Every spring the new crop of Drama League Directing Fellows come to New York City for a week of immersion with theater professionals. Bonnie Comley, Vice President of the Board for the Drama League and her husband six time Tony Winner, Stewart F. Lane hosted a dinner at the new Bond45 for a pre-theater meal and conversation about commercial producing. Also, at the table to share their expertise was another multi Tony Award winning couple, Janet Kagan also a Drama League Board member and Howard Kagan and the Drama League's Executive Artistic Director, Gabriel Stelian-Shanks and Program Director, Sherri Eden Barber.
- 5/18/2018
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Josh Groban will make his Broadway debut in September 2016 in the new musical “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,” producers announced Monday. The pop opera, which premiered Off Off Broadway in 2012, is an adaptation of about 70 pages of Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” created by Dave Malloy. Groban, a Grammy nominee, will play a dissolute Moscow aristocrat named Pierre who’s drawn into the drama surrounding a too-easily corrupted young countess, Natasha. Rachel Chavkin will direct the Broadway production as she has previous versions. Howard & Janet Kagan and Paula Marie Black will produce. Also Read: 'The Color Purple'.
- 12/14/2015
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Tuck Everlasting,the new musical based onNatalie Babbitt'sbeloved best-selling novel of the same name, will play Broadway'sBroadhurst Theatre235 West 44thStreet this spring with opening night set forSunday, April 17, 2016. The show will begin previewsWednesday, March 23, 2016first preview was previously announced forMarch 19. The musical, which debuted earlier this year in a record-breaking engagement at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, features a book byTony AwardnomineeClaudia ShearDirty Blonde, music byChris MillerThe Burnt Part Boys, lyrics byNathan TysenThe Burnt Part Boys, and direction and choreography by Tony Award winnerCasey NicholawSomething Rotten, Aladdin, The Book of Mormon.Tuck EVERLASTINGis produced byGrove Entertainment, Arlene Scanlan amp Michael Jackowitz, Howard amp Janet Kagan,andBarry Brown.
- 7/21/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Howard and Janet Kagan have announced complete casting for the new revival of On The Town, the musical-comedy love letter to New York City opening on Broadway this fall. Directed by John Rando Tony Award for Urinetown and choreographed by Joshua Bergasse Emmy Award winner for 'Smash' On The Town is set to begin previews on Saturday, September 20, 2014 and officially opens on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Broadway's Lyric Theatre 213 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036. Tickets for the new Broadway revival of On The Town are on sale now and available at Ticketmaster.com.
- 8/4/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Howard amp Janet Kagan have announced that Jackie Hoffman will join the upcoming Broadway revival of On The Town as Madame Dilly. Directed by John Rando Tony Award for Urinetown and choreographed by Joshua Bergasse Emmy Award winner for 'Smash' On The Town is set to begin previews on Saturday, September 20, 2014 and officially opens on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Broadway's Lyric Theatre 213 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036. Tickets for the new Broadway revival of On The Town are on sale now and available at Ticketmaster.com.
- 7/31/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Bronx is up, the Battery’s down, and this fall, On the Town — the musical comedy that is considered a “love letter” to New York — will be returning to Broadway in a brand-new production, just in time to coincide with the show’s 70th anniversary. The revival will be produced by Howard & Janet Kagan (Pippin, The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess) and will feature choreography by Emmy winner Joshua Bergasse (Smash). Tony winner John Rando (Urinetown, A Christmas Story) is set to direct.
On the Town will find its new home at The Lyric Theatre, which was most recently called the...
On the Town will find its new home at The Lyric Theatre, which was most recently called the...
- 3/6/2014
- by Andrea Towers
- EW.com - PopWatch
Producers Howard amp Janet Kagan Pippin, The Gershwins' Porgy amp Bess just announced that a new Broadway revival of On The Town - the musical-comedy love letter to New York City - will open in October 2014 at the Lyric Theatre. This year marks the 70thanniversary of the opening of this iconic musical comedy created by the legendary creative team of Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Jerome Robbins. The Lyric Theatre will be reopened after a renovation being completed by its new owners, Ambassador Theatre Group. This historic theater at the crossroads of 42nd Street and Times Square was created from a combination of the original Apollo Theater, and the original Lyric Theatre that stood on the site, and the facade of which still stands on 42nd and 43rd Streets.
