9 To 5's Stephanie J. Block made a special appearance to celebrate the release of her debut solo recording, "This Place I Know," on Wednesday, July 1st at the Lincoln Triangle Barnes & Noble. The performance and signing brought out her many fans as she shared her soaring and dynamic vocals with the crowd! BroadwayWorld.com was there to cheer on one of our favorite Broadway leading ladies as she wowed the audience who came out to help her celebrate. (more...)
After a sold-out run at the Toronto Centre for the Arts Studio Theatre (5040 Yonge Street) this past March Break, the all new revamped version of the Canadian Premiere production of High School Musical 2 On Stage! returns to Toronto July 14th. (more...)
rimary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) launches its 25th anniversary season of new works celebrating the female playwright with the world premiere of A Lifetime Burning by Cusi Cram. With direction by Pam MacKinnon, the four-member cast features Jennifer Westfeldt as Emma with Raul Castillo as Alejandro, Isabel Keating as Lydia, and Christina Kirk as Tess. Performances begin Tuesday, July 28, 2009 for a limited run through Saturday, September 5, 2009 at Primary Stages at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street, between Park and Madison Avenues). Opening night is set for Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. The cast and creative team held a meet and greet for the press and BroadwayWorld.com was there! (more...)
The Showboat Majestic will continue the 87th summer season with Beth Henley's 1981 Pulitzer Prize winning play, Crimes of the Heart. Performances run August 5 - August 23, 2009. (more...)
Cast members from the Tony Award-Winning revival of HAIR joined members from Broadway Kids Care (BKC) to tie-dye bandanas for charity on Wednesday, July 1st at the Fireman's Park 235 West 48th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue). (more...)
Adam Shorsten, Anthony Francavilla, Michelle Mantione, and The Imagination Company presented EROTIC BROADWAY at The Triad on Monday June 29th. EROTIC BROADWAY is New York City's sexiest, new late-night Monday series. (more...)
On June 26, 2009, The Princess Grace Foundation-USA hosted a special benefit performance of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of Up, written by Princess Grace Awards winner Bridget Carpenter (Playwriting, 1997) and directed by Princess Grace Awards winner Anna D. Shapiro (Directing, 1996). (more...)
Five-time Tony Award Nominated smash hit musical, ROCK OF AGES, along with US Air Guitar (the official air guitar association of the United States who is responsible for operating the US Air Guitar Championships) broke the Guinness World Record for Largest Air Guitar Ensemble immediately following the matinee performance yesterday, Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at The Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 W. 47th Street. BroadwwayWorld.com's headbangin' cameras were there to bring it all to you in our usual 'face melting' fashion! (more...)
The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is delighted to announce its latest production, Crazy For You. You'll be swept up in this artfully constructed tale of boy meets girl in the Wild West! The songs of George and Ira Gershwin are the inspiration of this Tony Award winning musical comedy that brings to the stage the nostalgic showmanship of 1930's Broadway. With a book written by Ken Ludwig, Crazy For You is perfect blend of classic American music, unforgettable dancing and riotous laughter, featuring such Gershwin hits as I Got Rhythm, Someone To Watch Over Me, Embraceable You, and They Can't Take That Away From Me. (more...)
Vanessa Williams hosted the Express Success 'Rack Relay Race' and professional clothing drive to benefit Not-For-Profit Dress For Success in Grand Central Terminal in New York City on Monday afternoon June 30th. (more...)
On Tuesday June 30th Harlem's Apollo Theater held a public memorial to Michael Jackson . The theater admitted 600 people at a time for a series of tribute videos and eulogies. DJs played Jackson's music throughout the day and fans left flowers and other tokens. Celebrities such as Spike Lee and Reverend Al Sharpton paid their respects during the day, cheering on the memory of the late 'King of Pop'. (more...)
Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and leading news network CNN were honored at the ninth annual Trevor New York gala on June 29 at Capitale in New York City. The event proceeds will benefit The Trevor Project, the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. (more...)
New Line Theatre, "The Bad Boy of Musical Theatre," closes its eighteenth season of provocative, adult, alternative musical theatre with the hilariously quirky and big-hearted Broadway musical, THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, running July 16-August 8, 2009, at the Washington University South Campus Theatre (formerly CBC High School), 6501 Clayton Road, just east of Big Bend. This is not on the Wash.U. main campus. (more...)
Broadway In Chicago, in partnership with the City of Chicago, is pleased to present the annual BROADWAY IN CHICAGO CONCERT IN THE PARK, a fantastic, free event on Monday, June 29 at 6:00 p.m. at the Petrillo Music Shell in Grant Park (235 S. Columbus Drive). BROADWAY IN CHICAGO CONCERT IN THE PARK features some of Broadway's hottest shows during the city's legendary Taste of Chicago festival. (more...)
