Joe Yule

Ruby Rakos, Euan Morton & More Lead CHASING RAINBOWS NYC Reading

An NYC reading for the new musical CHASING RAINBOWS - THE ROAD TO OZ has been scheduled for this week in New York City, September 8-18. BroadwayWorld has learned that the reading will feature Ruby Rakos (Frances Gumm), Euan Morton (Frank Gumm / Roger Edens), Donna Lynne Champlin (Ethel Gumm), Michael Wartella (Joe Yule), Karen Mason (Kay Koverman), and Douglass Sills (George Jessel / L.B. Mayer), with Emily Rosenfeld, Beatice Tulchin, Emma Howard, Andrea Marie Laxton, Katie Wesler, Jessica Sheridan, Kevin B. McGlynn, Ben Crawford, Tommy Bracco, Sam Strassfeld, Katie Dixon, Tessa Grady, Jonalyn Saxer, Michael Milton, and Stephen Christopher Anthony.

Andy Hardy Grows Up- Mickey Rooney in SUGAR BABIES

Sugar Babies wasn't supposed to be a hit. The 1979 Broadway insiders 'knew' no one wanted to see two has-been movie stars doing hokey jokes from a long-dead low-brow genre. Yet, it was, a big, fat, lines-around-the-box-office smash. And why? Two words: Mickey Rooney.

Liza Minnelli Reacts to Passing of Mickey Rooney

Stage legend Liza Minnelli posted the following statement on her Official Facebook page regarding the loss of the Hollywood star

Carol Channing, Cher, Stephanie J. Block & More React to Passing of Mickey Rooney

Today, stars of stage and screen reacted to the passing of the stage and screen legend

Breaking News: Legendary Entertainer Mickey Rooney Dies at 93

According to TMZ, Mickey Rooney, who spent nearly his entire life in the show business, died today at 93, after being in ill health for quite some time. He appeared on Broadway in Sugar Babies (opposite fellow MGM legend Ann Miller) and The Will Rogers Follies.