KINKY BOOT's Jerry Mitchell Wins Best Choreographyby BWW News Desk - Jun 9, 2013Jerry Mitchell has won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Choreography for KINKY BOOTS. (more...)
BWW TV Exclusive: Meet the 2013 Tony Nominees- Jerry Mitchell on His Effortless KINKY BOOTS Collaborationby BroadwayWorld TV - Jun 8, 2013BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tonys Meet & Greet on May 1, 2013, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them throughout the awards season. Today we bring you Jerry Mitchell, a nominee for Best Choreography and Direction of of a Musical for Kinky Boots. Check out what he had to say below! (more...)
BWW TV Exclusive: Meet the 2013 Tony Nominees- Gregg Barnes on Creating the KINKY BOOTS Heelby BroadwayWorld TV - Jun 7, 2013BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tonys Meet & Greet on May 1, 2013, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them throughout the awards season. Today we bring you Gregg Barnes, a nominee for Best Costume Design of a Musical for Kinky Boots. Check out what he had to say below! (more...)
BWW TV Exclusive: Meet the 2013 Tony Nominees- THE BIG KNIFE's Richard Kind on the Thrill of Being Invited to the Tonys Partyby BroadwayWorld TV - Jun 7, 2013BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was thrilled to sit down and speak with nearly all of this year's Tony Award nominees at the official Tonys Meet & Greet on May 1, 2013, and we will be bringing you special coverage on all of them throughout the awards season. Today we bring you Richard Kind, a nominee for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for The Big Knife. Check out what he had to say below! (more...)
Huron Country Playhouse to Present SPAMALOT, 6/26-7/13by BWW News Desk - Jun 6, 2013Theatregoers are in for plenty of laughs, as Monty Python's no-holds-barred, Tony award-winning musical, Spamalot hits the Huron Country Playhouse stage from June 26th to July 13th. (more...)
MOTOWN to Hit the Road for National Tour; Launches April 2014 in Chicagoby BWW News Desk - Jun 6, 2013 Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that MOTOWN THE MUSICAL has chosen Chicago as the first stop on its national tour. The hit Broadway musical features music and lyrics from the legendary Motown catalogue and a book by Berry Gordy. Crowned the biggest box office hit of the season by the New York Times, MOTOWNwill launch its national tour at Chicago's Oriental Theatre (24 West Randolph) from April 22 to July 13, 2014. Since it began performances on Broadway in April 2013, the show has sold every single ticket available and grossed over one million dollars every week. (more...)
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Dashes into Starlight Next Weekby BWW News Desk - Jun 6, 2013Based on the hit DreamWorks film and the incredible true story that inspired it, the first national tour of the high-flying Broadway musical Catch Me If You Can will land in Kansas City at Starlight Theatre June 11-16. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: Brian d'Arcy James Performs 'All Will Be Well' at BROADWAY SESSIONSby Stage Tube - Jun 19, 2013Brian d'Arcy James performed 'All Will Be Well' at Broadway Sessions on May 30th, 2013. Check out the video below! (more...)
Lynn Craig, Christopher de Angelis & More to Star in PIRATES OF FINANCE at NYMF; Full Cast Announced!by BWW News Desk - Jun 19, 2013The 2013 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Pirates Musical LLC present The Pirates of Finance a world premiere musical comedy written by Charles Veley with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Gary Slavin directs a cast of twelve including Lynn Craig*, Christopher de Angelis*, Preston Ellis*, Amber Nicole Guest*, Alex Krasser*, Janice Landry*, Heather Lundstedt, Carter Lynch*, David Macaluso*, Sydney Ransom, Deborah Jean Templin*, and Jacob Thompson*. (more...)
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS Plays Dreamwrights Stage, 6/20-6/23by BWW News Desk - Jun 18, 2013The hit Broadway musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, opens Thursday in York at DreamWrights Youth and Family Theatre. The show, described as "stylish, sexy, irreverent, and Broadway musical comedy heaven," tells the story of two odd-couple-like con men living and swindling women on the French Riviera. The elegant Lawrence Jameson and slovenly Freddy Benson meet on a train and make an attempt at working together only to find the town is not big enough for both of them. What follows is a hilarious battle of cons, schemes, masquerades, and double-crosses that keep audiences "laughing, guessing and humming to the very end." (more...)
BWW TV Exclusive: Director to Director! Jack O'Brien Talks His New Memoir- 'Jack Be Nimble' with Richard Jay-Alexander; Plus Scoop on HOUDINI, THE NANCE & Moreby Richard Jay-Alexander - Jun 18, 2013Three-time Tony winning director Jack O'Brien's memoir 'Jack Be Nimble: The Accidental Education of an Unintentional Director' will be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on June 18, 2013. For Jack O'Brien, there's nothing like a first encounter with a great performer, nothing like the sound of an audience bursting into applause. In short, there's nothing like the theater. In the special interview below, director Richard Jay-Alexander chats with his friend about what fans can expect from the new book. Check it out below! (more...)