- 3/6/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
[Press Release] (New York, New York – March 6, 2014) Producers Howard & Janet Kagan (Pippin, The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess) are proud to announce that a new Broadway revival of On The Town – the musical-comedy love letter to New York City – will open in October 2014 at the Lyric Theatre. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the opening of this iconic musical comedy created by the legendary creative team of Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Jerome Robbins. The Lyric Theatre will be reopened after a renovation being completed by its new owners, Ambassador Theatre Group. This historic theater at the crossroads of 42nd Street and Times Square was created from a combination of the original Apollo Theater, and the original Lyric Theatre that stood on the site, and...
- 3/6/2014
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
How do you preserve a comet mid-blaze? By capturing it on screen before it burns out.
Producers of the acclaimed electro-pop opera Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 are planning a feature film adaptation of the Off Broadway spectacle to the big screen, enlisting the help of fans by way of a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a cinematic adaptation of the long-running show.
Independent film director Abe Sylvia (Dirty Girl, Showtime’s Nurse Jackie) is attached to capture the immersive experience of The Great Comet, which tells a scandalous portion of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace...
Producers of the acclaimed electro-pop opera Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 are planning a feature film adaptation of the Off Broadway spectacle to the big screen, enlisting the help of fans by way of a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a cinematic adaptation of the long-running show.
Independent film director Abe Sylvia (Dirty Girl, Showtime’s Nurse Jackie) is attached to capture the immersive experience of The Great Comet, which tells a scandalous portion of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace...
- 2/7/2014
- by Marc Snetiker
- EW.com - PopWatch
Producers Howard and Janet Kagan announced today that due to popular demand, the limited engagement of Natasha, Pierre amp The Great Comet Of 1812, named one of the Best Musicals of 2013 by The New York Times and one of Time Magazine's Top 10 Musicals of 2013,will extend for the third time at Kazino 45th Street between Times Square and 8thAvenue. Tickets are on sale now at Telecharge.com for performances through Sunday, March 2, 2014.
- 1/16/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
[Press Release] (New York, NY – January 16, 2013) Producers Howard and Janet Kagan announced today that due to popular demand, the limited engagement of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet Of 1812, named one of the Best Musicals of 2013 by The New York Times and one of Time Magazine’s Top 10 Musicals of 2013,will extend for the third time at Kazino (45th Street between Times Square and 8thAvenue). Tickets are on sale now at Telecharge.com for performances through Sunday, March 2, 2014. Since its first production at Ars Nova in the fall of 2012, The Great Comet has become a sensation, meriting expansion this summer to a 199 seat pop-up supper club built specifically for the production in the Meatpacking District. After playing to packed houses since May, producers Howard & Janet...
- 1/16/2014
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Matt Ross Public Relations - a new agency dedicated to creating and executing focused, impactful publicity campaigns for theatre productions and entities in New York and beyond - will open its doors for business on Monday, January 6, 2014. The agency will consist of founder Matt Ross and associate Nicole Capatasto, both formerly of The Hartman Group. Clients will include Murder For Two Natasha, Pierre amp The Great Comet of 1812 the upcoming Broadway revival of On The Town and Maxolev Productions Howard amp Janet Kagan with additional projects to be announced in the near future.
- 1/3/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
New York -- Thanksgiving is traditionally one of the busiest periods on the Broadway calendar, but the holiday week was an especially bountiful one for Pippin, with grosses pushing the Tony-winning musical revival into profit. On Monday, lead producers Barry and Fran Weissler and Howard and Janet Kagan announced that the hit production, which was first seen at American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass., had recouped its $8.5 million capitalization costs as of Sunday, Dec. 1. Photos: Broadway Musicals That Have Sung Their Way to the Big Screen The circus-themed take on Stephen Schwartz's and Roger O. Hirson's musical won four Tony
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- 12/2/2013
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Natasha, Pierre amp The Great Comet Of 1812, which concluded a hit summer engagement downtown on September 2nd, will take up residence in the Theater District, on West 45th Street between Times Square and 8thAvenue, for a 14-week limited run beginning September 24th. Since its first production at Ars Nova in the fall of 2012, the show has become a sensation, meriting expansion this summer to a 199 seat pop-up supper club built specifically for the production in the Meatpacking District. After playing to packed houses since May, producers Howard amp Janet Kagan will bring Dave Malloy's acclaimed electopop opera and its opulent custom venue - Kazino - to the heart of the theater district.
- 9/3/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ghostlight Records will release the original cast recording of the hit downtown production of Dave Malloy's electropop opera Natasha, Pierre amp The Great Comet Of 1812 later in 2013. The album was recorded Monday, August 26th at Msr Studios in New York City. The recording - which preserves the entire score on two discs - was produced by Dean Sharenow, Howard and Janet Kagan and Kurt Deutsch. Sign up to pre-order at www.sh-k-boom.comgreatcomet.
