Taboo - 2003 - Broadway Articles Page 14

Natasha Katz and Justine Lambert have been selected as the winners of this year's League of Professional Theatre Women Awards, which will be presented at a ceremony on June 15th

On June 15th, Natasha Katz and Justine Lambert will be honored by the League of Professional Theatre Women

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schoenberg's THE PIRATE QUEEN, the spectacular new musical from the authors of Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, will play a pre-Broadway, World Premiere engagement in Chicago from October 3rd through November 26th, 2006.

With rumors swirling around the net the past couple of days, and an official announcement expected tomorrow, Rosie O'Donnell confirmed tonight to BroadwayWorld.com's Michael Roberts that she is headed for ABC's 'The View.'

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

A chorus of young performers from Rosie's Broadway Kids, an arts education organization created by Rosie O'Donnell which enriches the lives of children through the arts, will make their professional New York City stage debuts in the upcoming productions of Brundibar and Comedy on the Bridge at The New Victory Theater.

'Anna-Jane Casey will now headline the cast of Not(es) from New York at the Duchess Theatre on Sunday 19 March, alongside Dougal Irvine, Julie Atherton and Paul Spicer. Casey, who has recently won rave reviews for her performance as Dot in the revival of Sunday in the Park with George, replaces Joanna Riding who has reluctantly been forced to withdraw from her role due to unforeseen personal circumstances.'

Following a year-long absence, the West End's first and only platform for contemporary musical theatre returns with an unexpectedly British twist. Double Olivier Award winner Joanna Riding and West End regular Richard Dempsey join series stalwarts Julie Atherton and Paul Spicer in Not(es) from New York, a one-off show focusing on songs by a duo of London based composers, at the Duchess Theatre on Sunday 19 March 2006.

The production will star Josh Strickland as Tarzan, Jenn Gambatese as Jane, Merle Dandridge as Kala, Shuler Hensley as Kerchak, Chester Gregory II as Terk, Timothy Jerome as Professor Porter and Donnie Keshawarz as Clayton. Daniel Manche and Alex Rutherford will alternate in the role of Young Tarzan.

Joe Gallagher will temporarily replace Euan Morton for the Yale Repertory Theatre run of Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak's Brundibar, which plays with Comedy on a Bridge

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE stars Farah Alvin, David A. Austin, Tony Award nominee Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Avenue Q) and Colin Hanlon.

Kathryn Frawley and Chris Neuner are pleased to announce the return of Infertility: the musical that's hard to conceive, which was previously seen in New York as part of the 2004 New York International Fringe Festival.

Aruba Productions and Buddy & Sally Productions will present the New York premiere of BINGO, a winning new musical opening Monday, November 7, 2005 at Off-Broadway's St. Luke's Theatre (308 West 46th Street).

Euan Morton and William Youmans will respectively star in Brundibar and Comedy on a Bridge, two one-act opera collaborations between Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak that will play engagments in CA and CT before moving to New York

Liz McCartney has joined the cast of the upcoming off-Broadway musical Bingo; she will replace the previously-announced Heather MacRae

One performance only at The Zipper Theatre on Monday, April 11, 2005 at 8pm.

With over 40,000 votes cast in 22 categories, this year's fan favorites are in! Did Avenue Q beat out Wicked? Who took the top honors in the acting categories? See who the online community picked as the best of the 2003/4 theater season...

Ten things I remember about the 2003-04 theater season.

SHOW PEOPLE Magazine celebrated the 2003-4 Tony Awards, and the second season of SHOW PEOPLE with an exclusive bash at Gotham Hall on May 24th. BroadwayWorld was there to celebrate the magazine, and some of the artists of this theatrical season.

The nominees are in!

Read about the Artists Showcase series, created in December 2003 to present readings of new musicals, plays and concerts featuring some of the best performers from Broadway, Television and Film.

Behind the scenes journal entries from Raymond Jaramillo McLeod, now starring as 'Wreck' in Wonderful Town, continue to take us through the show's preview period, Donna Murphy and lots more...

TABOO TO CLOSE ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2004 AFTER 16 PREVIEWS AND 100 PERFORMANCES