Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Photo Flash: Beef and Boards Presents JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT

With a crash of drums and a flash of light, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat returns this fall to Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. The Bible-based Broadway sensation is live on stage through Nov. 22. (more...)

LIFE COULD BE A DREAM Extends Again At Hudson Mainstage Theatre Thru 12/27

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON IS GOING TO BE "DREAM-Y" - David Elzer, Peter Schneider and Crooning Crabcakes, LLC are thrilled to announce that the Ovation nominated (Best Musical Intimate Theatre, Best Featured Actor - Jim Holdridge), critically-acclaimed (LA Times CRITICS' CHOICE, Backstage CRITIC'S PICK, LA WEEKLY GO!) smash-hit world premiere production of LIFE COULD BE A DREAM, written and directed by Roger Bean (The Marvelous Wonderettes) with choreography by Lee Martino (Reprise On Your Toes, On The Town) and musical direction by Michael Paternostro (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Thrill Me) is EXTENDING AGAIN through SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27 at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre, 6539 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood. (more...)

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber Being Treated for Cancer

A spokesman for composer Andrew Lloyd Webber confirmed to press this morning that he'd been diagnosed with prostate cancer, in its very early stages. His spokesperson added that "Andrew is now undergoing treatment and expects to be fully back at work before the end of the year." (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sam Harris - Divas Simply Singing: Backstage and On Stage!

In this video Sam takes you behind the scenes during the show where you meet a few cast members along the way. (more...)

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at the 5th Avenue

Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre is presenting the 2nd production in their season, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” starring American Idol Finalist Anthony Fedorov in the title role. Now there are those that say this show is overdone and nothing really new or fresh can be done with it. I was one of those people. To them (and to myself) I say, “Then you haven’t seen the production at the 5th Avenue yet.” (more...)

Photo Flash: Rick Desloge as Joseph in Beef & Boards' JOSEPH and the AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT

With a crash of drums and a flash of light, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat returns this fall to Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. The Bible-based Broadway sensation is live on stage Oct. 8 through Nov. 22. (more...)

Photo Flash: The Marriott Theatre Continues Its Highly Acclaimed 2009 Season With HAIRSPRAY, Running Through 12/6

The Marriott Theatre continues its highly acclaimed 2009 season with Hairspray, the show the New York Post calls “A great big fat gorgeous hit!” This all-new production of the Tony Award-winning international phenomenon explodes onto the Marriott Theatre stage September 23rd. Direct from Broadway, where it played for over 2,500 performances, the production begins previews September 23rd, opens Wednesday, September 30th at 8 p.m., and runs through December 6th, 2009. Chicagoland favorite and multiple Jeff Award winner Marc Robin (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Full Monty), has been tapped to direct and choreograph. (more...)

Photo Flash: NYMF's UNDER FIRE Rehearsals

John Bonanni, Big Fish Big Pond, Ltd and the New York Musical Theater Festival present the world premiere of Under Fire, a new musical set in the late 1970's during the bloody revolution in El Mirado, and based upon the 1983 motion picture of the same title. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: 'THE FIRST WIVES CLUB' - Sam Harris: BroadwayWorld, Botox, Goodbyes and Beyond!

First Wives Club The Musical is here! Sam Harris brings you to an exclusive behind the scenes look at the production process of a new Broadway bound musical. In this, the final episode, the SamTube team compile the remaining footage from Sam's FWC Vlog diary and the cast and he say their goodbyes. Sam also acknowledges the great support of BroadwayWorld.com by featuring every video from the show, and other content. He also brings up the humorous subject of the BW message boards along with the good, the bad and the ugly comments. Sam closes with his final thoughts on being part of the new musical. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: 'THE FIRST WIVES CLUB' - Sam Harris: Sheryl Lee And I Are Telling You...

First Wives Club The Musical is here! Sam Harris brings you to an exclusive behind the scenes look at the production process of a new Broadway bound musical. In this episode, Sam brings you some 'Dreamgirl' and guy filled antics as the production heads into its final week. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: 'THE FIRST WIVES CLUB' - Sam Harris: 'Dueling Flips'

First Wives Club The Musical is here! Sam Harris brings you to an exclusive behind the scenes look at the production process of a new Broadway bound musical. (more...)

'Jesus Christ Superstar' at The Boiler Room Theatre

Green has long been heralded as one of the region's finest music directors, while Ditty has gained a justifiably stellar reputation as one of the best choreographers around. With this production, which exemplifies the term "all-singing, all-dancing," it's apropos then that the two would share the directing credit. Obviously, from the first notes of the overture to the final tormented moments of Jesus Christ's death on the cross, the shared vision of the two men is vividly portrayed and stunningly realized. The work, widely considered the first "rock opera," is movingly exhilarating, taking audiences on a veritable rollercoaster ride of emotional highs and lows. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sam Harris Presents - 'THE FIRST WIVES CLUB GONE WILD'

A FIRST WIVES CLUB UPDATE! Sam Harris goes backstage with the girls gone wild, and the guys sucking on red vines. And Sheryl Lee Ralph talks about Sam's tube. Sam Harris brings you to an exclusive behind the scenes look at the production process of a new Broadway bound musical. 'First Wives' is playing at San Diego's The Old Globe Theatre. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: 'THE FIRST WIVES CLUB' - Sam Harris: Opening Night Reviews!

First Wives Club The Musical is here! Sam Harris brings you to an exclusive behind the scenes look at the production process of a new Broadway bound musical. Sam sits down and chats about the show's opening night reviews as only he can! 'First Wives' opened at San Diego's The Old Globe on August 1st. (more...)

'Fame, the Musical' From Circle Players

Perhaps the most remarkable element of Circle Players' Fame, the Musical is its talented cast--an amazing amalgam of age-appropriate actors assaying the roles in this now-iconic tale of the last four years of New York's High School of Performing Arts. Credit director Tim Larson's casting abilities for this feat which, combined with strong production values, inventive staging and laudable choreography by Kate Adams-Johnson, makes the show an excellent choice to open Circle's 60th anniversary season. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: 'THE FIRST WIVES CLUB' - Sam Harris: 'From Sitzprobe to Showtime'

Sam Harris brings you to an exclusive behind the scenes look at the production process of a new Broadway bound musical. Sam brings you some earlier footage from the sitzprobe that he took a few weeks ago, and then shares the most recent clips from the day of the opening night on August 1st. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: 'THE FIRST WIVES CLUB' - Sam's Naked Backstage Update!

First Wives Club The Musical is here! Sam Harris brings you to an exclusive behind the scenes look at the production process of a new Broadway bound musical. (more...)

Photo Flash: Sam Harris in THE FIRST WIVES CLUB

The First Wives Club - A New Musical has extend its run by an additional week due to popular demand. The Broadway-bound musical features a book by Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes and a score by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland. Directed by Francesca Zambello with choreography by Lisa Stevens and music direction by Ron Melrose, The First Wives Club will now run through Aug. 30. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: 'THE FIRST WIVES CLUB' - Backstage In San Diego With Sam!

First Wives Club The Musical is here! Sam Harris brings you to an exclusive behind the scenes look at the production process of a new Broadway bound musical. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: 'THE FIRST WIVES CLUB' - Behind The Scenes With Sam Harris

First Wives Club The Musical is here! Sam Harris brings you to an exclusive behind the scenes look at the production process of a new Broadway bound musical. (more...)