Musical Theater News

"The Book of Mormon," the hit Broadway musical from the creators of "South Park," added to its stash of awards Sunday when it won a Grammy for musical theater album.

The 2012 Grammy Awards are tonight, and the nominees for "Best Musical Theater Album" were THE BOOK OF MORMON, ANYTHING GOES, and HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.

Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook is closing its 2012 season with a second show by the legendary Elaine Paige tomorrow and two shows with Broadway star Laura Benanti on February 11th.

Two Richland County girls will compete at the Distinguished Young Women Scholarship Program, formerly Ohio Junior Miss, on Feb.

Jerry Bisgrove could have set up a charitable fund to feed the poor when he decided to share some of his financial fortune in 2007 with his hometown of Auburn.

Last week, Weber State University hosted the annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for the first time, which involved opening its facilities to approximately 1,000 theater students from across the region.

Today Phantom of the Opera makes musical theater history with its 10,000th performance.

Anyone who appreciates the artistic heights to which musical theater can rise to owes a debt of gratitude to Oklahoma! , Rodgers and Hammerstein's game-changing 1943 musical. Any Seattle theater fan ought to be pretty grateful for the 5th Avenue Theatre too, as the 5th's new staging of the classic is an ambitious, bracing take on the fully integrated musical.

As part of the William H. Gile Series, The Capitol Center for the Arts will present New York's Gilbert & Sullivan Players I've Got a Little Twist on Saturday February 11th at 8pm.

The songwriting team of Michael Cooper and Hyeyoung Kim have written a short musical that will be presented as part of an evening called "Rites of Passage" at the Prospect Theater Company at the West End Theatre, at the Church of St.

Liz Scharmann and many of her students at West Orient Middle School donned red clothing Friday, Feb.

Ed Sayles is the Producing Artistic Director for Merry Go Round Playhouse and the upcoming Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival.

The winner of the 2012 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater was announced today by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which administers the Rodgers Awards.

Producer John Johnson announced today the complete cast for the New York premiere of 35mm A Musical Exhibition, written by Ryan Scott Oliver based on the photography of Matthew Murphy .

It is cold and wet and there is nothing to do. February can be dreary! But load up the car and head out to these great indoor show.

Two students from the University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College will present their senior recital concert on Saturday, Feb.

A late bloomer, I lost my innocence on Oct. 1, 1981, at age 27. That night I stood at the back of the Alvin Theatre at the first preview of the new musical "Merrily We Roll Along" and watched an audience of Stephen Sondheim and Harold Prince devotees go from giddy enthusiasm to confusion, disappointment, despair, and outright hostility.

He has more than 30 years of experience as a lead vocalist and front man, having been in several highly successful Cleveland-based acts, such as Souvenir, Champion, and the Moody Blues tribute band Time Traveler.

Michelle Zhang is the orchestral equivalent of musical theater's triple threat, the name for a performer who can sing, dance and act with equal prowess.

On Sunday, the percussionist will be drumming up a storm when the Tony Award-winning "Blast!" comes to Springfield, bringing its powerful musical performance of drum corps passion and precision from the outdoor arena to the theater stage at Symphony Hall.