Joey McKneely News

Veanne Cox, Michael Mulheren and P.J. Benjamin will join Sean Hayes, Jane Krakowski, Cheyenne Jackson, Ana Gasteyer and Randy Graff in Damn Yankees, running July 5 - 27, 2008 at New York City Center (55th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues).

Cheyenne Jackson, Randy Graff and Ana Gasteyer will join previously announced cast members Sean Hayes and Jane Krakowski in DAMN YANKEES running July 5 - 27, 2008 at New York City Center (55th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues). Damn Yankees will be directed by John Rando with Music Direction by Rob Berman and the original Bob Fosse choreography recreated by Mary MacLeod. A July 10 opening is planned.

On Sunday night December 16, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater honored its longtime impresario, Paul Szilard, at a pre-performance ceremony and post-performance reception at City Center, which also celebrated his 95th birthday.

West Side Story celebrates its 50th anniversary at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. Opening on November 20, the production of the celebrated 1957 show revives Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's score and Jerome Robbins' conception and choreography, with a book by Arthur Laurents-who will attend the full dress rehearsal on November 18.

West Side Story with an American cast will be performed in English at the historic Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.

Nerds://A Musical Software Satire began previews at the Philadelphia Theatre Company on January 25th and will open on January 31st for a run through February 25th.

With rehearsals now underway for the Philadelphia Theatre Company premiere of Nerds://A Musical Software Satire, the show's creators have launched a new daily blog, offering fans and audience members a first-hand look into the process of preparing the new musical for its Janaury 2007 debut

The Philadelphia Theatre Company will present the premiere of Nerds://A Musical Software Satire for 36 performances only

The Australian arena tour of The Boy From Oz, starring Hugh Jackman, may be headed back to London and to the US

The Australian tour of The Boy From Oz, starring Hugh Jackman, will play several cities in Arena theatres in 2006

Producer Marty Richards is considering putting Cy Coleman's 1997 show The Life on the big screen

Hugh Jackman will repeat his performance as the Boy from Oz' title role when the show comes to Sydney and Melbourne next year

What happened at the THE BOY FROM OZ party at the Copacabana club? Find out who was there, and who said what!