THIS WEEK IN PICTURES: April 28- May 4by BWW News Desk - May 4, 2012HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK: Tony nominees celebrate, Broadway sings Adele, the POPS turns 29, and so much more! (more...)
Debra Monk, Robin de Jesus, et al., Set for IF IT ONLY EVEN RUNS A MINUTE 10, 6/17by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2012If It Only Even Runs A Minute 10 is the tenth edition of this series of rare songs, behind-the-scenes tales, and inspiring photos from Broadway musicals that may not have been fully appreciated the first time around. The show features performances and stories from original cast members and writers of several of the featured shows. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - Steven Pasquale Chats NBC's DO NO HARMby Stage Tube - May 14, 2012NBC has released a clip from its new medical drama, DO NOT HARM which will star stage veterans Steven Pasquale, Phylicia Rashad and Michael Esper. View a sneak peek of the new series as well as an interview with Pasquale below! (more...)
Alexa Green, Erin Leigh Peck, and Noah Galvin Star in SPEARGROVE PRESENTS, 5/14 - 5/16by BWW News Desk - May 11, 2012New Musical SPEARGROVE PRESENTS Inspired By Halted Productions Of RENT. New York Theatre Barn will present a developmental production of the new musical SPEARGROVE PRESENTS May 14-16, 2012 at The Cell in Chelsea, NYC. The musical is the company’s first commission and has book/lyrics by Sammy Buck (Like You Like It, Stinky Kids, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus) and music/lyrics by Brandon James Gwinn (Matchmaker, Matchmaker – I’m Ready to Settle). The presentation is made possible in part by the National Alliance for Musical Theater's Writers' Residency Grant.
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NBC Picks Up Steven Pasquale-Led DO NOT HARMby BWW News Desk - May 10, 2012According to published reports, NBC has picked up medical drama, "Do Not Harm," which will star stage veterans Steven Pasquale and Michael Esper. Michael Mayer directs the pilot episode, which is written by executive producer David Schulner. Peter Traugott and Rachel Kaplan also produce. (more...)
Photo Coverage: NY Pops 29th Birthday Galaby Linda Lenzi - May 1, 2012On Monday, April 30, The New York Pops marked its 29th birthday with a grand gala evening titled ‘Journey On’ honoring Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated songwriting team of such renowned Broadway musicals as Ragtime, Once On This Island, Seussical, My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance, The Glorious Ones and the feature film Anastasia.
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Photo Coverage: Andrew Rannells, Marin Mazzie, et al. at New York Pops 29th Birthday Galaby Genevieve Rafter Keddy - May 1, 2012Monday, April 30, The New York Pops marked its 29th birthday with a grand gala evening titled ‘Journey On’ honoring Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated songwriting team of such renowned Broadway musicals as Ragtime, Once On This Island, Seussical, My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance, The Glorious Ones and the feature film Anastasia. (more...)
Dupont Festival Presents Keegan Theatre's 'Music in the Circle,' 5/5by BWW News Desk - May 1, 2012As part of the ongoing slate of Dupont Festival events, The Keegan Theatre will present a special performance, "Music in the Circle" on May 5, 2012 at the Dupont Circle Park in Washington, DC. (more...)
Full Cast of Arena Stage's THE MUSIC MAN Announced; Burke Moses Joins Castby BWW News Desk - Mar 7, 2012Casting is announced for Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater’s production of Meredith Willson’s THE MUSIC MAN. Artistic Director Molly Smith helms this classic family musical, which stars the previously announced Kate Baldwin (Tony Award nominee for Broadway’s Finian’s Rainbow) as Marian the librarian, who will be joined by Burke Moses (original Gaston in Broadway’s Beauty and the Beast) as Harold Hill. The Music Man runs May 11-July 22, 2012 in the Fichandler Stage. (more...)
The Landor Theatre Presents THE GLORIOUS ONES, 6 March Through 7th Aprilby BWW News Desk - Mar 6, 2012After winning major critical acclaim with a revival of Lynn Ahrens’ and Stephen Flaherty’s Broadway musical, Ragtime - winning 3 Off West End Theatre?Awards and nominated Best?Musical Revival in the Whatsonstage Awards - the Landor Theatre is to present the European premiere of the composing duo’s multiple Drama Desk-nominated Off-Broadway musical, The Glorious Ones. (more...)
Cast Announced for THE GLORIOUS ONES, Runs at Landor From Mar 6 to Apr 7by BWW
News Desk - Mar 6, 2012Casting is now complete for the European premiere of Lynn Ahrens’ and Stephen Flaherty’s multiple Drama Desk-nominated Off-Broadway musical, The Glorious Ones, which will play at the Landor Theatre, London, from Tuesday March 6 to Saturday April 7. (more...)
Steven Pasquale's OVER/UNDER Pilot Not Picked Up by USAby BWW News Desk - Mar 28, 2012
Stage and screen star Steven Pasquale's most recent pilot titled Over/Under, has not been picked up by USA, according to Deadline.com. Bronwen Hughes directed the project, which featured a script by Sheila Callaghan. (more...)
Marin Mazzie, Andrew Rannells and More Join New York Pops Gala Honoring Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, 4/30by BWW News Desk - Mar 16, 2012On Monday, April 30, The New York Pops marks its 29th birthday with a grand gala evening titled ‘Journey On’ honoring Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated songwriting team of such renowned Broadway musicals as Ragtime, Once On This Island, Seussical, My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance, The Glorious Ones and the feature film Anastasia. (more...)
Roger Rees Joins Orlando Shakespeare Company Lineupby BWW
News Desk - Feb 29, 2012Tony Award-winning actor Roger Rees has joined the lineup for the Orlando Shakespeare Company's upcoming season, replacing the previously announced Brian Bedford. He'll be performing his one-man show, WHAT YOU WILL, on February 29. (more...)
