NEWS FROM MARY POPPINS

MARY POPPINS' Composers featured on Playbill Radio

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NEWS FROM BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

NY1 celebrates Beauty and the Beast

Disney Love Story Takes Final Broadway Bow
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NEWS FROM BEYOND GLORY

BEYOND GLORY’s
Stephen Lang
will be featured on
The American Theatre Wing’s
“Downstage Center”
beginning on Friday, July 27th at 6:00 PM,
and repeated throughout the weekend

“Downstage Center” airs weekly on XM’s “On Broadway” channel 28

“One of the richest and most complex pieces of acting I’ve seen in my theatergoing life. This is acting of the highest imaginable quality, a performance that will sear its way into your mind and linger there forever.” -Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal

“Beyond Glory is oral history at its most direct and dramatic.”
- Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press
Stephen Lang, star of Roundabout Theatre Company’s Beyond Glory, will be interviewed on The American Theatre Wing’s “Downstage Center” on XM Radio channel 28. Stephen will appear as the special guest on Friday, July 27th, at 6PM. The interview will be repeated on Saturday, July 28th at noon, Sunday, July 29th at 7PM, and Wednesday, August 1st at midnight.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to present the New York premiere of Beyond Glory, written by and starring Stephen Lang, directed by Robert Falls, from the book by Larry Smith.

Beyond Glory is playing a limited engagement through August 19th, 2007 at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46th Street).

In Stephen Lang's theatrical adaptation of Larry Smith's book, Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words, Lang presents the stories of eight veterans from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, rendering first hand accounts of the actions which resulted in each of them receiving the nation’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor. Beyond Glory gathers these men together in the present to look back on the defining moments of their lives
and to examine the meaning of courage, duty and, ultimately, humility.

TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets are available by calling Roundabout Ticket Services at (212)719-1300, online at www.roundabouttheatre.org or at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre box office (111 West 46 Street). Ticket prices range from $56.25-$66.25.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Beyond Glory will play Tuesday through Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.

www.roundabouttheatre.org
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NEWS FROM THE DROWSY CHAPERONE

LISTEN TO “THE DROWSY CHAPERONE” STAR

JO ANNE WORLEY

INTERVIEWED ON LITE 100.5 WRCH FM’s
“The Allan, Mike and Allison Morning Show”

Click on the link below to listen to the interview:
http://wrch.com/pages/226419.php?contentType=34&contentId=23043

Television legend JoAnne Worley (“Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In”) is now starring as “Mrs. Tottendale” in the Tony Award® winning musical THE DROWSY CHAPERONE at the Marquis Theatre.

Click on the following link to listen to JoAnne Worley’s interview from Lite 100.5 WRCH FM’s “The Allan, Mike and Allison Morning Show.” “The Allan, Mike and Allison Morning Show” airs daily from 5:30 – 9:00 AM on WRCH Radio.

http://wrch.com/pages/226419.php?contentType=34&contentId=23043

Prior to joining the cast of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, Worley recently appeared on the New York musical stage in the acclaimed Encores! production of Follies and returns to Broadway for the first time in nearly 15 years since appearing in the revival of Grease! She made her Broadway debut in The Billy Barnes People and was in the original cast of Hello Dolly! as Carol Channing’s standby. She was recently named President of "Actors and Others for Animals."

The most celebrated musical of the 2006 season and the recipient of thirteen major awards, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE received the most Tony Awards® of any musical -five in total - including Best Book and Score, seven Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, four Outer Critic's Circle Awards including Outstanding Score and the Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical.

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE began previews April 3, 2006 and opened on Broadway on May 1, 2006 at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway).

JoAnne Worley’s Broadway productions include The Billy Barnes People, the original production of Hello Dolly! (Dolly Levi standby), Prince of Central Park and Grease! Last season, she appeared in the Actors’ Fund benefit staging of On the Twentieth Century. Off Broadway: The Mad Show. Tours: ”Mama Rose” in Gypsy, “the Wicked Witch” in The Wizard of Oz, the title role in Mame, Pirates of Penzance, Annie Get Your Gun, Anything Goes, Nunsense, Grease!, Annie, Call Me Madam. Other theater: Luv, Carnival, Second City Review, Hotel Passionato, Same Time, Next Year; Lovers and Other Strangers; Moon Over Buffalo, Steel Magnolias and the female version of The Odd Couple. Television work includes “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In”; “Love, American Style;” “The Love Boat;” “Murder, She Wrote;” “Hawaii Five-O;” “Mad About You;” “Caroline in the City;” “The Martin Short Show;” “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” and many guest spots on “The Merv Griffin Show,” “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” and “The Andy Williams Show.” She has appeared on numerous game shows including “Hollywood Squares,” “Match Game” and “The 10,000 Pyramid” among many. In addition to originating the role of the “wardrobe” in Disney’s Academy Award® winning animated film Beauty and the Beast, Ms. Worley has performed as a voice over artist for several cartoons and Disney animated movies including Nutcracker Fantasy, A Goofy Movie and Belle's Magical World. Her many nightclub appearances include the revue S’Wonderful, S’Marvelous, S’Gershwin at New York’s Rainbow and Stars, The Sands and Harrah’s in Las Vegas and Miami’s famed Fontainebleu. She was recently named President of the “Actors and Others for Animals.”

