BWW Interviews: Enter Stage Left…Georges Presents LA CAGE AUX FOLLES at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonioby Kathy Strain - May 9, 2012Playing center stage at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas this week is the exhilarating La Cage aux Folles. Starring George Hamilton as Georges and Christopher Sieber as Albin/ZaZa, this show was entertaining from start to finish. George Hamilton was intriguing as Georges and Christopher Sieber lit up as Albin/ZaZa. Each actor brought his own personality into the role which made the show even more intimate. (more...)
Photo Flash: SILENCE! THE MUSICAL Welcomes Cady Huffmanby BWW News Desk - May 9, 2012Cady Huffman, Tony Award winner for her performance as Ulla in The Producers, attended SILENCE! The Musical at PS122 this past Thursday, May 5th. (more...)
Hard Rock Cafe - Seattle Presents MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Live Performance, 5/15by BWW News Desk - May 8, 2012Live at Hard Rock Cafe Seattle, the cast of “Million Dollar Quartet” will perform an exciting preview performance of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. (more...)
BWW Remembers Arthur Laurentsby Caryn Robbins - May 8, 2012To mark the one year anniversary of the passing of famed Broadway librettist,screenwriter and director Arthur Laurents, BroadwayWorld spoke with his close friend and the literary executor of his estate, David Saint. (more...)
Arthur Laurents' Estate Auction Set for 6/2by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012Roland Auctions of New York City will be selling the estate of legendary playwright, director, and screenwriter, Arthur Laurents on Saturday, June 2, 2012. (more...)
Constantine Maroulis, Louis Hobson, Rachel Potter, et al. Set for GAY BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN Concert, 6/25by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2012Composer Billy Butler and his band The Monster Makers are back again at Joe’s Pub to celebrate their new EP from the Gay Bride of Frankenstein soundtrack. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: Meet the NEWSIES- Kara Lindsay (Katharine)by Stage Tube - May 22, 2012NEWSIES is now in previews at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre. The musical, featuring a score by eight-time Academy Award® winner Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Sister Act) and Jack Feldman, and a book by four-time Tony Award® winner Harvey Fierstein (La Cage aux Folles, Torch Song Trilogy), will open on March 29th.
In the video below, meet one of the characters from the show- Katherine, played by Kara Lindsay! (more...)
Pittsburgh CLO Announces Full Casts of Local Productions - Starring Sally Struthers, Hunter Herdlicka, Liz Callaway and More!by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2012Pittsburgh CLO has announced casting for its summer season, which includes six shows, featuring the national tours of Come Fly Away and The Addams Family, and CLO original productions of A Chorus Line, Annie, Fiddler on the Roof and Sunset Boulevard. Notably, A CHORUS LINE brings on board a slew of the show's national tour veterans, ANNIE stars Sally Struthers as Miss Hannigan, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF features Broadway's Lewis J. Stadlen, Susan Cella, Hunter Herdlicka, Joel Robertson, Emily Shoolin and Kay Walbye. Liz Callaway and Walter Charles are set to star in SUNSET BOULEVARD. (more...)
Photo Flash: Roland Auctions of NYC to Sell Estate of Arthur Laurents, 6/2by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012Roland Auctions of New York City will be selling the estate of legendary playwright, director, and screenwriter, Arthur Laurents on Saturday, June 2, 2012. Mr. Laurents, whose credits include West Side Story, Gypsy, La Cage aux Folles, Hallelujah, Baby and The Way We Were, amongst many others, had a long and distinguished career, both on Broadway and in Hollywood. See photos below for sample pieces available as well as as list of items slated to be auctioned. (more...)
Way Off Broadway to Present FOOTLOOSE, 6/15-8/25by BWW News Desk - May 18, 2012The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre is getting ready to cut loose this summer with the dance musical Footloose. The stage production, based on the Paramount Pictures film, will open at the Frederick theatre on Friday, June 15th and run through August 25th. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: In the Recording Studio with NEWSIES- 'The World Will Know'by Stage Tube - May 16, 2012NEWSIES is currently playing at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre (208 W 41st St) for a strictly limited 101 performance run following its critically-hailed stint at Paper Mill Playhouse last fall. IN the video below, go inside the recording studio with Jeremy Jordan and the rest of the cast as they perform 'The World Will Know.' (more...)
