JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR's Lee Siegel and More Set for BROADWAY SESSIONS, 5/31by BWW News Desk - May 27, 2012This Thursday, May 31st, Broadway Sessions welcomes Lee Siegel, Carly Sakolove and Alexis Smith to The Laurie Beechman Theater. (more...)
Patrick Cassidy Joins Upright Cabaret's VIVA LAS VEGAS, 6/8by BWW News Desk - May 26, 2012Chris Isaacson has announced that Upright Cabaret’s AMERICAN ICON Series ends another stunning season with VIVA LAS VEGAS - a presentation of personality and pop that honors the flashiest performers of all time: Elvis, Cher and Elton John. Joining the group of all-star performers will be Patrick Cassidy. (more...)
Daniel Berryman, Aaron C. Finley, Naomi Morgan & More to Star in 5th Avenue Theatre's RENT, 7/21-8/19by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012It’s a brand new season of love this summer when The 5th Avenue Theatre brings a bold and innovative production of RENT to the stage. Fresh from his smash success with First Date, Bill Berry directs this electrifying new staging of Jonathan Larson’s modern rock-opera classic. A cast of Seattle’s young rising theater stars, featuring Daniel Berryman, Aaron C. Finley, Naomi Morgan, Jerick Hoffer, Ryah Nixon, and Andi Alhadeff will take center stage, belting hits including “La Vie Boheme,” “Take Me or Leave Me,” “One Song Glory,” and “Rent.” Based on the Puccini opera La bohème, the hit musical premiered in 1996 to instant acclaim, and swept a host of theater awards — the Tony, the Obie, and the Pulitzer. (more...)
Music-Theatre Group Features Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner, 6/7by BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012Music-Theatre Group has announced a special interview with Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner, to be moderated by Thomas Schumacher (Producer and President, Disney Theatrical Group) on Thursday, June 7th at the Dimenna Center for Classical Music (450 W. 37th Street between 9th and 10th) at 7:30 p.m. (more...)
Update: Elton John 'Doing Well' After Serious Infectionby BWW News Desk - May 25, 2012ETOnline.com reports that superstar Elton John is recovering at home after suffering from "a serious respiratory infection" that forced him to cancel several of his upcoming Las Vegas performances. (more...)
Photo Coverage: Taye Diggs, Idina Menzel & Steven Pasquale Visit CLYBOURNE PARKby Jennifer Broski - May 24, 2012Last night, May 23, Clybourne Park received a special visit from Broadway vets Idina Menzel, husband Taye Diggs, and Steven Pasquale, who visited the company backstage following the show. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the photo op and brings you photo coverage below! (more...)
WICKED in Dayton to Offer $25 Lottery Ticketsby BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012A day-of-performance lottery for a limited number of orchestra seats will be held for WICKED, which is returning to the Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center with performances from May 30 – June 24. Two and one-half hours prior to each performance, people who present themselves at the Ticket Center Stage Box Office, located in the Wintergarden of the Schuster Center, will have their names placed in a lottery drum; thirty minutes later, names will be drawn for a limited number of orchestra seats at $25 each, cash only. This lottery is available only in-person at the box office, with a limit of two tickets per person. Lottery participants must have a valid photo ID when submitting their entry form, if chosen, when purchasing tickets. (more...)
Elton John Hospitalized With Serious Infectionby BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012CNN.com reports that superstar Elton John was hospitalized Wednesday, May 23 in Los Angeles with a serious respiratory infection. The 65-year-old entertainer became ill last weekend during a performance of his "Million Dollar Piano" show at Las Vegas' Caesars Palace. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: Constantine Maroulis and Kris Allen Talk AMERICAN IDOL Finale Weekby Stage Tube - May 23, 2012Check out a special edition of Broadway-bound Constantine Maroulis'"Unofficial Idol Forum" on Fuse, featuring Season 8 winner Kris Allen, who has just released his new album, "Thank You Camellia." Watch the video below for the pair's take on the AMERICAN IDOL finale. (more...)
ONCE Cast to Perform on WNYC's 'Soundcheck,' 5/25by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012The cast of the Tony nominated Best Musical, ONCE will perform live on WNYC’s “Soundcheck” Friday, May 25. “Soundcheck” can be heard locally at 2PM and 10PM EST on 93.9FM. The production opened to raves on Sunday, March 18, 2012 and currently plays on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street). (more...)
