Hershey Felder News

Cleveland Play House Artistic Director Michael Bloom announces a 2009-2010 Season rooted in winning entertainment and community relevance. A world-premiere adaptation, co-productions with regional theatre partners and the return of acclaimed performers and directors all contribute to the schedule Bloom has designed for The Play House's 94th consecutive season.

There's something to sing about - and laugh about - during The Laguna Playhouse's 2009-2010 Mainstage season, which includes five fantastic plays beginning this summer with the musical revue My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra. Other plays on the season include the comedy Moonlight and Magnolias, the holiday hit The Winter Wonderettes, and the stellar musical showpiece Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone.

Beethoven, As I Knew Him will be performed in Tucson from April 8 -27, 2009 and in Phoenix from May 7 - 24, 2009.

Hershey Felder's Beethoven, As I Knew Him extends one week due to audience demand. Originally set to close the final week of September, Felder's Beethoven will now close with the 7pm performance onSunday, October 5. On the heels of the acclaimed productions ofHershey Felder's GeorgeGershwin Alone and Monsieur Chopin, the Geffen Playhouse presents the culmination of Hershey Felder's musical trilogy The Composer Sonata, Beethoven, As I Knew Him.

On the heels of the acclaimed productions of George Gershwin Alone and Monsieur Chopin, the Geffen Playhouse announces the highly anticipated culmination of Hershey Felder's Composer Trilogy, Beethoven, As I Knew Him, to kick off the theater's 2008-09 season.

The 2007 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards ceremony was held November 12 at downtown's The Orpheum Theatre. The nights big winners included Sleeping Beauty Wakes (World Premiere Musical), Film Chinois (World Premiere Play) and Jersey Boys (Touring Production)...

The 2007 LA Stage Alliance Ovation nominees have been announced. Celebrating excellence in Los Angeles Theatre, the awards will be presented on November 12 at 7:30PM at The Orpheum Theatre (842 S. Broadway, Downtown LA).

A show that started out in this city nearly eight years ago, Gershwin Alone tickles its way back into Angelenos' standards loving hearts with a run at the Geffen Playhouse...

The Geffen Playhouse will conclude its 2006/2007 season with George Gershwin Alone, written and performed by actor, playwright and Steinway Concert Artist Hershey Felder

The Geffen Playhouse will conclude its 2006/2007 season with George Gershwin Alone, written and performed by actor, playwright and Steinway Concert Artist Hershey Felder (composer, Fairytale, a musical; Les Anges de Paris, Suite for Violin and Piano).

Mask, a new musical drama based on the 1985 Peter Bogdanovich film about a facially deformed boy and his tough biker mother, will have its premiere at the Arizona Theatre Company as part of the theatre's 2007-2008 season.

Ravinia Festival Chairman Michael E. Lavin and President and CEO Welz Kauffman today announced details of the 2007 season of music theater and dance events.

The Ravinia Festival's 2007 summer season will include performances by such Broadway stars as Tony-winners Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lillias White and Heather Headley, as well as a staged concert production of The Most Happy Fella

Beethoven, a new play by Hershey Felder, will have its world premiere at Chicago's Royal George Theatre

Matthew Broderick, who was previously announced to star in the Broadway-bound Kenneth Lonergan play The Starry Messenger, will first take the play to the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in January of 2007

The Ravinia Festival in Chicago has announced its 2006 summer season; Elaine Stritch, Audra McDonald and others are set to join previously-announced stars such as Patti LuPone in the festival's starry line-up

Hershey Felder's Monsieur Chopin will run in Cambridge from June 15th through July 9th

Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald will headline Gershwin at Ravinia: Who Could Ask for Anything More? on July 15th, 2006

Hershey Felder's Monsieur Chopin has extended its run in Chicago for a second time, and will now close on December 4th

Monsieur Chopin, the one-man play about Frederic Chopin written by and starring Hershey Felder, will extend its run at Chicago's Royal George Theatre from August 30th to the month of October