Elizabeth Allen News

Minneapolis-based private investment firm EBF & Associates and Kevin Frakes' PalmStar Media Capital announced today the formation of Merced Media Partners, a strategic partnership that is targeting investments in approximately 15 films per year.

Hyde Park-Image Nation, Troika Pictures and Merced Media Partners have announced that they will finance and produce the thriller CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. The film, to be directed by Elizabeth Allen ("Ramona and Beezus," "Aquamarine"), was written by Chris Frisina and will star Isabel Lucas ("Transformer 2," "Immortals").

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a September 10 retrial date has been set for DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES actress Nicollette Sheridan's court case against ABC.

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Today in 1965, Do I hear a Waltz? opened at the 46th St. Thetare (Now the Richard Rodgers Theatre), where it ran for 220 performances. Do I Hear a Waltz? is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Richard Rodgers, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It was adapted from Laurents' 1952 play The Time of the Cuckoo, which was the basis for the 1955 film Summertime starring Katharine Hepburn. The Broadway cast included Elizabeth Allen, Sergio Franchi, Carol Bruce, Madeleine Sherwood, Julienne Marie, Stuart Damon, Fleury D'Antonakis, and Jack Manning. It was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Scenic Design, but lost in all three categories.

Charlotte Street Foundation has announced its first ever Biannual Open Studios Weekend, showcasing the work of artists in its Urban Culture Project Studio Residency Program for visual and performing artists.

Following up on their sell-out debut success in February with ‘Seconds Out' and ‘The Benefit of Time', Organised Chaos Productions are returning to the Taurus Bar in April with another theatrical premiere .

Following up on their sell-out debut success in February with ‘Seconds Out' and ‘The Benefit of Time', Organised Chaos Productions are returning to the Taurus Bar in April with another theatrical premiere .

Today we continue our critical appraisal of the entire English-language recorded canon of Stephen Sondheim - at the very least, all the major productions which were recorded - beginning where we have left off with the round-ups of GYPSY and WEST SIDE STORY, as well as the 2009 Revival Recording of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, from the last few weeks. The last show for which Sondheim wrote lyrics-only, before he was quite able to get his own musical scores produced, was his collaboration with Richard Rodgers, DO I HEAR A WALTZ? Next, we continue with the first show for which he wrote music and lyrics, SATURDAY NIGHT, as well as the first show he wrote music and lyrics for that actually made it to Broadway, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM.

Following up on their sell-out debut success in February with ‘Seconds Out' and ‘The Benefit of Time', Organised Chaos Productions are returning to the Taurus Bar in April with another theatrical premiere .

Woman's Will, founded in 1998, is the Bay Area's only all female Shakespeare's company. The company will be presenting FREE performances of The Taming of the Shrew in parks throughout the Bay Area.

Woman's Will, founded in 1998, is the Bay Area's only all female Shakespeare's company. The company will be presenting FREE performances of The Taming of the Shrew in parks throughout the Bay Area.

Woman's Will, founded in 1998, is the Bay Area's only all female Shakespeare's company. The company will be presenting FREE performances of The Taming of the Shrew in parks throughout the Bay Area.

Tony Award-nominee Elizabeth Allen, who memorably found a 3/4-timed Venetian romance in Do I Hear a Waltz?, has died at the age of 77

Musicals Tonight! revives the show that premiered on Broadway as The Gay Life