Ben Gettinger News

“THANK YOU…NEXT”, a mockumentary web series that follows a disconcerting creative team as they attempt to cast a Broadway-bound musical of the 1999 film "Boys Don't Cry", dominated the Mockumentary Category at the 2011 LA Web Series Festival with a total of six awards. (more...)

"THANK YOU...NEXT", a new web series created by Ben Gettinger and Raymond J. Lee, is proud to announce that it is among 30 new web series accepted into the Second Annual Los Angeles Web Series Festival, held in Los Angeles at Stage 52 between March 25 - 27, 2011. The web series has just launched a new trailer for the series, which can be viewed through their website at www.ThankYouNextSeries.com. (more...)

Daniel Reichard, original star of Broadway's “Jersey Boys” and the recent New York City Opera revival of “Candide”, returned to the New York stage on December 10th at 9 P.M. at the Triad Theater for his annual Christmas concert. (more...)

Raymond J. Lee and Ben Gettinger recently released the first installment of their webisode titled, "Thank You...Next." (more...)

Members of the Broadway & NY Theater Community came together to share their stories that "It Gets Better" (more...)

On September 13th, TheStage Repertory Company, in conjunction with The Palace Theatre in Danbury, presented Musical Mondays! featuring Bobby Cronin. The concert marked the first in an ongoing monthly series that will be produced by the Danbury-based theatre company at the historic downtown Danbury venue. The series will feature the music of contemporary musical theatre composers performed by some of Broadway's hottest talent. (more...)

Allison Case (Hair), Andrew Kober (Hair), Jared Gertner (Spelling Bee), LaQuet Sharnell (Memphis), Brad Simanski (Wicked), Jenn Furman (Wicked), BRETT TERESA (Bratt Camp), Brian Gallagher (Wonderland) set for Musical Mondays with Chris Lane, Danny Stone, Joshua Samuels and Bobby Cronin (all of whom play on Cronin's CD "Reach The Sky" available on iTunes) (more...)

Allison Case (Hair), Andrew Kober (Hair), Jared Gertner (Spelling Bee), LaQuet Sharnell (Memphis), Brad Simanski (Wicked), Jenn Furman (Wicked), BRETT TERESA (Bratt Camp), Brian Gallagher (Wonderland) set for Musical Mondays with Chris Lane, Danny Stone, Joshua Samuels and Bobby Cronin (all of whom play on Cronin's CD "Reach The Sky" available on iTunes) (more...)

ALLISON CASE (Hair), ANDREW KOBER (Hair), JARED GERTNER (Spelling Bee), LAQUET SHARNELL (Memphis), BRAD SIMANSKI (Wicked), JENN FURMAN (Wicked), BRETT TERESA (Bratt Camp), BRIAN GALLAGHER (Wonderland) (more...)

Last night, March 15, The Actor's Fund presented a one-night-only benefit performance of VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, a stage adaptation of the 1967 film, at the Gerald W. Lynch Theatre at John Jay College. The evening will benefit their programs and services. (more...)

Daniel Reichard, one of the original stars of Broadway's megahit JERSEY BOYS, returned to the New York City concert stage in his new show Daniel Reichard's Gettin' on the Good List at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theatre (405 West 55th Street). (more...)

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will welcome Patrick Boll, Alyse Alan Louis, David Andrew Macdonald and Eric William Morris to the Winter Garden Theatre on Tuesday, September 22, 2009. (more...)

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will welcome Patrick Boll, Alyse Alan Louis, David Andrew Macdonald and Eric William Morris to the Winter Garden Theatre on Tuesday, September 22, 2009. (more...)

Benny Andersson and Bj?rn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! welcomed Brandi Burkhardt to the Broadway cast as bride-to-be "Sophie Sheridan" when she began performances at the Winter Garden Theatre on Tuesday, January 27th, 2009. Burkhardt was a guest on WGHT Radio's 'CURTAIN CALL with Teisha Bader'. Burkhardt made her Broadway debut earlier this season when she created the role of "Lucie Manette" in the world premiere musical A Tale of Two Cities. She also starred as "Daisy Mae" in Lil' Abner for the Los Angeles Reprise series and as "Emma" in the international touring production of Jekyll & Hyde: Resurrection. (more...)

Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will welcome Brandi Burkhardt to the Broadway cast as bride-to-be "Sophie Sheridan" when she begins performances at the Winter Garden Theatre on Tuesday, January 27th, 2009. Allison Case will play her final performance in the role on Sunday, January 25th. (more...)

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! welcomes Sean Alan Krill as "Sam Carmichael," Allison Case as "Sophie Sheridan" and Chris Peluso as "Sky" to the Broadway company when they begin performances at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway), tonight, Wednesday, September 24th, 2008. (more...)

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! welcomes Sean Alan Krill as "Sam Carmichael," Allison Case as "Sophie Sheridan" and Chris Peluso as "Sky" to the Broadway company when they begin performances at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008. (more...)

The "106.7 Lite fm Presents Broadway in Bryant Park 2008" series officially kicks off with the casts of Avenue Q, Phantom of the Opera, Pure Country, Mamma Mia! and In The Heights performing on Thursday July 17th, 12:30 pm at Bryant Park Lawn. (more...)

The Tony Award-winning Vineyard Theatre celebrated the opening of its newest musical, The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (Or, The Friends of Dr. Rushower), featuring libretto and drawings by acclaimed cartoonist Ben Katchor and music composed by musician Mark Mulcahy, on Tuesday, February 12 at Osso Bucco on Unversity Place. (more...)

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical Mamma Mia! "dances and jives" back to Broadway on Thursday, November 29 at the Winter Garden Theatre (more...)