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is directed and choreographed by Tony Award® nominee Casey Nicholaw (Spamalot), with music and lyrics by Tony Award® winners Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and a book by Tony Award® winners Bob Martin and Don McKellar.

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is produced by Kevin McCollum, Roy Miller, Boyett Ostar, Stephanie McClelland, Barbara Freitag, and Jill Furman.

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE plays Tuesday – Saturday at 8:00 p.m. with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m.

Tickets prices range from $26.25 - $111.25 (including $1.25 facility fee) and are available through Ticketmaster (212-307-4100), online at www.ticketmaster.com or in person at The Marquis Theatre box office (1535 Broadway).

www.DrowsyChaperone.com

NEWS FROM THE DROWSY CHAPERONE

WATCH “THE DROWSY CHAPERONE” STAR

JO ANNE WORLEY’s

THEATERMANIA VIDEO FEATURE

Click on the link below to watch the video:
http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/11201

Television legend JoAnne Worley (“Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In”) is now starring as “Mrs. Tottendale” in the Tony Award® winning musical THE DROWSY CHAPERONE at the Marquis Theatre.

WORLEY’S WORLD
By Edward Highfield, Matthew Meixler, and Brian Scott Lipton

Whether in her stage appearances in Hello, Dolly!, On the Twentieth Century, or Follies or her weekly stint in the popular television show Laugh-In, Jo Anne Worley has always known how to make audiences take notice of her singular talents. Right now, she's earning nightly ovations as Mrs. Tottendale in the hit musical The Drowsy Chaperone. Earlier this month, Worley allowed TheaterMania to join her on a brief shopping expedition with her beloved dog Harmony before taking us on a very special backstage tour at the Marquis Theater, complete with a surprise visit from her Tony Award-winning co-star (and fellow dog lover) John Glover.

Click on the following link to watch the video: http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/11201

Prior to joining the cast of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, Worley recently appeared on the New York musical stage in the acclaimed Encores! production of Follies and returns to Broadway for the first time in nearly 15 years since appearing in the revival of Grease! She made her Broadway debut in The Billy Barnes People and was in the original cast of Hello Dolly! as Carol Channing’s standby. She was recently named President of "Actors and Others for Animals."

The most celebrated musical of the 2006 season and the recipient of thirteen major awards, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE received the most Tony Awards® of any musical -five in total - including Best Book and Score, seven Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical, four Outer Critic's Circle Awards including Outstanding Score and the Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical.

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE began previews April 3, 2006 and opened on Broadway on May 1, 2006 at the Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway).

JoAnne Worley’s Broadway productions include The Billy Barnes People, the original production of Hello Dolly! (Dolly Levi standby), Prince of Central Park and Grease! Last season, she appeared in the Actors’ Fund benefit staging of On the Twentieth Century. Off Broadway: The Mad Show. Tours: ”Mama Rose” in Gypsy, “the Wicked Witch” in The Wizard of Oz, the title role in Mame, Pirates of Penzance, Annie Get Your Gun, Anything Goes, Nunsense, Grease!, Annie, Call Me Madam. Other theater: Luv, Carnival, Second City Review, Hotel Passionato, Same Time, Next Year; Lovers and Other Strangers; Moon Over Buffalo, Steel Magnolias and the female version of The Odd Couple. Television work includes “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In”; “Love, American Style;” “The Love Boat;” “Murder, She Wrote;” “Hawaii Five-O;” “Mad About You;” “Caroline in the City;” “The Martin Short Show;” “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” and many guest spots on “The Merv Griffin Show,” “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” and “The Andy Williams Show.” She has appeared on numerous game shows including “Hollywood Squares,” “Match Game” and “The 10,000 Pyramid” among many. In addition to originating the role of the “wardrobe” in Disney’s Academy Award® winning animated film Beauty and the Beast, Ms. Worley has performed as a voice over artist for several cartoons and Disney animated movies including Nutcracker Fantasy, A Goofy Movie and Belle's Magical World. Her many nightclub appearances include the revue S’Wonderful, S’Marvelous, S’Gershwin at New York’s Rainbow and Stars, The Sands and Harrah’s in Las Vegas and Miami’s famed Fontainebleu. She was recently named President of the “Actors and Others for Animals.”

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is directed and choreographed by Tony Award® nominee Casey Nicholaw (Spamalot), with music and lyrics by Tony Award® winners Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and a book by Tony Award® winners Bob Martin and Don McKellar.

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE is produced by Kevin McCollum, Roy Miller, Boyett Ostar, Stephanie McClelland, Barbara Freitag, and Jill Furman.

