THE NEW MUSICAL COMEDY

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

TO OPEN SECOND STAGE THEATRE’S
UPCOMING 35TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

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Composer/Lyricist WILLIAM FINN
and Director/Book Writer JAMES LAPINE

Return to Second Stage Theatre
Where They Most Recently Collaborated on
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

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Previews Begin October 15
Opening in mid-November

May 23, 2013 – Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced that the new musical comedy, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, with music and lyricsby William Finn and book and direction by James Lapine, will kick off the theatre’s 35th anniversary season this fall. William Finn and James Lapine return to Second Stage Theatre where they most recently collaborated on The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.  Previews for LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE begin October 15, 2013 with an official opening in mid- November.  Casting, full creative team, and opening night date will be announced at a later date.

BROOKLYN’S OWN
H A R V E Y   F I E R S T E I N
RECEIVES
THE BROOKLYN DINER TIMES SQUARE’S
HIGHEST HONOR

15-BITE BROOKLYN DINER “ALL BEEF” HOT DOG
RENAMED FOR  TONY® NOMINATED KINKY BOOTS SCRIBE
ON THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS FIRST TONY® AWARDS
IN SPECIAL CEREMONY

Get Kinky Boots Tickets

New York, NY (5/23/2013) – In a special ceremony at Brooklyn Diner yesterday, the famed Times Square eatery dedicated its giant 15-Bite “All Beef” Hot Dog to Harvey Fierstein, the Brooklyn-born Tony® Nominated book writer of the smash hit Broadway musical Kinky Boots.  The occasion marked the 30th Anniversary of his first Tony® Award nominations and wins for his play Torch Song Trilogy, and also celebrated the thirteen 2013 Tony® Award Nominations that Kinky Boots has garnered.

OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES
AWARD WINNERS FOR 2013

VANYA AND SONIA… IS BEST NEW PLAY;
NATASHA, PIERRE… IS BEST NEW MUSICAL;
BUNNICULA IS BEST FAMILY SHOW

The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing professionals, today announced the winners of the 3rd Annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards, honoring commercial and not-for-profit Off Broadway productions that opened during the 2012-2013 season.

Murder Ballad, recently transferred from Manhattan Theatre Club to the Union Square Theatre, is about a tortured love triangle.  It’s also about a tortured afternoon at the theatre.  The cast was certainly up to the task but the material wasn’t up to the cast. 

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ENTERTAINMENT PHENOMENON

L U I S   B R A V O ’ S   F O R E V E R   T A N G O

RETURNS TO HEAT UP BROADWAY FOR TEN WEEKS ONLY THIS SUMMER
AT THE WALTER KERR THEATRE

TUESDAY, JULY 9 – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

FEATURING FIVE-TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNER
GILBERTO SANTA ROSA

AS THE FIRST SPECIAL GUEST STAR THROUGH SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013

Get Forever Tango Tickets

NEW YORK, NY (Tuesday, May 21, 2013) - Luis Bravo’s internationally acclaimed entertainment phenomenon Forever Tango, will return to the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 W 48th Street), its original Broadway home, for ten weeks only with performances beginning Tuesday, July 9, 2013 through Sunday, September 15, 2013 and an official opening set for Sunday, July 14, 2013.  Five-time Grammy Award-winner Gilberto Santa Rosa will star as the first special guest star for the first three weeks of the engagement.  Future vocalist casting will be announced at a later date.  Tickets will go on sale to the general public starting Tuesday, May 28, 2013.

AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP
ACQUIRES THE BIGGEST THEATER ON BROADWAY

Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the UK’s largest theatre owner/operator and a multi award winning theater production group, has through its subsidiary, Lyric Theatre LLC, acquired The Foxwoods Theatre from Live Nation Entertainment.

RETURN ENGAGEMENT BY POPULAR DEMAND!
14 PERFORMANCES ONLY! 
THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY
PRESENTS

I’M  A  S T R A N G E R   H E R E   M Y S E L F
A NEW MUSICAL

WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY MARK NADLER

DIRECTED BY DAVID SCHWEIZER

FEATURING FRANCA VERCELLONI AND JESSICA TYLER WRIGHT 

PERFORMANCES RESUME MAY 28 THROUGH JUNE 9TH

AT YORK THEATRE COMPANY AT SAINT PETER’S

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

New York, NY (May 20, 2013) – By popular demand, York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Andrew Levine, Executive Director) has announced the return engagement of the new musical I’m a Stranger Here Myself, written and performed by Mark Nadler, with Franca Vercellonion accordion, Jessica Tyler Wright on vioinand directed by David Schweizer.

2013 DRAMA DESK AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED

www.DramaDeskAwards.com

(Sunday, May 19, 2013) – Winners for the 58^th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this evening at The Town Hall.

GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS PRESENTS

PIPPIN

NEW BROADWAY CAST RECORDING

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY STEPHEN SCHWARTZ

BOOK BY ROGER O. HIRSON

NOMINATED FOR TEN 2013 TONY AWARDS

DIGITAL RELEASE ON JUNE 4 – DISC IN STORES JULY 9

THE ALBUM FEATURES A 700 MEMBER CHORUS
AND FOUR SPECIAL SINGALONG BONUS TRACKS

Get Pippin Tickets

New York, NY (5/17/13) – Ghostlight Records will present the New Broadway Cast Recording for Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz’s beloved coming-of-age musical comedy PIPPIN with a digital release on June 4 and the CD in stores on July 9. The acclaimed revival has been hailed as “astonishing” by The New York Times, “amazing and eye-popping” by Entertainment Weekly and “the season’s best musical, jazz hands down” by USA Today. The show, which was nominated for 10 Tony Awards including “Best Musical Revival,” is now playing at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street). The album is co-produced by composer Stephen Schwartz and Kurt Deutsch with Howard and Janet Kagan serving as executive producers. For updates on the album, please visit www.sh-k-boom.com/pippin.html.