Hello, Dolly! News

The New Surry Theatre will be holding open auditions for its Grand production of La Cage Aux Folles Dec.

Louis Armstrong was a lot more than a gravelly voiced vocalist who sang the hits "Hello, Dolly" and "What a Wonderful World." Armstrong was also a lot more than an innovative jazz composer and trumpet player.

Interview: Terry Teachout Greatness always finds itself under siege. It can't be helped.

Jazz icon Louis Armstrong didn't just leave behind a treasure trove of musical recordings; he also documented hundreds of his private conversations on tape.

Louis Armstrong goes for a stroll with a pet schnauzer and neighborhood kids in Queens in 1970.

Most popular to theatre audiences from his title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's version of The Phantom of the Opera, Michael Crawford was in fact a star of the British stage and screen for almost two decades before.

Louis Armstrong enjoyed a charmed and charming life. His recordings from the 1920s changed the course of jazz, setting in place a heroic conception of the soloist that continues to reverberate in the music today.

A network of volunteers and service organizations were represented at the United Methodist Church on the first Friday in November, preparing for the opening of Maureen's Haven, a temporary homeless shelter, in East Hampton.

By Wensdy Von Buskirk CORRESPONDENT Birmingham's Village Players have been staging productions since 1923, but Hello, Dolly! ranks among the most elaborate in the community theatre group's long history.

For one night only, music lovers can see the real E. Faye Butler. The multiple Jeff Award winner, who is now playing Motormouth Maybelle in Marriott Theatre's production of "Hairspray," will star in her own cabaret show, "Just in Time: An Evening with E. Faye Butler and her Orchestra," Nov.

Director Richard Curtis, left, January Jones and Chris O Dowd on the set of the comedy Pirate Radio.

Rejuvenated for their 60th anniversary, the Midhurst Players tackle Hello, Dolly! as their autumn production.

John Kenley is honored by Carol Channing and the rest of the touring cast of "Hello, Dolly!" on the stage of PlayhouseSquare's Palace Theatre in 1995.

Amy Forbes, Julia Kiley, Jackie Sidle, Mary Ann Piccolo and Elizabeth Talbot star in "Jerry's Girls" October 29, 2009 Jerry Herman 's musical "Jerry's Girls" begins Wednesday at the Ivoryton Playhouse and runs through Nov.

Kudos to our Conductor Ron Spigelman and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra! A ticket to any of this symphony's performances provides one with a memorable evening of culture and wonderful entertainment.

Excerpted from the official Web site for "The Musical of Musicals ," its creators, Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell , talk about each of the show's five segments, each of which send up an iconic musical composer or team: 'Corn' Rodgers & Hammerstein - "The Sound of Music," South Pacific," "The King and I," "Carousel" Bogart: Ah, how to capture the ...

Canadian organ/piano wizards Dorothy Watson and Hal Logan will be back at the stage of the Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham this Sunday with another scintillating revue of 20th century musical gems.

Her fingers have tickled the ivories for nine decades. "It came easy to me," says Mission's Flo Erskine, discussing her penchant for the piano.

Apropos of the fast-approaching publication of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong , the new issue of Publishers Weekly contains a profile of me: Cultural critic Terry Teachout first heard jazz legend Louis Armstrong around 1964 when, as a boy in rural Sikeston, Mo., he was summoned by his mother to watch Armstrong sing "Hello, Dolly" on The Ed ...

The cast of "Hello, Dolly!" rehearses at Backdoor Theatre for the opening of the musical tonight on the main stage.