Bob Merrill News

MAUREEN TAYLOR returns to the Metropolitan Room with her critically acclaimed new show: TAYLOR MADE : BOB MERRILL 2 PERFORMANCES: *** SUN,FEB7 @7PM /*** SAT,FEB13 @5PM

Rounding out their 2009-10 smash hit season, Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, presents the 1964 classic Broadway musical comedy FUNNY GIRL. Based on the life of Ziegfeld Follies comedienne Fanny Brice, FUNNY GIRL will be co-directed by Gary Griffin and William Osetek.

Rounding out their 2009-10 smash hit season, Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, presents the 1964 classic Broadway musical comedy FUNNY GIRL.

Rounding out their 2009-10 smash hit season, Drury Lane Oakbrook presents the 1964 classic Broadway musical comedy FUNNY GIRL.

Rounding out their 2009-10 smash hit season, Drury Lane Oakbrook presents the 1964 classic Broadway musical comedy FUNNY GIRL.

Rounding out their 2009-10 smash hit season, Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, IL, presents the 1964 classic Broadway musical comedy FUNNY GIRL.

Rounding out their 2009-10 smash hit season, Drury Lane Oakbrook presents the 1964 classic Broadway musical comedy FUNNY GIRL.

Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and what's coming up in the world of cabaret (and sometimes beyond!) This week's column features Maureen Taylor, Ricky Ritzel, Ray Jessel and more!

Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and what's coming up in the world of cabaret (and sometimes beyond!) This week's column features Danielle Grabianowski at The Metropolitan Room, Helena Grenot at Don't Tell Mama and more!

A revealing new book by Darrell Van Citters, Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol: The Making of the First Animated Christmas Special, recently published by Oxberry Press, has reinvigorated the beloved, if not oft forgotten Christmas classic: Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, composed by Broadway's Jule Styne and Bob Merrill (Funny Girl). While once the reigning champion of holiday broadcasts, and the first animated Christmas special to be produced specifically for television in the 1960s, Mr. Magoo has since taken a back seat to such flashier programs as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Charlie Brown Christmas, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas over the years.

The Metropolitan Room, deemed the best cabaret room in New York by New York Magazine, has announced its upcoming November calendar.

According to a report in Variety, Goodspeed Musicals will present three classics next year, two of which the theater company will be staging for the first time. They include Irving Berlin's 'Annie Get Your Gun,' Bob Merrill's 'Carnival' and Frank Loesser's Pulitzer Prize-winning 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.'

42ND STREET 'Shuffle off to Buffalo' with this lavish, singing and dancing extravaganza! 42nd Street is the winner of multiple Tony awards and a two time winner for Best Musical of 1980 and 2001. 'The Lullabye of Broadway , ' 'You're Getting to be a Habit With Me ,' ' Young and Healthy , ' and ' Shuffle off to Buffalo ,' are just a few of the fabulous songs in this famous score!

OCTOBER AT THE METROPOLITAN ROOM- Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

Laugh and cry with Barbra Streisand's film debut FUNNY GIRL, as Victoria Theatre Association and Heidelberg Distributing Company present another entertaining weekend of the Michelob Ultra Cool Film Series, August 14-16, 2009 at the historic Victoria Theatre in downtown Dayton.

Laugh and cry with Barbra Streisand's film debut FUNNY GIRL, as Victoria Theatre Association and Heidelberg Distributing Company present another entertaining weekend of the Michelob Ultra Cool Film Series, August 14-16, 2009 at the historic Victoria Theatre in downtown Dayton.

Mr. Magoo and Charles Dickens may have seemed like an odd match at the time but Americans of a certain age will remember that the pairing resulted in bit of pure magic. Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol was the first-ever animated Christmas special, and is now the subject of a splendid new book by Darrell Van Citters. Van Citters will be previewing an advance copy of the book at the up-coming Comic-Con International in San Diego, July 23-26. The book is set for publication this fall.

Laugh and cry with Barbra Streisand's film debut FUNNY GIRL, as Victoria Theatre Association and Heidelberg Distributing Company present another entertaining weekend of the Michelob Ultra Cool Film Series, August 14-16, 2009 at the historic Victoria Theatre in downtown Dayton.

ReVision Theatre presents a star studded cast featuring Steven Brinberg as Barbra Streisand with special guest Lainie Kazan in a benefit performance of Funny Girl. The one night only event will be at the Paramount Theatre on the Boardwalk in Asbury Park on Saturday, July 11th, at 8 pm.