Hottest Articles on BWW 10/9/2012 - 10/16/2012

1) Photo Flash: New LES MISERABLES Film Poster Revealed Featuring Hugh Jackman as 'Valjean'!
by BWW News Desk - October 10, 2012

Christmas can't get here fast enough, because that's when Les Miserables hits the big screen. Check out a just-released poster for the film below, which features Hugh Jackman as Valjean and the tagline: 'Freedom is Mine.' (more...)

2) Breaking News: West End Revival of MISS SAIGON to Hold Auditions in Manila, 11/19-22
by Oliver Oliveros - October 12, 2012

Cameron Mackintosh and Dong Alegre, the representative of Mackintosh in the Philippines, will hold the Manila auditions for the West End revival of one of Mackintosh’s late ‘80s mega musicals, “Miss Saigon,” at Philippine Opera Company's brand-new headquarters, the Opera Haus (3657 Bautista St., Makati City), on Monday, November 19 until Thursday, November 22. (more...)

3) FLASH SPECIAL: Barbra Streisand, Back To Brooklyn & Still Like Buttah
by Pat Cerasaro - October 12, 2012

Anything Barbra Streisand-related is well worth attending (are you kidding?!), and on Friday, October 5, there was an invited dress rehearsal on the Temple University campus in the Liacouras Center as Barbra Streisand: BACK TO BROOKLYN got its feet wet for the first time in front of about a thousand people. (more...)

4) Photo Flash: Fourth LES MISERABLES Film Poster Revealed Featuring Anne Hathaway as 'Fantine'
by Movies News Desk - October 12, 2012

Christmas can't get here fast enough, because that's when LES MISERABLES hits the big screen. Check out a just-released poster for the film below, which features Anne Hathaway as 'Fantine' and the tagline: 'Dreamed a Dream.' (more...)

5) STAGE TUBE: Christina Applegate Tributes Bob Fosse on Saturday Night Live
by Stage Tube - October 14, 2012

Christina Applegate, who hosted last night's Saturday Night Live on NBC, took on the role of Jillian Chizz, Bob Fosse expert and dance teacher, in the final sketch of the October 13th episode. No stranger to Broadway, Applegate shows off her moves in the clip below! (more...)

6) STAGE TUBE: First Look at CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - Tour Highlights!
by Stage Tube - October 09, 2012

Troika Entertainment, LLC kicked off the CATCH ME IF YOU CAN national tour at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, RI October 7, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below. (more...)

7) VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Adam Lambert Performs on ABC Family's PRETTY LITTLE LIARS, 10/23
by TV News Desk - October 10, 2012

The Rosewood Halloween Ghost Train is the perfect setting for all of "A's" tricks and treats, in "This Is a Dark Ride," a special Halloween-themed episode of ABC Family's hit original series PRETTY LITTLE LIARS airing Tuesday, October 23rd Musical guest star Adam Lambert ("American Idol") performs his songs "Trespassing" and "Cuckoo," from his latest album "Trespassing," during the Halloween festivities. Get a sneak peek at Lambert's appearance below! (more...) 

8) Breaking News: Truman Capote's BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S to Open on Broadway February 2013 Starring GAME OF THRONES' Emilia Clarke
by BWW News Desk - October 10, 2012

The world premiere of Tony® Award winning playwright Richard Greenberg’s new play, Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, will begin performances at a Shubert theater on Broadway in February 2013. This stage adaption of Capote’s classic novella will star Emilia Clarke (HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) in the iconic role of ‘Holly Golightly’ and will be directed by Sean Mathias. (more...)

9) Breaking News: REBECCA Middle-Man Financier Mark Hotten Arrested Today
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2012

The twisting tale of REBECCA's cancellation on Broadway made a new turn this morning with multiple news outlets reporting that troubled financier and stock broker Mark C. Hotton was arrested this morning at 6am for his role in the show's collapse. (more...)

10) SOUND OFF World Premiere Exclusive: New Tituss Burgess Single 'I'll Be Alright'
by Pat Cerasaro - October 09, 2012

Today we have a super-special SOUND OFF exclusive taken from the sensational forthcoming sophomore solo album from Broadway notable and 30 ROCK standout Tituss Burgess, “I’ll Be Alright”. (more...)

11) STAGE TUBE: Sarah Brightman Announces Plans for Space Travel
by Stage Tube - October 10, 2012

Via a global webcast this morning, The Phantom of the Opera star Sarah Brightman, will, as rumoured, indeed be travelling into space in 2014 or 2015 for ten days on a voyage that will take her to the International Space Station. It was announced at the press conference that she had cleared all necessary medical tests, and at the completion of a 2013, 5 continent, 100 city tour would go straight into 6 months of training before her space flight. In the video below, you can watch the full announcement from Moscow! (more...)

