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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A.C.T. Youth Conservatory Presents SHOW CHOIR! THE MUSICAL, 5/26-6/9by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2012American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) Young Conservatory Director Craig Slaight has announced the West Coast premiere of Show Choir! Show Choir! The Musical plays May 26–June 9, 2012, at The Theater at Children’s Creativity Museum (formerly Zeum Theater), located at 221 Fourth Street, San Francisco. Tickets are $20.50 and are available by calling the A.C.T. Box Office at 415.749.2228 or online at www.act-sf.org. (more...)
Photo Flash: Lainie Kazan, Michele Lee et al. at THE PERSIAN ROOM PRESENTS Book Signingby BWW News Desk - May 10, 2012Patrons were treated to a classic trip down memory lane this week as four leading ladies of the legendary Persian Room New York came together for a book signing. Lainie Zazan, Michele Lee, Connie Stevens and Barbara Van Orden gathered at Barnes and Noble in California's The Grove to celebrate the release of Patty Farmer's new book “The Persian Room Presents.” Anecdotes involving audience celebrity sightings included Barbara Streisand (by Stevens), Milton Berle (by Van Orden), Jack Jones and his thighs (by Lee) and a mob king who struck her while performing (by Kazan). See photos of the leading ladies at the event below! (more...)
Bob Dishy, Zach Grenier, Tonya Pinkins to Star in STOREFRONT CHURCHby BWW News Desk - Mar 30, 2012Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) presents the world premiere of STOREFRONT CHURCH, written and directed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner John Patrick Shanley and starring Bob Dishy, Giancarlo Esposito, Zach Grenier, Ron Cephas Jones and Tonya Pinkins.
STOREFRONT CHURCH will begin previews Wednesday, May 16; officially open Monday, June 11; and play a limited engagement through Sunday, June 24 Off-Broadway as the first production to return to Atlantic’s main stage Linda Gross Theater in Chelsea following completion of a historic $8.3M renovation. (more...)
Giancarlo Esposito to Star in Off-Broadway's STOREFRONT CHURCHby BWW News Desk - Mar 30, 2012According to The Hollywood Reporter, 'Breaking Bad's' Giancarlo Esposito is set to star in Pulitzer Prize and Tony winner John Patrick Shanley's STOREFRONT CHURCH. (more...)
SOUND OFF: SMASH Flies The Coupby Pat Cerasaro - Mar 27, 2012Sporadically shedding its former skin as a mainly musical endeavor, last night’s “The Coup” episode of NBC’s musical dramedy series SMASH stepped outside the box and presented a drama-focused show heavy on the plot and light on the musical numbers - with surprisingly strong results, believe it or not. As has become abundantly apparent, in the seven episodes up until this point, SMASH seems to have excelled in its musical sequences which floated high, flying, adored (like Eva Peron in EVITA) above everything else; enlivening the proceedings where the story fell short - usually, with Ivy (Megan Hilty) dominating the Marilyn Monroe show-within-the-show songs and Karen (Katharine McPhee) making the very most of an impressive mélange of pop covers - but, as penned by Scott Burkhardt and directed by GLEE veteran Paris Barclay, “The Coup” showed that SMASH has legs and can sustain a character/plot-focused story from time to time, too. And, anyway, it’s hard to complain too much about a lack of songs when we were presented with perhaps the most unique and stylized pop musical number to date in the form of the Top 40-ready Ryan Tedder-written potential Marilyn burlesque routine - that is, if Derek (Jack Davenport) takes the show-within-the-show in an entirely new direction and leaves Tom (Christian Borle) and Julia (Debra Messing) by the wayside. That potential prospect seems highly unlikely, though - to say the very, very least. Speaking of high, “The Coup” flew the coop as far as daring to do what many may have thought unlikely or impossible - namely, weaving in almost seamless, fully-integrated musical sequences such as Ivy & company’s down and dirty bowling alley cover song set to the funky 60s sounds of Sly & The Family Stone's “Dance To The Music”, or, (almost) effortlessly managing to make a contemporary song in a musical theatre milieu actually function (more or less) and come alive in the form of the sexy and titillating "Touch Me". Yes, “The Coup” stylistically diverged from what has come before on SMASH, but the more risks taken, the more rewards reaped. Definitely don't count all the eggs in the SMASH basket before they're hatched! (more...)
GOLDA'S BALCONY Comes to The Smith Center for the Performing Arts, 4/1by BWW News Desk - Mar 27, 2012A co-promotion with the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas and the Jewish Repertory Theatre of Nevada,Golda’s Balcony comes to The Smith Center for the Performing Arts on April 1 at 5:00 p.m. (more...)
Theatre Under The Stars Announces 10th Annual Tommy Tune Award Nomineesby BWW News Desk - Mar 21, 2012John C. Breckenridge, President and CEO of Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS), announced today the nominations and presenters for TUTS’ tenth annual Tommy Tune Awards which will be held on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Developed by TUTS, the Tommy Tune Awards honor musical theatre excellence at the high school level. (more...)
Tommy Tune to Receive 30th Anniversary Elliot Norton Lifetime Achievement Awardby BWW News Desk - Mar 15, 2012The Boston Theater Critics Association today announced that legendary song and dance man Tommy Tune will be the recipient of The 30th Anniversary Elliot Norton Lifetime Achievement Award. (more...)
Tommy Tune Comes to the Van Wezel, 3/14by BWW
News Desk - Mar 14, 2012Nine-time Tony Award-winner Tommy Tune will perform at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Wed. March 14, 2012 @ 8 PM withSteps in Time: A Broadway Biography in Song and Dance. (more...)
