Ed Kleban News

Legally Blonde writers Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin chat with BroadwayWorld in our Tony Award nominee interview series!

Songwriter Steven Lutvak, joined by three guest stars, will return to The Duplex on Sunday, April 22nd at 8 PM for a special one-night-only concert.

The Actors' Fund has announced a number of upcoming Special Performances benefiting the organization.

The 2007-2008 season at the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, which was announced today by CTG's Artistic Director Michael Ritchie, will be a yearlong celebration of the best in musical theatre.

The Broadway shows Company, The Little Dog Laughed and A Chorus Line will put on special benefit performances for The Actors' Fund, the national aid organization for everyone in entertainment

The ASCAP Foundation honored composer Marvin Hamlisch with the Richard Rodgers Award during its 11th Annual Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, December 6

The ASCAP Foundation will honor composer Marvin Hamlisch with the Richard Rodgers Award during its 11th Annual Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, December 6

Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals and Dori Berinstein, in association with MGM Onstage, Darcie Denkert and Dean Stolber, are psyched to announce LEGALLY BLONDE, the musical, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture. Previews begin on March 30, 2007 and opening night is set for April 26, 2007 at a Broadway theatre to be announced. LEGALLY BLONDE will play a world premiere, pre-Broadway engagement in San Francisco at The Orpheum Theatre January 2007.

Lonny Price will direct Mary Pat Gleason's one-woman show Stopping Traffic, which will open Off-Broadway on June 7th

We checked in with the star, who's currently in Los Angeles for her latest news, and the scoop on what it's like to make the transition from stage to the small screen.

Musicals Tonight's Arts Hour @ 6 has a new line-up for Spring 2005

Drama Desk Award-winning Melting Pot Theatre Company (Artistic Director Larry Hirschhorn, Managing Director Sean Patrick Flahaven) is proud to present the world premiere of Garth Wingfield's drama about the enigmatic Charles Lindbergh, in Flight at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher St. between Hudson and Bleecker St.). Previews begin Sunday, May 8th at 7 PM; opens Monday, May 16th at 7 PM; and closes June 19th, running Mondays, Wednesdays - Fridays at 8 PM, Saturdays at 2 PM & 8 PM and Sundays at 3 PM. Tickets are $55 and may be purchased by calling Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or by visiting www.TicketCentral.com. For more information, please visit www.MeltingPotTheatre.org.

On Monday, November 29 at 7pm, the Tony Award-winning songwriting team Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx will be singing their hit songs from Avenue Q, along with some unknown 'trunk songs' at Birdland (315 West 44th Street). This will be the first time the duo performs a full concert in public.