Gaelen Gilliland News

Broadway/L.A. today announced that THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its L.A. Premiere at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood for a limited 2 week engagement from June 5 – 17. (more...)

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts presents the first national tour of the new musical “The Addams Family,” based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams. “The Addams Family” runs from May 8-20 as a part of the Ordway’s 2011-2012 Theater Season. (more...)

The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards recognize the extraordinary wealth of talent in the Boston theatre community, and this year's nominations have just been announced. IRNE Reviewers include among others David Brooks Andrews, Sheila Barth, Jules Becker, Kay Bourne, Beverly Creasey, Shirley Esthimer, Richard Fahey, Guy Giampapa, Norm Gross, Nancy Grossman, Bryce Lambert, Beatrice Lee, Kilian Melloy and Larry Stark. (more...)

Welcome to SUBMISSIONS ONLY, BroadwayWorld.com's first exclusive, fully scripted program series created, written, and directed by Kate Wetherhead and Andrew Keenan-Bolger. The pair also stars in the series, which enjoyed an extremely successful Season 1 on YouTube and was streamed throughout the summer on BroadwayWorld.com in anticipation of SUBMISSIONS ONLY's second season, which is now being broadcast EXCLUSIVELY on BroadwayWorld each month. (more...)

The plot thickens in Episode 4 of "Submissions Only," as casting director Tim Trull (Colin Hanlon) finds himself face to face with "Compass-ition" creator Nolan Grigsby (Wade McCollum). Meanwhile, actress Penny Reilly (Kate Wetherhead) struggles to follow her own dating rules when faced with attractive prospects. The long list of guest stars include Mary Testa, Jeremy Jordan, Stephen Pasquale, Matt Cavenaugh, Gaelen Gilliland, Jonathan Freeman and Van Hughes. (more...)

We're just three days away from the SUBMISSION ONLY Season 2, Episode 4 episode premiere. The plot thickens as casting director Tim Trull (Colin Hanlon) finds himself face to face with "Compass-ition" creator Nolan Grigsby (Wade McCollum). Meanwhile, actress Penny Reilly (Kate Wetherhead) struggles to follow her own dating rules when faced with attractive prospects. The long list of guest stars include Mary Testa, Jeremy Jordan, Stephen Pasquale, Matt Cavenaugh, Gaelen Gilliland, Jonathan Freeman and Van Hughes. (more...)

The plot thickens in Episode 4 of "Submissions Only," as casting director Tim Trull (Colin Hanlon) finds himself face to face with "Compass-ition" creator Nolan Grigsby (Wade McCollum). Meanwhile, actress Penny Reilly (Kate Wetherhead) struggles to follow her own dating rules when faced with attractive prospects. The long list of guest stars include Mary Testa, Jeremy Jordan, Stephen Pasquale, Matt Cavenaugh, Gaelen Gilliland, Jonathan Freeman and Van Hughes. (more...)

On November 18, 2011, stage and cabaret stars will come together for DIVA, to celebrate the life of award-winning singer, the late David Gurland on what would have been his 44th birthday. (more...)

On November 18, 2011, stage and cabaret stars will come together for DIVA, to celebrate the life of award-winning singer, the late David Gurland on what would have been his 44th birthday. (more...)

The award-winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) is tickled pink to present LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL. Having won over audiences across the nation, Elle, Bruiser and friends will make their NSMT debut for a two week limited engagement, opening Tuesday, November 1 -and playing through Sunday, November 13. Press night is scheduled for Wednesday, November 2 at 7:30 p.m. (more...)

The award-winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) is tickled pink to present LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL. Having won over audiences across the nation, Elle, Bruiser and friends will make their NSMT debut for a two week limited engagement, opening Tuesday, November 1 -and playing through Sunday, November 13. (more...)

The award-winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) is tickled pink to present LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL. Having won over audiences across the nation, Elle, Bruiser and friends will make their NSMT debut for a two week limited engagement, opening Tuesday, November 1 -and playing through Sunday, November 13. (more...)

BroadwayWorld.com has been following the progress of Broadway-bound musical, ALLEGIANCE, since its first reading in Los Angeles two years ago up to its final workshop presentation held at the Baryshnikov Arts Center yesterday. What we just saw certainly bore little likeness to its initial working draft while some aspects of the production have remained the same, like its central story on the Japanese American experience during and after the World War II internment; and its composer and lyricist Jay Kuo’s uplifting and emotionally charged music and lyrics. (more...)

Lisa Howard, one of the stars of William Finn's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, will perform a concert at Birdland on Monday, April 11 at 7pm. This event will be part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series, which showcases performers and composers from the Great White Way. (more...)

Splash's Musical Mondays is proud to present a very special edition of "Curtain Call" with a musical double billing! On March 28th, directly following the video clip extravaganza, host Emily McNamara welcomes Broadway diva Gaelen Gilliland to serve up a full set of Broadway's hottest tunes plus a preview performance from the cast of Broadway's Next H!t Musical! (more...)

Splash's Musical Mondays is proud to present a very special edition of "Curtain Call" with a musical double billing! On March 28th, directly following the video clip extravaganza, host Emily McNamara welcomes Broadway diva Gaelen Gilliland to serve up a full set of Broadway's hottest tunes plus a preview performance from the cast of Broadway's Next H!t Musical! (more...)

Broadway and US television stars Lea Salonga (Gloria Suzuki), George Takei (old Sam Omura), Telly Leung (young Sam Omura), Allie Trim (Hannah Campbell), Michael K. Lee (James Omura), Paolo Montalban (Ben Chin/Mike Masaoka), Christine Toy Johnson (Kimiko Omura), Alan Ariano (Tatsuo Omura) and Jason Tam (Frankie Suzuki) led two public staged readings of "American Idiot" associate producers Lorenzo Thione and Jay Kuo's Broadway bound musical "Allegiance" on Monday, October 25, 2010 at the Julia Miles Theatre, 424 W55th St. New York, NY. BroadwayWorld.com has been covering the new Asian American play's different stages of development since its private staged reading in Los Angeles, CA last year. (more...)

Tony-award winning actress Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon, Les Miserables) and television and film icon George Takei (Star Trek, Heroes) will return to portray the roles of Gloria Suzuki and Old Sam Omura in a developmental reading of the new Broadway-bound musical, Allegiance, on October 25th at the Julia Miles Theatre in New York City. Telly Leung (Flower Drum Song, Pacific Overture, Wicked, Rent) and Allie Trimm (13, Bye Bye Birdie) also star. Allegiance is produced by Lorenzo Thione and Sing Out, Louise! Productions. (more...)

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) is delighted to announce the cast selected to lead the award-winning production and TUTS debut of the Broadway smash hit, Hairspray, scheduled to play October 5 - 17 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. (more...)

‘You can’t stop the beat’, the laughs, nor the energy of Theatre Under the Stars' (TUTS) production of Hairspray now playing at the Houston Hobby Center. With one punch line after another, Hairspray is a show about big dreams, big hair and not being afraid to be yourself. (more...)