Bergmans Planning Broadway 'Yentl' & More?
by BWW News Desk - Feb 10, 2008
In a feature with lyricists Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman, the LA Times reports the duo is in talks of bringing the movie-musical, Yentl, to Broadway.
5th Avenue Season includes 'Shrek' & 'Memphis' Premieres
by BWW News Desk - Feb 4, 2008
The 5th Avenue Theatre announces its 2008-2009 season lineup bursting with seven enormously entertaining musicals, five of which are making their 5th Avenue debuts. Includes debuts 'Shrek the Musical' and 'Memphis,' plus tours 'The Drowsy Chaperone' and 'Grease,' and classics 'Hello, Dolly!' and 'Sunday in the Park with George.'
New Broadway 'Grease' to Begin Previews July 24
by BWW News Desk - Jul 13, 2007
The new Broadway production of Grease, directed and choreographed by two-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall (The Pajama Game), begins previews on Tuesday, July 24th.
Stewart F. Lane: Let's Put on a Show!
by Eugene Lovendusky - Jul 1, 2007
Tony Award-winning producer, Stewart F. Lane (Thoroughly Modern Millie, La Cage aux Folles) and co-owner of The Palace Theatre, introduces his new book 'Let's Put on a Show!' an engaging and entertaining reference guide for theatrical producing novices.
Oscar Poster Looks to Broadway
by James Sims - Dec 19, 2006
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed Tuesday the 79th Academy Awards poster design, which features dozens of the most memorable and quotable lines from motion pictures, including a handful of films adapted from Broadway hits...
Broadway Legend Betty Comden Dies at 89
by BWW News Desk - Nov 24, 2006
Betty Comden, whose work with the late Adolph Green epitomized Broadway's Golden Age, has died at the age of 89, according to the New York Times
Broadway By the Year Announces Plans to Hit the Road
by BWW News Desk - Aug 30, 2006
For the first time since its inception six years ago, the musical theater concert sensation Broadway by the Year will be available for presentation in venues outside New York City. Hailed by The New York Times, Variety, Time Out NY, The Daily News, The New York Post and other major media, the series created, written and hosted for The Town Hall by Scott Siegel will now be available to audiences from coast to coast.
TV Talent Search to Find Stars for New Broadway 'Grease'
by BWW News Desk - Aug 8, 2006
NBC will search for the next Sandy Dumbrowski and Danny Zuko in 'You're the One That We Want,' a new talent competition series from BBC Worldwide Productions for mid-season, where America will ultimately get to choose the two leads for a new Broadway production of Grease
Photo Coverage: Broadway by the Year: 1978
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Jun 22, 2006
Some of Broadway's brightest--including Bryan Batt, Mary Bond Davis and more--were featured in the cast of 'The Broadway Musicals of 1978' on June 19th
Roundabout Announces Harry Connick, Jr. to Star in The Pajama Game
by BWW News Desk - Aug 16, 2005
Performances of THE PAJAMA GAME will begin Friday, January 27th on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre with the official opening set for Thursday, March 2nd. The limited engagement is scheduled to run 20 weeks through June 18th, 2006.