Ute Lemper News

BroadwayWorld's 2010 Valentine's Day gift to you, the 5th Annual 'What's the Most Romantic Broadway Love Song Ever?' brings you over 500 stars, industry professionals, and personalities from across the globe, and this year Barbra Streisand, Susan Boyle, Bernadette Peters, Cameron Mackintosh, HAIR, GLEE and many, many more!

The line-up for the show that Stephen Holden of the NY Times called 'The Nightclub world's equivalent of the Tony's' is fast becoming blindingly bright in its star appeal.

El musical ha obtenido un gran éxito de público y recaudación desde su estreno el pasado Noviembre en el Teatro Coliseum de Madrid llegando a 4,5 millones de euros en tan sólo 5 semanas.

Broadway and cabaret star Ute Lemper will appear at a gala for the Berlin Wall Project, hosted by the Wende Museum and Archive of the Cold War in Los Angeles on November 8. The gala will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

RISK!, a new stage show created by The States Kevin Allison will play Joe's Pub on October 14. The unique concept show will showcase creative people telling true stories in risky ways, talking about taking risks, and taking on risky subjects.

Broadway and cabaret star Ute Lemper will appear at a gala for the Berlin Wall Project, hosted by the Wende Museum and Archive of the Cold War in Los Angeles on November 8. The gala will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

RISK!, a new stage show created by The States Kevin Allison will play Joe's Pub on October 14. The unique concept show will showcase creative people telling true stories in risky ways, talking about taking risks, and taking on risky subjects.

On Monday, Broadway's best singers gathered on the Town Hall stage to perform some of the funniest, most dramatic, most rousing and most poignant showstoppers from musicals. Ably directed by Scott Thompdon and musically guided by musical director Fred Barton (who must surely have an aging portrait locked in at attic somewhere, and who performed mere days after sustaining injuries in a car accident), the evening represented songs ranging from jazz standards by Eubie Blake to this year's Tony winner for best score, Next to Normal.

The Town Hall continues to present acclaimed Broadway concerts this July with its 3rd Annual Summer Broadway Festival. Presented on three consecutive Monday nights at 8PM, The Town Hall's 3rd Annual Summer Broadway Festival began with Broadway Winners: The Award-Winning Music of Broadway! on Monday, July 13th at 8PM.

9 to 5's Megan Hilty joins the cast of Broadway Winners: The Award-Winning Music of Broadway! on Monday, July 13th at 8PM, which is presented by The Town Hall. Created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall, with musical direction by Fred Barton and direction by Scott Thompson, Broadway Winners features the music created on the Great White Way that won Tonys, Grammys and Academy Awards.

The Town Hall continues to present acclaimed Broadway concerts this July with its 3rd Annual Summer Broadway Festival. Presented on three consecutive Monday nights at 8PM, The Town Hall's 3rd Annual Summer Broadway Festival begins with Broadway Winners: The Award-Winning Music of Broadway! on Monday, July 13th at 8PM.

9 to 5's Megan Hilty joins the cast of Broadway Winners: The Award-Winning Music of Broadway! on Monday, July 13th at 8PM, which is presented by The Town Hall. Created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall, with musical direction by Fred Barton and direction by Scott Thompson, Broadway Winners features the music created on the Great White Way that won Tonys, Grammys and Academy Awards.

We're now well into summer and the last Broadway season brought many new recordings for us to listen to and own. Also, some specialty recordings and solo entries.

The Town Hall continues to present acclaimed Broadway concerts this July with its 3rd Annual Summer Broadway Festival. Presented on three consecutive Monday nights at 8PM, The Town Hall's 3rd Annual Summer Broadway Festival begins with Broadway Winners: The Award-Winning Music of Broadway! on Monday, July 13th at 8PM.

In contrast to the earlier shows of the ninth Broadway by the Year season, Scott Siegel chose a year with several hit shows?and hit shows?as the season finale at Town Hall last week. 1970 is probably best known for Company and Applause, but this was also the year of Purlie and The Rothschilds, as well as one of Richard Rodgers? final musicals, Two by Two. To his credit, Siegel gave every show ample opportunity to prove its worth, offering a wide spectrum of songs and styles, nicely accompanied (as always) by Ross Patterson and his Little Big Band.

Broadway Musicals of 1970 was presented by The Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street) on Monday, June 15th at 8PM. Concluding its ninth season with this concert, the critically acclaimed Broadway By The Year® series is known for great singing and spectacular Broadway dancing. The series is created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall. The show was directed and choreographed by Fred Astaire Award nominee Jeffry Denman, who also performed in the show.

Ute Lemper, the internationally renowned multi-faceted singer-songwriter, actress, will perform songs from her new self-penned album Between Yesterday and Tomorrow with her full band on board in a one night only CD release concert June 9 at 7pm and 9pm at Le Poisson Rouge in New York. Ute will also sign copies of her new CD at Barnes and Noble on June 8 at 7:30.

Washington National Opera (WNO) has announced that Stephen Llewellyn of Portland, Oregon has won tickets to Opera Ball as part of a Twitter contest called '#operaplot,' which challenged entrants to summarize the plot of an opera in 140 characters or less. Mr. Llewellyn has chosen to donate his prize to long-time Washington, D.C. music teacher, Priscilla Barrow.

On Monday, January 26 at 7 PM, the 7th Annual Nightlife Awards Concert, hailed as 'The Nightclub World's Equivalent of the Tony's' by Stephen Holden of the New York Times, returns once again with the most -- and the best -- entertainment of any awards show in the world. The reason is simple: there are no acceptance speeches at The Nightlife Awards.

Various news outlets are reporting the sudden news that The Zipper Factory is to cease operations immediately. No further information is available at the current time, but BroadwayWorld.com will bring it to you as we get it.