Hottest Articles on BWW from Friday, Nov. 20

1) STAGE TUBE: 'SPIDER-MAN' Stars Carney and Wood Heat Up 'Love Me Chase Me'

After an exhaustive search that included a casting call tour spanning six cities and thousands of candidates, the producers and creative team of SPIDER-MAN, TURN OFF THE DARK, have selected Reeve Carney to play the role of Peter Parker, The Amazing Spider-Man. Carney joins previously announced cast members Evan Rachel Wood as Mary Jane Watson, Peter Parker's girlfriend and Alan Cumming as Norman Osborn (aka Green Goblin). (more...)

2) Photo Coverage: LCT's 'IN THE NEXT ROOM' Celebrates Opening Night on Broadway

Lincoln Center Theater's production of IN THE NEXT ROOM or the vibrator play, a new play by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Les Waters, opened last night, Thursday, November 19th at the Lyceum Theater (149 West 45 Street). The cast features Laura Benanti, Quincy Tyler Bernstine,Michael Cerveris, Maria Dizzia, Thomas Jay Ryan, Wendy Rich Stetson, and Chandler Williams. (more...)

3) BroadwayWorld Extreme Carol Contest: 'Deck The Hard Rock Halls' with Broadway's ROCK OF AGES!

Send us video of you performing holiday carols in the rockin' style of Rock of Ages for a chance to win a grand prize package. Then come back to check out other holiday rockers and vote with other fans. The winner will be selected by actual cast members including Constantine Maroulis, Kerry Butler, and James Carpinello (more...)

4) STAGE TUBE: Adam Lambert Talks AMA's, Music and OUT Mag to ET

Adam Lambert debut recording 'For Your Entertainment' will be released on November 23rd. Lambert will also appear on the American Music Awards and chatted with Entertainment Tonight about the big event. (more...)

5) Photo Flash: New Images from Adam Lambert's Debut CD Revealed!

Adam Lambert debut recording 'For Your Entertainment' will be released on November 23rd. His official website has revealed two new photos that you will find in Lambert's 'For Your Entertainment' CD when it arrives in stores next week and you can get a sneak peek of them right here! (more...)

6) Photo Coverage: 'The Felicia Finley Project' Rocks Joe's Pub

Felicia Finley (The Wedding Singer, Aida, Catch Me If You Can) made her first New York City appearance with her band at Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, on Monday November 16th and BroadwayWorld.com's ace photographer Peter James Zielinski was there to capture some truly amazing shots of the roof raising evening! (more...)

7) BWW SPECIAL FEATURE: How I Got My Equity Card - by Brian Stokes Mitchell

BroadwayWorld.com is proud to present its newest weekly feature, presented in association with and to celebrate the importance of the Actors' Equity Association. "AEA" or "Equity", founded in 1913, is the labor union that represents more than 48,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans, for its members. (more...)

8) Photo Coverage: Behind the Scenes at 'The Battery's Down' Final Episode Shoot!

The much-loved, musical web series "The Battery's Down" has announced its series finale to close out the second, and last, season. Episode 16 will premiere on December 1st, 2009 and close out the program with a bang! (more...)

9) Photo Coverage: THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE, PART 1: THE STORY OF A CHILDHOOD Opens

THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE, PART 1: THE STORY OF A CHILDHOOD, the first part of the world premiere three part theatrical event by the Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning playwright Horton Foote, opened last night at Signature Theatre Company at the Peter Norton Space, 555 West 42nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues and BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there! (more...)

10) All-Star CARRIE Reading is 'Out For Blood' 11/20

Producers, Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum, will resurrect the infamous flop musical CARRIE for a 29-hour Equity of the musical that had a notoriously short 3 night, 5 performance run on Broadway in 1988. The CARRIE reading will take place today, Friday, November 20th. The hope is to bring "Carrie" and her supernatural powers back to the Broadway stage. (more...)