12) BWW TV Exclusive: Cast of AMERICAN IDIOT Preps for UK Tour!
by Randy Rainbow - October 14, 2012

Earlier this week, the cast of AMERICAN IDIOT set out for Southhampton, where they will launch the UK tour of Green Day’s explosive, award-winning Broadway rock musical, which will culminate in a London season at the legendary HMV Hammersmith Apollo from December 4 - 16. Before The Company left for he UK, they invited BroadwayWorld's Randy Rainbow to a New Jersey salon, where they gathered to get haircuts, dye jobs and receive overall touch-ups on their punk rock looks. Check out exclusive interviews with the cast below! (more...)

13) Photo Flash: First Look at Rachel York, Fred Applegate, Erich Bergen and More in ANYTHING GOES National Tour
by BWW Special Coverage - October 10, 2012

Roundabout Theatre Company’s national tour of the 2011 Tony Award winning Anything Goes, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall and starring critically acclaimed Broadway actress Rachel York as “Reno Sweeney,” is now running at Cleveland’s PlayhouseSquare as part of the KeyBank Broadway Series. Anything Goes is the winner of three Tony Awards, including Best Musical Revival. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production photos below. (more...)

14) BWW TV: Go Behind the Scenes of ZELDA's Creation With Lauren Kennedy, Frank Wildhorn and More!
by BroadwayWorld TV - October 09, 2012

Flat Rock Playhouse is teaming with veteran Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn (For The Glory, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Wonderland) and lyricist Jack Murphy on a brand new "jazz age" musical set in Asheville, North Carolina. Loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgerald, the hot Jazz Age novelist who wrote "This Side of Paradise," "The Beautiful and Damned," "The Great Gatsby," "Tender Is the Night" and "The Last Tycoon," and his wife, Zelda. BroadwayWorld has a first look behind the scenes of the show, featuring interviews, show clips and more, below! (more...)

15) Review Roundup: WHO'S AFRAID OF Virginia Woolf? Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
by Review Roundups - October 14, 2012

Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opened Saturday evening, October 13, 2012, at the Booth Theatre (222 West 45th Street), exactly 50 years to the day of the play’s original Broadway opening on Saturday, October 13, 1962. Let's see what the critics had to say... (more...)

16) STAGE TUBE: New Teaser Trailer Released for JEKYLL & HYDE!
by Stage Tube - October 10, 2012

The Broadway-bound musical JEKYLL AND HYDE has just released a new chilling teaser trailer starring Constantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox. Watch it below! (more...)

17) Photo Flash: Third LES MISERABLES Film Poster Revealed Featuring Amanda Seyfried as 'Cosette'
by Movies News Desk - October 12, 2012

Christmas can't get here fast enough, because that's when LES MISERABLES hits the big screen. Check out a just-released poster for the film below, which features Amanda Seyfried as 'Cosette' and the tagline: 'Heart Full of Love.' (more...)

18) BWW TV: Sneak Peek of Douglas Hodge, Clemence Poesy & Patrick Page in CYRANO DE BERGERAC- Highlights!
by BroadwayWorld TV - October 09, 2012

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents Tony® Award winner Douglas Hodge as “Cyrano” in a new Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac. Clémence Poésy makes her Broadway debut as “Roxane” and Broadway veteran Patrick Page plays “Comte De Guiche”. BroadwayWorld brings you just-released highlights from the show below! (more...)

19) Patina Miller, Matthew James Thomas and More to Lead PIPPIN at A.R.T. - Full Cast Announced!
by BWW Special Coverage - October 10, 2012

The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) today announced that casting has been completed for its production of Pippin, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Roger O. Hirson, directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus. Previews begin at the Loeb Drama Center (64 Brattle Street, Cambridge) on December 5, with press opening on January 3, and running through January 20, 2013. Tickets will go on sale on October 23, the 40th Anniversary of the opening of Pippin on Broadway. (more...)

20) Photo Flash: Second LES MISERABLES Film Poster Revealed Featuring Russell Crowe as 'Javert' !
by BWW News Desk - October 11, 2012

Christmas can't get here fast enough, because that's when Les Miserables hits the big screen. Check out a just-released poster for the film below, which features Russell Crowe as 'Javert' and the tagline: 'I Am The Law.' (more...)