A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN Comes to Chicago's North Shore Performing Arts Center by BWW News Desk - Oct 30, 2008Jake Ehrenreich's autobiographical 'comedy musical', A Jew Grows in Brooklyn comes to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts (9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie) for a limited one-week engagement this November. (more...)
International Cast Recording of CINDERELLA Featuring Salonga Available on iTunes Starting 10/28by BWW News Desk - Oct 28, 2008In an exclusive arrangement with iTunes©, Broadway Asia Entertainment (producers Steven Baruch / Richard Frankel / Simone Genatt / Marc Routh / Tom Viertel) proudly announces the upcoming international release of the 2008 Original International Tour Cast Recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA starring Tony Award winner Lea Salonga available exclusively online beginning Tuesday, October 28, 2008. (more...)
International Cast Recording of CINDERELLA Featuring Salonga Available on iTunes Starting 10/28by BWW News Desk - Oct 23, 2008In an exclusive arrangement with iTunes©, Broadway Asia Entertainment (producers Steven Baruch / Richard Frankel / Simone Genatt / Marc Routh / Tom Viertel) proudly announces the upcoming international release of the 2008 Original International Tour Cast Recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA starring Tony Award winner Lea Salonga available exclusively online beginning Tuesday, October 28, 2008. (more...)
Photo Coverage: BROADWAY ORIGINALS at Town Hallby Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Oct 20, 2008The Broadway Cabaret Festival concluded on Sunday, October 19th at 3 PM with Broadway Originals! This year, stars from five decades of Broadway history took to the Town Hall stage to perform songs they originated on Broadway or brought back to life in the original cast of a revival. (more...)
Photo Coverage: BROADWAY ORIGINALS Backstage and Partyby Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Oct 20, 2008The 4th Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival concluded on Sunday, October 19th at 3 PM with Broadway Originals! This year, stars from five decades of Broadway history took to the Town Hall stage to perform songs they originated on Broadway or brought back to life in the original cast of a revival. After the concert the cast took a few short steps next door to Spanky's BBQ for a little post show celebrating, our BroadwayWorld cameras were there to bring you all the fun! (more...)
Booth and Pat Make LA Debut at Art/Works Theatre 11/14, 11/16by BWW News Desk - Oct 16, 2008Comic singers Booth Daniels and Patrick Frankfort make their Los Angeles debut with their hilarious duo act on November 14 at 8PM & November 16 at 7PM at the Art/Works theatre after successful shows in New York City over the past year.
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A JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN Comes to Chicago's North Shore Performing Arts Center by BWW News Desk - Nov 5, 2008Jake Ehrenreich's autobiographical 'comedy musical', A Jew Grows in Brooklyn comes to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts (9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie) for a limited one-week engagement this November. (more...)
'A Jew Grows In Brooklyn' North Shore Centerby Chicago News Desk - Nov 4, 2008Jake Ehrenreich's autobiographical 'comedy musical', A Jew Grows in Brooklyn comes to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts (9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie) for a limited one-week engagement this November. A Jew Grows in Brooklyn played for fifteen months to sold-out houses and broke box-office records, first at the historic Lamb's Theatre in the heart of Broadway's Time Square, and then for 15 weeks at the Cuillo Centre for the Arts in West Palm Beach Florida. Universal in its appeal, ABC-TV exclaimed A Jew Grows in Brooklyn "speaks to anyone hoping to live out the American Dream," and the New York Times raved "you don't have to be Jewish or Brooklynish!" This Rock N' Roll true story will premiere in Chicago at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie for a limited one-week engagement November 5 - 9, 2008. (more...)
John Cullum and Tony Roberts to Star in Keen Co's HEROESby BWW News Desk - Nov 23, 2008The New York Times reports that John Cullum and Tony Roberts will star in the Keen Company's production of HEROES. The play will be directed by Carl Forsman and will run from February 24, 2009 - April 11, 2009. (more...)
Stephen Schwartz and Friends at the Old Globe 3/9by BWW News Desk - Nov 18, 2008Old Globe Executive Producer Lou Spisto recently announced that the theatre will present a special one-night engagement of Stephen Schwartz and Friends.. This delightful event, featuring the Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer/lyricist of the smash Broadway musicals Wicked, Godspell, Working, Pippin and many others, will be performed in the Old Globe Theatre on Monday, March 9 at 7:30pm. Schwartz will be center-stage for an evening of unforgettable music and memories, with some of Broadway's best singer/actors, including, Debbie Gravitte, Liz Callaway and Scott Coulter, performing Schwartz's most beloved songs. (more...)
Booth and Pat Make LA Debut at Art/Works Theatre 11/14, 11/16by BWW News Desk - Nov 14, 2008Comic singers Booth Daniels and Patrick Frankfort make their Los Angeles debut with their hilarious duo act on November 14 at 8PM & November 16 at 7PM at the Art/Works theatre after successful shows in New York City over the past year.
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BWW TV: 4th Annual BROADWAY CABARET FESTIVAL at Town Hallby BroadwayWorld TV - Nov 1, 2008The 4th Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival concluded on Sunday, October 19th with Broadway Originals! After the concert the cast took a few short steps next door to Spanky's BBQ for a little post show celebrating, our BWW TV cameras were there to bring you all the fun! (more...)
