Classic Stage Company announced that Tony Award-winning director John Doyle will join the company for its 2013-14 season as an associate director. Doyle, who directed CSC's production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical Passion, will develop his own projects for the off-Broadway theater company. Doyle will also work with artistic director Brian Kulick on season planning and ...

Melissa Errico has dropped out of Classic Stage Company's revival of Passion due to illness and doctor-ordered vocal rest. Understudy Amy Justman will step in to the role of Carla in the James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim musical for the final 11 performances at the off-Broadway theater. Passion is scheduled to run through April 19.

Errico, who originated the ...

Tony nominee Melissa Errico, who stars as Clara in Classic Stage Company's production of Passion, has been recovering from bronchitis in recent weeks and is currently on vocal rest. PS Classics has postponed recording sessions for the cast recording off-Broadway revival of the musical, which were previously scheduled to begin April 8. Understudy Amy Justman has stepped into the ...

Even at 83, eight-time Tony-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim is still setting new records. Sondheim has been announced as the first-ever musical theater artist to receive the Edward MacDowell Medal for lifetime achievement in the arts, according to The New York Times. Sondheim will receive the medal at an August 11 ceremony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.

Sondheim has written ...

Classic Stage Company's revival of Passion will record an original cast album on the PS Classics label. The recording will take place on April 8, with the two-disc record scheduled for a June 4 release.

Directed by John Doyle and starring Ryan Silverman and Tony nominees Melissa Errico and Judy Kuhn, the musical opened at the off-Broadway theater on ...

The first New York revival of the Tony-winning musical Passion has extended for a second and final time off-Broadway. The Classic Stage Company production, starring Tony nominees Melissa Errico and Judy Kuhn, will now play through April 19.

Adapted from the film Passione d'Amore and set in 19th century Italy, the James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim musical follows handsome ...

The first New York revival of the Tony-winning musical Passion has extended its off-Broadway run by one week at Classic Stage Company. Starring Tony nominees Melissa Errico and Judy Kuhn, the production will now play through April 14. Passion opened on February 28 and was initially set to close on April 7.

Adapted from the film Passione d'Amore and ...

There was love in the air when Classic Stage Company's revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion officially opened on February 28 at the off-Broadway theater. Directed by Tony winner John Doyle, the romantic musical is the story of Giorgio (Ryan Silverman) and Clara (Melissa Errico), who are deeply in love, but when Giorgio is transferred, he ...

Tony nominee Melissa Errico discusses the obsessive love, soaring songs and emotional honesty behind the off-Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Tony-winning musical Passion.

Classic Stage Company's revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Tony-winning musical Passion opens off-Broadway on February 28. Starring Tony nominees Judy Kuhn and Melissa Errico and Ryan Silverman, the John Doyle-directed production will play through April 7 at the CSC Theatre.

Adapted from the film Passione d'Amore and set in 19th century Italy, Passion follows handsome ...