Christmas with Kelli

Kelli O’Hara has unequivocally established herself as one of Broadway’s
brightest stars. She recently starred in the Tony Award winning revival of
South Pacific at Lincoln Center, enrapturing audiences and critics alike
with her soulful and complex interpretation of Nellie Forbush, garnering
a third Tony nomination in the process. Previous Tony nominations
include The Light in the Piazza and The Pajama Game with
Harry Connick, Jr. She can currently be seen in concerts across
the country. Online at  www.kelliohara.com

Stay Tuned for
Kelli O'Hara and
Take Me to Christmas Past

Kurt is proud to announce plans for a new CD and concert with Broadway's brightest star,
Kelli O'Hara, for 2011! Take Me to Christmas Past will be a new album featuring
holiday classics, new music from today's top composers and unknown works from the best
composers of the past. Kurt, Kelli and Musical Director, Judith Clurman,
are thrilled to be part of this great collaboration.

Kurt, Kelli and Judith start to work.

JWP is proud to be co-producing the
Drama Desk and Helen Hayes Award-
Winning hit play Zero Hour, based on the
life of Zero Mostel, written by and
starring Jim Brochu with direction by
Piper Laurie.

We are excited to announce our
move back Uptown to the Actors
Temple Theatre, 339 West 47th St.,
NYC! The show began its
open-ended run on
Saturday, June 19, 2010.

See www.zerohourshow.com to keep up
to date on all the news from the show.

Also visit Broadway.com, Variety.com,
Playbill.com, and Broadwayworld.com to
read all about Zero Hour.

"Singularly captivating,
Zero Hour is a success.
It brings Mostel back to life,
just the way his fans want him."
— The New York Times

"An extraordinary act of
reincarnation...from the moment
that Brochu spins around
to face the audience, he is a
Hirschfeld drawing come to
pulsing life! You can't help
being swept up in the tornado
of energy as Brochu's star turn
conjures forth a Zero
larger than life and death."
—Time Out New York,
Four Stars Critics Pick

Jim Brochu as Zero Mostel in Zero Hour
Victoria Mallory, Kurt, Jim Brochu and Harvey Evans
at the opening night part for Zero Hour at Sardi's
Kurt and Jim
Jim wins the
Helen Hayes Award
Jim Brochu wins the
Drama Desk Award
Jim rings the closing bell
at NASDAQ

Kurt Peterson and Victoria Mallory will be starring in
the first of their US engagements of their concert t is February
at the Miniaci Performing Arts Center Theatre in Florida!
The concert revisits Kurt and Victoria’s time together
during the twilight of the Golden Years of musical theater.

They share their big breaks as 'Tony" and "Maria" in the
1968 Lincoln Center revival of West Side Story,
and memories from the original productions of
Follies, A Little Night Music, Dear World
and many more. Through song and story,
they take you on a journey through
the most exciting time in musical theatre history.

 This concert will be the first in a series planned throughout the country
in preparation for the  debut of their brand new Broadway musical
In the Summer of ’68, scheduled for 2012.
Victoria Mallory and Kurt recreated the balcony scene from West Side Story at
Seth Rudetsky’s Chatterbox in New York on March 26 for the first time since
starring in the Lincoln Center revival in the summer of ’68, forty-one years ago.

“Victoria and Kurt sang.. and it was beautiful! They’re starting a show starring both
of them based on their past and judging by the audience turnout they got for the
Chatterbox, they’re going to run forever! I had to turn people away at the
door because it was so packed!” — Seth Rudetsky

For more information on the evening, go to http://sethrudetsky.com/blog/

Also, here is a direct link to our performance on YouTube.com

Victoria Mallory, Seth Rudetsky and Kurt

THE ONE THAT BEGAN IT ALL

“Sondheim: A Musical Tribute”
1973 Poster Re-issued
in a special limited edition

To honor Stephen Sondheim on his 80th birthday,
Kurt Peterson and his company, James William
Productions (JWP), has re-issued a special limited
edition of the poster designed for “Sondheim: A
Musical Tribute,” the first celebration and revue
of the music of Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim.
Produced by Mr. Peterson, the Tribute was held on
March 11, 1973, at the Shubert Theater on the
set of “A Little Night Music.” What began as a mere
luncheon soon grew into a three-hour concert with forty-one
songs performed by thirty-eight singers, all Sondheim
show veterans.

The famous poster, using Scrabble® squares to
spell out the names of Sondheim shows, was designed by
Neil Appelbaum and was given to the cast of the historic
concert. The poster has never been available to the
general public.

This special limited edition poster is available through
James William Productions at
jameswproduction@aol.com


The poster is also available through Triton Gallery
in New York City at 800-626-6674 or on-line at
www.broadwayposters.com.
Kurt, his Follies pal Harvey Evans, and Stephen Sondheim have cameo
moments on the recently released new Rodgers and Hammerstein recording of Allegro.