Bay Area Cabaret Presents Two Concerts by John Pizzarelli, 2/26by BWW
News Desk - Feb 26, 2012Bay Area Cabaret welcomes back renowned jazz guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli with two performances Sunday, February 26, 2012. At the 2:30pm show, Pizzarelli will be joined by his wife, Broadway actress Jessica Molaskey, to present their acclaimed Café Carlyle show When Worlds Collide, a portrait of their marriage. At 5pm, Pizzarelli and his quartet will present his award-winning Duke Ellington tribute Rockin’ in Rhythm. The concerts take place in the historic Venetian Room of The Fairmont San Francisco (950 Mason Street) Sunday, February 26, 2012. Tickets for each show ($45 general) are available at www.bayareacabaret.org or by phone at City Box Office (415) 392-4400. (more...)
InDepth InterView: Andrew Rannells Talks NY Pops JOURNEY ON Gala, BOOK OF MORMON, New TV Series & Moreby Pat Cerasaro - Apr 30, 2012Today we are talking to one of the biggest new stars on Broadway who first burst onto the scene in HAIRSPRAY but has since carved out a place in the great pantheon of theatre history in creating the iconic lead role of Elder Price in the Broadway hit of the decade, THE BOOK OF MORMON, Andrew Rannells. One among many on the incredibly impressive list of performers at Monday night’s NY Pops JOURNEY ON gala at Carnegie Hall celebrating the music and lyrics of Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty, Rannells joins many of the other accomplished Broadway/Hollywood crossover stars of modern Broadway as well as those who predominantly tread the boards. Illustrating his journey with the edgy and ribald musical smash THE BOOK OF MORMOM from workshop to Broadway, the Tony Awards and beyond, Rannells paints the picture of the show’s road to success and imparts his effervescent enthusiasm and all too apparent joy to be appearing in such a crowd-pleasing and joyous experience eight times a week. Additionally, Rannells shares his thoughts on the upcoming national tour starring Gavin Creel and whether or not there will be a MORMON film version sooner rather than later. Plus, Rannells gives also us the first look at his 21st century parenting and adoption-themed NBC pilot, THE NEW NORMAL, and outlines the finer points of the story, his character and the themes of the hotly anticipated new single-camera comedy series coming from the creator of GLEE, Ryan Murphy. That, his favorite Ahrens & Flaherty songs, favorite shows, future acting plans, what is currently on his iPod - all of that and much, much more! (more...)
Camp Broadway Kids to Perform at NY Pops Gala, 4/30by BWW News Desk - Apr 27, 2012The Camp Broadway Kids, which is comprised of 58 theatre-loving kids, ages 12-16, are set to perform in the New York Pops 29th Birthday Gala titled ‘Journey On’ at Carnegie Hall on Monday, April 30. Under the direction of Camp Broadway’s Artistic Director,Tony Parise (Broadway credits include Me and My Girl and 42nd Street), the cast, which was selected from a nation-wide pool of over 500 auditionees, will perform alongside Broadway stars during musical numbers honoring the work of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated songwriting team of such renowned Broadway musicals as Ragtime, Once On This Island, Seussical, My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance, The Glorious Ones and the feature film Anastasia. (more...)
InDepth InterView: Lynn Ahrens Talks NY Pops JOURNEY ON Gala, Plus RAGTIME, ROCKY & Moreby Pat Cerasaro - Apr 22, 2012Today we are kicking off BroadwayWorld’s exclusive multi-part InDepth InterView series focusing on the New York Pops 29th Birthday Gala concert celebrating the music and musicals of Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty, JOURNEY ON, that will take place at Carnegie Hall on April 30 at 7 PM by taking to the lyricist half of the lauded Tony Award-winning songwriting team herself, the thoughtful and candid Lynn Ahrens. In a wide-ranging conversation covering many of her theatrical collaborations with Stephen Flaherty from their first musical, LUCKY STIFF, in the 1980s, to their Tony-winning success with RAGTIME in the 1990s, to their astounding slate of shows since - SEUSSICAL: THE MUSICAL, DESSA ROSE and THE GLORIOUS ONES included - all the way up to 2012 and their new musical in pre-production in Germany, ROCKY, based on the iconic 1975 Oscar-winning Sylvester Stallone-starring boxing film. Ahrens also shares firsthand news on the new Ahrens & Flaherty musical based on the art and life of Degas and the upcoming feature film version of LUCKY STIFF, directed by Christopher Ashley, as well as reflects on her work for the stage, page and screen outside of her work with Flaherty - songs for SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK and songs for the hit indie musical film CAMP among them. Plus, Ahrens shares her enthusiasm for her many collaborators and the performers famous for interpreting her work as well as relates her excitement for the star-studded JOURNEY ON concert spectacular at Carnegie Hall. All of that and much, much more! (more...)
Terrence McNally to Host New York Pops Gala Honoring Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, 4/30by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2012On Monday, April 30, The New York Pops marks its 29th birthday with a grand gala evening titled ‘Journey On’ honoring Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the Tony Award-winning and Oscar-nominated songwriting team of such renowned Broadway musicals as Ragtime, Once On This Island, Seussical, My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance, The Glorious Ones and the feature film Anastasia. (more...)
Finborough Theatre Announces Cast for ALL GOOD MEN, April 29-May 14by BWW News Desk - Apr 16, 2012The Finborough Theatre presents the first UK production in nearly 40 years of Trevor Griffiths' All Good Men, last seen at the Young Vic in a production by the National Theatre in 1975, and opening at the Finborough Theatre for a limited run of eight Sunday and Monday evening performances on Sunday, 29 April 2012. (more...)
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