Hottest Articles on BWW from Sunday, Nov. 22

1) BWW TV: Broadway Beat - Bernadette Peters in Concert, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and More!

The all new 20th Anniversary Season of Broadway Beat has begun! This week catch up with the recent production of The Neil Simon Plays, meet the starry cast of the upcoming A Little Night Music and celebrate the magic of Broadway favorite Bernadette Peters as she wows the crowd at the Minskoff. (more...)

2) Photo Coverage: RAGTIME's Return: Opening Night - The Gypsy Robe Ceremony!

The colorful Gypsy Robe, embellished with mementos from Broadway musicals, is presented to the cast member who has the most Broadway chorus credits. Recent Gypsy Robe honoree, FINIAN'S RAINBOW's Lisa Gajda passed the special Broadway garment on to Michael X. Martin backstage at the Neil Simon before the opening night performance and we were there too! (more...)

3) Susan Boyle to Perform on Today Show November 23

Susan Boyle will appear on the Today Show on Monday, November 23, 2009 in New York's Rockefeller Plaza to sing to promote her debut album I Dreamed a Dream which is being released this week. The show will be Susan's first public performance in the USA. She is expected to perform her signature tune I Dreamed a Dream, as well as Wild Horses, Cry Me A River and a surprise selection. (more...)

4) BWW TV: Backstage with 'BIRDIE' - Nolan Gerard Funk Answers Your Questions!

'There Was Such A Lot Of Askin' To Do' with our new 'BWW BIRDIE' Q&A feature and the exciting thing for all you 'BYE BYE BIRDIE' fans is that...Conrad Birdie himself is answering your questions! (more...)

5) Photo Flash: Irving Berlin'S WHITE CHRISTMAS Opens Tonight on Broadway

The Tony Award® nominated hit musical Irving Berlin'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, the stage reinvention of the beloved classic film, directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Randy Skinner, with music supervision by Rob Berman, returns to Broadway! (more...)

6) Photo Flash: DREAMGIRLS Opens Tonight at Apollo Theater

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 in a cast of 26 that also features Tallia Brinson, Felicia Boswell, Ronald Duncan, Talitha Farrow, Brittney Griffin, James Harkness, Robert Hartwell, Eric Jackson, Chauncey Jenkins, Jared Joseph, Nikki Kimbrough, Brittany Lewis, Douglas Lyons, Kimberly Marable, Jarran Muse, Amaker Smith and Marc Spaulding. (more...)

7) BWW TV: Jason Robert Brown on 13 - Working with Kids

In this clip, made available to BroadwayWorld.com, Jason Robert Brown discusses 13 and about working with kids. (more...)

8) STAGE TUBE: Priscilla Queen of the Desert Cast Performs 'I Will Survive'

Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical is playing at Palace Theatre, Cambridge Circus, London W1 through May 2010. The cast performed 'I Will Survive' on the BBC's Children in Need Benefit. (more...)

9) BWW TV: Broadway Beat Sneak Peek of IN THE NEXT ROOM Opening Night

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 on 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. Catch these Broadway Beat highlights and Opening Night interviews with Michael Cerveris and Laura Benanti right here on BroadwayWorld.com! (more...)

10) STAGE TUBE: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Performs 'Make 'Em Laugh' on Saturday Night Live

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, this week's host of Saturday Night Live opened the show talking about how much he enjoys singing and dancing and he treated the audience to "Make 'Em Laugh", from Singin' in the Rain, which he described as his favorite musical growing up. (more...)

11) STAGE TUBE: Priscilla Queen of the Desert Cast Performs 'Colour My World'

Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical is playing at Palace Theatre, Cambridge Circus, London W1 through May 2010. The cast performed 'Colour My World' on the BBC's Children in Need Benefit. (more...)

12) STAGE TUBE: New NINE Movie Television Spot

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13) Adam Lambert, NINE Film, Alicia Keys, Jay-Z and More Perform Tonight on AMAs

Dick Clark productions President Orly Adelson announced this week that Jay-Z will perform at the 2009 American Music Awards along with a starry roster including Adam Lambert, Jennifer Lopez and many others. A 'special preview' first look will be presented on the film version of NINE during the broadcast as well. (more...)

14) STAGE TUBE: GLEE Sneak Peek - Madonna's 'Papa Don't Preach'

It was revealed recently that Madonna has given GLEE the rights to her catalog and that an all-Madonna-music episode is in the works for early next year. Just released is a preview of actress Dianna Agron doing a rendition of "Papa Don't Preach." (more...)

15) DREAMGIRLS National Tour Opens at Apollo Theater Tonight; Runs Through 12/12

Producer John Breglio and the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. will bring Broadway uptown for four weeks only with Dreamgirls at the Apollo Theater, prior to the national tour of the new production of the groundbreaking musical. The national tour of Dreamgirls will kick-off at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater (253 West 125 Street) beginning previews Saturday, November 7, 2009, and opening Sunday, November 22, 2009, for 4 weeks only, through Sunday December, 6, 2009. (more...)

16) Nikki Gil to fill the shoes of Laura Bell Bundy; LEGALLY BLONDE Manila opens 6/10

Filipino television and recording artist, Nikki Gil, has started vocal and dance preparations for the very demanding role of Elle Woods, which Laura Bell Bundy originated on Broadway in the hit movie-to-stage musical LEGALLY BLONDE. Atlantis Productions (Spring Awakening, Spelling Bee) brings to Manila LEGALLY BLONDE, a fun, teen musical based on the Amanda Brown novel, and the Hollywood film of the same title premiering in June 2010 at the Meralco Theatre. (more...)

17) STAGE TUBE: Penelope Cruz Talks NINE on Regis & Kelly

Penelope Cruz this week appeared this week on Live with Regis & Kelly to discuss her role in the upcoming NINE film. (more...)

18) STAGE TUBE: WONDERLAND - Through the Looking-Glass: Neil Patel

Wonderland, the first initiative of the Broadway Genesis Project at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, features a score by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlett Pimpernel, The Civil War), lyrics by Jack Murphy (The Civil War) and a book by Murphy and Gregory Boyd. Boyd, the artistic director of the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas, will direct the production. (more...)

19) Irving Berlin'S WHITE CHRISTMAS Brings the 'Jingle' to Broadway, Opens Tonight

Happy Holidays New York! The Tony Award® nominated hit musical Irving Berlin'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, the stage reinvention of the beloved classic film, directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Randy Skinner, with music supervision by Rob Berman, returns to Broadway! (more...)

20) Disney's High School Musical Franchise Headed to China with New Adaption

Variety is reporting that Disney is developing a localized adaption of its High School Musical franchise for China and production has already begun on "Disney High School Musical: China" which, while similar to the American High School Musical is based on an original screenplay written from the ground up. (more...)