van hill news july 7, 2011 Catch Me If You Can celebrates its 100th performance . june 28 , 2011 Release of Catch Me If You Can cast album in stores. june 12, 2011 Norbert Leo Butz of Catch Me If You Can wins the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical .
june 7, 2011 Release of How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying cast album with Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette. may 24 , 2011 Catch Me If You Can to launch its First National Tour Fall 2012 in Providence, Rhode Island. Read more. may 23 , 2011 Catch Me If You Can’s Norbert Leo Butz wins the Drama Desk award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. may 23 , 2011 Release of Catch Me If You Can cast album on iTunes. may 3 , 2011 Catch Me If You Can earned the following 4 Tony® Award nominations: april 29 , 2011 The cast of Catch Me If You Can performs on Late Night With David Letterman. Check out the performance of Don't Break The Rules. april 29 , 2011 Catch Me If You Can receives 6 Drama Desk nominations: april 2011 Van Hill Entertainment co-founder, Van Dean, serves as executive producer and art director for the forthcoming cast album of How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette. april 11, 2011 Opening night of Catch Me If You Can. Dozens of celebrities attend including Robin Williams, Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Hugh Jackman, Tina Fey and many, many more. Check out the photos. march 16 , 2011 First of 10 episode Dance On web documentary on Alex Ellis of Catch Me If You Can premieres. Check out the YouTube channel. march 10, 2011 Catch Me If You Can begins previews. february 10 , 2011 Catch Me If You Can opens up its rehearsals to the press. Check out the Broadway World feature. october 1, 2010 Van Hill Entertainment co-founder and producer, Van Dean, has joined the producing team of Catch Me If You Can, a fantastic new Broadway musical based on the 2002 movie of the same name. The score is written by the same team behind Hairspray (Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman), is directed by Jack O'Brien, choreographed by Jerry Mitchell and stars Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz, Tom Wopat and Kerry Butler. Previews begin March 11, 2011 and Opening Night is April 10, 2011. See http://www.catchmethemusical.com/ for the official show website and our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/catchmethemusical. september 10 - october 3, 2010 ROOMS a rock romance comes to Portsmouth, NH via Seacoast Repertory Theatre. This is the first production of ROOMS to feature video projections (courtesy of the fantastic SenovvA, Inc.). september 10 - 26, 2010 The Southeastern US Premire of ROOMS a rock romance comes to the Tampa/St. Petersberg, FL area via freeFall Theatre Company. This is the first production of ROOMS to feature a husband and wife in the roles of Ian and Monica. summer 2010 Van Hill Entertainment is thrilled to announce that ROOMS a rock romance is now available for licensing from Theatrical Rights Worldwide. They are a premiere theatrical licensing company and are located at 1359 Broadway, Suite 914 New York, NY 10018. See their ROOMS show page at august 5 - 14, 2010 The International Premiere of ROOMS a rock romance comes to Montreal, Canada via the Next Wave Festival of New Musicals. april 9 - may 2, 2010 ROOMS a rock romance comes to Philadelphia via the 11th Hour Theatre Company. march 3 - april 4, 2010 Van Hill is proud to announce the regional (post Off-Broadway) premiere of ROOMS a rock romance at The Spirit of Broadway Theater in Norwich, CT (near Mohegan Sun Casino). february 2, 2010 The Original Off-Broadway Original Cast Recording of ROOMS a rock romance is now in stores and on iTunes! january 28, 2010 Check out this fantastic album review of ROOMS a rock romance on BroadwayWorld.com. december 8 , 2009 Van Hill Entertainment and Time Life announce that the ROOMS a rock romance cast album is now available on iTunes and the CD will be in stores on February 2, 2010. october 15, 2009 Van Hill Entertainment and Time Life announce that the ROOMS a rock romance cast album will be available on iTunes on December and will be in stores in early 2010. The CD is produced by Robert Sher and features a bonus track, "Click", which had been cut from ROOMS during its out-of-town World Premiere run at MetroStage in Alexandria, VA (just outside of Washington DC). october 14, 2009 Van Hill and NYMF co-sponsor a pre-release listening party at Sweet Caroline's for the ROOMS a rock romance cast album. Leslie Kritzer, Doug Kreeger, Paul Scott Goodman, Matt Hinkley and Jesse Vargas were on hand to perform acoustic versions of songs from the show. See photos from the event at