribute Award. He will be honored at the 27th Helen Hayes Awards on April 25, at the Warner Theatre on Monday.
STAGE TUBE: 2010 Theatre Museum Award Highlights
by Jessica Lewis - Jun 4, 2010
On May 17, 2010 Versatile Broadway performer John Bolton, Tony award-winning actor Jim Dale, renown musical conductor Aaron Gandy and Tony Walton, Jennifer Evans, Kevin Cahoon, Jessica Grove, Noah Racey and Annika Boras partook in The Theatre Museum's 2010 Awards Ceremony. The Awards Gala, which took place at the New York Players Club, was directed by Tony Walton. Aaron Gandy served as Musical Director.
Sherman and Stiles Guest on XM's 'Downstage Center'
by BWW News Desk - Apr 25, 2007
The American Theatre Wing and XM Satellite Radio are presenting an interview with composers Richard M. Sherman (Disney's The Jungle Book, The Parent Trap, Bedknobs and Broomsticks) and George Stiles (Moll Flanders, Tom Jones, The Three Musketeers) on XM's On Broadway's weekly theatrical interview show, 'Downstage Center' (XM Channel 28).
Dale and Close to Reunite for Busker Alley Benefit, 11/13
by BWW News Desk - Sep 25, 2006
The York Theatre Company will present a one-night only benefit performance of Busker Alley--starring Jim Dale and Glenn Close--on November 13th at 8:00 p.m. at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College