Pacific Overtures - 2004 - Broadway Articles Page 15

Roundabout Theatre Company is thrilled to announce an exclusive, live online chat with legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim (Sunday in the Park with George) and Roundabout's Artistic Director Todd Haimes on Tuesday, May 6th at 7:00pm.

The selection of plays for the 2008 Summer Play Festival (SPF) is underway with an announcement of the final slate planned for May 1.

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will continue its 40th anniversary season with two-time Academy Award winner Dianne Wiest and Tony Award winner Alan Cumming starring in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, beginning performances Wednesday, February 20 at Classic Stage Company (136 East 13th Street).

Roundabout Theatre Company is proud to announce the full Broadway company for Sunday in the Park with George. Joining previously announced stars Daniel Evans, Jenna Russell are Michael Cumpsty, Alexander Gemignani and Jessica Molaskey with Mary Beth Peil. The Menier Chocolate Factory's Olivier Award winning production of Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine's Pulitzer Prize winning musical Sunday in the Park with George, is directed by Sam Buntrock with musical staging by Christopher Gattelli.

Jenna Russell and Daniel Evans - who won Olivier Awards for starring in the Broadway-bound Sunday in the Park with George revival in London - have been given permission by Actors' Equity to reprise their roles on Broadway,

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.

The Roundabout Theatre Company has confirmed that it will bring the hit Menier Chocolate Factory production of Sunday in the Park with George to Broadway next season

The production of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA has extended through July 23rd due to popular demand

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming production of John Weidman and Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, presented at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA from May 30-July 16

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

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

Wicked, Avenue Q, Caroline or Change, Evita and Spamalot join a long list of musical productions opening in 2006..

The Color Purple, began previews at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway at 53rd St.) on November 1st and opens tonight, December 1st, 2005.

The New York Times reports that Ana Gasteyer has joined the cast of Roundabout's 'Threepenny Opera' for which previews will beging on March 24th.

Patti LaBelle and Jill Scott have been drafted to record a song, 'What About Love?' from The Color Purple.

The New York Times reports that Dale will return to Broadway after an absence of nine years to star as Mr. Peachum in the Roundabout production.

The Color Purple, begins previews at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway at 53rd St.) on November 1st and will feature LaChanze as Celie, the central character in the musical's story of incest, pain, love and redemption.

The Color Purple star, Renee Elise Goldsberry, who is pregnant, will exit the show soon after its December 1st opening

The cast of The Color Purple will be seen on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the second week of November

This December, DISNEY LIVE! WINNIE THE POOH will play a special month-long holiday engagement at New York's legendary Beacon Theatre (2124 Broadway at West 74th Street), December 8-28, 2005.

Farm Avenue Productions and Joseph Smith are proud to announce CYCLING PAST THE MATTERHORN, a new play by award-winning playwright Deborah Grimberg, starring Tony Award winner and two-time Academy Award nominee Shirley Knight.

LaChanze has been announced as the star of the upcoming musical The Color Purple, which will begin previews at the Broadway Theatre on November 1st

Sixty-nine theatre artists representing 51 shows have been nominated for 2005 Henry Hewes Design Awards

Members of the Broadway community, including some of those on the release, picked up their copies of the new Hair studio CD, and so did we!