BroadwayWorld.com. july 9, 2009 The song "Waiting" from Alive in the World is featured on USA Network's hit show "Royal Pains" (Season 1, Episode 5: No Man Is an Island). may 12, 2009 The ROOMS cast album is recorded at Clinton Studios in Manhattan. Check out the photos here. may 10, 2009 ROOMS a rock romance ends its New World Stages run after 64 performances and 20 previews. Time Life announces they will be recording the ROOMS cast album. april 29, 2009 The ROOMS cast and members of the creative and producing team ring the NASDAQ closing bell. Click here for BroadwayWorld's photo feature. april 20, 2009 ROOMS receives 3 Outer Critics Circle Award nominations (Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical, Outstanding New Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical) march 16 , 2009 ROOMS opens to amazing reviews from The Associated Press, The New York Post, the New York Daily News, The New York Times, BroadwayWorld, Variety and TalkEntertainment. february 27, 2009 ROOMS begins previews at New World Stages. february 10, 2009 ROOMS receives 5 Helen Hayes Award nominations (Outstanding New Play or Musical and Outstanding Resident Musical, Outstanding Director, Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Lead Actress) for its run last summer at MetroStage in the metro Washington DC area. january 25, 2009 The New York Times announces that ROOMS a rock romance will begin its Off-Broadway run on February 27th at New World Stages. Starring Leslie Kritzer and Doug Kreeger, ROOMS a rock romance will open on March 16th. Scott Schwartz is directing. Music and lyrics are by Paul Scott Goodman and the book is by Paul Scott Goodman and Miriam Gordon. Read more press at Playbill, Broadway.com and TheaterMania.com.
october 31, 2008 Saint Heaven continues its West Coast Premiere run at the Everett Performing Arts Center in Everett, WA. september 19, 2008 Rooms opens at Geva Theatre Center to rave reviews from the local press. NY announcement pending! september 17, 2008 Saint Heaven begins its West Coast Premiere run at the Village Theatre in Issaquah, WA. Read more about the show in the Saint Heaven edition of the Village Voices.
august 5, 2008 The single version of the song "Waiting" from Paul Scott Goodman's Alive in the World is now available on iTunes on the Ghostlight Records label. "Waiting" is performed by Toby Lightman and produced by Boots Ottestad. Click here for more information. august 3, 2008 Rooms opens at MetroStage to rave reviews from The Washington Post, DC Theatre Scene, Washington City Paper, Broadway World, Talkin' Broadway, Washington Jewish Week and many more. Stay tuned for news on the forthcoming NY run!
april 2008 Rooms (directed by Scott Schwartz) will be receiving its World Premiere as a co-production between MetroStage (just outside of Washington D.C.) and Geva Theatre Center (of Rochester, NY). Beginning in July 2008, Rooms will run for a total of 12 weeks in anticipation of a New York run. february 2008 Saint Heaven will receive its West Coast Premiere at the Village Theatre in Issaquah, WA (just outside of Seattle) when it opens their 2008/2009 season in September. december 2007 Van Hill Entertainment announces a special star-studded benefit concert presentation of Alive In The World at the Zipper Factory. Proceeds will benefit The Twin Towers Orphan Fund. Performances are January 13th and 14th 2008 and the members of the all-star cast are Adam Pascal, Lea Michele, Daniel Reichard, Melissa Errico, Toby Lightman and Greg Naughton. november 11, 2007 Montego Glover performs a selection from Saint Heaven at the Theater Resources Unlimited Benefit at Sardi's honoring Cheryl Wiesenfeld. Also participating were Tonya Pinkins, Elaine Stritch, Mia Dillon, Keir Dullea, Nikkole Salter. october 2007 Van Hill Entertainment is very pleased to announce that Saint Heaven will play a 10 week run in Fall 2008 at the Village Theatre in Issaquah, WA, just outside of Seattle. october 7, 2007 A song from Saint Heaven
is performed at the NAMT Songwriter's Showcase by Montego Glover and Kasey Marino. The Saint Heaven MySpace page is now live. Photos, MP3s and more can be found at http://www.myspace.com/saintheaven. august 19, 2007 Saint Heaven presents a special West Coast preview at the Village Theatre in Issaquah, WA. Stay tuned for news on the next production of Saint Heaven. july 2007 A star-studded benefit concert reading of Alive In The World is in the works. Stay tuned for the official announcement. july 29, 2007 The Van Hill Entertainment MySpace page is now live. Please visit us at http://www.myspace.com/vanhillentertainment june 11 & 12, 2007 A reading of The Chocolate Tree is presented at New Jersey Repertory Company's theater in Long Branch, NJ as well as at