- 8/30/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ghostlight Records will present the New Broadway Cast Recording for Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's beloved coming-of-age musical comedy Pippin with a digital release on June 4 and the CD in stores on July 9. Customers that purchase the album on the exclusiveiTunes pre-order will receive an immediate download of the 'Magic To Do' opening number. The special new 'Magic To Do' video is now available onYouTube. For a special sneak preview of the cast recording, visit EW.com. The album is co-produced by composer Stephen Schwartz and Kurt Deutsch withHoward and Janet Kagan serving as executive producers. To pre-order physical CD copies and listen to samples from the album, please visit www.sh-k-boom.compippin.html.
- 5/29/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ghostlight Records will present the New Broadway Cast Recording for Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's beloved coming-of-age musical comedyPIPPIN with a digital release on June 4 and the CD in stores on July 9. The acclaimed revival has been hailed as 'astonishing' by The New York Times, 'amazing and eye-popping' byEntertainment Weekly and 'the season's best musical, jazz hands down' by USA Today. The show, which was nominated for 10 Tony Awards including 'Best Musical Revival,' is now playing at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street. The album is co-produced by composer Stephen Schwartz and Kurt Deutsch with Howard and Janet Kagan serving as executive producers. For updates on the album, please visit www.sh-k-boom.compippin.html.
- 5/16/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Barry amp Fran Weissler and Howard amp Janet Kagan have just announced that the critically acclaimed and Tony-nominated Broadway musical Pippin will launch a Us national tour in September 2014, at the Buell Theatre in Denver, Co. Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's beloved coming-of-age musical comedy Pippin is directed by Diane Paulus featuring choreography by Chet Walker in the style of Bob Fosse and circus creation by Gypsy Snider of the Montreal-based circus company Les 7 doigts de la main also known as 7 Fingers. The production is now playing at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street.
- 5/15/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
BroadwayWorld has confirmed that Ghostlight Records will release the New Broadway Cast Recording for Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's beloved coming-of-age musical comedy Pippin, which is now playing at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street, on June 4 digitally and July 9 in stores. The album will be co-produced by composer Stephen Schwartz and Kurt Deutsch, and executive produced by Howard amp Janet Kagan.
- 5/13/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ghostlight Records will release the New Broadway Cast Recording for Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's beloved coming-of-age musical comedy Pippin, which is now playing at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street and opens on Thursday, April 25. The cast will record the album on April 29. The album will be release in June 2013 date to be announced and will feature material from the show never previously recorded. The album will be co-produced by composer Stephen Schwartz and Kurt Deutsch, and executive produced by Howard amp Janet Kagan.
- 4/8/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Broadway In Boston and Producers Broadway Across America - Beth Williams Howard amp Janet Kagan and Barry Brown have announced that tickets for the upcoming Boston engagement of the highly anticipated Pre-Broadway World Premiere of Tuck Everlasting will go on sale to the public this Sunday, March 10th beginning at 10am. This limited three week engagement will play the historic Citi Performing Arts Center Emerson Colonial Theatre July 28-August 18, 2013 and is part of the Lexus Broadway In Boston Series.
- 3/8/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Barry amp Fran Weissler and Howard amp Janet Kagan present Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus. Pippin will begin preview performances on Broadway Saturday, March 23, 2013 and officially open Thursday, April 25, 2013 at the Music Box Theatre. Tickets are available through www.telecharge.compippin, by calling 212-239-6200, and in person beginning Saturday, March 2nd at the Music Box Theatre box office 239 West 45th Street. Check out a sneak peek of the show below...
- 2/25/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Barry amp Fran Weissler and Howard amp Janet Kagan have announced casting for Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus. Pippin will begin preview performances on Broadway Saturday, March 23, 2013 and officially open Thursday, April 25, 2013 at the Music Box Theatre. Tickets are available through www.telecharge.compippin, by calling 212-239-6200, and in person beginning Saturday, March 2nd at the Music Box Theatre box office 239 West 45th Street.