Vince Pesce Named Director of Education at STAGES ST. LOUISby BWW News Desk - Jun 17, 2013STAGES ST. LOUIS is thrilled to announce new staff appointments to STAGES' Turley Performing Arts Academy. Broadway Veteran, Vince Pesce will assume the position of Director of Education at STAGES Kent Center for Theatre Arts, the new state-of-the-art facility, effective immediately. Pesce replaces longtime Education Director Rob Grumich, who will remain during the transition through July. Also, Tali Allen Liddell will become the Manager of Community Programs and Partnerships. (more...)
Sherie Rene Scott, Norbert Leo Butz & More Set for 54 Below this Weekby BWW News Desk - Jun 17, 2013Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, the performance venue located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. 54 Below also launched its series of late night events. Joining Tuesday nights' popular "Backstage" with Susie Mosheris the "54 Piano Bar," a new vocal competition - 'The Callback," and more: (more...)
Stage Scene & Song Performing Arts Summer Youth Camp Open for Registration; Deadline 6/27by BWW News Desk - Jun 16, 2013It's not too late to be part of this unique and educational summer youth theater camp. Registration for Stage Scene & Song Performing Arts' Summer Youth Theater Collaborative is open until June 27th, and spots are filling up. The incredibly affordable 5-week long program beginsJuly 1st and culminates in a production of the hilarious, award-winning musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, by Jeffrey Lane and David Yazbek, playing August 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. (more...)
FREEZE FRAME: Backstage with Lea Salonga, Sierra Boggess, Ramin Karimloo, and Yu Shirotaby Oliver Oliveros - Jun 16, 2013'4 Stars: One of Broadway Musicals Concert' headliners Sierra Boggess ('Love Never Dies,' 'Les Miserables'), Lea Salonga ('Miss Saigon,' 'Les Miserables'), Ramin Karimloo ('Love Never Dies,' 'Les Miserables'), and Yu Shirota ('Prince of Tennis,' 'Sailor Moon') posed for a snapshot for Jeffrey Aguiman and Tin Samson, BroadwayWorld.com correspondents from Manila, backstage at Aoyama Theatre (5-53-1 Jingumae, Shibuyaku-ku) earlier today. (more...)
PETER PAN to Open 6/25 at the Barn Theatreby BWW News Desk - Jun 15, 2013The high-flying fantasy, PETER PAN will delight children of all ages when the boy who will never grow up swoops down over the Barn Theatre stage June 25 through July 7. (more...)
BWW TV Exclusive: Talking to the 2013 Tony Winners - Jerry Mitchellby BroadwayWorld TV - Jun 13, 2013BroadwayWorld.com's Richie Ridge sat with all of the 2013 Tony Winners right after they came off stage from their big wins. The winners were filled with joy, memories and excitement and we've got it ALL! Here's Jerry Mitchell who won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Choreography for KINKY BOOTS. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: The Contours from MOTOWN Perform 'Do You Love Me' on KATIEby Stage Tube - Jun 11, 2013MOTOWN THE MUSICAL's 'The Contours,' led by Broadway triple threat Eric LaJuan Summers, visited Katie Couric's new nationally syndicated afternoon talk show 'Katie' for a special performance of the Motown hit song 'Do You Love Me,' and to teach America's sweetheart 'The Mashed Potato!' Click below to watch the performance! (more...)
THE MUSIC MAN to Open at Virginia Rep, 6/28by BWW News Desk - Jun 11, 2013Virginia Repertory Theatre announces the opening of The Music Man at the Sara Belle and Neil November Theatre on Friday, June 28 with a Preview on June 27. The show runs through August 4, 2013. (more...)
Joanna Gleason to Kick Off Provincetown's Broadway Series, 6/28-29by BWW News Desk - Jun 10, 2013Joanna Gleason won the Tony Award for her leading role of the Baker's Wife in Into The Woods, by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. She launches this season's Broadway @ The Art House season in Provincetown on June 28 and 29 with An Evening with Joanna Gleason. Each performance will combine the East Coast premiere of a the hilarious and moving one act play Bloom, written for her by Emmy and Golden Globe winning writer Michael Patrick King (creator of Sex and The City & Two Broke Girls) with a second act of songs featuring special guests Well-Strung, and hosted by pianist/host Seth Rudetsky. For tickets, please visit www.ptownarthouse.com or call 800-838-3006. (more...)
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