Photo Flash: Lucie Arnaz Brings LATIN ROOTS to Feinstein's by Stephen Sorokoff - Jan 6, 2012FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY opened its Winter 2012 season with the return of Lucie Arnaz in a show based on her new CD "Latin Roots." In an eclectic celebration of her musical heritage, Arnaz playfully wended her way through pop south of the border sounds, enduring American standards, enhanced with a Brazilian accent or basted by a Bossa Nova beat and she took on some of the fiery Latin classics of her father, Desi Arnaz.
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Photo Flash: Lucie Arnaz Brings LATIN ROOTS Feinstein's!by BWW News Desk - Jan 6, 2012FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY opened its Winter 2012 season with the return of Lucie Arnaz in a show based on her new CD "Latin Roots." In an eclectic celebration of her musical heritage, Arnaz playfully wended her way through pop south of the border sounds, enduring American standards, enhanced with a Brazilian accent or basted by a Bossa Nova beat and she took on some of the fiery Latin classics of her father, Desi Arnaz.
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Lucie Arnaz Presents LATIN ROOTS At Feinsteins by BWW
News Desk - Jan 4, 2012FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY will open its Winter 2012 season with the return of LUCIE ARNAZ in a show based on her new CD “Latin Roots.” (more...)
Tommy Tune Comes to the Van Wezel, 3/14by BWW News Desk - Feb 17, 2012Nine-time Tony Award-winner Tommy Tune will perform at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Wed. March 14, 2012 @ 8 PM withSteps in Time: A Broadway Biography in Song and Dance. (more...)
Composer/Lyricist Dory Previn Dies at 86by BWW News Desk - Feb 14, 2012Dory Previn Shannon died on Tuesday morning, February 14, at her home in Massachusetts, according to her husband, artist Joby Baker. She was 86 years old. (more...)
Nobody Does It Like Cy -- CY COLEMAN'S BROADWAY at The McCallum Theatre on February 8thby David Green - Feb 11, 2012What a wonderful thing it is to spend an evening in the theatre and have your expectations exceeded. The McCallum Theatre is presenting quite an impressive and varied array of theatrical offerings this spring, but I believe last night’s CY COLEMAN’S BROADWAY might have been the unexpected “jewel” in their season. It was truly a valentine to one of Broadway and popular music’s most prolific composers and the celebration of a songbook that leaves you wondering – “Did he ever write anything that wasn’t a hit”? (more...)
RAIN's Joey Curatolo On The Appeal of The Beatles and The Soundtrack of Our Livesby Jeffrey Ellis - Apr 30, 2012Now known as the ersatz Paul McCartney in Rain, Curatolo grew up in a Brooklyn household where classical music and opera were more the norm. But a natural musician—at ten, young Joey taught himself how to play the guitar, playing the piano by ear at 16—Curatolo became infatuated with The Beatles, ultimately winning several Paul McCartney sound-alike contests, even touring with Beatlemania. (more...)
InDepth InterView: Sergio Trujillo On LEAP OF FAITH, FLASHDANCE, MEMPHIS, NEXT TO NORMAL & Moreby Pat Cerasaro - Apr 26, 2012Today we are talking to one of the busiest choreographers on Broadway who was recently represented by four shows running on the Great White Way simultaneously (a new record) - the long-running hit JERSEY BOYS, Pulitzer Prize-winner NEXT TO NORMAL, multi-Tony Award-winning MEMPHIS and THE ADDAMS FAMILY. His most recent Broadway credit is the new Alan Menken/Glenn Slater musical adaptation of the 90s hit Steve Martin comedy LEAP OF FAITH featuring Broadway superstar Raul Esparza in the lead. In addition to discussing the unique demands of his involvement with the aforementioned new musicals with a pronounced focus on his current project, Trujillo opens up about the process of collaborating with a director and what musical staging is all about at its core, as well as outlining his experiences working with a number of notable names on his impressive assortment of projects so far and taking a look back at his own career as a performer, having previously appeared in GUYS & DOLLS, FOSSE and the film version of CHICAGO among other illustrious resume entries. Plus, Trujillo shares his infectious enthusiasm and passionate dedication to his art and reveals what he will be taking on next after LEAP OF FAITH’s opening night, which is tonight - a tryout tour of a screen-to-stage adaptation of the iconic 80s hit FLASHDANCE and an original dramatic musical included. All of that and much, much more! (more...)
TUTS Announces 2012 Tommy Tune Awards Winners!by BWW News Desk - Apr 18, 2012The 2012 Tommy Tune Awards winners have been announced! To a crowd of more than 2,500 people, Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) declared the winners of TUTS’ tenth annual Tommy Tune Awardson the evening of Tuesday, April 17, at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Adding extra excitement to the evening, the award ceremony’s namesake and nine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune made a special appearance to kick off the show and to present the night’s top honor.
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Michael Feinstein Directs CY COLEMAN: BRINGING JAZZ TO BROADWAY for Jazz at Lincoln Center, 5/15by BWW News Desk - Apr 17, 2012As part of its Jazz & Popular Song series, directed by five-time Grammy Award-nominated singer and pianist Michael Feinstein, Jazz at Lincoln Center will present Cy Coleman: Bringing Jazz to Broadway on Tuesday, May 15 and Wednesday May 16 at 7:30pm. Feinstein, who featured Cy Coleman as a vocalist and jazz pianist in his nightclub the month before the famed composer died, leads a cast featuring Michele Lee (Coleman's Seesaw, Knots Landing), Tamara Tunie (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Broadway veteran Chuck Cooper, singer-songwriter Johnny Rodgers and, on May 16 only, James Naughton (The Devil Wears Prada) that illustrates Coleman's profound jazz influence on contemporary Broadway. (more...)
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