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE plays Tuesday – Saturday at 8:00 p.m. with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and Sundays at 3:00 p.m.

Tickets prices range from $26.25 - $111.25 (including $1.25 facility fee) and are available through Ticketmaster (212-307-4100), online at www.ticketmaster.com or in person at The Marquis Theatre box office (1535 Broadway).

www.DrowsyChaperone.com

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NEWS FROM DEUCE

DEUCE STAR ANGELA LANSBURY INTERVIEWED ON “WEEKEND TODAY IN NEW YORK,” JULY 22

“Lansbury’s performance is deeply felt and powerful.
DEUCE is a memorable, infinitely entertaining master class in acting, and I’m mighty grateful for it.”
- Charles Isherwood, THE NEW YORK TIMES


DEUCE star Angela Lansbury will be interviewed on “Weekend Today in New York,” on Sunday, July 22 on WNBC-TV, Channel 4. The interview will run during the 8:30-9:00 AM half hour, at approximately 8:40 AM.

Four time Tony Award® winner Angela Lansbury stars with Tony Award®-winner Marian Seldes in DEUCE, the world premiere of a new play by four-time Tony Award® winner Terrence McNally, and directed by two-time Tony Award® winner Michael Blakemore.

Ms. Lansbury and Ms. Seldes star in DEUCE as two former doubles tennis legends, reunited at a championship tournament. As they watch a singles match grow increasingly heated, the two women reminisce on the sidelines, remembering past triumphs and unearthing forgotten truths.

In her 60-plus year career on stage, film and television, Ms. Lansbury received four Tony Awards® for her starring roles in Mame, Dear World, Gypsy and Sweeney Todd, three Academy Award® nominations for Gaslight (her screen debut), The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Manchurian Candidate, and 18 Emmy Award® nominations, including 12 for her long-running television series, “Murder, She Wrote.”

DEUCE is playing at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). The production will play a strictly limited engagement through August 19. Tickets are on sale at TeleCharge at 212: 239-6200, online at www.Telecharge.com, or in person at the Music Box Theatre box office.

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www.DeuceOnBroadway.com

NEWS FROM CURTAINS

CURTAINS
FEATURED TONIGHT ON “JEOPARDY!”


CURTAINS, the Musical Comedy Whodunit from the authors of Cabaret and Chicago, starring Tony Award® winners David Hyde Pierce and Debra Monk, will be featured on tonight’s “JEOPARDY!” The show will be featured in a “Musicals” category in the Double Jeopardy round of the show. “JEOPARDY!” airs in New York on WABC-TV, Channel 7 from 7:00-7:30 PM. Check local listings.

Tonight’s “JEOPARDY!” is part of the game show’s first-ever Summer Games Teen Tournament. The Summer Teen Tournament, a two-week event, began airing on Monday, July 16.

CURTAINS is playing at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street, west of Eighth Avenue).

David Hyde Pierce, a 2007 Tony Award® winner for his performance in CURTAINS and a four-time Emmy Award winner for his role as Niles Crane in “Frasier,” stars with Tony Award® and Emmy Award winner Debra Monk (Chicago, Steel Pier, “NYPD Blue”) in the show that Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC, calls “a big, delightful musical packed full of show-stopping numbers.”

CURTAINS features a book by Rupert Holmes (multiple Tony Award®-winner for The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Say Goodnight Gracie), music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb (the Tony Award®-winning songwriters of Cabaret and Chicago), original book and concept by Tony Award®-winner Peter Stone (1776, Titanic, The Will Rogers Follies), and additional lyrics by John Kander & Rupert Holmes. The production is directed by five-time Tony Award®-nominee Scott Ellis (She Loves Me, 1776, 12 Angry Men, Steel Pier), with choreography by Tony Award®-winner Rob Ashford (Thoroughly Modern Millie).

CLICK HERE TO GET A BEHIND THE SCENES PEEK AT CURTAINS


David Hyde Pierce is the winner of the 2007 Tony Award® for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance. The production was nominated for eight 2007 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical. CURTAINS also won Drama Desk Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Debra Monk) and Best Book (Rupert Holmes, Peter Stone), an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Karen Ziemba), and special awards from the Drama Desk and Drama League to legendary songwriting team of John Kander & Fred Ebb for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.

Producers are Roger Berlind, Roger Horchow, Daryl Roth, Jane Bergère, Ted Hartley and Center Theatre Group.

The original Broadway cast recording for CURTAINS was released on Broadway Angel/Manhattan Records on June 5th. The recording is produced by nine-time Grammy Award winner Jay David Saks. Bill Rosenfield is executive producer.
CURTAINS had its world premiere on August 9, 2006 at Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. The production opened on Broadway on March 22, 2007.

Performance schedule for CURTAINS is Tuesday at 7:00 PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8:00 PM, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 PM, and Sunday at 3:00 PM. Tickets are on sale at Telecharge at 212-239-6200, online at www.telecharge.com or in person at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre box office (302 West 45th Street).

www.CurtainsTheMusical.com