- 2/4/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Broadway Across America Beth Williams, Howard amp Janet Kagan and Barry Brown just announced casting for the world premiere production of the new musical Tuck Everlasting at Boston's Citi Performing Arts Center Emerson Colonial Theatre 106 Boylston Street from July 28-August 18, 2013. The pre-Broadway production will feature in alphabetical order Fred Applegate Sister Act as Constable Joe,' Marylouise Burke Fuddy Meers as Nana,' Tony Award nominee Carolee Carmello Scandalous as Ma Tuck,' David Garrison Titanic as The Man In The Yellow Suit,' Andrew Keenan-Bolger Newsies as Jesse Tuck,' Daytime Emmy Award Winner Michael Park How To Succeed as Pa Tuck,' Michael Wartella The Kid as Hugo,' and Valerie Wright Elf as Mother,' and will introduce Sadie Sink in the role of Winnie.'...
- 1/23/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tickets go on sale to the general public today for the first Broadway revival of Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus, produced by Barry amp Fran Weissler and Howard amp Janet Kagan. Tickets are available through www.Telecharge.com, by calling 212-239-6200, and in person beginning Saturday, March 2nd at the Music Box Theatre box office 239 West 45th Street.
- 1/14/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Barry amp Fran Weissler and Howard amp Janet Kagan present the American Repertory Theater's 40th Anniversary production of Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus, on Broadway in the Spring of 2013. Pippin will begin preview performances on Broadway on Saturday, March 23, 2013 and officially open on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street. The marquee just went up at the Music Box and you can check it out below...
- 1/9/2013
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
An exclusive ticket pre-sale through Audience Rewards began today at 10 a.m. for the American Repertory Theater's 40th Anniversary production of Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus, produced by Barry amp Fran Weissler and Howard amp Janet Kagan. During this pre-sale period, tickets can be purchased at www.AudienceRewards.com. Single tickets go on sale Monday, January 14. Pippin will begin preview performances on Broadway Saturday, March 23, 2013 and officially open Thursday, April 25, 2013 at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street. Pippin is currently playing through January 20, 2013 at the American Repertory Theater A.R.T. in Cambridge, Ma, where Diane Paulus serves as Artistic Director. The beloved coming-of-age musical Pippin, with a book by Roger O. Hirson, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, is directed by Diane Paulus with circus creation by Gypsy Snider of the Montreal-based circus company Les 7 doigts de la main also known...
- 1/8/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
As BroadwayWorld reported last night, producers Barry amp Fran Weissler and Howard amp Janet Kagan will present the American Repertory Theater's 40th Anniversary production of Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus, on Broadway in the Spring of 2013. Pippin will begin preview performances on Broadway on Saturday, March 23, 2013 and officially open on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th Street.
- 1/4/2013
- by Review Roundups
- BroadwayWorld.com
Pippin began performances last night, December 5 at The American Repertory Theater A.R.T., and already there is more buzz about the show attracting Broadway producers. According to the New York Times, producing team Baryy and Fran Weissler along with Howard and Janet Kagan have given enhancement money in order to 'enable them to put together a commercial production of Pippin for Broadway.'...
- 12/6/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Broadway Across America John Gore, Thomas B. McGrath, Beth Williams, Barbara Whitman, Latitude Link, Dede Harris, Sharon Karmazin, and Howard and Janet Kagan have just announced that the La Jolla Playhouse production of the new American musical Hands On A Hardbody will open Thursday, March 21, 2013 at Broadways Brooks Atkinson Theatre 256 West 47th Street, following a preview period that begins Saturday, February 23, 2013. Ticket information will be announced shortly.
- 10/2/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and Howard amp Janet Kagan announced today that The Anarchist, a new play written and directed by David Mamet starring Patti LuPONE and Debra Winger, previously announced to be presented at the Lyceum Theatre, will now be presented on Broadway at the newly refurbished Golden Theatre 252 West 45th Street. All persons who purchased tickets prior to the venue change will be contacted by Telecharge.
- 8/6/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Producers Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and Howard amp Janet Kagan have announced that three-time Academy Award nominee Debra Winger will be making her Broadway debut in the American premiere of The Anarchist, a new play written and directed by David Mamet. Wingers previous stage credits include How I Learned to Drive and Ivanov at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts and The Exonerated in New York.
- 6/5/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Just yesterday, producers Broadway Across America John Gore, Thomas B. McGrath, Beth Williams, Rich Entertainment Group Bob and Mindy Rich, Barbara Whitman, Latitude Link, Dede Harris, Sharon Karmazin, and Howard and Janet Kagan just announced that the La Jolla Playhouse production of the new American musical Hands On A Hardbody will bow on Broadway in the 2012-2013 season. In preparation for the new musical's move to the Great White Way, BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at photos and video from the production below...
- 5/30/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
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