Legendary Broadway Producer Liz McCann Dies at 90
ELIZABETH IRELAND McCANN, the iconoclastic Broadway producer who won nine Tony Awards during a 60-year career in theater, died after a bout with cancer on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, according to her longtime associate and friend, Kristen Luciani. She was 90 years old.
Boston Conservatory to Stage Reimagined SPRING AWAKENING, 3/3-6
The Boston Conservatory presents a new production of Spring Awakening, the landmark Tony Award-winning musical that fuses alternative rock and folk music with teenage sexual angst in the repressive German countryside of the late-19th century. The performance runs March 3-6 at The Boston Conservatory Theater.
Broadway-Aimed KENNEDY Musical Presents Staged Workshops in Chicago
This summer, BroadwayWorld reported on KENNEDY, based on the life of the 35th president, which was preparing for workshops in anticipation of a Broadway opening. The musical, a heavily reworked version of ONE SHINING MOMENT, is still aiming for Broadway, perhaps as early as next fall.
Anne Militello to Head CalArts' School of Theater Lighting Design Program
Veteran theater designer Anne Militello, who designed her first Broadway show at the age of 26 (Cuba and His Teddy Bear with Robert DeNiro), has been named Head of Lighting Design for California Institute of the Arts' (CalArts) School of Theater, announces School of Theater Dean Travis Preston.