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Eartha Kitt Joins Star Cast for Westport's Kander Tribute

Eartha Kitt, Emmy Award winner, and Grammy and three-time Tony Award nominee, has joined previously announced award-winning talents Shuler Hensley, Debra Monk, James Naughton, Bebe Neuwirth, David Hyde Pierce, Ben Vereen and Karen Ziemba to honor John Kander, the Tony Award-winning composer of Chicago, Cabaret and Curtains, on Monday, September 24, at Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, Connecticut. (more...)

Eartha Kitt's Cafe Carlyle show will be recorded by DRG Records for an October release date (more...)

BWW TV: Broadway Beat Special - A Tribute to Eartha Mae Kitt

Eartha Kitt passed after a long battle against colon cancer on Christmas Day, 2008 in Weston, Connecticut at the age of 81. To remember the musical superstar, Broadway Beat assembled a collection of video segments they had filmed with the entertainment legend throught the years. (more...)

Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Eartha Kitt, Charles Grodin and others to be announced will read classic, contemporary and humorous love poems in 'Come Be My Love….Love Spoken Here,' on Saturday February, 10, 8 p.m., at Westport Country Playhouse. (more...)

A new London-based recording company, Stage Door Records, celebrates its new label by launching four new remastered vintage albums: Wish You Were Here original Broadway cast recording, Pal Joey & On Your Toes original cast recordings (double-set), New Faces Of 1956 and Mrs. Patterson (two Broadway shows produced by Leonard Sillman in the 1950s), and Shirley Bassey - The Early Years. (more...)

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Kitt, Huffman, Hensley Star in Kander & Ebb's All About Us

Westport Country Playhouse has announced that Grammy, Emmy and three-time Tony Award nominee Eartha Kitt, and Tony Award winners Shuler Hensley and Cady Huffman will appear in the new Kander and Ebb musical, All About Us, which opens the Playhouse 2007 season, April 10 through April 28. (more...)

Photo Tribute: Eartha Kitt Remembered

Eartha Kitt passed after a long battle against colon cancer on Christmas Day, 2008 in Weston, Connecticut at the age of 81. To remember the musical superstar, BWW Photographer Walter McBride has assembled a collection of his favorite photos that he was honored to be able to take of the entertainment legend. BroadwayWorld.com is proud to share them with you in memory of the woman and talent that was Eartha Kitt. (more...)

Legendary Star Eartha Kitt Dies at 81

Star of stage and screen, Eartha Kitt has died at 81 of colon cancer according to her longtime publicist, Andrew Freedman. (more...)

Kitt to Star in Mimi le Duck; Likely for All About Us

Eartha Kitt will star with Annie Golden and others in Mimi le Duck this fall at New World Stages and is also likely to appear in the Westport Country Playhouse's production of the Kander and Ebb musical All About Us (more...)

Playhouse South Presents AND NEVER BEEN KISSED 4/23-25, 4/30-5/1

Playhouse South, A Community Theater continues its 50th Anniversary season with the teenage comedy, And Never Been Kissed. Performances are April 23-25, and April 30-May 1, 2010 (Fr-Su). Friday and Saturday performances are at 8:00 pm and the Sunday performance is 2:00 pm. (more...)

Playhouse South Presents AND NEVER BEEN KISSED 4/23-25, 4/30-5/1

Playhouse South, A Community Theater continues its 50th Anniversary season with the teenage comedy, And Never Been Kissed. Performances are April 23-25, and April 30-May 1, 2010 (Fr-Su). Friday and Saturday performances are at 8:00 pm and the Sunday performance is 2:00 pm. (more...)

Playhouse South Presents AND NEVER BEEN KISSED 4/23-25, 4/30-5/1

Playhouse South, A Community Theater continues its 50th Anniversary season with the teenage comedy, And Never Been Kissed. Performances are April 23-25, and April 30-May 1, 2010 (Fr-Su). Friday and Saturday performances are at 8:00 pm and the Sunday performance is 2:00 pm. (more...)

Playhouse South Presents AND NEVER BEEN KISSED 4/23-25, 4/30-5/1

Playhouse South, A Community Theater continues its 50th Anniversary season with the teenage comedy, And Never Been Kissed. Performances are April 23-25, and April 30-May 1, 2010 (Fr-Su). Friday and Saturday performances are at 8:00 pm and the Sunday performance is 2:00 pm. (more...)