Hearing Music

So, going through the press releases - found lots of musical events:

I'll start with a few just announced:

James Naughton will be directing a Cole Porter revue at the Wesport Country Playhouse come June. The show's been devised by David Armstrong, Mark Waldrop and Bruce W. Coyle, and promises such tunes as : “You’re the Top,” “It’s De-Lovely,” “Night and Day,” ”I Love Paris,” “Anything Goes,” “Just One of Those Things” and “In the Still of the Night.” It's called Hot ‘n Cole: A Cole Porter Celebration! and is going to run June 10 - 28.

In Orlando, the Orlando Cabaret Festival has announced its lineup for this 18 day even that begins on May 1. The Festival is hosted by Mad Cow Theatre and you're going to find the local (and national) sensation Toxic Audio is part of the lineup. The Festival will also feature four series of shows that highlight the works of composers like Porter, Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin and Jason Robert Brown. Also part of the Cabaret Festival concerts that focus on the hits of specific years. This year, you'll find 1931, 1941 and1951 all being celebrated.

In California, at the La Mirada Theatre, a revival of Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's I Do! I Do! will be the fourth production in the theater's 2007-2008 season, runnning April 11 - 27. Featured in this two-hander musical will be husband and wife team Brad Little (who's played the role of the Phantom over 2,000 times in theaters across America, on Broadway, and in Asia since 1997) and Barbara McCulloh, (who covered the role of Anna in The King and I on Broadway and was seen in the LCT production of The House in Town).

Finally, a few notes from last week:

Frederica von Stade, Susan Graham, Judy Kaye, Anna Christy, Darius de Haas, and Bruce Adler are all scheduled to perform on May 21 in "Here to Stay" a concert benefiting New York Festival of Song (NYFOS). The event wll be held at Zankel Hall.

In Chicago - sort of non-musical as it relates to a play, but he has written the books for several musicals....Larry Gelbart will be taking part in a post-show discussion at Evanston's Northlight Theatre this Sunday, March 30. He'll be talking about his new play, Better Late, which is premiering at Northlight. It runs March 28 - May 11.

Finally, at the Guthrie Theater in Minnesota, you'll find Tony Kushner an Jeanine Tesori's Caroline, or Change will be part of the company's 2008-2009 season. It's just one of three productions that will celebrate Kushner's work during the coming year. The Guthrie will also be producing a work it's commissioned, tentatively titled The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, and an evening of Kushner's short plays.

QUICK LINKS:

Westport Country Playhouse: www.westportplayhouse.com
Mad Cow Theatre: www.madcowtheatre.com
La Mirada Theatre: www.lamiradatheatre.com
NYFOS: www.nyfos.net
Northlight Theatre: www.northlight.org
Guthrie Theater: www.guthrietheater.org