2012 Tony Awards Clip Countdown - Day 17: DREAMGIRLSby Pat Cerasaro - May 28, 2012Yesterday in the 2012 Tony Awards Clip Countdown - a look at the finest moments in theatre history as shown on the Tony Awards telecasts over the last sixty years - we focused on the 1982 Best Musical winner, NINE. While Tommy Tune’s Fellini-inspired fever dream won the big prize, Michael Bennett’s innovative and visionary R&B pop opera Dreamgirls won many of the night’s most significant awards and has certainly firmly established itself as a firmament of the history of the modern musical in the intervening years. Among the prizes won by the Dreamgirls cast and creative team: Best Actress for Jennifer Holliday, as well as wins in the Featured Actor In A Musical category, Best Book for Tom Eyen and wins in the technical categories for the unprecedented, hi-tech design.
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Lillias White Celebrates THE NIGHT AFTER THE TONYS at Catalina Jazz Club, 6/11by BWW News Desk - May 27, 2012Chris Isaacson Presents and Upright Cabaret proudly present Broadway diva Lillias White: The Night After The Tonys, as she belts out the best of Broadway and Jazz, at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood, for one performance only, on Monday, June 11. Showtime is 8pm, with cocktail and dinner service beginning at 6:30pm. (more...)
2012 Tony Awards Clip Countdown - Day 15: Tommy Tune At The Tonysby Pat Cerasaro - May 26, 2012Today we continue our extensive consideration of the best Tony Awards clips of all time, culled from over sixty years worth of shows, as we look ahead to the 2012 ceremony on June 10 by saluting a true triple-threat times two whose Tony-winning Best Musical, THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES, provided fodder for yesterday's selection - actor/director/choreographer Tommy Tune.
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UP ON THE MARQUEE: BRING IT ON!by Up On The Marquee - May 25, 2012As previously announced, Bring It On: The Musical will open on Broadway on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at The St. James Theatre, direct from a 13-city National Tour, for a 12-week limited engagement through Sunday, October 7, 2012. Previews are set to begin Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 8pm. The first signage of the marquee is up and BroadwayWorld brings you a first look below! (more...)
STAGE TUBE: Jessica Sanchez & Jennifer Holliday Sing 'And I Am Telling You I Am Not Going' at American Idol Finaleby Stage Tube - May 24, 2012Jennifer Holliday sang her signature song "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" with 16 year-old Jessica Sanchez on the American Idol Season 11 Finale. Check out the video below. (more...)
Dorothy Marcic Brings WHAT WE DO FOR LOVE TO Bleeker Street Theater, 6/13by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012Dorothy Marcic (SISTAS, RESPECT) brings her newest musical, What We Do For Love Or Other Desperate Measures to the Upstairs Theater at the Bleeker Street Theater (45 Bleeker Street) on Wednesday, June 13th (7PM) for six performances as part of the 4th annual Planet Connections Festivity. The cast will include: Gilbert Bailey, Natalie Hill, Simon Pearl, Morgan Reed,Carla Stewart and Ryan Williams. (more...)
Norm Lewis to Receive Sardi's Caricature, 5/30by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012Tony nominee Norm Lewis, currently starring on Broadway as Porgy in The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS, will join the legendary walls of Sardi’s (234 West 44th Street) when his caricature is unveiled and hung on Wednesday, May 30th at 5:00pm during a special ceremony. His portrait will be join the hundreds of Broadway and Hollywood celebrities, including his co-star and fellow 2012 Tony nominee Audra McDonald, as well as co-star David Alan Grier also Tony-nominated for his performance in The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS. (more...)
BWW TV: Preview Paper Mill's ONCE ON THIS ISLAND - Lynn Ahrens, Thomas Kail, Syesha Mercado and More!by BroadwayWorld TV - May 23, 2012BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge brings you video interviews and performance footage from yesterday's Once On This Island press preview at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse. (more...)
