Ken Davenport News

BroadwayWorld has confirmed that the revival of GODSPELL on Broadway, despite a lack of Tony nominations, will make an appearance on the 2012 broadcast to perform a selection from the musical. At this time, there is no official word or confirmation on who, or what the cast will be performing. (more...)

On Friday, June 8, GODSPELL will play a special added matinee performance at 3 p.m. (more...)

Hollywood-turned-Broadway actress Anna Maria Perez de Tagle’s “Godspell” co-stars, showbiz friends, and fans turned out in full force at her recent benefit concert held on board the Hornblower Hybrid, which – aside from the audience enjoying De Tagle and her buddies’ wide repertoire – treated the crowd to breathtaking views of the Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty. (more...)

Broken Nose Theatre is proud to announce the Chicago premiere of the Off-Broadway hit, MY FIRST TIME at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 North Lincoln Ave., June 8 – July 28. Directed by Chicago’s Broken Nose Theatre Artistic Director Benjamin Brownson and written by Ken Davenport and real people just like you, MY FIRST TIME runs Fridays and Saturdays at 11 p.m. Opening Night/Press Opening is Saturday, June 9 at 11 p.m. (Preview performance is June 8). For tickets to MY FIRST TIME visit www.greenhousetheater.org or call 773.404.7336. (more...)

Following an incredible afternoon of open-call auditions for kids last month in which more than 500 kids (ages six to 16) were seen, the creative and producing team of GODSPELL selected five boys and five girls (plus one "swing") to perform a special encore number at the curtain call on Tuesday, May 22. (more...)

Broadway and Off-Broadway producer Ken Davenport has announced The Davenport Ten Minute Play Contest. 10 ten minute plays or musicals will be selected from submissions to be featured in a presentation evening and vie for the title of ‘Best Play’ as chosen by a panel of industry professionals. Finalists will receive a cash prize of $50 and the grand prize winner will receive $500. (more...)

The company of Broadway's first-ever revival of Stephen Schwartz's rock musical GODSPELL welcomed a new leading man -- stage and screen star Corbin Bleu (Disney's "High School Musical," Broadway's In the Heights) -- to the starring role of Jesus last night. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the star's first curtain call & party! (more...)

Last night at the Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway and "Weeds" star Hunter Parrish ended his run as Jesus in the first-ever Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's GODSPELL. The show welcomes a new leading man-stage and screen star Corbin Bleu (Disney's "High School Musical," Broadway's In the Heights)-to the starring role. Parrish now returns to Los Angeles to begin filming the eighth season of the hit Showtime series "Weeds." Check out photos from his final bow below! (more...)

Tonight at the Circle in the Square Theatre, Broadway and "Weeds" star Hunter Parrish ends his run as Jesus in the first-ever Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's GODSPELL. The show welcomes a new leading man—stage and screen star Corbin Bleu (Disney's "High School Musical," Broadway's In the Heights)—to the starring role. (more...)

Producer Ken Davenport announced today that on Tuesday, April 24 at Circle in the Square Theatre (1633 Broadway at 50th Street), aspiring young Broadway hopefuls can audition for "The GODSPELL Cast of 2032." (more...)

Kansas City's American Heartland Theatre in Crown Center has announced their 2012-2013 season, which will include 5 Kansas City Premieres and one favorite holiday hit. Starting off the season is comedy about family by one of AHT's favorite playwrights, Sean Grennan, MAKING GOD LAUGH. The season also includes a riotous adaptation of the thriller, THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. The holidays have everyone laughing with the return of the Sisters of Mount St. Helens in NUNCRACKERS. (more...)

Producer Ken Davenport announced today that the new Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's legendary rock musical GODSPELL will launch its first national tour in the 2013-2014 theater season. (more...)

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Following the success of Godspell’s February 19th “Tweet Seat” experiment, producer Ken Davenport announces Broadway’s first “Kindle Night.” (more...)

On Saturday, March 31, 2012, producer Ken Davenport (Godspell) will present a private industry reading of the new musical SOMEWHERE IN TIME, based on the 1980 Universal Motion Picture of the same name by Richard Matheson. (more...)

Broadway and Off-Broadway producer Ken Davenport (author of the popular blog, The Producer's Perspective) will present Jack RushenÂ’s Shooting Crows as the ninth selection in THE DAVENPORT DEVELOPMENTAL READING SERIES, for readings of new works (plays and/or musicals), on Monday, April 2nd at the Davenport Studio. Shooting Crows is directed by Gregory Fletcher. The performance will be at 8:00pm followed by a talk-back with the writer. To RSVP, visit http://shootingcrows.eventbrite.com. (more...)

The Commercial Theater Institute's (CTI) upcoming 3-Day Producing Conference will take place April 20 - April 22, 2012. The 31st Annual 3-Day intensive features a panel of top Broadway producers offering practical information of interest to prospective producers, general managers, and investors. (more...)

Anna Maria Perez de Tagle and George Salazar, Filipino actors and singers who are making their Broadway debuts in the current production of GODSPELL, and the rest of the showÂ’s cast were in full force to welcome the Filipino-American press, and Filipino-American TV and film actor Sam Milby, at a cocktail reception at Bambo 52 sushi bar and lounge in New York City, on Thursday, March 15, followed by an evening performance of GODSPELL at Circle in the Square Theatre, and a post-show talk back with KABABAYAN LAÂ’s Janelle So. (more...)

The Today Show's Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kota made a very special appearance at GODSPELL recently. Watch the humorous performance here, and hear what they had to say about it below! (more...)

The Today Show's Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb made a very special appearance at GODSPELL recently. Watch the humorous performance below! (more...)