| Spacey, Redgrave, Angel, Gray and More Are Stars in the Alley June 6
Among those scheduled to appear are Hairspray's Ashley Parker Angel, Rent's Tamyra Gray, Heartbreak House's Swoosie Kurtz, Chicago's Joey Lawrence, The Year of Magical Thinking's Vanessa Redgrave and A Moon for the Misbegotten's Kevin Spacey. The morning event features performances and/or appearances from most every production currently playing on Broadway. Among this year's participating shows are Beauty and the Beast, Chicago, Company, Coram Boy, Curtains, The Drowsy Chaperone, Frost/Nixon, Grey Gardens, Hairspray, Heartbreak House, Inherit the Wind, Jersey Boys, Journey's End, Legally Blonde The Musical, Les Misrables, The Lion King, The Little Dog Laughed, Mamma Mia!, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Monty Python's Spamalot, The Phantom of the Opera, The Pirate Queen, Radio Golf, Rent, Spring Awakening, Talk Radio, Tarzan, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Wicked, Xanadu and The Year of Magical Thinking.
The Lion King Opens in South Africa Tonight
Disneys The Lion King opens tonight in South Africa at the new Montecasino Teatro in Johannesburg. Preview performances have so far been welcomed by cheering and standing ovations from capacity crowds. Guests tonight include Deputy President, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Oprah Winfrey with students of her Girls Academy, and Robert A. Iger, President and CEO, The Walt Disney Company. The South African premiere celebrates and kicks-off the 10th Anniversary of the opening The Lion King on Broadway, which will be celebrated Sunday, November 11. Produced by Thomas Schumacher, President, Disney Theatrical Productions, along with South African co-producers Lebo M, international recording artist and co-composer of The Lion King, and Pieter Toerien, veteran theatre producer, The Lion King is directed by Tony Award winning director, Julie Taymor.
Georgia Stitt Plays El Portal June 2
Composer and musical director Georgia Stitt will present the West Coast premiere of her recent CD, "This Ordinary Thursday," with a live performance at North Hollywood's El Portal Theatre on June 2.Stitt, who worked as the vocal coach on NBC's reality series "Grease: You're the One That I Want," most recently was the musical director of It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman at Reprise! Broadway's Best Marvelous Musical Monday in Los Angeles.Joining Stitt on stage will be special friends Susan Egan (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Shoshana Bean (Wicked), Jean Louisa Kelly (Into the Woods), Adam Hunter and Dan Callaway. Also scheduled to participate in the evening are two contestants from "Grease: You're the One That I Want," Chad Doreck and Kathleen Montelone.Stitt makes her living as a composer, lyricist, musical director, conductor, arranger, and pianist.
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