Alfred Drake News

Toronto Operetta Theatre's production is a feast for the ears, though the show still creaks. * * * 1/2 (out of 5)

This musical Arabian night is more of a tired businessman show gleefully passing itself off as high art

On February 9th, the Encores! production of Kismet, starring Brian Stokes Mitchell as Hajj the Poet and Marin Mazzie as the seductive Lalume, will open to run through February 12th

Tom Aldredge, Danny Gurwin, Marcy Harriell and more will join Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie in the star-studded Encores! presentation of Kismet from February 9th through 12th

Keith Andes, who performed in films and in such musicals as Wildcat, has passed away at the age of 85

Frequent co-stars Marin Mazzie and Brian Stokes Mitchell will once again team up for the Encores! production of Kismet, which will open in February of 2006

Two of the three shows in the 'Encores!' series have been announced.

Robert Wright, whose musicals with George Forrest gave a Broadway voice to classical composers, passed away on July 27th at the age of 90

Broadway's Lost Treasures III, which will premiere on PBS on August 7th, will offer up a treasure trove of Tony Awards rarities from the past