Charlie Chaplin News

The New York Musical Theatre Festival and the Chaplin Corporation present BEHIND THE LIMELIGHT, a new musical about the life and art of Charlie Chaplin by Christopher Curtis. Directed by Michael Unger, BEHIND THE LIMELIGHT features a distinguished cast that includes Luther Creek (Rent, Urinetown) as Chaplin, as well as Andrea McArdle (Tony Award nominee for Annie, Beauty and the Beast), Janet Metz (Falsettoland, Bingo:The Musical) and Garrett Long (The Spitfire Grill), among others.

Complete scheduling information has been announced for the New York Musical Theatre Festival

Mix some Mussels from Brussels and Brel and Bon Appetite

The musicals that will be presented as part of this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival have been announced

MARIA FRIEDMAN, the first lady of the British musical stage and the critically acclaimed Broadway star of The Woman In White, will release her American debut CD, Now and Then from Sony Classical on May 2.

PBS announced today the start of production on MAKE 'EM LAUGH: THE FUNNY BUSINESS OF AMERICA, a new historical documentary series chronicling more than a century of American comedy, produced by Thirteen/WNET New York and Ghost Light Films.

Leave it to Chita Rivera to share the spotlight in a show about her own career. Arguably musical theatre's greatest living performer, she spends most of The Dancer's Life singing and dancing the praises of others.

Exit 69 Productions, in association with the Midtown International Theatre Festival announces the premiere of Peace Now, a new full-length play written and directed by Tom Peterson.

It doesn't need Bob Fosse or Gwen Verdon, but Sweet Charity requires much more than this revival offers

It's been said that desperate times call for desperate measures. Nowhere is this more evident than in the trials undertaken by the protagonists of the three plays presented during Dreamscape's Theatre's Season on the Edge. Dark works all, (some more humorous than others), each tale follows an individual pushed to the limit by outside forces, resulting in an desperate attempt to ease the torments within.

'Lazer Vaudeville' brings a new twist to this traditional style with surprisingly little laser.

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director, John G. Schultz, Executive Director), is proud to announce its third production of the 2004-2005 season: WHAT OF THE NIGHT, an American premiere based on the writings of Djuna Barnes, created for the stage by Jane Alexander, Noreen Tomassi, Birgitta Trommler, directed and choreographed by Ms. Trommler, and starring Ms. Alexander (The Great White Hope; Kramer vs. Kramer; Testament; The Sisters Rosenzweig). The production marks Trommler's New York directorial debut.

The home of Louis Armstrong, one of America's most influential artists, opens for public tours.