Michael Bush News

CanStage announces the line-up for 2006/07 including a return engagement of THE OVERCOAT!

Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) is pleased to announce full casting for the upcoming the world premiere production of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's BASED ON A TOTALLY TRUE STORY. Directed by Michael Bush, the production begins previews on March 23 and opens on April 11 at New York City Center - Stage II (131 West 55th Street).

Kristine Nielsen will star alongside Carson Elrod, Erik Heger and Michael Tucker in MTC's Based on a Totally True Story, which opens on April 11th

Beauty of the Father, a new play by Nilo Cruz starring Priscilla Lopez, opened at MTC on January 10th

Kristine Nielsen and Michael Tucker will co-star in MTC's upcoming Based on a Totally True Story

Birdland is proud to present - direct from the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center's Cabaret and Performance Conference under the new artistic leadership of Michael Bush (Director of Artistic Production for Manhattan Theatre Club) - award-winning actress Suzzanne Douglas in her brand new cabaret theatre evening, Lucky to Be Me, on Tuesday, November 15.

This November, Ruth Williamson, Suzzanne Douglas and Penny Fuller will perform their respective cabaret shows at Birdland

VICTORIA CLARK, CELIA KEENAN-BOLGER, BRAD OSCAR, EUGENE LEE, MARSHA NORMAN, DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE, LUCY SIMON AND DAVID YAZBEK AMONG PARTICIPANTS IN NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL'S STAR-STUDDED SEMINAR SERIES.

Michael Aman, who wrote the book and lyrics with Oscar E. Moore gives us the scoop on the show's festival stop.

A press conference for the 2005 NYMF took place on August 30th with a special preview of The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde, The Big Time, The Mistress Cycle, Nerds://A Musical Software Satire, No Boundaries, Plane Crazy, and Project Footlight.

The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde, a new musical about the folk legends, will run from September 14th through September 25th as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival

Patrick Marber's riff on the Strindberg classic, After Miss Julie, has been added to Manhattan Theatre Club's '05-'06 season line-up, and another new piece by Ariel Dorfman has also been scheduled