In 2008, Disney's The Little Mermaid opens on Broadway.

She's done half a dozen Broadway shows, a dozen record albums and ten dozen movies, served as head honcho of a cosmetics company and battled enough ailments to kill a weaker spirit. And she's still here. Not only that, but Polly Bergen is here on Broadway, bringing down the house in Follies with Stephen Sondheim's classic rouser, "I'm Still Here." The Tony Awards nominators have responded with a Featured Actress nod for Bergen, who, less than a year ago, was essentially retired and beginning her senior years in Montana. The actress was certainly entitled to a rest; she began her career in the Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis comedy "At War with the Army" back in 1950. Though she'd appear in two other Dean n' Jerry flicks and would continue her theatre and television career for the next four-plus decades, Bergen's onstage career proved brief. Her last musical was First Impressions in 1969, an experience so unhappy it took 30 years to bring her back to the stage. Judging by her current joyous feelings, however, Follies may be just the beginning of Bergen's return to live theatre.

She's done half a dozen Broadway shows, a dozen record albums and ten dozen movies, served as head honcho of a cosmetics company and battled enough ailments to kill a weaker spirit. And she's still here. Not only that, but Polly Bergen is here on Broadway, bringing down the house in Follies with Stephen Sondheim's classic rouser, "I'm Still Here." The Tony Awards nominators have responded with a Featured Actress nod for Bergen, who, less than a year ago, was essentially retired and beginning her senior years in Montana. The actress was certainly entitled to a rest; she began her career in the Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis comedy "At War with the Army" back in 1950. Though she'd appear in two other Dean n' Jerry flicks and would continue her theatre and television career for the next four-plus decades, Bergen's onstage career proved brief. Her last musical was First Impressions in 1969, an experience so unhappy it took 30 years to bring her back to the stage. Judging by her current joyous feelings, however, Follies may be just the beginning of Bergen's return to live theatre.

After the April 1998 exit of its founding artistic director and producer, the husband-and-wife team of Ron Ritchell and Polly Hogan, The Lyric Stage Company of Boston has a formal management team in place.

For the first time in its 9-year history, Cambridge's Nora Theatre Company will run two shows in repertory: Polly Pen and Laurence Klavan's off-beat musical, Bed And Sofa, and Wallace Shawn's monologue about the social classes, The Fever. Both shows will run Jan. 23 to March 2.

This week we listen to the 1976 Broadway revival of The Threepenny Opera, the Off-Broadway musical The Last Sweet Days of Isaac, and the unconventional but arresting "Alphabet City Cycle."

This week we listen to the 1976 Broadway revival of The Threepenny Opera, the Off-Broadway musical The Last Sweet Days of Isaac, and the unconventional but arresting "Alphabet City Cycle."

What's announced and what's in previews in the West End.

Lyle Kessler's three-person drama Orphans, which officially opened on Broadway April 18 following previews that began March 26 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, plays its final performance May 19 at 3 PM.

Lyle Kessler's three-person drama Orphans, which officially opened on Broadway April 18 following previews that began March 26 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, will play its final performance May 19.

Following a much-in-the-news rehearsal period, Lyle Kessler's three-person drama Orphans officially opened on Broadway April 18 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Previews began March 26.

Following a much-in-the-news rehearsal period, Lyle Kessler's three-person drama Orphans officially opens on Broadway April 18 at 6:15 PM at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Previews began March 26.

Following a much-in-the-news rehearsal period, Lyle Kessler's Orphans began previews on Broadway March 26 prior to an official opening April 18 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.

Following a much-in-the-news rehearsal period, Lyle Kessler's Orphans begins previews on Broadway March 26 prior to an official opening April 18 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.

Asolo Repertory Theatre's 2013-14 season in Sarasota, FL, will open with a revival of Show Boat, the landmark Oscar Hammerstein II-Jerome Kern musical, directed by Rob Ruggiero.

The producers of the Broadway production of Lyle Kessler's Orphans announced Feb. 28 that following the recent cast change, previews will now begin March 26 prior to an official opening April 18 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The production was originally scheduled to begin March 19 with an opening April 7.

The producers of the Broadway debut of Lyle Kessler's Orphans announced Feb. 21 that film star Ben Foster will replace Shia LaBeouf, who departed the upcoming production "due to creative differences," in the role of Treat. (Read more about LaBeouf's departure here.)

The drama surrounding the sudden departure of film star Shia LaBeouf from the Broadway debut of Lyle Kessler's Orphans continues to unfold.

The producers of the Broadway debut of Lyle Kessler's Orphans announced Feb. 20 that film star Shia LaBeouf has departed the upcoming production "due to creative differences." The play would have marked the actor's Broadway bow.

The box office at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, which will soon be the home of Lyle Kessler's Orphans, opens for business Feb. 19 at 10 AM ET. The theatre is located at 236 West 45th Street.