Peter Hunt News

While the rest of the country celebrates Independence Day with barbeques and fireworks, musical theatre lovers like me will gather around their television sets for the traditional viewing of what I and many others call the finest film ever made from a Broadway musical, 1776.

The UK Times Online has reported the sad and belated news that John Franklyn-Robbins passed away on March 21, 2009. He was was born on December 14, 1924 and died at 84.

While the world's eyes were focused on the TONY Awards in New York on Sunday June 7th, a crowd of almost 500 theatre patrons gathered in Los Angeles to celebrate by watching the ceremony live via satellite and to honor seven time nominee and two time TONY Award-winner Chita Rivera at the 13th Annual TONY Awards® Benefit presented by The Actors Fund.

Fresh from a sell-out run at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, new musical comedy AUSTENTATIOUS is a love letter to the theatre. Stage manager Sam is stretched to breaking point during a chaotic new production of Pride and Prejudice. Will the cast learn to stop arguing? Will Mr Darcy choose the right girl? Will those tap shoes ever come in handy?

Fresh from a sell-out run at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, new musical comedy AUSTENTATIOUS is a love letter to the theatre. Stage manager Sam is stretched to breaking point during a chaotic new production of Pride and Prejudice. Will the cast learn to stop arguing? Will Mr Darcy choose the right girl? Will those tap shoes ever come in handy?

Press notes announced 'Look out America, Gilligan's Island The Musical is docking at a desert island near you and the hilarity found in America's most cherished sitcom is in full effect in this larger than life stage musical. Bringing back all those well known and beloved characters from one of the most popular television shows of all time, this lovable musical comedy is sure to please the generations of audiences that the television show first inspired'. The first stop for the tour is the Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts in Sugar Loaf, NY on February 21st and 22nd.

1776-OPEN CALL AUDITION for Male Singers Who Act 






 Paper Mill Playhouse of Millburn, NJ will hold an open call for the musical 1776 
EQUITY COST CONTRACT 
MILLBURN, NJ

1776-OPEN CALL AUDITION for Male Singers Who Act 






 Paper Mill Playhouse of Millburn, NJ will hold an open call for the musical 1776 
EQUITY COST CONTRACT 
MILLBURN, NJ

Paper Mill Playhouse of Millburn, NJ will hold an open call for the musical 1776
EQUITY COST CONTRACT 
MILLBURN, NJ

Betty Buckley, Doug Sills, Len Cariou, Jean Louisa Kelly and more will star in the Hollywood Bowl's staged reading of Sunset Boulevard on August 6th

On August 6th, a staged reading of the Billy Wilder film Sunset Boulevard--which has yet to be cast--will be presented at the Hollywood Bowl

John Rubinstein, Michael York and opera star Suzanna Guzman will join Anne Heche, Christian Slater and other stars in the October 2nd LA Actors' Fund benefit reading of Casablanca

Known for films such as American Beauty, Birch will play Anina Brandel in the October 2nd reading.

Heche and Slater will head up an all-star cast in a reading at the Pantages theater at 4:00pm on Sunday October 2nd.