BWW Interviews: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES' Christopher Sieberby Linda Ann Watt - May 16, 2012La Cage aux Folles with George Hamilton and Christopher Sieber is coming to Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Belk Theater, May 29 – June 3, 2012. Winner of three Tony Awards® including the award for Best Musical Revival. Tickets are now on sale at the Blumenthal Box Office: 704-372-1000
Two time, Tony Award ® nominee, Christopher Sieber, who plays Albin was in his hotel room in San Antonio, Texas doing one press interview after another, when I caught up with him. He's funny, hyper and fun to talk to. He says his success in the entertainment industry is based on luck, but I think it’s his talent, personality and his ability to be a team player. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: First Look at Hartford Stage's THE TEMPEST, Starring Daniel Davisby Stage Tube - May 16, 2012The Tony Award-winning Hartford Stage, under the leadership of Darko Tresnjak, Artistic Director, and Michael Stotts, Managing Director, presents William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, directed by Darko Tresnjak, playing May 18 through June 10, 2012 (press opening: Wednesday, May 16 at 7:30pm). (more...)
Breaking: NEWSIES Run on Broadway Is Now Open Ended!by BWW News Desk - May 16, 2012Surprising no one following the show's grosses, it's just been announced NEWSIES, which opened on Broadway back in March for a limited run through August 19th will now officially be an open-ended run with tickets on sale through November 18, 2012 and group sales to January of 2013. The show received 8 Tony nominations earlier this month.
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Broadway In Detroit Adds JEKYLL & HYDE to Seasonby BWW News Desk - May 15, 2012Detroit theatre fans have even more to look forward to in the new season! The international musical sensation Jekyll & Hyde, starring Tony Award® Nominee Constantine Maroulis in the dual title role of Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde and Grammy® Nominee and R&B superstar Deborah Cox as Lucy, will play the Fisher Theatre, November 27 - December 2, 2012. (more...)
Photo Flash: Daniel Davis et al. in Hartford Stage's THE TEMPESTby BWW News Desk - May 15, 2012The Tony Award-winning Hartford Stage, under the leadership of Darko Tresnjak, Artistic Director, and Michael Stotts, Managing Director, presents William Shakespeare’s magical masterwork, The Tempest, directed by Darko Tresnjak, playing now through June 10, 2012 (press opening: Wednesday, May 16 at 7:30pm). Tony Award nominee Daniel Davis, best known for his recent NYC roles in Classic Stage’s The Cherry Orchard, Lincoln Center’s The Invention of Love, and the 2004 Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles, as well as six seasons as Niles the Butler on TV’s “The Nanny, plays Prospero. See photos of Davis and the rest of the cast on stage below! (more...)
Aurora Theatre Company Calls for Global Age Project Submissions, 5/22-7/31by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2012Berkeley’s acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company has announced a call for submissions for its eighth season of the Global Age Project (GAP) festival of new works. The company will choose four new plays to be presented as staged readings with professional directors and actors during the GAP festival in February of 2013; the festival will coincide with the company’s fully-staged World Premiere of Anthony Clarvoe’s OUR PRACTICAL HEAVEN, directed by Allen McKelvey, the third Aurora main stage production to develop from the GAP. Each of the four finalists will receive a $1,000 award and their work will be considered for further development and production during Aurora Theatre Company’s regular season; out of town artists will receive travel and accommodation expenses. The submission period opens May 22; deadline for play submission is July 31, 2012. Finalists will be announced in early December 2012. (more...)
Lorna Luft Unable to Continue in NMST's HELLO, DOLLY!; Jacquelyn Piro Donovan Steps Inby BWW News Desk - May 11, 2012Due to a severe back injury, Ms. Lorna Luft will be unable to play the role of Dolly Levi in the award-winning North Shore Theatre (NSMT) production of HELLO, DOLLY! scheduled to open Tuesday, June 12, and play through Sunday, June 24. Press night is scheduled for June 13 at 7:30pm. (more...)
PlayhouseSquare's Gina Vernaci Named President of IPNby BWW News Desk - May 10, 2012PlayhouseSquare’s Senior Vice President of Theater Operations Gina Vernaci has been elected President of the Independent Presenters Network {IPN} at the semi-annual conference in Tampa, FL. Vernaci will serve a two-year term - the first woman to hold that position and only the fourth president in the organization’s 20-year existence. IPN’s slate of officers include Rich Baker (Fox Associates, St. Louis) and Norbert Mongeon (Providence Center, Rhode Island). (more...)
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Plays the Majestic Through 5/13by Erin Privratsky - May 10, 2012"Oh my Lord & Taylor!" That's what you might be saying if you're a first-timer at La Cage aux Folles, currently playing the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio. I may have laughed more Tuesday night than I have in the last month! (more...)
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