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Sweet Charity starring Tamzin Outhwaite now playing in London now thru March 7, 2010. Menier Chocolate Theatre. 53 Southwark Street London SE1 1RU. Box Office: 020 79077060 www.menierchocolatefactory.com.
Smash reviews: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/sweet-charity-menier-chocolate-factory-london-1835990.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/dec/03/sweet-charity-review
The Best Is Yet To Come: The Songs of Cy Coleman, available September 15, 2009 from New West Records, is a provocative, cutting-edge album featuring inspiring interpretations by a select group of gifted contemporary female artists. Fiona Apple contributes two songs (her first new music in five years), alongside such artists as Missy Higgins, Madeleine Peyroux, Jill Sobule, Nikka Costa, Sara Watkins, Sam Phillips, Perla Batalla, Ambrosia Parsley and Patty Griffin, who sings a sultry version of the album’s Grammy® Award winning title song.
July 14, 2009 - Patty Griffin, Fiona Apple, & Missy Higgins perform 3 Cy Coleman classics on itunes exclusive ep. These tracks are offered as part of a complete your album promotion and were recorded during the sessions for the upcoming full length album, The Best Is Yet To Come, The Songs of Cy Coleman to be released September 15, 2009 worldwide via New West Records. Tracks featured are “The Best Is Yet To Come” (Patty Griffin), “Why Try To Change Me Now” (Fiona Apple), and “I’m In Love Again” (Missy Higgins). Special NY and LA concerts are being planned to coincide with the release of the full album this fall, details coming soon. Check out the new tribute album site at New West Records.
David Burnham, Jason Graae, Sally Mayes, Julia Murney, and Lillias White will star in The Best Is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman, to be presented at Rubicon Theatre Company, July 9-August 2, with an official opening on July 19. It will be devised and directed by Tony Award winner David Zippel. The show will include as-yet unpublished Coleman works, along with songs from several of Coleman's musicals, including City of Angels, Sweet Charity, Barnum, The Life, Little Me, On the Twentieth Century and Will Rogers Follies. The show's creative team includes Billy Stritch (musical direction), Christopher Marlowe (associate musical direction), Don Sebesky (orchestrations), Lorin Latarro (choreography), Douglas W. Schmidt (sets), William Ivey Long (costumes), and Jonathan Burke (sound).
For more information, visit www.rubicontheatre.org.
June 17, 2009 – Variety: A film adaptation of Cy Coleman's CITY OF ANGELS is headed to the screen, to be helmed by Director Barry Levinson ("Wag the Dog", "Good Morning, Vietnam"). The picture is one of many new projects to be produced by new company Unique Features, headed by former New Line Films principals Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, Variety reported today.
CITY OF ANGELS, the late Cy Coleman's 1989 musical which took home 6 Tony Awards, will be adapted for the screen by original bookwriter Larry Gelbart. Tony and Emmy Award winner Marc Shaiman, whose adaptation of CATCH ME IF YOU CAN opens this summer in Seattle, will music direct the film, adapting Coleman's legendary theatre score for the silver screen. Original lyricist David Zippel is also attached to the film. Unique Pictures will co-produce the film with PicturePlay Films.
"Barry brought it to us, and the story of a writer of classic film noir detective stories, with the same actor playing both the writer and detective ... is as great an idea for the screen as it was the for the stage," Shaye told Variety.
Congratulations to Notable’s Chris Keup on co-writing and producing 5 tracks on PARACHUTE’s Losing Sleep album which made a TOP 40 debut on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart in May 2009. Chris’s work can be heard on “All That I Am”, “She Is Love”, “Under Control”, “Blame It On Me”, and “Words Meet Heartbeats”. www.weareparachute.com
Stevie Wonder released his first authorized DVD earlier this year, chronicling a Sept. 30-Oct. 1 stand at London's 02 Arena. "Live At Last" is due March 10 on Universal Motown in DVD and Blu-ray formats. Wonder was touring as part of his first major roadwork in a decade. The 27-song set list is packed with hits such as "Living for the City," "Overjoyed" and "Sir Duke," and also features a special performance by Aisha Morris, Wonder’s daughter who sings a spectacular version of Cy Coleman’s “I’m Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life”.
EMI Music will release a brand new documentary 'Love Me Tender: The Love Songs of Elvis' by the end of July. EMI is also the producer of the highly succesfull concertregistration 'Elvis Lives' and the gospel documentary 'He Touched Me'. Love Me Tender: The Love Songs of Elvis is the first-ever in-depth look at the love songs of Elvis. This documentary explores the remarkable music that sparked such phenomenal devotion in the hearts of fans worldwide. Hosted by Golden Globe-nominated actress Ashley Judd (pictured below), Love Me Tender: The Love Songs of Elvis packs together 20 performances with interviews and other footage into a 90-minute DVD. Featured on the dvd is rare footage of Elvis performing the Cy Coleman classic, “Witchcraft”.
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