Jean Ward News

WP Theater, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Lisa McNulty and Managing Director Michael Sag, is thrilled to announce WP THEATER'S 40th ANNIVERSARY SEASON GALA honoring game-changing women with the Women of Achievement Awards. The gala, chaired by WP Board Members Laura Beinner and Jenna Segal, will honor Goldman Sachs Treasurer Beth Hammack and Tony Award-winning producer Daryl Roth (Kinky Boots, Indecent, The Normal Heart).

ArtsBridge Foundation at Cobb Energy Centre celebrated its 10th Anniversary with an Overture Gala on September 21. The electrifying evening of festivities included a reception emceed by Paul Milliken from FOX 5 Atlanta, a sumptuous dinner, a medley performed by Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards - Shuler Hensley Awards winner Heritage High School, and a performance of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Million Dollar Quartet. BroadwayWorld has photos from the event below!

ThePlatformLDN concert series started two years ago and runs parallel with ThePlatformNYC presented by TwentySomething Productions in association with Smash composer Drew Gasparini.

?The award-winning composer of the Off-Broadway hit 'The Lightning Thief' is bringing his brand of smart musical theatre rock to The Bridewell for a one-night only concert of songs from his musicals.

Twentysomething Productions, in association with Drew Gasparini, present The Platform LDM, featuring some of London's finest performers, on 27th April 2014 at Backstage Bar, The Spice of Life, Soho. Doors open at 6:30pm and the show starts at 7:00pm.

The EP is available on iTunes for £3.95* and proceeds are going to CRY UK, Great Ormond Street Hospital and The Band Aid Charitable Trust. The direct link to download the EP is: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/a-very-west-end-christmas-ep/id738570036

The legendary Birdland was packed to the gills for the latest presentation of Jim Caruso's Broadway at Birdland Series, Jonathan Brielle's I Saw Broadway. An all star gathering of Broadway's greatest vocalists and musicians wowed the audience with one crowd pleaser after another from the musicals of the prolific Brielle.

E! reports exclusively that Breaking Bad star Anna Gunn is set to guest star on the upcoming 13th episode of FOX's THE MINDY PROJECT.

Twentysomething Productions in association with Drew Gasparini present THE PLATFORM LDN, featuring THE BOOK OF MORMON's Dan Buckley, tonight, 20th October 2013. Doors at 7PM/Start at 8PM at the Alleycat Bar, Denmark Street.

Twentysomething Productions in association with Drew Gasparini present THE PLATFORM LDN, featuring THE BOOK OF MORMON's Dan Buckley, 20th October 2013. Doors at 7PM/Start at 8PM at the Alleycat Bar, Denmark Street.

THE PLATFORM LDN is a concert series that will run in parallel with THE PLATFORM NYC presented by TWENTYSOMETHING PRODUCTIONS in association with SMASH composer Drew Gasparini.

THE PLATFORM LDN is a concert series that will run in parallel with THE PLATFORM NYC presented by TWENTYSOMETHING PRODUCTIONS in association with SMASH composer Drew Gasparini.

Twenty Twelve: The Launch marks the debut of TwentySomething Productions showcasing the work of Jonathan Reid Gealt, Kerrigan-Lowdermilk, Kooman & Dimond, Pasek & Paul, Ryan Scott Oliver and Joe Sterling. It will take place tonight, 9th September 2012 at Cafe Koha Bar, Leicester Square (11 St. Martin's Court, London, WC2 4AJ). Doors open at 7pm for an 8pm show, lasting two hours, £10. Visit http://www.wegottickets.com/event/180725 for tickets.

Twenty Twelve: The Launch marks the debut of TwentySomething Productions showcasing the work of Jonathan Reid Gealt, Kerrigan-Lowdermilk, Kooman & Dimond, Pasek & Paul, Ryan Scott Oliver and Joe Sterling. It will take place on 9th September 2012 at Cafe Koha Bar, Leicester Square (11 St. Martin's Court, London, WC2 4AJ). Doors open at 7pm for an 8pm show, lasting two hours, £10. Visit http://www.wegottickets.com/event/180725 for tickets.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announces that theater producers Meredith Lucio (The 39 Steps, Rooms: a rock romance) and Christopher Massimine (Shall We Dance, Civil War Voices, Operations Director at Origin Theatre) have been named as the 2011/2012 Program Directors for TRU'S re-envisioned Producer Development and Mentorship Program (PDMP), following the successful tenure of outgoing directors Jane Dubin (The Norman Conquests, 39 Steps, unFramed) and Tom Smedes (Next Fall, Title of Show, Naked Boys Singing).