Fred Travalena, the master impressionist and singer whose vast repertoire of voices ranged from Jack Nicholson to Sammy Davis Jr. to Bugs Bunny, has died. He was 66. (more...)
Gale Storm, who was one of early television's biggest stars on "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show," passed away this past Saturday, June 27th at age 87. (more...)
The Brick Theater presents Video Game Theater Performances at GAME PLAY A festival of Video Game Theater: 3 Plays executed through video games and in video game styles! (more...)
Kevin McCollum, Jeffrey Seller and Jill Furman, the producers of the 2008 Tony Award-winning Best Musical In The Heights, announced the news that Justina Machado has joined the production in the role of "Daniela" for 8 weeks only from Monday, June 29, through Sunday, August 23, 2009 at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 West 46th Street). (more...)
Gay men and showtunes? Who knew? It could happen. In fact, it did, as the Tony Award and Two-Time Grammy Award-Winning actress and ultimate DREAMGIRL, Jennifer Holliday, joined the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles in a very special engagement consisting of both classic and recent musical numbers that have defined the boards of the Great White Way. (more...)
Free Wooden O SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS present The Taming of the Shrew & Richard III at parks throughout King, Pierce and Snohomish counties July 9-August 2, 2009 (more...)
Menier Chocolate Factory presents smash hit musical revue Forbidden Broadway, for a strictly limited season from 25th June - 13th September. With Anna-Jane Casey, Sophie-Louise Dann, Alasdair Harvey AND Steven Kynman. (more...)
On Thursday, June 25th, Broadway veteran and hit recording artist Shoshana Bean debuted in Las Vegas' new hit production PEEPSHOW alongside Blonde Bombshell Holly Madison. Bean has taken over the dynamic role of the mistress of ceremonies, the "Peep Diva," and she now guides Holly Madison, who plays a timid "Bo Peep," in her transformation into a confident, sensual woman. (more...)
As previously announced, beginning on Monday, July 6th AVENUE Q will welcome back original cast member Ann Harada in the role of "Christmas Eve." Also joining the Broadway cast on July 6th, direct from the AVENUE Q U.S. national tour are Robert McClure in the roles of "Princeton/Rod," Anika Larsen in the roles of "Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut," and Danielle K. Thomas in the role of "Gary Coleman." Harada, McClure, Larsen and Thomas will join Christian Anderson, Nicholas Kohn and Jennifer Barnhart to comprise the final Broadway cast of AVENUE Q. (more...)
Photo Coverage: 9 To 5's Stephanie J. Block Sings And Signs At Barnes And Noble
Photo Flash: Open Rehearsal For Toronto's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2, Begins 7/14
Photo Coverage: 'A LIFETIME BURNING' Press Day
Photo Flash: CRIMES OF THE HEART on The Showboat, Opens 8/5
Photo Coverage: HAIR Cast Joins 'Broadway Kids Care' To Tie-Dye For Charity
Photo Coverage: 'EROTIC BROADWAY' Debuts At The Triad
Photo Flash: Princess Grace Foundation-USA Hosts Benefit Performance Of Steppenwolf's UP
Photo Coverage: ROCK OF AGES Breaks Guinness World Record for Largest Air Guitar Ensemble!
Photo Flash: CRAZY FOR YOU At John W. Engeman Theater Part 2
Photo Coverage: Vanessa Williams Hosts The Express Success 'Rack Relay Race' 
Photo Coverage: Public Memorial for Michael Jackson at the Apollo Theater
Photo Coverage: The 9th Annual Trevor Project New York Gala
Photo Flash: New Line Theatre's The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Photo Flash: Broadway In Chicago Presents Concert In The Park 6/29
Photo Tribute: Remembering Fred Travalena
Photo Tribute: Gale Storm Remembered
Photo Flash: Game Play: A Celebration of Video Game Theater
Photo Flash: Justina Machado Joins IN THE HEIGHTS
Photo Flash: Jennifer Holliday Sings With The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles
Photo Flash: Free Wooden O SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS Plays 7/9-8/2
Photo Flash: LES MISERABLES Comes To Pittsburgh 7/7-7/19 At The Benedum Center
Photo Flash: Menier Chocolate Factory Presents FORBIDDEN BROADWAY Thru 9/13
Photo Coverage: Shoshana Bean And Holly Madison Join Jerry Mitchell's Las Vegas PEEPSHOW
Photo Coverage: Final AVENUE Q Cast Press First Look/Sneak Peek 
Photo Flash: TheatreWorks New Milford Presents DOUBT, Plays Through 8/1
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