It’s no surprise that Angela Lansbury is a fan of composer Jerry Herman—after all, she won two of her five Tony Awards for starring in his musicals Dear World and Mame. The great Broadway star, who recently ended her Tony-nominated run as Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music, decided to check out the show that defeated hers ...

Everything's coming up Patti LuPone! Earlier this week it was announced that the two-time Tony winner will headline the upcoming musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (alongside other Broadway stars like Sherie Rene Scott and Brian Stokes Mitchell) as well as The Miraculous Year, a new Broadway themed TV pilot for HBO (alongside even more Broadway ...

Most young actors would kill for the career The Addams Family's Wesley Taylor is having. At just 23, Taylor not only stars opposite Tony winners Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth (as their potential son-in-law, Lucas Beineke), but this marks the second role Taylor has originated on Broadway (following a hilarious turn as the flamboyant German Franz in Rock of ...

Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden will star as Princess Fiona in the West End premiere of Shrek the Musical. The production, which is also set to star Richard Blackwood as Donkey, begins performances at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in May of 2011.

Holden was last seen on the West End stage in Thoroughly Modern Millie (playing Millie ...

Dee Hoty, Diana DeGarmo and Mamie Parris are set to star in the national tour production of 9 to 5. Featuring a score by Dolly Parton, who also starred in the classic ‘80s film of the same name, the musical will hit the road beginning September 21 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville.

9 to 5 follows the ...

No need to "Try to Remember," PBS is helping out. Long running off-Broadway hit, The Fantasticks, will be featured on an upcoming TV special entitled 50 Years of The Fantasticks. The program will air on New York metropolitan area's PBS on July 30 at 12:30am and CUNY TV on July 31 at 8:30pm, August 1 at 12 ...

Second Stage Theatre Uptown’s critically acclaimed production of Leslye Headlead’s Bachelorette has extended a second time, adding an additional two weeks to the show’s previously announced one-week extension. The production, directed by Trip Cullman, began previews on July 12 and opened at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre on July 26. It will now play through Saturday, August 28 ...

British stage star Elaine Paige has arrived in New York to prepare for recording a new Warner Bros. CD produced by 15-time Grammy winner Phil Ramone and featuring unspecified “international recording stars.” According to a news release, Paige will continue to tape her weekly BBC 2 radio show Elaine Paige on Sunday, now celebrating its fifth anniversary on the air ...

You've already seen pictures of Tony Award winning Broadway legends Elaine Stritch and Bernadette Peters as mother/daughter team Madame and Desiree Armfeldt in the hit Broadway revival of A Little Night Music (and if you haven't, you can catch them here). Now, straight from the Walter Kerr Theatre comes new footage of these divas in action, milking ...

Initial casting has been announced for the Old Vic’s previously announced revival of Noel Coward’s provocative comedy Design for Living. The production will feature Broadway vet Andrew Scott (The Vertical Hour), Lisa Dillon and Tom Burke, directed by Anthony Page. Performances are set to begin at the London venue on September 3, with opening night scheduled for September ...