Josefina Scaglione News

EVITA opened last night, April 5, at the Marquis Theatre! The company of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's landmark musical is led by Ricky Martin as Che, Elena Roger in her Broadway debut as Eva Perón and Michael Cerveris as Juan Perón, along with Max von Essen as Migaldi and Rachel Potter as the Mistress. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the evening's starry opening night arrivals and brings you photo coverage below! (more...)

40 coreutas, un maestro de ceremonia, dos bailarines, una veintena de músicos y un Gran Rex lleno. Y ellas, por supuesto. 22 mujeres que dejaron todo en el escenario para demostrar por qué son las Primeras Damas del Musical. (more...)

Las intérpretes femeninas más destacadas del género en Argentina se presentaron anoche en un show único en la avenida Corrientes. (more...)

Has Broadway ever had the pleasure to hear a better score than that of WEST SIDE STORY? Furthermore, has a better movie musical ever been made of a Broadway show? Honestly, does musical theatre get any more breathlessly exhilarating and passionately evocative as WEST SIDE STORY unquestionably is? Did Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins somehow actually improve on perfection in the original production of the show with their 1960 film version of the Shakespeare-based, modern Manhattan-set property? Well, I suppose it all depends on your point of view, but for many Broadway babies WEST SIDE STORY is simply as good as it gets as far as musical tragedy or musical comedy is concerned, and, for many film buffs, there are few movie musicals as potent, powerful and prescient as WEST SIDE STORY undoubtedly is in its multi-Oscar-winning film iteration. It is truly the best of both worlds for the duration of its running time, somehow managing to put across the highly theatrical storytelling techniques employed by master-directors Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, and, also, present the realistic, rough and tumble life of Tony and Maria - the doomed lovers at the core of the story. More than anything else, though, it is the impossible-to-beat score for WEST SIDE STORY by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim - along with Arthur Laurents tight and terse book (enhanced for the film by Ernest Lehmann) - that makes it the timeless classic for the ages that it is. Name one other score that boasts as many songs etched into the very culture of America itself as this one - “Tonight”, “Maria”, “Cool”, “A Boy Like That”, “I Feel Pretty”, “America”, “Somewhere”; and, the list goes on. (more...)

Stars from Hollywood and Broadway came together tonight for a one-of-a-kind performance featuring some of the biggest names from stage and screen to benefit the Motion Picture & Television Fund (MPTF). Catherine Zeta-Jones returned to host the evening, marking the 6th anniversary of the event and raising $1 million. Funds raised during the evening support the numerous essential health and social services the MPTF provides to more than 60,000 entertainment industry members every year. (more...)

On Twitter Watch, Lea Michele wrote "Having another one of those beyond thankful moments at work.. When west side story came to bway a few years ago I wanted to do it SO bad! When I didn't get it was so devastated. If someone told me then that a few years later I'd be playing the same part but on a tv show!...I wouldn't have believed it. As cheesy as it is..dreams come true! Thats why never give up & when one door closes a huge window will open." (more...)

Music of many generations highlights the 2010-2011 Broadway Across America - Boston season (more...)

Music of many generations highlights the 2010-2011 Broadway Across America - Boston season (more...)

As a super-special Spring extension of BroadwayWorldÂ’s SOUND OFF column, every day until the Tony Awards on June 12 we will be presenting a spectacular new entry in the SPOTLIGHT ON THE 2011 TONY AWARDS series featuring a particularly entertaining, interesting, relevant and exciting Tony Awards-related clip from the last sixty-three years of the ceremonies (and subsequent seasons on Broadway) with a rundown and commentary on the sights, sounds and showmanship on display in each carefully chosen selection - all, of course, coming in anticipation of BroadwayÂ’s biggest night, which will be broadcast on CBS this year, as always. Once again this year, BroadwayWorld is the official home of the 2011 Tony Awards and we will also be featuring exclusive interviews, articles, photos, video content, interactive features and more in the coming days and weeks leading up to the event so be sure to check back daily for your theatre fix! (more...)

El bailarín y coreógrafo Luis Salgado, que ha estado en Madrid para impartir unas Master Class sobre Teatro Musical y Latin Fusion y formó parte de la compañía de In The Heights en Broadway, nos habla sobre sus comienzos, R.Evolución Latina y sus futuros proyectos. (more...)

The Broadway community mourns the loss of Arthur Laurents, who passed away Thursday night at age 93. (more...)

Music of many generations highlights the 2010-2011 Broadway Across America - Boston season (more...)

Music of many generations highlights the 2010-2011 Broadway Across America - Boston season (more...)

Music of many generations highlights the 2010-2011 Broadway Across America - Boston season (more...)

Music of many generations highlights the 2010-2011 Broadway Across America - Boston season (more...)

R.Evolución Latina (www.revolucionlatina.org) is proud to present its Beyond Workshop Series. The BWS is a FREE educational workshop where renowned NYC teachers from various disciplines in the performing arts, lend their talent and time to teach dance, voice, and acting workshops. (more...)

West Side Story returned to Broadway in a new production directed by its two-time Tony Award winning librettist Arthur Laurents. West Side Story opened at the Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway) on Thursday, March 19, 2009. Broadway Beat and BWW were there to cover every exciting moment of Opening Night-get ready to "rumble" with this Sneak Peek! (more...)

BroadwayWorld offers highlights of the several productions which will complete their Broadway runs in January. (more...)

R.Evolución Latina is holding a private interview session for the press with the Broadway, TV, and Film celebrity artists of DARE TO GO BEYOND: THE ALBUM prior to their Evening of Celebration, at 5pm, Monday, December 13th at the 55 Lexington Avenue building of the Baruch Performing Arts Center. (more...)

R.Evolución Latina is holding a private interview session for the press with the Broadway, TV, and Film celebrity artists of DARE TO GO BEYOND: THE ALBUM prior to their Evening of Celebration, at 5pm, Monday, December 13th at the 55 Lexington Avenue building of the Baruch Performing Arts Center. (more...)