Broadway Sessions Features JEKYLL & HYDE Cast Members, 5/2by BWW News Desk - May 1, 2013BROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron (Bway Wicked, Aida and Footloose) and features musical director Joshua Stephen Kartes on piano. (more...)
Brown & Morsley Lead Cast in London Premiere of Yeston & Kopit's PHANTOMby Robert Gould - May 1, 2013Robert Gould reports for BWW on the upcoming UK professional premiere of Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit's musical Phantom at Ye Olde Rose And Crown Theatre. (more...)
Weston Announces Special Discount Pricingby BWW News Desk - May 1, 2013The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company today announced historic initiatives to make their popular plays and musicals affordable for all audiences. Single tickets go on sale today for a summer season that includes everything from Broadway musical favorites to exciting new works. "We're rolling out a terrific lineup of shows and also some great new ways for Vermonters to take in the fun," says Weston's Managing Director Stuart Duke. "Live theatre should be for everyone. Our popular V-Tix program, started several years ago, is being expanded and improved this year to encourage more people to attend our performances." (more...)
BLINK & YOU MIGHT MISS ME Comes to XL Nightclub, 5/11by BWW News Desk - May 1, 2013After sold-out performances in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palm Springs, Vancouver and at sea, Broadway Veteran Larry Blum's internationally acclaimed one-man show, BLINK & You Might Miss Me, directed by Stan Zimmerman, will have its one-night-only New York premiere Saturday, May 11, at 8:00pm at XL Nighclub, Cabaret & Lounge, 510 West 42nd Street. (more...)
Photo Flash: Mara Davi, Taylor Frey and More Teach PS 221 Students in Brooklynby BWW News Desk - Apr 30, 201325 Broadway performers crossed the Brooklyn Bridge and traveled deep into Crown Heights on Saturday, April 13 to teach 3rd, 4th, 5th graders and 6th graders at PS 221 how to sing, dance & act. The event was for an inspiring, new partnership between Boardman Productions and Seeds in the Middle, a 501c3 charity empowering students and schools in the obesity epidemic to get all the resources they need to get healthy. Scroll down for photos from the event! (more...)
Amanda Quaid, Frank Wood and More Join Larry Pine in Lucas Hnath's Disney Play at Soho Rep, Beg. Tonightby BWW News Desk - Apr 30, 2013Soho Rep presents the world premiere of Lucas Hnath's play A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney. (more...)
The Marriott Theatre Presents I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE, Opening 6/12by BWW News Desk - Apr 30, 2013Off-Broadway's longest-running, smash hit musical comedy celebrating the triumphs and trials of the modern-day mating game I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE takes the stage at The Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire June 5, opening June 12 and running through August 11. The witty script and lyrics by playwright/lyricist Joe DiPietro and composer Jimmy Roberts showcase a dizzying spectrum of male/female relationships as four actors journey through a hilarious series of vignettes which cleverly explore the trials and tribulations of single life, dating, marriage, loss and heartbreak. The laugh-inducing, award-winning production will be directed and choreographed by Matt Raftery. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: Sara Gettelfinger Sings Sondheim at Broadway Sessionsby Stage Tube - Apr 30, 2013Fresh off the Addams Family national tour, Sara Gettelfinger appeared at Broadway Sessions to perform a combination of Stephen Sondheim's hits, 'What Can You Lose?' from the Madonna movie Dick Tracy, and 'Losing My Mind' from the Broadway musical Follies. (more...)
Photo Flash: Michael Findlay, Elliot Goldenthal, Mira Nair and Fred Wilson at NYFA Hall of Fame Eventby BWW News Desk - Apr 29, 2013The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced that author and co-director of the Acquavella Gallery Michael Findlay, composer Elliot Goldenthal, filmmaker Mira Nair and visual artist Fred Wilson were inducted into the NYFA Hall of Fame on Tuesday, April 23rd at Espace (635 West 42nd Street). Check out a photo of the honorees below! (more...)
The New Victory Theater Presents THE GIRL WHO FORGOT TO SING BADLY, 5/31-6/9by BWW News Desk - Apr 29, 2013In this inventive one-man production, Louis Lovett spins a fantastical yarn about a young heroine who journeys over snowy lands and high seas to save the day and rescue an entire city. Commissioned by The Ark, written by accomplished Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer (The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy, New Vic 2011) and helmed by celebrated director Lynne Parker, Theatre Lovett's The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly is Irish storytelling with a modern twist. The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly is presented by The New Victory Theater and will make its NY premiere at The Duke on 42nd Street from May 31 through June 9, 2013. (more...)
NY Giants Superbowl Champ Howard Cross to Host Gala for Mental Health Association of NYC, 6/6by BWW News Desk - Apr 29, 2013The Mental Health Association of New York City (MHA-NYC) is honored to announce that Howard Cross, Superbowl champion Tight End for the New York Giants, television personality and Senior Vice President at commercial real estate firm Cresa New York has joined our annual benefit gala on June 6th at Cipriani 42nd Street as Master of Ceremonies. (more...)
