W.S. Gilbert News

Vortex Theater Company will open its 24th season, a season devoted to musicals, with a radical new version of Gilbert & Sullivan's audience favorite H.M.S. Pinafore, directed by Dave Dalton, with musical direction by Edward Barnes and choreography by Carrie Cimma.

Vortex Theater Company has announced its plans for the company's 24th season - featuring three musicals

A sense of flippant musical comedy silliness, combined with a legit soprano of crystalline clarity, provided a keen balance of artistry and entertainment in Kristin Chenoweth's Metropolitan Opera concert debut

The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players return to City Center with two classic operettas

An extension has been announced for Goodspeed Musicals' production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates on Penzance, which will now play at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT through December 17th.

Casting has been announced for Goodspeed Musicals' swashbuckling next show. Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates on Penzance will be performed at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT from October 6th through December 10th

The nominations have been released for the 2006 Laurence Olivier Awards. The ceremony for this year's awards will take place at the Park Lane Hilton on February, 2006. Leading the pack this year are Billy Elliot with nine nominations, and Guys and Dolls with eight.

The 20th Anniversary Lucille Lortel Awards will be hosted by Julie Halston and Bruce Vilanch on May 2nd at Dodgers Stages

The League Of Off-Broadway Theatres And Producers is proud to announce the nominations for THE 20TH ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OFF-BROADWAY, which will be presented on Monday, May 2nd at Dodger Stages (340 West 50th Street) at 7 PM. A late night supper will follow at Ruth's Chris Steak House (148 West 51st Street). A cocktail reception to congratulate all of the nominees will be held on April 18th at Ruby Foo's Uptown (2182 Broadway at 77th Street).

The production, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner and directed by Edward Berkeley, will be performed March 17-19 and 22, 2005.

It's also a treat to see this G&S classic produced in a style more in keeping with its operetta roots. It is an operetta, after all.