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Article | By Robert Simonson | September 16, 2009
Pierre Cossette, Broadway Producer, Dies at 85
Pierre Cossette, who won a Tony Award for producing The Will Rogers Follies, died on Sept. 11 in Montreal. He was 85.
Article | By Kenneth Jones | July 29, 2003
Sold-Out Leopold and Loeb Musical, Thrill Me, Gets One Added Show Aug. 1
The world premiere of Thrill Me has been so thrilling in its limited run in the Midtown International Theatre Festival that there are no more tickets left, prompting the addition of one new performance.
Article | By Kenneth Jones | July 16, 2003
Charnin Directs Thrill Me, Musical About Leopold & Loeb Murder, July 16-Aug. 3 in NYC
Thrill Me, the musical about the Leopold and Loeb murder case in the 1920s, gets its world premiere in a New York staging directed by Martin Charnin, in the Midtown International Theatre Festival July 16-Aug. 3.
Article | By Harry Haun | December 7, 2004
PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: 700 Sundays: A Mensch for All Seasons
The thunderous applause that greeted Billy Crstyal's official first night on Broadway--on a Sunday (Dec. 5), aptly enough, in 700 Sundays at the Broadhurst Theatre—subsided reluctantly only when The Great Man himself held up his hand and ad-libbed a postscript.
Article | By Harry Haun | December 6, 2004
PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: 700 Sundays: A Mensch for All Seasons
The thunderous applause that greeted Billy Crstyal's official first night on Broadway--on a Sunday (Dec. 5), aptly enough, in 700 Sundays at the Broadhurst Theatre—subsided reluctantly only when The Great Man himself held up his hand and ad-libbed a postscript.
Article | By Kenneth Jones | April 20, 2004
Thrill Me, the Leopold & Loeb Musical, Gets NY Cast Album April 20
The New York cast recording of Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story, a musical seen in the Midtown International Theatre Festival in 2003, will be released April 20 on the Original Cast Records label.
Article | By Kenneth Jones | April 7, 2004
Thrill Me, the Leopold & Loeb Musical, Gets NY Cast Album April 20
The New York cast recording of Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story, a musical seen in the Midtown International Theatre Festival in 2003, will be released April 20 on the Original Cast Records label.
Article | January 28, 2002
Gov. Ventura Reading New Draft of The Body Ventura, the Musical
Work on The Body Ventura, the new musical about wrestler-turned-Minnesota-governor Jesse Ventura, continues, with composer-lyricist-librettist Stephen Dolginoff now awaiting the governor's approval of a revised Act Two, the composer told Playbill On-Line.
Article | November 1, 2000
Jesse Ventura, Wrestler-Turned-Gov, Is Subject of Bway-Bound New Musical
You cheered him as a pro wrestler, you are awed that he is governor of Minnesota, and soon you may hear Jesse Ventura — musical comedy character — sing as the subject of a Broadway musical.
Article | June 4, 1998
Nominees for Best Musical
Ragtime
Award to Producer:

Livent (U.S.)Inc.

Side Show
Award to Producer: Emanuel Azenberg, Joseph Nederlander, Herschel Waxman, Janice McKenna, Scott Nederlander
Article | By Robert Simonson | April 23, 1998
They Seek a Tour: Scarlet Pimpernel Goes National
The Frank Wildhorn-Nan Knighton Broadway musical The Scarlet Pimpernel is in discussions for a national tour, confirmed production spokesman Adrian Bryan-Brown. The tour, according to an April 22 article in Variety, will be handled by either Pace Theatricals' The Booking Group or Dodger Endemol Productions. Pimpernel's producers are expected to sign an agreement within a month's time. Bryan-Brown said there is no start-up time at this point.
Article | By Mervyn Rothstein | October 20, 1997
The Scarlet Pimpernel's Road to Broadway
These days that renowned Pimpernel The Scarlet Pimpernel is far from elusive. The musical version of the swashbuckling 1905 novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy has come to Broadway, where it opens Nov. 9 at the Minskoff.
Article | April 15, 1999
Civil War's Wildhorn to Be Subject of "60 Minutes II" Profile
That bearded, baseball-capped man being followed by a "60 Minutes II" crew around Times Square in recent days is Frank Wildhorn, the Broadway composer whose Civil War: Our Story in Song opens April 22 at the St. James Theatre.
Article | March 25, 1999
Three Troupes Sing Praises of Wildhorn's Bway Hat Trick
The casts of Frank Wildhorn's three Broadway shows, The Civil War, Jekyll & Hyde and The Scarlet Pimpernel, serenaded the composer March 24 with a newly-written version of "This Is the Moment," celebrating the first time in 22 years that an American composer has had three simultaneous shows on the Great White Way.
Article | By Adam Hetrick | April 27, 2011
Million Dollar Quartet Producer John Cossette Dies at 54; Theatres to Dim Lights
The Broadway, Chicago and West End productions of the Tony-nominated musical Million Dollar Quartet will dim their lights the evening of April 27 to honor late producer John Cossette, who died April 26 at the age of 54.
Article | By Robert Simonson | December 31, 2009
In Memoriam: Playbill.com Remembers Those We Lost in 2009
A salute to the theatre people who left us — and left us inspired — in the year 2009.
Article | By Robert Simonson | December 31, 2009
In Memoriam: Playbill.com Remembers Those We Lost in 2009
A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. A legendary summer stock producer. A leading South African actor. Variety's most famous reporter. One of the most powerful agents of all time. The original Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Article | By Robert Simonson | June 21, 2002
PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, June 15-21: Hair Apparent
All eyes in the New York theatre community were on Seattle this week, as Hairspray, the first big musical of the season, opened at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. The production reaped what are known as money notices. Variety called it a "shiny new hit," which is about as unequivocal as you can get. Most of the other reviewers joined in the trade daily's effort to provide effortlessly transferrable ad copy.
Article | By Robert Simonson | June 21, 2002
PBOL'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, June 15-21: Hair Apparent
All eyes in the New York theatre community were on Seattle this week, as Hairspray, the first big musical of the season, opened at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. The production reaped what are known as money notices. Variety called it a "shiny new hit," which is about as unequivocal as you can get. Most of the other reviewers joined in the trade daily's effort to provide effortlessly transferrable ad copy.
Article | June 19, 2002
Producer Cossette Tables Jesse Ventura Musical, The Body Ventura
Impresario Pierre Cossette has dropped The Body Ventura, a planned Broadway musical about wrestler turned-governor Jesse Ventura, the producer told Variety's Army Archerd.

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