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Photo Exclusive: Behind-the-Scenes of NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT's Cast Recording Session!
by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012

The Tony-nominated Best Musical NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT just recorded an Original Broadway Cast album and we have the Exclusive behind-the-scene shots, along with backstage photos of a recent performance! Factory label to be distributed by Sony. The album was recorded at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Long Island City, NY on May 20th and 21st. The release date will be announced soon. The album will be produced by six-time Grammy® nominee Robert Sher. (more...)

Harvey Fierstein to Host Helen Hayes Theatre's 100th Anniversary Celebration
by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012

Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein will host a special Birthday party on Thursday, May 24th to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Little / Helen Hayes Theatre (240 West 44th Street), which opened on March 12, 1912 with John GalsworthyÂ’s play The Pigeon. The theatre is currently home to the smash hit musical Rock of Ages. (more...)

Musicals Tonight Season to Include STRIKE UP THE BAND, LEAVE IT TO JANE and More
by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012

Musicals Tonight has announced that its upcoming season will include the following shows. (more...)

Looking Ahead to the Boston Pops New Season with Bernadette Peters & More!
by Joseph F. Panarello - May 22, 2012

Recently, conductor Keith Lockhart was joined by Bernadette Peters to present the schedule for the Boston Pops’ Spring 2012 season. Peters was the guest during the Opening Night concert at Boston’s beautiful Symphony Hall. As stellar as she is, Peters is only one of the sensational artists who have been scheduled to appear with the Boston Pops which is celebrating its 127th season. On June 5th, 6th and 7th, Broadway’s Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley will perform “A Tribute to Cole Porter”. American Idol’s Melinda Doolittle will join Gospel singer Crystal Aitkin and Charles Floyd for the 20th Gospel Night Celebration on June 9th. Although many people know Steve Martin as a comic actor and playwright, he is also a very serious musician who will be bringing his bluegrass band, The Steep Canyon Rangers, to play with the Pops on May 29th and 30th. Anne Hampton Callaway, who is one of the premier interpreters of the American Songbook will bring her unique stylings to what is being billed as “The Barbra Streisand Songbook” on May 15th and 16th. Singer Maureen McGovern will join the Pops to sing selections from her Broadway show LITTLE WOMEN as a tribute to the novel’s author Louisa May Alcott. (more...)

IT'S MAGIC: 90 YEARS OF SONGS FROM WARNER BROS. to Feature Tom Wopat, Christine Andreas and More at 92nd Street Y
by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012

To close out the 2012 season of 92nd Street YÂ’s Lyrics & Lyricists, Rex Reed pays tribute to the studio that gave us such iconic movie musicals as 42nd Street, Yankee Doodle Dandy, A Star is Born and My Fair Lady. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Matthew Broderick Reveals Most Embarrassing B'Way Moment on BRAVO
by Stage Tube - May 22, 2012

Matthew Broderick, star of Broadway's NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, was a guest on last night's 'Watch What Happens Live' on Bravo. While playing host Andy Cohen's favorite game of 'Plead the Fifth', Broderick revealed his most embarrassing moment on the Broadway stage. (more...)

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Cast Album in the Works!
by BWW News Desk - May 17, 2012

The Tony-nominated Best Musical NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT will get an Original Broadway Cast Recording on the Shout! Factory label to be distributed by Sony. The album will be recorded at Kaufman Astoria Studios in Long Island City, NY on May 20th and 21st. The release date will be announced soon. The album will be produced by six-time Grammy® nominee Robert Sher. (more...)

Orchestra of St. Luke’s Announces 2012/2013 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2012

Orchestra of St. Luke’s (OSL) announces its 2012/2013 concert season—the first with Principal Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado performing in both its summer series at Caramoor International Music Festival and orchestra series at Carnegie Hall. (more...)

Cape May Stage Presents AT WIT'S END, 6/11
by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2012

Join New York actor, singer, and musician Chuck Muckle at Cape May Stage’s Robert Shackleton Playhouse for an evening of “music, laughs, and eccentric wit” as Muckle plays Oscar Levant in At Wit’s End, by Joel Kimmel. Directed by June Prager, Levant’s stories, music, fears, aspirations, struggles, and joys will be presented in a musical and comical performance on June 11th at 8 p.m. as part of Cape May Stage’s acclaimed Monday night Second Stage Series. (more...)

Grant Llewellyn Leads North Carolina Symphony in RHAPSODY IN BLUE, 6/3
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2012

North Carolina Symphony Music Director Grant Llewellyn leads the orchestra and featured pianist Clara Yang in “Rhapsody in Blue” in a special Sunday concert during this summer’s Rex Healthcare Summerfest Series. (more...)

