Richard Frankel News

The current cast of THE FANTASTICKS will celebrate the new 2007 cast recording with special live performances and a CD signing at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Center on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 5:30 p.m

Julie Craig will assume the role of 'Luisa' in the new production of The Fantasticks beginning Friday, April 6, 2007

Trevor Nunn's West End revival of Porgy and Bess will close in order to make room for a new production of Fiddler on the Roof starring Olivier Award-winner Henry Goodman as Tevye.

Award-winning filmmaker Taylor Hackford will direct the upcoming Broadway musical Leap of Faith.

Two developmental invitation-only readings of ROCK OF AGES will take place at New World Stages later this week.

STOMP OUT LOUD, the extraordinary new production from the creators of the international sensation STOMP, comes to Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas this spring with a cast double the size of the original production and performed inside a new, $28 million theater specifically created for this production.

The cast of The Fantasticks sent Valentine's Day wishes, along with a bottle of champagne and a bouquet of red roses, to real-life Brooklyn couple Robert Husney and Renee Shalom today, whose engagement interrupted last Tuesday's performance of the hit musical.

The producers of the new production of THE FANTASTICKS, the world's longest running musical, are proud to announce that 'American Idol' Top-Four Finalist, Anthony Fedorov, will step into the role of 'Matt' on Tuesday, May 1, 2007.

John Doyle's 'Sweeney Todd' to run at ACT in San Francisco before it hits the road.

The new production of The Fantasticks, the world's longest running musical, will have a new playing schedule for the New Year

A Broadway run has been confirmed for Gershwin's Porgy & Bess

A star-studded after-party celebrated the Broadway revival of Company, which opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on November 29th

The producers of the new production of The Fantasticks, the world's longest running musical, announced that the new cast recording hits stores nationwide today, Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Douglas Ullman Jr. will succeed Santino Fontana as Matt in The Fantasticks, while Nick Spangler will succeed Ullman as The Mute

Kathleen Clark's Southern Comforts, co-starring Tony-nominee Penny Fuller and Larry Keith runs from September 19th through October 29th at Primary Stages

School Daze - a new comedy mixing Mozart and Tchaikovsky with a 1980s high school dance - will receive its world premiere at 37 Arts Theatre (450 W. 37th St.) as part of the third annual New York Music Theatre Festival on September 21

The Off-Broadway revival of The Fantasticks will now open a week late on August 23rd

Ghostlight Records will record the cast album of The Fantasticks, the whimsical Jones and Schmidt musical that is currently receiving an Off-Broadway revival at the Snapple Theater Center (210 West 50th Street at Broadway), where it began previews on July 29th.

The producers of the revival of Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's The Fantasticks announced today that Burke Moses, who created the role of Gaston in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, will assume the role of El Gallo from James Moye

The producers of SWEENEY TODD announced today that the acclaimed revival will play its final performance on Sunday, September 3, 2006 after 349 performances and 35 previews. SWEENEY TODD began previews on October 3, 2005 and opened on Thursday, November 3, 2005, at the Eugene ONeill Theatre (230 West 49th Street). A national tour is scheduled to begin at the end of next summer 2007.