Hello, Dolly! News

Reading Civic Theatre's production of "Jerry's Girls" stars, from left, Debbi Silas, Danelle Wagner, Linda Kauffman and Elizabeth Frederick.

When young Louis Armstrong played in Chicago, no one took notes on his improvisations.

Tony-winning composer-lyricist Jerry Herman is best known for his blockbuster musicals "Hello, Dolly!" and "Mame" , and that groundbreaking paean to gay pride, "La Cage Aux Folles" . Yet the famous songwriter has been quoted as saying that his favorite show score is for "Mack & Mabel" , a bittersweet portrait of the ill-fated love affair between ... (more)

Radley College's The Milligan Cup, for Musical Theatre Performance, was held in the Theatre on the evening of 21st May.

Theatre Communications Group has announced the availability of two new plays by John Logan : I'll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers and Peter and Alice, both published by Oberon Books .

The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel will welcome back Tony Award-Winner Lea Salonga to the Caf Carlyle for her highly anticipated three-week engagement.

Legendary American actress, director, singer, producer, composer, philanthropist and activist Barbra Streisand will receive an honorary doctor of philosophy degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Tommy Tune : Broadway Icon: Director, Choreographer, Performer and NYC Living Legend.

Hellooo Dolly! Well Hellooo Dolly! Casting is complete for the upcoming production of Hello, Dolly! at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut, starring Klea Blackhurst as Dolly Levi.

Dolly looks swell as ever as Goodspeed Musicals brings everyone's favorite meddlesome matchmaker to its main stage.

VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL COFFEE CONCERT I Sandler Center for the Performing Arts 5/14-5/14/2013 A favorite of the Festival's chamber music lovers, these intimate concerts offer the opportunity to hear world-class artists in intimate, acoustically superb settings.

Broadway isn't just about show tunes, anymore. Hasn't been in a long time, actually, as jukebox musicals with a rock flavor and fever invaded the Great White Way and shook things up.

Fanny Brice is a performer who dreams of becoming one of the world famous Ziegfeld girls.

Annie Keller, who plays Dolly, made her AHS stage debut as a freshman, when she played the wardrobe in Beauty and the Beast.

Kenny Wayne Parrish as Zaza, and Dave Hanson as Georges in the Grand Theatre production of "La Cage aux Folles" Director-choreographer Brent Schneider says "La Cage aux Folles" has a "timeless story that resonates with everyone because it is all about love of family." Soon after "La Cage aux Folles" opened on Broadway, it was hailed as a "worldwide ... (more)

View All Show Listings for Norfolk Click Here to View BroadwayWorld.com Norfolk Calendar Barbara Cook 'S SPOTLIGHT: Adam Pascal Kennedy Center - Theater for Young Audiences 5/10-5/10/2013 Terrace Theater: - Click Here for More Information ALL SHOOK UP Hickory High School 5/2-5/11/2013 Click Here for More Information RAT PACK TOGETHER AGAIN ... (more)

Best extra: A disappointing vintage featurette that's been a staple of every "Funny Girl" DVD for the past 12 years WHAT WERE the odds that Barbra Streisand's Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl" the new kid on the studio back lot would end up in a tie for Best Actress during the 41st Academy Awards with legend Katharine Hepburn's Eleanor of Aquitaine in ... (more)

" Mirella Freni and Pavarotti shared the same wet nurse," former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said last week at the Eighth Annual Opera News Awards at The Plaza, sharing a bit of opera trivia before giving the Metropolitan Opera Guild's distinguished achievement award to the supreme Modenese soprano.

National Asian Artists Project presents a Rediscover Series production of the Broadway classic, HELLO, DOLLY!, by Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart .

Broadway classic Hello Dolly! will be brought to life by the talented cast of Chisago Lakes Baptist School May 2-4 at 7 p.m. As the classic musical comedy goes, flamboyant matchmaker Dolly Levi, performed by Victoria Bennett, arrives in New York City to arrange a marriage for wealthy Horace Vandergelder, performed by Justin Keck.