Oh, Boy! - 2003 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 13

The Tony Award-winning Manhattan Theatre Club (Peter J. Solomon, Chairman of the Board; Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) will dedicate its Broadway theatre the 'Samuel J. Friedman Theatre' on Thursday, September 4.

Transport Group, the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award and a 2007 Obie Award, has announced its 2008-09 season: Bury the Dead, written by Irwin Shaw and directed by Joe Calarco, and Being Audrey, music and lyrics by Ellen Weiss, book by James Hindman, additional book and lyrics by Cheryl Stern, developed with Jack Cummings III and Adam R. Perlman, and directed by Jack Cummings III.

The Tony Award-winning Manhattan Theatre Club (Peter J. Solomon, Chairman of the Board; Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) will dedicate its Broadway theatre the 'Samuel J. Friedman Theatre' on Thursday, September 4.

Les Misérables in Concert makes its Hollywood Bowl debut in a production featuring Melora Hardin as Fantine, Maddie Levy as Young Cosette, Tom Lowe as Enjolras, Michele Maika as Cosette, Michael McCormick as Thénardier, J. Mark McVey as Valjean, Lea Michele as Éponine, Brian Stokes Mitchell as Javert, Sage Ryan as Gavroche and John Lloyd Young as Marius. Rosie O'Donnell, who was to play the role of Madame Thenardier, has withdrawn from the performances in order to care for her eldest son, who broke his wrist. She will be replaced by veteran actress Ruth Williamson.

With [title of show] completing the journey from Off-Broadway to Broadway this week, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization is proud to announce that it has acquired the stock and amateur rights to this hit musical written by Jeff Bowen (music and lyrics), and Hunter Bell (book). In addition to licensing the musical through R&H Theatricals, the Organization will represent Bowen's score through its music publishing division, Williamson Music.

The Tony Awardâ-winning Manhattan Theatre Club (Peter J. Solomon, Chairman of the Board; Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) today announced it will rename its Broadway house, the landmarked Biltmore Theatre, the 'Samuel J. Friedman Theatre' in recognition of the pioneering Broadway publicist.

Award-winning showbiz entertainers, Corky Hale and Charlotte Rae, will perform in a show emceed by Carl Reiner, with Jeff Lass serving as Music Director. The show, 'A Festive Evening For Westside Center for Independent Living,' is a benefit for WCIL.

Les Miserables at the The Hollywood Bowl has completed casting, and BroadwayWorld.com has the scoop!

Tony Award-winner Victoria Clark will be joined by Conrad John Schuck, Dermot Crowley, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Michael Arden in Marc Blitzstein and Joseph Stein's Juno, the second Encores! production of New York City Center's 2008 season, performances are March 27-30.

This week: Best Bet: Rep Stage's Mrs. Farnsworth! Spotlighters goes dark! BPF to perform at the Kennedy Center! News of The Wedding Singer and My Fair Lady tours!

We profile the new musical 'Sessions' and talk to writer Albert Tapper, and actors Amy Bodner and Trishia Rapier who perform two songs from the show in-studio accompanied by musical director Fran Minarik, 'It Feels Like Home' and 'I Will Never Find Another You.'

Journey's End star Stark Sands chats with BroadwayWorld in our Tony Award nominee interview series

'ShowBusiness' follows four hotly discussed musicals during the 2003-2004 Broadway season, 'Wicked,' 'Avenue Q,' 'Caroline, or Change' and 'Taboo,' as they develop from a fledgling workshop production into Tony Award contender...

We talk to Three Time Tony Award Winning Producer Dori Berinstein about the new documentary she directed,'ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway.' She also talks about her new production 'Legally Blonde' and the changing role of the Broadway producer.

Justin Greer's passion for theatre has grown from the curtain to the classroom. Currently Dance Captain of 'The Producers,' he is now lending his talents as an arts educator for several New York programs and organizations, including Camp Broadway!

The producers of JERSEY BOYS, winner of this year's Tony® Award for Best Musical, have announced the cast that will launch the National Tour in San Francisco.

Back in NYC after doing sketch comedy and nonmusical theater in L.A., Angela will play the 'Drowsy' lead Janet for a week in September.

Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals and Dori Berinstein, in association with MGM Onstage, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber, are psyched to announce LEGALLY BLONDE, the musical, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. Previews begin on March 30, 2007 and opening night is set for April 26, 2007 at a Broadway theatre to be announced. LEGALLY BLONDE will play a world premiere, pre-Broadway engagement in San Francisco at The Orpheum Theatre January 2007.

He's got steam heat...and a burgeoning career as a choreographer.

Rick Crom's Drama Desk nominated topical musical revue Newsical 2006: The Next Edition, discoutned tickets during the transit strike tio $25, and have decided to give it one more hurrah on Friday, December 23rd at 8:15 PM, and then the Tickets will go back to $20-$60.

Jersey Boys has broken the August Wilson Theatre house record

A new version of Rick Crom's Drama Desk nominated topical musical revue Newsical 2006: The Next Edition, is coming to New York City for two weeks only after a nation wide tour and critically acclaimed sit-down productions in Denver and Provincetown. Performances for this limited engagement starring John Tartaglia will be at the Village theatre (located at 158 Bleecker Street between Thompson and Sullivan).

After Tony in West Side Story, Dear World, and Follies, Kurt Peterson left the world of performing. Now he's back producing Stephen Schwartz's Captain Louie....

Sam Waterston has joined a cast that includes Hewitt, Stephenson and Keating in the Long Wharf Theatre's production of Tom Stoppard's Travesties