Much Ado About Nothing 2001 - Articles Page 20

Frost/Nixon, the new play by Peter Morgan, directed by Michael Grandage, will open on Broadway this spring starring Frank Langella (as President Richard Nixon) and Michael Sheen (as Sir David Frost).

Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals and Dori Berinstein, in association with MGM Onstage, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber, are psyched to announce LEGALLY BLONDE, the musical, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. Previews begin on March 30, 2007 and opening night is set for April 26, 2007 at a Broadway theatre to be announced. LEGALLY BLONDE will play a world premiere, pre-Broadway engagement in San Francisco at The Orpheum Theatre January 2007.

SPRING AWAKENING will begin previews Thursday, May 18, 2006, officially open Thursday, June 15, 2006 and play a limited engagement through Sunday, July 9, 2006.

This December, DISNEY LIVE! WINNIE THE POOH will play a special month-long holiday engagement at New York's legendary Beacon Theatre (2124 Broadway at West 74th Street), December 8-28, 2005.

The complete cast for the upcoming, and highly anticipated revival starring Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris has now been anounced. Previews begin on October 3, for a November 3, 2005 opening.

John Bolton, Heather Ayers and Jeff Gurner will star in Gregg Coffin's 'Five Course Love'

The hit West End production of Schiller's Don Carlos starring Sir Derek Jacobi may be heading for Broadway

In the third in a series of Women's History Month profiles, Nugent talks about producing hits and flops, getting backers, making movies and leveling the playing field for women in theater.

The Public Theater, George C. Wolfe, producer; Mara Manus, executive director, announces the New York premiere of THE CONTROVERSY OF VALLADOLID, an exciting new masterwork by French playwright and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière that brings to life the stunning real-life debates of the Catholic Church in the 16th century, as it tried to determine whether or not natives an ocean away were indeed human.

Ars Nova continues the third season of its acclaimed Broadway Spotlight series with Avenue Q's Barrett Foa. Join Foa for an eclectic evening of songs ranging from pop/rock to musical theater - a healthy dose of unpretentious and rockin' music with direction by Christopher Gattelli and musical direction by Tom Kitt. Also with Courtney Balan, Damien Bassman, Roger Butterly, Randy Landau and Jason Robinson. Monday, December 6th at 8 PM at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street, just west of 10th Ave.).

Sundown, a new musical composed by two-time Tony Award nominee Peter Link, will be released on CD on November 30 by Original Cast Records. The studio cast recording stars Steve Blanchard, Judy McLane, and Patrick Ryan Sullivan.

Barrett Foa, who understudies Rod/Princeton in Avenue Q already has some quite an intriguing list of roles to his credit. In the following interview, Barrett shares his thoughts on workshops, concerts, and his experience joing the Avenue Q family!

Since I live in New York City, I usually don't take a 'theater vacation'-you know, the eight-shows-a-week type of trip to New York or London. Even when I go to London, theater is just one of the activities on my itinerary. But the last three summers, I have found myself in a summer theater destination and have been appreciating more and more the joy of taking my No. 1 pastime on the road.