Playbill - David Alan Grier stars in the title role of the Oz-based musical The Wiz which opens anew in a La Jolla Playhouse staging Oct. 8 from director Des McAnuff.

Playbill - Golf, a subject near and dear to the hearts of Floridians, is a central topic of David Wiltse's new farce, Hatchetman, getting its world premiere Dec. 6 at Florida Stage in Manalapan, near West Palm Beach.

Reuters - A 23-year-old Welsh call center worker won a television contest on Saturday to star in a revival of the musical "The Sound of Music" on the London stage.