Playbill: Block, Morrison, Boggess, Arcelus and More Will Go Green July 14 at Birdland

Block, Morrison, Boggess, Arcelus and More Will Go Green July 14 at Birdland

By Andrew Gans
June 5, 2008

An evening celebrating the lyrics of David Green will be presented July 14 at Birdland.

Among those scheduled to lend their vocal talents to the evening, which is titled Mr. Green's Opus, are Stephanie Block, Matthew Morrison, Sierra Boggess, Marissa Parry, Sebastian Arcelus, Lindsay Mendez and Teri Ralston. Show time is 7 PM.

Green is the founder and executive director of The California Conservatory of the Arts, where he has trained and mentored the careers of Susan Egan, Matthew Morrison, Stephanie Block, Anneliese VanDerPol, Lindsay Mendez, Krysta Rodriguez, Chad Doreck, Kamilah Martin and others.

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Playbill: Sondheim and Weidman's Bounce Will Bow at Public Theater This Fall

Sondheim and Weidman's Bounce Will Bow at Public Theater This Fall

By Adam Hetrick
June 5, 2008

The Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman musical Bounce will land at the Public Theater in October, according to a casting notice.

Performances are slated to begin Off-Broadway Oct. 28 and continue through Nov. 30, with a possible extension through Dec. 28, according to a casting notice. Tony Award-winning director John Doyle, who previously confirmed he was attached to a fall Public staging of Bounce, will direct the musical that traces the lives of the rich, colorful and scheming Mizner brothers. Rehearsals are scheduled to begin Sept. 16.

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