Photo Blast From The Past: Jennifer Holliday & Michael Bennett!by Walter McBride - May 23, 2012Welcome to BroadwayWorld.com's newest photo series 'Photo Blast From the Past'. Featuring some of the collected theatre gems of BroadwayWorld's own senior photographer Walter McBride, the series will feature images from his archives of theatre and Hollywood related gems.
Today, we bring you Dreamgirls collaborators Jennifer Holliday and Michael Bennett in 1984. (more...)
IDOL WATCH: And the Season 11 Winner Is...by Kelsey Denette - May 23, 2012After a record-breaking 132 million votes, the winner was crowned tonight on American Idol. Did the crown go to 16-year-old Jessica Sanchez or 21-year-old Phillip Phillips? Read on to find out! (more...)
Kristin Chenoweth, Jennifer Holliday to Perform on Tonight's IDOL Finaleby BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012On tonight's AMERICAN IDOL season finale, Broadway vet Kristin Chenoweth and Top 2 finalist Jessica Sanchez will perform a duet of the late Donna Summer's hit single, 'Enough is Enough'. Jennifer Holliday, the original Effie in Broadway's Dreamgirls, will also take her turn duetting with Sanchez. (more...)
Fantasia, McEntire Join IDOL Finale Line-Up, Sparks to Sing B'Way Tuneby BWW News Desk - May 23, 2012According to The Hollywood Reporter, Neil Diamond, Reba McEntire, Fantasia-Mantasia, Nelly Furtado, Jordin Sparks, Gloria Gaynor, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan and John Fogerty will be among the many performers to appear on tonight's AMERICAN IDOL season finale. (more...)
Photo Coverage: Thomas Kail, Stephen Flaherty et al. Preview Paper Mill's ONCE ON THIS ISLANDby Jennifer Broski - May 22, 2012Today, May 22, Paper Mill Playhouse hosted a performance preview for its new production of Once On This Island at The New 42nd Street Studios (229 W 42nd Street, 7th Floor). BroadwayWorld was there and brings you stills from the event, featuring Thomas Kail, Bradley Rapier, Syesha Mercado, Stephen Flaherty and more. Check out the photos below! (more...)
Jennifer Holliday to Duet with Jessica Sanchez on AMERICAN IDOL?by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012Earlier this month on 'American Idol' pint-sized powerhouse Jessica Sanchez wowed the judges with her performance of 'And I'm Telling You,' but they weren't the only ones who were impressed. Original 'Effie' Jennifer Holliday wrote on her Twitter page immediately following the performance: 'Yes, I was at home watching when Jessica Sang My Song 2Nite.. My Heart was beating fast &I was overwhelmed! So PROUD!' (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...)
Andrea McArdle, Nellie McKay and More Set for NIGHT OF A THOUSAND JUDYS, 6/18by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2012The second annual "Night of A Thousand Judys" - the Pride concert to benefit The Ali Forney Center - will take place at Playwrights Horizons on Monday, June 18. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: Jennifer Holliday's 'God Is Faithful' Video Released!by Stage Tube - May 21, 2012Broadway veteran Jennifer Holliday, best known for starring in the original production of Dreamgirls, just released a music video for 'God Is Faithful,' from her Goodness & Mercy album. Check it out below! (more...)
2012 Tony Awards Clip Countdown - Day 9: Divas Times Three (Plus Rosie)by Pat Cerasaro - May 20, 2012Today we celebrate Broadway’s best and brightest moments at the Tony Awards - looking ahead the 2012 Tony telecast on June 10 on CBS - with this tremendous trio of triple-threat talents; all recreating the iconic roles and songs that brought them to Tony Award glory: Jennifer Holiday with “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from Dreamgirls, Patti LuPone with “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” from EVITA and Betty Buckley with “Memory” from CATS. All original leading ladies; all performing the songs they introduced on the Great White Way - all as fabulous as always, if not more so. (more...)
54 Below to Launch BACKSTAGE Series with SMASH Cast, 6/17by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012?54 BELOW, the nightclub and restaurant to open next month at 254 West 54th Street, has announced three exciting new series. 54 BELOW is the new Broadway nightclub in the grand tradition of New York City nightlife. (more...)
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