To read the complete story, please go to Playbill.com by clicking on
this link http://www.playbill.com/news/article/124086.html

To order the CD, go to amazon. com
Kurt Peterson, JWP and Jane Bergére presented a new play,
Capture Now Off Broadway at The Theatres at 45 Bleecker,
45 Bleecker Street in New York City this past season. The play was
both written and performed by Josh Jonas and directed
by Larry Moss.

Capture Now is the story of the relationship between two young
brothers, the "coming of age" of the older brother and the love of
the family and friends who help move him through difficult times...
an understatement.

The play takes place on Long Island in the late '80s-early '90s and
features music of cool groups that the brothers share a passion
for as they learn to "Rock."

Josh Jonas was born and raised on Long Island and attended
Boston University where he received his BFA in acting. His other
writing credits include the one acts Elvis Savant and No-Hitter. He
was see in the New York premeires of Belly of The Whale and
Divinity Bash and was also the lead in the film Worn Like a Tattoo
with Billy Drago.

Larry Moss, the founder of the Larry Moss Studio and author of the acclaimed book The Intent To Live,
developed and directed the Obie, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award-winning The Syringa Tree.
He directed Runt of The Litter, Beast on The Moon and RFK. Larry has coached a number of actors, many of
whom are award winners or nominees. He coached Helen Hunt in As Good As it Gets (Academny Award);
Hank Azaria in Tuesdays with Morrie (Emmy); Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry (Academy Award),
The Affair of the Necklace, and Million Dollar Baby (Academy Award); Leonard DiCaprio in The Aviator
(Academy Award Nomination); Michael Clark Duncan in The Green Mile (Academy Award Nomination);
and many, many others.

Kurt will be co-producing Capture Now with Jane Bergére, whose producing credits are Broadway:
Minsky's, Curtains., 13–The Musical, All My Sons, Glengarry Glen Ross (Tony Award, Best Play Revival);
Caroline or Change (Tony nomination, Best Musical); Metamorphoses (Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk and
Drama League Awards, Best Play and Tony nomination, Best Play); Off-Broadway: The Exonerated
(Drama Desk Award, Best Play and Lucille Lortel Award); Houdini the Musical. Also The Exonerated
national tour and London.

Visit www.capturenowtheplay.com and in the not too distant future, www.capturenowthefilm.com.

Visit the CAPTURE NOW production page for additional links and photos.

Cady Huffman, Kurt and Larry Moss
at opening night of Capture Now.

 Captain Louie, the wonderful Stephen Schwartz family musical co-produced by JWP
has now been released and is being licensed by Music Theatre International.

In both the Broadway and Broadway Jr. versions, the show is now available
and being staged by young performers for audiences  around the world.
Check the website musicalschwartz.com/captain-louie.htm for information and locations.

Captain Louie soars around the world!
Kurt and JWP presented the exciting
pianist Ian Herman in Ian Herman Alone
at Last, an evening of original compositions
at 8 PM on Wednesday, July 30th at
The Zipper Theater in NYC.

"I have known Ian and his work for many
years and I find his playing and especially
these energetic, fun and moving pieces,
extraordinary. It is going to be a wonderful
evening and I'm proud that JWP is involved
in helping to bring Ian and his talent to
the stage." Kurt.

To see photos from the evening, click here.

See Ian play live from his debut
performance at The Zipper Factory:
www.youtube.com/user/PianoPaws
Eivand Harum, Ramona Mallory (now starring in A Little Night Music playing the role Victoria originated),
Victoria Mallory and Kurt at the gala opening of the Ken Duncan exhibit at the New York Library for the
Performing Arts. Eivand, a wonderful Harkness dancer, played Riff in the West Side Story Kurt and
Vicki starred in at Lincoln Center in the summer of '68 . Ramona, of course, is Vicki's talented daughter.
Kurt participated in Donna McKechnie's book tour
promoting her autobiography, Time Steps.
L-R: Tommy Walsh, Pamela Myers, Kurt Peterson, Priscilla Lopez, Donna McKechnie, Harvey Evans and Eugene at the piano.
Priscilla and Kurt
Donna McKechnie promoted her book, Time Steps,
at Barnes & Noble in New York. (All photos by Ben Strothmann)
Harvey Evans, Priscilla Lopez, Donna McKechnie, Kurt
Harvey Evans and Kurt
Donna McKechnie and Kurt
Priscilla Lopez, Donna McKechnie and Kurt
Harvey Evans, Donna McKechnie and Kurt
Donna and Kurt
The 92nd St Y hosted a private preview screening on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 of the soon-to-seen NJN/PBS documentary – Words and Music by Jerry Herman, a film by Amber Edwards. This new documentary chronicles the life and career of one of Musical Theater’s iconic figures: Jerry Herman, the composer and lyricist of the smash hit shows Hello, Dolly!, Mame and La Cage Aux Folles. Words and Music by Jerry Herman will be aired on PBS during the 2007-2008 season.

Kurt, of course, was in the non-hit Jerry Herman show, Dear World.

Harvey Evans, Jerry Herman and Kurt
Kurt and Jerry Herman