The Who's Tommy Extends Until 7/6 In Los Angeles
by BWW News Desk - Jun 25, 2008
Flicker House Productions announced today a one-week extension of their new production of The Who's Tommy. The production will now run through July 6, when it must close, at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood.
Best Musical: Tony vs Grammy - Part 2
by Paul W. Thompson - Feb 25, 2008
Now that the 50th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony is history, and before the Tony Awards season sneaks up on us, it might be a good time to do a little investigating into the relationship between the category that both award shows recognize-Best Musical, of course.
George Hearn to Star w/ Rivera in THE VISIT at Signature
by BWW News Desk - Dec 21, 2007
Eric Schaeffer, artistic director of Signature Theatre, announced today that two-time Tony® winner George Hearn will join another two-time Tony® winner Chita Rivera for Kander & Ebb's musical The Visit - a highlight of Signature Theatre's national Kander & Ebb Celebration in the spring of 2008.
Patti LuPone to Perform at Lincoln Center's Spring Gala
by BWW News Desk - Jan 31, 2007
LuPone has been one of Broadway's foremost leading ladies since her star-making performance in 1979's Evita, for which she won a Tony Award. She was also recently nominated for her turn in Sweeney Todd. The star, who graduated from Julliard and was a member of John Houseman's famed Acting Company in the '70s. Broadway credits include Noises Off, The Old Neighborhood, Master Class, Anything Goes (Tony nomination), Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Oliver!, Working, The Three Sisters, The Robber Bridegroom (Tony nomination) and The Beggar's Opera; she has also starred in Pal Joey and Can-Can at Encores! Additionally, she originated the role of Fantine in the London production of Les Miserables, starred as Norma Desmond in the 1993 West End production of Sunset Boulevard (her last appearance in a fully-staged musical), and played Genevieve in the original production of The Baker's Wife.
Photo Coverage: Acting Company 'Masquerade'
by Carlos Gustavo Monroy - Oct 25, 2006
Cipriani Wall Street was the site of The Acting Company's October 23 'Masquerade' as Angela Lansbury presented the John Houseman Award to Patti LuPone for her outstanding contributions to the theater
McDonald, Ivey, Etc. to Attend Acting Company Masquerade
by BWW News Desk - Oct 18, 2006
Zoe Caldwell, Roseanne Cash, Megan Dodds, John Doyle, Tom Fontana, Dana Ivey, Thomas Kean, Audra McDonald, Phyllis Newman, Alan Rickman, Laila Robins, David Schramm, Marian Seldes and Francesca Zambello will ateend the Acting Company's October 23rd Masquerade, in which Angela Lansbury will present an award to Patti LuPone
LuPone to Perform in New Heggie Work in 3 CA Cities
by BWW News Desk - Aug 1, 2006
Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone, currently on Broadway as Sweeney Todd's Mrs. Lovett, will headline Jake Heggie's To Hell and Back at a number of California venues from November 2nd through November 5th
LuPone Featured in Heggie's To Hell and Back, SF Nov.
by BWW News Desk - Jul 25, 2006
Two-time Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone, currently on Broadway as Sweeney Todd's Mrs. Lovett, will headline Jake Heggie's To Hell and Back at the First United Methodist Church in California (both in San Francisco and Berkeley) from November 2nd through November 5th
National Dance Institute Honors LuPone & Cerveris, 7/19
by BWW News Desk - Jun 19, 2006
The National Dance Institute will honor Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris--both currently Tony-nominated for their work as Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett, respectively, in the Sweeney Todd revival--on July 19th at 6:30 PM at at the LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts Concert Hall (65th St. between Amsterdam and West End Avenues)