DM Playhouse Friday Funday Features STONE SOUP, 5/17by BWW News Desk - Apr 29, 2013The Des Moines Community Playhouse presents 'Stone Soup,' Friday, May 17. This story is part of the 2012-13 season of Friday Funday, a creative participatory story theatre program for children ages 4-6. Performances are at the Playhouse, Friday, May 17, at 9:30 AM, 10:30 AM, and 1:30 PM. Shows are approximately 45 minutes in length. Admission is $5 per person, adults and children. Reservations are suggested and can be made by calling the Playhouse box office at 515-277-6261. (more...)
Larry Pine Leads A PUBLIC READING OF AN UNPRODUCED SCREENPLAY ABOUT THE DEATH OF WALT DISNEY at Soho Rep, Now thru 5/26by BWW News Desk - Apr 29, 2013Soho Rep welcomes celebrated stage and screen actor Larry Pine in the world premiere production of Lucas Hnath's adrenaline-charged odyssey A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney. Directed by Soho Rep Artistic Director Sarah Benson, Pine will play the title character - the man who forever changed the American Dream. Hnath's fictional play centers around the reading of a screenplay Walt Disney has written about his last days on earth. The script is about a city he is going to build that is going to change the world; about his brother; about everyone who loves Disney and how sad they are going to be when he is gone. (more...)
National Asian Artists Project's HELLO, DOLLY! Begins Tonightby BWW News Desk - Apr 29, 2013National Asian Artists Project presents a Rediscover Series production of the Broadway classic, HELLO, DOLLY!, by Jerry Herman (music/lyrics) and Michael Stewart (book). Performances tonight, April 29th and May 6th at 7:30 PM. Two Performances ONLY- to Benefit National Asian Artists Project. (more...)
Stephen DeRosa, Mary Testa and More Set for AN EVENING OF FIRSTS Tonightby BWW News Desk - Apr 29, 2013Broadway veteran Stephen DeRosa currently appearing in HBO's Boardwalk Empire, and Mary Testa, whose Broadway credits include Guys and Dolls, Xanadu, Something Good, 42nd Street, Marie Christine, On the Town, Chicago, The Rink, Marilyn, Barnum and more, will be a part of An Evening of Firsts: Broadway's Finest Spill About Their First Time tonight, April 29th 7PM at Stage 72. (more...)
Photo Flash: First Look at Theatre at the Center's WHAT A GLORIOUS FEELINGby BWW News Desk - Apr 29, 2013Paying homage to one of the greatest movie musicals of all time, What a Glorious Feeling comes to Theatre at the Center April 25 through June 2 at 1040 Ridge Road, Munster. Creator Jay Berkow conceived the intimate show, which he calls 'a play with music' and an 'exploration of creative and romantic temperaments' set in the heyday of the MGM movie musicals. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below! (more...)
Christine Ebersole Brings STRINGS ATTACHED to 92Y, 5/16by BWW News Desk - Apr 29, 2013Two-time Tony Award-winning singer/actress Christine Ebersole joins jazz violinist Aaron Weinstein and his trio for Strings Attached, a special late-afternoon performance at 92nd Street Y on Thursday, May 16 at 4 pm. Ebersole and the trio showcase classics standards from the '20s and '30s by Fats Waller ("Jitterbug Waltz"), Cole Porter "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"), Johnny Mercer ("This Time the Dream's on Me") and George Gershwin ("Shall We Dance"). Strings Attached debuted in November 2011 at a sold-out engagement at Birdland Jazz Club; this performance is 92Y's annual Kathryn W. Stein Memorial Concert. (more...)
Tom Hanks to Host Irish Rep's SOMETHING WONDERFUL! THE SONGS OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN, 6/10by BWW News Desk - Apr 29, 2013Irish Repertory Theatre celebrates its award-winning 25th Anniversary Season with SOMETHING WONDERFUL! THE SONGS OF RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN, an evening celebrating classic Rodgers and Hammerstein hits performed by a galaxy of Broadway stars, for one night only, Monday, June 10 at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street). Shirley Jones, best known for her roles in 'Oklahoma!' and 'Carousel,' returns to Broadway in the gala evening, directed by Charlotte Moore and hosted by Tom Hanks. (more...)
THE BOOK OF MORMON National Tour Cast Unveiled - Creel, Gertner, Ware, Henson, Mambo & More!by BWW
News Desk - Apr 27, 2013Original Broadway cast member Jared Gertner will star as Elder Cunningham in the First National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, launching in Denver from August 14-September 2 at The Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Gertner will join previously announced Gavin Creel as Elder Price. Samantha Marie Ware joins as Nabulungi, as well as Grey Henson as Elder McKinley and Kevin Mambo as Mafala Hatimbi.
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Tom Hewitt, Jonathan Hammond and More Set for TUTS' SPAMALOTby BWW News Desk - Apr 26, 2013Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) is excited to announce the cast for the outrageous musical comedy Spamalot, running May 14 - 26 at the Hobby Center for The Performing Arts. Lovingly ripped off from the classic film 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail,' this three-time Tony Award winning show spoofs the Arthurian legend amidst a chorus line of dancing divas and knights, flatulent Frenchmen, flying cows, killer rabbits and one legless knight. The show will be a co-production between TUTS and Kansas City Starlight Theatre. (more...)
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