Tommy - 1972 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 20

After talking with this 'gentleman' from Texas you soon find out his plate has been full of wonderful entertainment experiences and he's no where ready to slow up yet.

A revival of the Jule Styne/Bob Merrill musical 'Some Like It Hot' is confirmed to hit the West End in autumn 2007. The show will be produced by Paul Coxwell and directed by Jerry Zaks, whose impressive Broadway track record includes productions as diverse as 'La Cage Aux Folles', 'Little Shop of Horrors', 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum', 'Smokey Joe's Café', 'Guys and Dolls' and 'The Front Page'.

Rita Moreno opens the Cafe Carlyle's 2007 Winter/Spring Season with her show 'Little Tributes,' which began on January 16th

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.

Ralph Bryan, President of the Board of Trustees of La Jolla Playhouse today announced that Artistic Director Des McAnuff will not be renewing his contract, scheduled to expire in 2007.

The hit Broadway musical, JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, which has taken Broadway by storm, will launch a National Tour in San Francisco beginning in December, 2006. JERSEY BOYS, which opened to rave reviews on November 6, 2005, continues to set new weekly box office records at the August Wilson Theatre and has been among the top grossing shows on Broadway ever since.

Almost eight and a half million people watched the ABC 'Wonderful World of Disney' presentation of Once Upon a Mattress

The television adaptation of the fractured musical fairy tale 'Once Upon a Mattress' will be presented on ABC today, Sunday, December 18th from 7 to 9 PM

Bernadette Peters will host 'Broadway's Best at Pops' on PBS; the program will feature performances by Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, Tommy Tune and others

The telemusical version of Once Upon a Mattress, starring Carol Burnett, Tracey Ullman and Denis O'Hare, will air on ABC on Disney on December 18th

Harold Thau will present the New York premiere of ALMOST HEAVEN: THE SONGS OF JOHN DENVER, a new musical opening Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at Off-Broadway's Promenade Theatre (2162 Broadway at 76th Street). Directed by Tony Award nominee Randal Myler (It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues), ALMOST HEAVEN begins preview performances on Friday, October 28.

The Fred Ebb Award will recognize excellence in musical theatre songwriting, by a lyricist, composer, or songwriting team that has not yet achieved significant commercial success. The award is meant to encourage and support aspiring songwriters to create new works for the musical theatre. The prize includes a $50,000 award.

Stage and Screen star Susan Egan will perform a few songs and sign copies of her latest CD, 'Coffee House' on April 22.