Jerry Herman was born today, July 10, in 1931. He is an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway musical theater. He composed the scores for the hit Broadway musicals Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles. He has been nominated for the Tony Award five times, and won twice, for Hello, Dolly! and La Cage aux Folles. In 2009, Herman received the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. He is a recipient of the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors. Read MORE

Dee Hoty has never really considered herself the Dolly Levi type.

When it comes to the canon of legendary Broadway composer and lyricist Jerry Herman, the three-time Tony Award nominee aspired to and played the unconventional bohemian Mame in the musical of the same name, rather than the determined matchmaker of “Hello, Dolly!” Read MORE

Veteran Broadway music director Pippin will go behind the scenes of Broadway’s biggest hits at Feinstein’s/54 Below. Read MORE

What a wonderful world indeed: “Pops,” a podcast about the life of music legend Louis Armstrong, is the next project from the team behind the “Inside Jaws” podcast. “Good Girls” actor Reno Wilson will play Armstrong, narrating his life story, in the series expected to premiere in early 2019. Read MORE

Alli Mauzey is a Broadway actress known for her Theatre World Award-winning performance as Lenora in Cry Baby, Brenda in Hairspray as well as currently playing Ernestina in the Tony award-winning revival of musical Hello, Dolly! Here she tells Mandy News how she got into theatre, what a typical day working on Broadway is like and what actors can do to succeed. Read MORE