St. Luke's in Manhattan. More details can be found here . december 31, 2006 David Rosenberg, a member of the Connecticut Critics Circle and feature writer/critic for The Norwalk Hour, names the World Premiere of Saint Heaven one of the 10 Best Connecticut Theatrical events of 2006. december 29, 2006 Frank Rizzo, of the Hartford Courant (and critic for Variety), names Montego Glover's portrayal of Eshie Willington in the World Premiere of Saint Heaven as one of the great Connecticut theatrical performances of 2006. november 12, 2006 Greg Naughton, "Sam" in Van Hill Entertainment's production of Paul Scott Goodman's Alive in the World, wins an award for Outstanding Individual Performance at the 2006 NYMF Awards Gala. Greg performs "Change In Tempo" to the sold out crowd at the NYMF awards event honoring Kevin McCollum. october 25 , 2006 Van Hill Entertainment presents a special New York preview of Paul Scott Goodman and Miriam Gordon's Rooms (directed by Scott Schwartz and starring Natascia Diaz (Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well..., tick, tick...BOOM!) and Jeremy Kushnier (Footloose, Rent) at 3 pm and 7pm at The Zipper Theatre. september 29, 2006 Van Hill Entertainment presents a special NY Preview of the award winning and critically acclaimed new musical, Saint Heaven at NYMF 2006. Fresh from its World Premiere in Stamford, CT, this presentation once again features direction by Matt Lenz and music direction by Jeff Waxman. Performances are at 1:00 pm and 4:30 pm and feature Nancy Anderson (Wonderful Town), Montego Glover (The Color Purple), Kingsley Leggs (The Color Purple), Darren Ritchie (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Roz Ryan (Chicago) and Patrick Ryan Sullivan (42nd Street). september 21, 2006 Van Hill Entertainment presents a reading of The Chocolate Tree by Al and Marshall Pailet as part of NYMF 2006. The Chocolate Tree is directed by Sheryl Kaller, features music direction by Ben Cohn and stars Danielle Freid (The Grinch Who Stole Christmas), Laura Mufson (Mamma Mia), Paul Blankenship (If This Hat Could Talk), Jonathan Kaplan (Tony® nominated for Falsettos), Emy Basic (Miss Saigon), Caissie Levy (Hairspray), Eric Briarley and Michael Buchanan. september 14 - 18, 2006 Paul Scott Goodman's Alive in the World, directed by Kurt Deutsch and starring Kelli O'Hara (Pajama Game, The Light in the Piazza), Marcy Harriell (Lennon, Rent), Aaron Lohr (See What I Wanna See, Radiant Baby) and Greg Naughton (Golden Boy, The Seagull) plays to packed houses at the Sage Theater as part of NYMF 2006. september 7, 2006 Alive in the World tickets at NYMF 2006 are sold out! New performance added: Friday, Sept. 15th at 11:00 pm and Monday, Sept. 18th at 11:00 pm. september 1, 2006 Tickets are now available for Alive in the World, The Chocolate Tree and Saint Heaven at NYMF 2006. august 22, 2006 Van Hill Entertainment announces the cast of Alive in the World (directed by Kurt Deutsch):
august 7, 2006 The Alive In The World MySpace page is now live. Please visit at http://www.myspace.com/aliveintheworld. august 2, 2006 Van Hill Entertainment announces its plans to present a special New York preview of Paul Scott Goodman and Miriam Godon's Rooms at The Zipper Theater on Wednesday, October 25th at 3 pm and 7 pm. july 27, 2006 Van Hill Entertainment's critically acclaimed new musical Saint Heaven wins the 2006 NMTN Directors' Choice Award and is invited to be presented as a "Special NY Preview" at the New York Musical Theatre Festival 2006. This invitation-only reading will take place on September 29th, 2006. july 24, 2006 Van Hill Entertainment announces its plans to present Alive in the World, the latest musical by Paul Scott Goodman (Bright Lights, Big City; Rooms; Him and Her; God Save the New Wave), at the New York Musical Theatre Festival 2006. Kurt Deutsch, president of Sh-K-Boom Records, is directing. Van Hill Entertainment will also be presenting a reading of The Chocolate Tree, a new musical inspired by the true story of a young girl who turned adversity into inspiration and touched an entire nation, at the New York Musical Theatre Festival 2006. june 20, 2006 As announced by Bloomberg News, Van Hill Entertainment will be presenting Rooms, a new "rock romance" by Paul Scott Goodman (Bright Lights, Big City; Tiny Dancer) and Miriam Gordon (Tiny Dancer) in New York in 2007. Rooms will be directed by Scott Schwartz (Bat Boy: The Musical; Jane Eyre; Tick, Tick... Boom!; Golda's Balcony). june 2006 Van Hill Entertainment's production of Saint Heaven receives great reviews from Variety, Connecticut Post, Norwalk Hour, Scarsdale Inquirer and more! june 1, 2006 Van Hill Entertainment's World Premiere of Saint Heaven begins at the SCA Rich Forum in Stamford, CT.
