Albert Hackett News

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the second production of the 2005-2006 season: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett's timeless classic drama The Diary of Anne Frank adapted by Wendy Kesselman with direction by Carolyn Cantor.

Karen Ziemba, Phylicia Rashad, Chuck Cooper and Nancy Anderson will appear in the Actors' Fund benefit reading of the musical version of It's a Wonderful Life on December 12th

On December 12th, Brian Stokes Mitchell, David Hyde Pierce, Lauren Ambrose and Dominic Chianese will star in the Actors' Fund benefit reading of a musical version of It's a Wonderful Life

Paper Mill Playhouse announced its line-up for the 2005-2006 season and beginning in October, the new season of classic hits opens with Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella followed by The Dairy of Anne Frank, Carnival, William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and closing out the season will be Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly!

BroadwayWorld.com recently sat down with the New York Post's always controversial theater columnist - Michael Riedel. Read on to hear what he has to say about growing up *not* singing show tunes, Bernadette Peters, the current state of Broadway, and lots more...