John Lennon Musical Set for Broadway
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"Lennon," a musical about the former Beatle's life, is set  to open on New York's Great White Way next summer, in time for  the 25th anniversary of his murder at the hands of a crazed  fan, Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety reported on Thursday.
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Playbill - A little-known, unfinished late-career play by Tennessee Williams is being developed for Broadway, the New York Daily News reported.
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A judge has ordered the FBI to turn over the last ten pages of a secret file on John Lennon to college professor Jon Weiner. The author of Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files, Weiner first sued the
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Between now and New Year's Day there is exactly one new musical scheduled to open on Broadway. Next spring, however, at least eight new musicals are confirmed.
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A musical about the life and music of the late Johnny Cash called Ring of Fire is being created in the US.
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LOS ANGELES  - Jennifer Aniston will produce and potentially star in a period musical about singing prisoners.
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Julie Taymor has conquered Broadway and won respect in Hollywood, and the groundbreaking director now risks rattling Beatles purists by adapting their beloved songs for a new movie, "Across the Universe."
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Two-time Tony Award winner Julie Taymor has come on board to direct the musical romance "All You Need Is Love," which will feature 18 songs by the Beatles.
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Only in Las Vegas: Beatles songs,  as portrayed by the acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soleil, will  replace animal training duo Siegfried and Roy at one of the  city's biggest tourist theaters, according to a deal announced  on Thursday.
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is set to begin a full month of staged readings of August Wilsonâs 10-play cycle chronicling the lives of African-Americans in the last century.
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An American judge has ordered the FBI to release its file on the late Beatle John Lennon who was targeted by US security services as a counter-culture icon, a report said.
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More than 30 years after his seminal "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia," The Who's Pete Townshend has written a new rock opera that will be given a test run at a theater festival in New York this weekend.
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John Lennon will have two new compact discs out this fall. Capitol Records announced it was releasing a 17-song disc, "Acoustic," which collect some of the quieter post-Beatles work, including "Working Class Hero," "Watching the Wheels" and "Dear Yoko," by Lennon, who was murdered in 1980.
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The Beatles are about to become radio stars in a whole new way.
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Playbill - The revised version of the 1968 Tony-winning Best Musical Hallelujah, Baby! begins performances Oct. 5 at New Jersey's George Street Playhouse.
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By MICHAEL KUCHWARA  NEW YORK - Playwright Theresa Rebeck will make the jump from off-Broadway to Broadway with "Mauritius," which Manhattan Theatre Club is opening Oct. 4 at its Biltmore Theatre.
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Liverpool launches its year as European Capital of Culture this weekend with events including a musical about its past and future starring ex-Beatle Ringo Starr.