may 12, 2006 Deborah Gibson appears on The Tony Danza Show and Fox News Channel's "The Big Story with John Gibson" on May 12th to talk about Saint Heaven. Please check your local listings for more information. may 8, 2006 Van Hill Entertainment producers Van Dean and Hillary Cutter are featured on Connecticut's News 12 to discuss the forthcoming World Premiere of Saint Heaven. april 8, 2006 Van Hill Entertainment producer, Van Dean, appears on the radio program "Break a Leg" April 8th to discuss Saint Heaven. "Break a Leg" is hosted by Richard Pheneger and Peggy Nelson and past guests have included Betty Buckley, Jeff Calhoun, Linda Eder, Harvery Fierstein, Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Herman, Rebecca Luker, Mandy Patinkin, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Rapp, Chita Rivera, Scott Schwartz, Stephen Schwartz and Kathleen Turner. march 2006 Van Hill Entertainment announces the World Premiere Saint Heaven cast:
february 27th, 2006 Van Hill co-produces The NY Musical Theatre Festival: The Best of Fest Bash! at Dodger Stages. The one-night only performance showcases a star-studded roster of Broadway talent including John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys), Josh Strickland and Jenn Gambatese (Tarzan), Gary Beach (The Producers, Beauty and the Beast), Mary Faber (Avenue Q), Amy Spanger (The Wedding Singer), Anna Harada (Avenue Q), David Burnham (The Light in the Piazza), Karen Ziemba (Contact, Steel Pier), and Kerry Butler (Little Shop of Horrors). february 14th, 2006 Van Hill Entertainment is proud to announce that the World Premiere Production of Saint Heaven will be at Stamford Center for the Arts' Truglia Theater (699 seats) in the Rich Forum Theater Complex in the heart of downtown Stamford, CT. Performances will be June 1st - 11th, 2006. Matt Lenz is on board to direct. Cast TBA. january 17th, 2006 Van Hill's December 21st reading of Saint Heaven wins TRU's "Best Produced" award. december 21st, 2005 Van Hill Entertainment presents a reading of the new musical Saint Heaven (music and lyrics by Keith Gordon, Book by Martin Casella) for the 6th Annual TRU Voices Reading Series. Directed by Matt Lenz, the reading features an outstanding cast: Cheryl Alexander (Caroline, Or Change; It Ain't Nothing But the Blues; Once On This Island; Dreamgirls), Chuck Cooper (Caroline, Or Change; Lennon; The Life (Tony Award); Chicago), Montego Glover (Dreamgirls 20th Anniversary Concert; The Pirates Of Penzance (Mabel/Lucille Lortel nomination); Radiant Baby; Ghetto Superstar), Rebecca Luker (Nine, The Music Man, Showboat (Tony Nomination), The Secret Garden), Darren Ritchie (Dracula; Thoroughly Modern Millie;Les Miserables; Bells Are Ringing), Patrick Ryan Sullivan (Bingo; 42nd Street; Beauty and the Beast; Titanic). november 9th, 2005 Van Hill Entertainment presents "A Night With The Mistress Cycle", a benefit event at Solas Bar. The evening featured performances by Shelly Bhushan (and special guest Ben Hoffstein), Crista Orefice, and Joe Shane, Robert and Steven Morris performing songs from their Off-Broadway musical, Once Around the Sun. september 15th - september 24th, 2005 Van Hill Entertainment co-produces sold out run of The Mistress Cycle at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. The production is directed by Joe Calarco and features Stephanie Bast (Nine; The Scarlet Pimpernel; King David), Lisa Brescia (The Woman in White; Aida; Jesus Christ Superstar), Mary Bond Davis (Hairspray; The Women; Jelly's Last Jam), Sally Wilfert (Assassins; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; King David) and Lynne Wintersteller (Grand Night for Singing; Closer Than Ever; The Ghost & Mrs. Muir). The Mistress Cycle receives rave reviews from VARIETY, BACK STAGE and BROADWAY WORLD. |
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