11) BWW TV: Jason Robert Brown on 13 - Voices in Transition

In this clip, made available to BroadwayWorld.com, Jason Robert Brown discusses 13 and about voices in transition. (more...)

12) BWW TV: Extended Video Show Preview - DREAMGIRLS

Catch this special EXTENDED Video Show Preview of DREAMGIRLS right here on BroadwayWorld.com! Producer John Breglio and the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. are presenting the premiere engagement of Dreamgirls at the Apollo Theater, prior to the national tour of the groundbreaking musical. Dreamgirls introduces Moya Angela as Effie White and features, as The Dreams, Syesha Mercado as Deena Jones, Adrienne Warren as Lorrell Robinson, and Margaret Hoffman as Michelle Morris with Chaz Lamar Shepherd as Curtis Taylor, Jr., Chester Gregory is James "Thunder" Early, Trevon Davis as C.C. White, Milton Craig Nealy as Marty Madison (more...)

13) Broadway Celebrates Thanksgiving On NBC And CBS 11/27

Wake up this Thanksgiving holiday morning and catch Broadway shows featured during the NBC and CBS broadcast of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. (more...)

14) BWW SPECIAL FEATURE: Ken Fallin Illustrates - Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS

BroadwayWold.com is pleased to introduce illustrator Ken Fallin, who will be bringing to you original illustrations of everyone's favorite Broadway stars each week. This week's feature: James Clow, Melissa Errico, Mara Davi, and Tony Yazbeck in Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS. (more...)

15) Ruben Studdard's 'Holiday Christmas In Your Arms' Released 12/8

Ruben Studdard WANTS TO SPEND "CHRISTMAS IN YOUR ARMS" "Christmas in Your Arms" Out December 8 Via All Digital Retail (more...)

16) She Knows 'DREAMGIRLS' - Sheryl Lee Ralph Weighs in On New Revival Star to ET

Original "Dreamgirl" and Broadway veteran Sheryl Lee Ralph is shared her thoughts with Entertainment Tonight on former "American Idol" contestant Syesha Mercado, who plays Deena Jones in the revival of the stage production. (more...)

17) ENTER LAUGHING is Broadway Bound, 2010-2011 Season

The New York Times has revealed that the York Theater's production of ENTER LAUGHING, based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Carl Rainer about a young actor managing his life and women, that ran off-Broadway last season will head to the Great White Way in the 2010 - 2011 season. No theater has been booked. (more...)

18) REVIEW: SPRING AWAKENING Rocks the Body and Stirs the Soul at OCPAC

It's tough to be a teenager these days. And apparently, things weren't so easy back in late 19th Century Germany either. In what is possibly one of the most soul-stirring, beautifully-scored, creatively innovative musicals to have come out of Broadway in the past few years, SPRING AWAKENING (playing through November 29 at the Orange County Performing Arts Center) is an accessible period piece with the heart of a modern day teen drama (minus the After-School Special treatment). Sandwiched in between scenes of time-defiant angst is a beautiful (and at times, hard-rocking) musical score that is as equally rebellious as it is truthful. There's plenty to like here: from the bare but effective set, to the emotionally-charged performances of its young but impressive cast. With this show, there's a moment you know... you've been rocked. (more...)

19) RIALTO CHATTER: Riedel Reports - The Public Eyes Simon's THE CAPEMAN

Michael Riedel in this morning's New York Post reports that Oskar Eustis, the head of the Public Theater, is in talks with Paul Simon about bringing his Broadway flop, THE CAPEMAN, back to the theatrical stage. (more...)

20) THE ORPHAN'S HOME CYCLE Featured In The New York Times, Associated Press And More

THE ORPHANS' HOME CYCLE, PART 1: THE STORY OF A CHILDHOOD, the first part of the world premiere three part theatrical event by the Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning playwright Horton Foote, opened last night at Signature Theatre Company at the Peter Norton Space, 555 West 42nd Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues - and the critics are cheering! (more...)