Bob Dishy News

The second act of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's 1984 musical, Sunday In The Park With George is centered on a then-contemporary artist/inventor named George who has created a series of machines called chromolumes, which electronically fill rooms with color and light. His latest, 'Chromolume #7' is intended to present a variation on themes inspired from Georges Seurat's revolutionary work of pointillism 'Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' (1884-86), the creation of which is the subject of the musical's first act. When a technical glitch short circuits the machine and causes a temporary delay in the chromolume's premiere presentation, George sheepishly explains to those gathered, 'No electricity, no art.'

Cause Célèbre, the new theatre company devoted to fostering an enhanced understanding of psychological, physical and social issues., and where each month a different issue will be the focal point, and for which proceeds raised go to a foundation connected to the cause, will present its next event at The Players on March 18, 2008. For the third presentation by Cause Célèbre, Christine Ebersole, Mercedes Ruehl, Marian Seldes, and Linda Powell will perform in a series of readings, performances, original works and song (from Ms. Ebersole) in an evening devoted to, and benefiting, prison reform and The Fortune Society.

Cause Célebre, the new theatre company devoted to fostering an enhanced understanding of psychological, physical and social issues, and where each month a different issue will be the focal point, and for which proceeds raised go to a foundation connected to the cause, will present its next event at The Players on March 18, 2008.

Encores! takes a chance with a Kander and Ebb musical about shoplifting senior citizens

Olympia Dukakis & Charlotte Rae star in 70, Girls, 70, the upcoming New York City Center Encores! musical, running March 30 - April 2 at NY City Center.

Harvey Evans and more performers have been added to the starry cast of Encores! upcoming 70, Girls, 70

Carleton Carpenter, Carole Cook, Bob Dishy, Olympia Dukakis, Anita Gillette, George S. Irving and Charlotte Rae are among those who will play the lively senior citizens of 70, Girls, 70, presented at Encores! from March 30th through April 2nd

Maria Tucci, Richard Easton, Tammy Grimes, and Judd Hirsch have signed on to appear in plays presented as part of the Food for Thought series of play readings at the Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) this March.

Marian Seldes, Anne Jackson and Elli Wallach and Miller's actress sister Joan Copeland will read from the legend's plays in Food for Thought's The Writings of Arthur Miller on October 17th

FOOD FOR THOUGHT, the lunch-time play reading series, under the Artistic Direction of its founder, Susan Charlotte, will celebrate its Fifth Anniversary when it opens its Spring 2005 season on Wednesday, February 23 with the New York premiere of a new Tennessee Williams' work Me, Vashya.

It was opening night at Sly Fox, and BroadwayWorld was there covering the red carpet. In Sly Fox, it's the dawn of the Gold Rush in San Francisco...