One Step Forward - 2006 - New York Articles Page 15

Erich Kunzel, the founder and conductor emeritus of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, has died of cancer. He was 74 years old.

The Staff and Board of Trustees of Know Theatre have announced the resignation of Artistic Director, Jason Bruffy. Bruffy will be moving to Salt Lake City, Utah to become the new Executive Artistic Director at the Salt Lake Acting Company (SLAC). SLAC's 2009-2010 season opens on September 18th, so Bruffy's departure will be expedited that he may arrive in time to open their season.

The Staff and Board of Trustees of Know Theatre today announce the resignation of Artistic Director, Jason Bruffy. Bruffy will be moving to Salt Lake City, Utah to become the new Executive Artistic Director at the Salt Lake Acting Company (SLAC).

The Huntington Theatre Company opens its 28th season - a season of American stories - with August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Fences, the sixth chapter of his groundbreaking ten-play cycle about the 20th century African-American experience. Kenny Leon (Radio Golf, Gem of the Ocean, A Raisin in the Sun), acclaimed director and Wilson's final collaborator before his death, returns to the Huntington to helm the production, which stars John Beasley (Two Trains Running, Jitney, 'Everwood').

LA LUNA NUEVA - A two-week festival of Hispanic arts and culture from around the world Held September 12-25, 2009 at the Milagro Theatre, 525 SE Stark Street, Portland, Oregon 97214

In less than one year, Arena Stage will take up occupancy in its extraordinary new theater campus, The Mead Center for American Theater, currently under construction in Southwest D.C. At the heart of The Mead Center will be a groundbreaking new initiative created by Arena Stage for the advancement of new play development within American Theater-The American Voices New Play Institute. This program-integral to Arena's mission as a leading center for the production, presentation, development and study of American theater-is made possible through the keystone gift of $1.1 million in support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Institute is designed as a center for research and development of effective practices, programs and processes for new play development in the American Theater.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Blue October, with Longwave plus Very Special Guests (to be announced), on Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 7:30pm at the Moore Theatre.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents Blue October, with Longwave plus Very Special Guests (to be announced), on Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 7:30pm at the Moore Theatre.

It's the time of year where the Theatre World celebrates the best of the best and special recognition is bestowed upon certain individuals for their work. No...I am not talking about the Tony Awards...although I know where I will be that evening. I talking about the 19th Annual Kleban Awards, which will be presented in a private ceremony on June 1st, 2009.

Sutton Foster's debut CD 'Wish' was released February 17th on Ghostlight Records. The album features 15 songs culled from the worlds of jazz, pop, Broadway and cabaret, and highlights Foster's eclectic choices, ranging from Patty Griffin's ?Nobody's Cryin' to Duke Ellington's ?I Like the Sunrise'...from Frank Loesser's ?Warm All Over' to John Denver's ?Sunshine on My Shoulders'. Tony-winner Foster also looks forward to a sold-out, February 19th, NYC appearance, as part of the popular Lincoln Center Songbook Series. On February 27th, Foster will perform and sign CDs at an In-Store appearance at Barnes and Noble Lincoln Center, at 5 pm. Currently starring as Princess Fiona in Broadway's ?Shrek the Musical', Sutton Foster was given high praise by Ben Brantley of The New York Times, who compared her to musical royalty: 'She has emerged as an inspired, take-charge musical comedian in the tradition of Danny Kaye and Carol Burnett...' Foster's unique ability to be irreverent and respectful from moment-to-moment shines through on ?Wish', as her voice wallops through ?Oklahoma' (a bonus track,) only minutes after a delicate, warm delivery of Noel Coward's ?Come The Wild, Wild Weather.' She is a musical chameleon with a voice as appealing as her down-to-earth personality. ?Wish' was Produced by Joel Moss, and Co-Produced by Michael Rafter. Executive Producers are Kurt Deutsch and Sutton Foster. The CD package features original artwork by Sutton Foster.

With today being Halloween, we thought it was a perfect time to re-run one of our most popular interviews EVER, a very special chat with the original 'man behind the mask' of the Phantom of the Opera, Michael Crawford.

The holiday season is approaching with promises of hits like 'Spring Awakening' getting in the words of its producers a 'muted opening the Lyric ('we don't DO New York hype here!')Theatre in South London and the London opening of David Hare's 14th new play 'Gethsemane' in November. This UK based play more than any other resonates with modern US politics with its themes of greed, party funding, the media etc. It exposes the way in these cruel and lean times business, media and politics are now too intertwined to nobody's real advantage!

In honor of Earth Day, GreenDimes, the largest, most trusted full-service company that gets rid of junk mail today teamed up with Broadway. On April 22nd and 23rd every person that saw the musicals Xanadu, Spring Awakening and Legally Blonde received a free Platinum subscription to Green Dimes. Here, GreenDimes founder Pankaj Shah and Producer Tara Smith talk to BWW about how this program came about and their goals to make the great white way a greener place.

Anxious for Opening Night of 'The Little Mermaid' on Thursday, January 10, Tituss Burgess (currently starring as Sebastian) shares some of his thrills in playing one of the world's most notable shellfish, the creative processes behind the new musical, and what audiences have to look forward to at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre!

The Metropolitan Room (34 West 22 St. between 5th & 6th) announces its upcoming September concert schedule. Guests include Suzanne Carrico, Jimmy James, Penny Fuller, Cary Hoffman and Marilyn Maye.

COW! SLOB! PIG! How many insults can you hear before you have to stand up and defend the woman you love? Neil LaBute's modern comedy runs at Spotlighters from June 8 to July 1, 2007.

Northwestern University has announced that award- winning Broadway director Michael Greif has replaced Oskar Eustis as the director of the American Music Theatre Project's (AMTP) fourth new musical, The Boy in the Bubble.

Ahearns/Flaherty Musical Given Wonderful Treatment at the Bay Theatre Company

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)'s 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals was held at New World Stages (340 West 50th St. between 8th and 9th Avenues) on Sunday, October 8 and Monday, October 9

Casting and directors have been announced for The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)'s 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals, which will be held at New World Stages on Sunday, October 8 and Monday, October 9, 2006

If there was ever a performer who, like fine wine, seems to get better with time, it has got to be the ever-smiling, ever-so-talented and truly nice guy, Norm Lewis.

Curt Columbus is the new Artistic Director of Trinity Repertory Company. On September 20, 2006 he will have his first opening night of his first show at Trinity, He is directing Anton Chekhov's 'Cherry Orchard', which he also translated.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre has selected the eight new musicals that will be presented as part of its upcoming Festival of New Musicals, including works by Andrew Lippa and Amanda McBroom

Musical director and producer Brian J. Nash shares the diary that he wrote aboard Rosie's Family Cruise, which featured performances by Audra McDonald, Cyndi Lauper and more!

Christian Hoff, starring in Jersey Boys as Tommy Devito in Jersey Boys has been nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.