Ethan Hawke to Direct and Star in Jonathan Marc Sherman's CLIVE at New Group in 2013!by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012Off-Broadway’s The New Group has just announced its 2012-2013 season, featuring three world premiere productions. As the season launch in Fall 2012, Scott Elliott, Artistic Director of The New Group, directs Francine Volpe’s The Good Mother, featuring Gretchen Mol. Jonathan Marc Sherman’s new work Clive arrives in Winter 2013, directed by and featuring Ethan Hawke in the title role. Spring 2013 ushers in the premiere of a new musical at The New Group, Bunty Berman Presents..., by Ayub Khan Din (music, book, lyrics) and Paul Bogaev (music), directed by Scott Elliott. (more...)
Tuacahn to Present MARY POPPINS in 2013by Tyler Hinton - May 22, 2012Tuacahn Amphitheatre has announced that it has been granted the rights by Disney Theatrical Group to produce Mary Poppins in 2013. (more...)
Noah Stewart, Deborah Voigt and More Join Glimmerglass Seasonby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2012The Glimmerglass Festival, the Central New York summer opera and musical company, has announced its full schedule for the 2012 season, including concert performances by Eric Owens, Deborah Voigt and Dolora Zajick. (more...)
Celia Keenan-Bolger, Steven Pasquale and More Set for BROADWAY STANDS UP FOR FREEDOM, 7/23by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2012The New York Civil Liberties Union (The New York State affiliate of the ACLU) today announced a star-studded lineup of award-winning performers for Broadway Stands Up for Freedom, its annual benefit show on Monday, July 23 at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts. (more...)
Joshua Benevento and Jacqueline Thompson to Headline Enrico Caruso Room, 5/22by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2012Tenor Joshua Benevento, who made his Metropolitan Opera debut this season in Wagner’s “Gotterdammerung” and soprano Jacqueline Thompson will perform together for the first time at The Enrico Caruso Room at Grotta Azzurra Ristorante in Little Italy on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 8 PM. They will be supported on keyboard by David Schaefer. (more...)
2012 Tony Awards Clip Countdown - Day 8: Elton John & Tim Rice's AIDAby Pat Cerasaro - May 19, 2012While the Disney musical itself was suspiciously not nominated for Best Musical, the 2000 Tony Awards committee saw it fit to award Elton John & Tim Rice’s stylish and emotional rock musical Aida in four significant categories on June 4, 2000 - Best Actress In A Musical for Heather Headley charismatic lead performance, Best Score for Elton John and Tim Rice‘s moving and expressive music and lyrics, Best Scenic Design for Bob Crowley’s stunning set-pieces and Best Lighting Design for Natasha Katz’s enveloping illumination of the Palace Theatre’s rightly famous stage. The show has gone on to a rich life around the world and in amateur productions, with generations of theatergoers hooked on the classic story once told in an opera by Verdi in a totally modern and dynamic new way - with some songs we are not soon to forget. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: Jared Zirilli Continues Blog with Kourtni Lind in 'BROADWAY BOO'S'by Stage Tube - May 19, 2012FAT CAMP is now closed, but Jared Zirilli (of Fat Camp, Lysistrata Jones, Wicked, Aida and RENT) has decided to continue his blog, interviewing Broadway friends and more. The working title is "Broadway Boo's," and this first episode (technically blog episode 22) features Kourtni Lind (Wicked, Spider-Man, and "SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE"). (more...)
WICKED Opens in Sacramento May 23 - Starring Nicole Parker and Alli Mauzeyby BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012The Sacramento engagement of WICKED begins performances May 23 and runs through June 17 at Community Center Theater, 1301 L Street. The Sacramento engagement of WICKED features Nicole Parker as Elphaba, Alli Mauzey as Glinda, Liz McCartney as Madame Morrible, PJ Benjamin as The Wizard and Justin Brill as Boq. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: Constantine Maroulis Talks AMERICAN IDOL Top 3by Stage Tube - May 18, 2012Broadway-bound Constantine Maroulis just raved to Fuse about this season's final three AMERICAN IDOL contestants. Check out what he had to say below! (more...)
Photo Flash: Nicole Parker Joins National Tour of WICKED as 'Elphie' in Denver Tonight, 5/18by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012The company of the first North American tour of WICKED welcomes PJ Benjamin as The Wizard on Tuesday, May 8 and Nicole Parker as Elphaba on Friday, May 18 in Denver, CO. (more...)
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