Pacific Overtures - 2004 - Broadway Articles Page 16

The 2004-2005 Broadway theatre season boasted thriving grosses and a terrific number of Tony-eligible plays and musicals

A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim will feature the Boston Pops and Marin Mazzie, Gregg Edelman and Faith Prince from June 16th to 18th

Doubt, Twelve Angry Men, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, La Cage and Norbert Leo Butz take home awards.

The Light in the Piazza, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Monty Python's Spamalot lead nominations

The Drama League is pleased to announce the nominees for The 71st Annual Drama League Awards, which will be presented at its annual luncheon and ceremony on Friday, May 13, 2005.

PS Classics will record the cast album of the recent much-acclaimed production of Lone Star Love on March 2nd. Directed by Michael Bogdanov (Olivier Award-winner for The War of the Roses), LONE STAR LOVE is inspired by the play The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare, conceived and adapted by John L. Haber, with music and lyrics by Jack Herrick, and contributions from Michael Bogdanov, Bland Simpson and Tommy Thompson. Randy Skinner (2001 Tony® nominee, 42nd Street) is choreographer. Discussions are underway for a commercial transfer.

Alan Cumming, Edie Falco and Nelli McKay to appear in a new Roundabout production of The Threepenny Opera.

The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton and Barbra Streisand (Honorary Chairs), with Young Playwrights Inc. and producers Richard Maltby, Jr., Kevin Stites and Sheri M. Goldhirsch are proud to present 'CHILDREN AND ART,' a spectacular musical gala evening in celebration of Stephen Sondheim's 75th birthday, for one performance only at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre (214 West 42nd Street) on Monday, March 21, 2005 (7:30 p.m. curtain), the eve of Sondheim's birthday.

The York Theatre Company's hit musical comedy The Musical of Musicals - The Musical!, the show that The Daily News says 'keeps you laughing from start to finish,' will begin an open-ended run on Wednesday, February 2, 2005, at the new Dodgers Stages, featuring the original cast.

PS Classics will record the cast album of the new Broadway production of PACIFIC OVERTURES on February 1, and anticipates a May release. The production, presented by Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) in association with Gorgeous Entertainment (Kumiko Yoshii & Michael Wolk, Producers), began performances at Studio 54 on November 12, 2004, and plays through January 30, 2005.

B.D. Wong, currently starring on Broadway in Pacific Overtures, will visit NY1's 'On Stage' this weekend on Channel 1.

B.D. Wong, currently starring on Broadway in Pacific Overtures, will visit NBC's 'Weekend Today' on Saturday, December 2nd during the 7:30 - 8:00 AM half hour on channel 4.

Roundabout's latest offering, Sondheim's Pacific Overture opens tomorrow, Thursday December 2nd.

B.D. Wong, currently starring on Broadway in Pacific Overtures, is featured in Advocate Magazine - on stands now!

Previews begin on Friday for Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director), in association with Gorgeous Entertainment (Kumiko Yoshii & Michael Wolk, Producers), new Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's and John Weidman's Tony Award-winning musical PACIFIC OVERTURES. PACIFIC OVERTURES stars B.D. Wong as 'Reciter', with direction and choreography by Amon Miyamoto, additional material by Hugh Wheeler and music direction by Paul Gemignani. PACIFIC OVERTURES will open officially on Thursday, December 2nd, 2004 on Broadway at Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street). This is a limited engagement through January 30th, 2005.

Henry, Sweet Henry features Matthew Arkin, Kaitlin Hopkins, Mark Nelson and Miriam Shor, and will be presented on Friday, October 8 at 8:00 pm, Saturday, October 3 at 2:30 pm and 8:00 pm and Sunday, October 4 at 2:30 and 7:30pm.

The lavish, new production of Rodger's & Hammerstein's The King & I, starring Sandy Duncan and directed by Baayork Lee, will grace the stage of Boston's Wang Theatre for one week only, when it opens on Tuesday, October 12 and plays through Sunday, October 17, 2004. Press night is scheduled for Wednesday, October 13 at 7:00 PM.

Musical Theatre Gems in Staged Concert Performances - Series Begins October 8 with Bob Merrill's Henry, Sweet Henry, Others are Frank Loesser's Greenwillow and Siamese-twin Comedy Twenty Fingers, Twenty Toes