'A Jew Grows In Brooklyn'by Beau Higgins - Jan 9, 2009Join author/star Jake Ehrenreich and four singer musicians on a musical journey of Jake's life from Brooklyn to the Catskills to Rock 'N Roll to Broadway in the hugely popular and critically acclaimed A Jew Grows in Brooklyn (more...)
Cullum, Hogan, Roberts In The Premiere Of HEROES, Opens 3/8by BWW News Desk - Jan 9, 2009Keen Company (Artistic Director Carl Forsman, Executive Director Wayne Kelton) is thrilled to present John Cullum, Jonathan Hogan and Tony Roberts in the New York premiere of Heroes, by G?rald Sibleyras with a translation by Tom Stoppard and directed by Carl Forsman. Heroes received the 2006 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. Performances begin on Tuesday, February 24 and run through April 11 at The Clurman Theatre / Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues. Opening is scheduled for Sunday, March 8. (more...)
West End musicals 2008: The Year of Musical Non-thinkingby Robert Gould - Jan 4, 2009In a year when new musical theatre productions in London consisted of juke box transfers, classic revivals, whimsical adventure stories and majestic failures, one might be forgiven for thinking that the age of great new musicals exists merely in days of Auld Lang Syne. So let's pause and think back over the year's musical fayre. (more...)
Minnelli, Holliday, Grey & More Sing 'NEW YORK MOMENTS' with NY Philharmonic 4/20by BWW News Desk - Jan 28, 2009Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch will lead the New York Philharmonic in New York Moments, a concert featuring iconic musical moments from Broadway and film, with stars from the stage and screen (in alphabetical order): Ashley Brown, who originated the title role in Mary Poppins on Broadway; Maria Friedman, who played Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd and Marian in The Woman in White in London; Joel Grey, whose numerous starring roles have included the famous M.C. in Cabaret, on Broadway and in the film; Jennifer Holliday, one of the original Dreamgirls; Liza Minnelli, last seen on Broadway in Liza's at The Palace; Kelli O'Hara and Paulo Szot, stars of the current Lincoln Center Theater production of South Pacific; and 15-year-old up-and-coming singer, Nikki Yanofsky. The concert will take place Monday, April 20, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. All except Mr. Hamlisch and Ms. O'Hara are making their New York Philharmonic debuts. (more...)
Cullum, Hogan and Roberts to Star in HEROES at Clurman Theatre Feb. 24 - Apr. 11by BWW News Desk - Jan 18, 2009Keen Company (Artistic Director Carl Forsman, Executive Director Wayne Kelton) is thrilled to present John Cullum, Jonathan Hogan and Tony Roberts in the New York premiere of Heroes, by G?rald Sibleyras with a translation by Tom Stoppard and directed by Carl Forsman. Heroes received the 2006 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. Performances begin on Tuesday, February 24 and run through April 11 at The Clurman Theatre / Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues. Opening is scheduled for Sunday, March 8.
An evocative comedy about three World War I veterans living in a veterans' home who plot a new assault - a trip to a stand of poplar trees in the distance. But should they bring the stone dog with them? Author G?rald Sibleyras calls Heroes a play 'about the universal desire to escape the confines of life.' Winner of London's Olivier Award for Best New Comedy in 2006 and Paris' Moliere Award for Outstanding Comedy in 2003, Keen presents its New York debut. (more...)
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Photo Coverage: Jamie Farr Live at WLIWby Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Jan 15, 2009As part of the station's fund raising programming, MASH star Jamie Farr visited the WLIW studios. BroadwayWorld.com was there, as always, to bring you exclusive photo coverage of the special event! Jamie Farr & Red Skelton: A Very Special Friendship DVD In this bonus DVD the beloved actor, comedian and director Jamie Farr of M*A*S*H fame takes you inside his very special friendship with America's Clown Prince, Red Skelton. In this rare interview, Jamie relates how Red not only encouraged him, but taught him about comedy, courtesy, and life. When Jamie returned from a tour of duty with the Army, it was Red who encouraged him to return to show business. Jamie again became a regular on Red's highly successful weekly show, appearing in several episodes before striking out in his own. In recounting many stories and insights into Red Skelton, Jamie's own humanity and love of life are revealed for his many fans. Included on this DVD are three 'lost episodes' of The Red Skelton Show featuring Jamie Farr, which have not been seen by the public since they first aired on CBS. Jamie's fans will love the hilarious preview of his role of Klinger on M*A*S*H, as he and Red attempt to smuggle an orphaned baby on board their Navy vessel in 'Cookie and Snorkel's Bundle of Joy'!. 94 min/ color and B&W. Dolby digital. (more...)
Corden And Smith Reunite To Host Whatsonstage.com Winners Concert 2/15by BWW News Desk - Feb 9, 2009Gavin & Stacey's James Corden and Sheridan Smith, star of Grownups and Two Pints of Lager, will reunite to once again co-host the Winners' Concert for the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards, which takes place this year on Sunday 15 February at the West End's 1,100-seat Prince of Wales theatre, home of Mamma Mia!.
A record 32,000+ theatregoers have voted in the 2009 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards (more...)
BOOTH & PAT Return to the Duplex December 5 & 6thby BWW News Desk - Dec 1, 2008Comic singers Booth Daniels and Patrick Frankfort return to the Duplex with their hilarious duo act on December 5 at 7PM & December 6 at 10PM after successful shows in New York City and Los Angeles over the past year. The December 6th show will be a joint performance with the sketch comedy group FUCT (Fordham Underground Comedy Troupe). (more...)
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