Chicago's Grant Park Music Festival Kicks Off in July
by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2012

Summer in Chicago continues this July with the Grant Park Music Festival, led by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Carlos Kalmar and the Grammy Award-nominated Grant Park Orchestra, along with Chorus Director Christopher Bell and the Grant Park Chorus in the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in ChicagoÂ’s Millennium Park. The Festival will bring performances by outstanding guest conductors and guest artists from around the world, in a month of exciting programming that includes a world premiere commission, a live concert screening of Frozen Planet, the latest hit series from BBC/Discovery Channel, a tribute concert to Broadway and Hollywood legend, Frank Loesser and other Festival favorites. (more...)

SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR and More Lead Musicals Tonight's 2012-2013 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2012

Musicals Tonight's 2012-2013 Season includes Fade Out – Fade In by Comden & Green and Jule Styne, Strike Up the Band George & Ira Gershwin, Same Time, Next Year - The Musical a Premiere and Leave It to Jane by Jerome Kern. See full details below. (more...)

BWW Review: OPENING NIGHT AT POPS WITH BERNADETTE PETERS
by Nancy Grossman - May 10, 2012

The Boston Pops Orchestra, Keith Lockhart Conducting: Opening Night with Guest Artists Maggie Scott, Michael Chertock, Bernadette Peters; Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at Symphony Hall. (more...)

DREAMWORKS' HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON LIVE SPECTACULAR Launches In North America This Summer Starring Riley Miner
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2012

This summer, audiences across North America will experience the magic of fire-breathing dragons that soar through arena skies in DREAMWORKS' HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON LIVE SPECTACULAR. DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA), Global Creatures and S2BN Entertainment today announced HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON LIVE SPECTACULAR will embark on a worldwide tour following its critically-acclaimed debut in Australia and New Zealand. The tour will be produced by RZO Dragon Productions to deliver 23 dragons, some with wingspans of up to 46 feet, Viking warriors and world-class circus artists and acrobats, to perform against a state-of-the-art, wall-to-floor immersive projection measuring more than 20,000 square feet. (more...)

Riccardo Chailly and Stefano Bollani Release SOUNDS OF THE 30S, 5/22
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2012

Following the success of last yearÂ’s recording of GershwinÂ’s Piano Concerto and Rhapsody in Blue, conductor Riccardo Chailly and pianist Stefano Bollani return with an album of jazz-inspired classical works, including two world-premiere recordings. The album, which was recorded live at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, will be released on May 22, 2012. (more...)

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Announces National Tour for Fall 2013
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2012

The producers of the critically acclaimed and Tony-nominated Best Musical NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT are pleased to announce the launch of a US national tour in the fall of 2013. NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT is the new musical comedy directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes) featuring music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro (Memphis). The production is currently playing on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street). (more...)

BWW Exclusive: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Digital Character Card - Terry Beaver
by BWW - May 04, 2012

Broadway: Born Yesterday, Inherit the Wind, Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Democracy, Twentieth Century, Henry IV, The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Tony® nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award). Off-Broadway: The Marriage of Bette and Boo. London: Deathtrap. Regional theater: A Delicate Balance, Proof, How I Learned to Drive, Angels in America, Betrayal, The Dining Room. Features: Going the Distance, Imaginary Heroes, Hearts in Atlantis, Company Man. TV: “The West Wing,” “Shot in the Heart,” “Law and Order” (all). (more...)

STAGE TUBE: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Cast Performs 'Sweet And Lowdown' on Letterman!
by Stage Tube - May 04, 2012

Two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick, Robyn Hurder and the cast of the Tony-nominated Best Musical NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT performed "Sweet & Lowdown" on CBS "The Late Show with David Letterman" last night, May 3rd. Check out the full performance below! (more...)

BWW Exclusive: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Digital Character Card - Robyn Hurder
by BWW - May 03, 2012

Broadway: Grease (Marty), Chicago (Mona), Wedding Singer (Donatella), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(Violet). Off-Broadway/NYMF: Play It Cool (Lena), Tour De Fierce (starring as Broadway Doll). National Tours: A Chorus Line (Cassie, 1st Nat'l), Spamalot (Lady of the Lake u/s), Starlight Express (Pearl). Regional: Chicago (Roxie). Gratitude must go out to Kathleen, Jay Binder, Professional Artists, BBS, and my beloved friends. So much love to the amazing Hurder and Alves family, and to the love of my life, Clyde. (more...)

BWW Review: Hershey Felder in MAESTRO: LEONARD BERNSTEIN
by Nancy Grossman - May 03, 2012

Hershey Felder projects the persona of Leonard Bernstein and delves into the man behind the music, examining the musical and personal influences that shaped the great American composer/conductor. The musical selections begin and end with WEST SIDE STORY, and feature songs from his other Broadway shows (ON THE TOWN, CANDIDE), but provide a good balance with his classical, albeit lesser known, compositions. (more...)

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