Judy McLane to Join MAMMA MIA! as 'Donna' in Juneby BWW News Desk - May 7, 2012After playing the role of “Tanya” for the past seven years in Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ smash hit musical MAMMA MIA!, Broadway favorite Judy McLane will assume the starring role of “Donna Sheridan” on Monday, June 4, 2012 at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway). (more...)
GODSPELL's Hunter Parrish Joins Annenberg Theater's 'WHEN YOU BELIEVE' Stephen Schwartz Tribute, 5/19by BWW News Desk - May 6, 2012Hunter Parrish, who previously starred in the Broadway revival of GODSPELL, has joined the starry talent lineup of When You Believe: A Conversation With and Tribute To Stephen Schwartz on May 19 in Palm Springs. (more...)
Photo Flash: Lauren Kennedy, Danielle Ferland, et al. in Westport Country Playhouse's INTO THE WOODSby BWW News Desk - May 4, 2012A 25th anniversary production of the imaginative, fractured-fairy tale musical "Into the Woods" by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim will be staged at the theater where Sondheim was an apprentice in 1950, Westport Country Playhouse, in Westport, CT, through May 26. Directed by Mark Lamos, The Playhouse's artistic director, the musical will open the historic theater's 82nd season. It is co-produced with Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE. (more...)
Photo Flash: Stars Come Out for WHEN YOU BELIEVE Stephen Schwartz Tributeby BWW News Desk - May 26, 2012Academy Award winner Stephen Schwartz was honored and presented with with Desert Ensemble Theatre Company's inaugural Melpomai Award at When You Believe: A Conversation With and Tribute To Stephen Schwartz on May 19 in Palm Springs. The event was held in the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum, and featured a conversation with Schwartz as well as performances of his stage and movie musical hits. Directed and moderated by Scott Logsdon (Les Miserables), the evening included performances from Tony nominee Andrea McArdle (Annie), Hunter Parrish (Broadway's Godspell revival and Showtime's "Weeds"), Kate Flannery (NBC's "The Office"), Pamla Vale Abramson, Melissa Batalles, Garrett Hoy, Ben Reece, Haviland Stillwell (Les Miserables and Fiddler on the Roof) and Laura L.Thomas. Joel Baker was the musical director and accompanist. See photos of the stars performing on stage below! (more...)
Amy Adams Says Broadway Transfer of INTO THE WOODS Would 'Be Amazing'by BWW News Desk - May 26, 2012According to a report by Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch, Amy Adams, soon to be playing The Baker's Wife in Into the Woods, "would definitely consider," continuing her role in the production if it moves to Broadway. "That would be amazing," she said. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: Desert Ensemble Theatre Company Honors Stephen Schwartzby Stage Tube - May 17, 2012Academy Award winner Stephen Schwartz will be honored with Desert Ensemble Theatre Company's inaugural Melpomai Award at When You Believe: A Conversation With and Tribute To Stephen Schwartz May 19 in Palm Springs. The 8 PM event, which will be held in the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum, will feature a conversation with Schwartz as well as performances of his stage and movie musical hits.
Check out a preview of the event below! (more...)
MAMMA MIA! Welcomes Judy McLane, Felicia Finley, Aaron Lazar & More!by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2012Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ global hit musical MAMMA MIA! will welcome new principals Christy Altomare, Lauren Cohn, Daniel Cooney, Felicia Finley, Aaron Lazar, Graham Rowat and Zak Resnick who will join Judy McLane as “Donna Sheridan” at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) on Monday, June 4, 2012. (more...)
WHEN YOU BELIEVE: A Conversation With and Tribute To Stephen Schwartz Set for 5/19, Palm Springsby BWW News Desk - May 15, 2012Academy Award winner Stephen Schwartz will be honored with Desert Ensemble Theatre Company's inaugural Melpomai Award at When You Believe: A Conversation With and Tribute To Stephen Schwartz May 19 in Palm Springs. (more...)
Amy Adams in Talks for DARK PLACES Film Adaptationby BWW News Desk - May 15, 2012According to news released by The Hollywood Reporter, Amy Adams is in talks to star in Gilles Paquet-Brenner's film adaptation of the novel Dark Places, written by Gillian Flynn. (more...)
Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekendby - May 13, 2012
Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, May 13, 2012 - Sunday, May 13, 2012.
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Central Park's INTO THE WOODS Eyeing Broadway?by Rialto Chatter - May 11, 2012Rumours that The Public Theatre's production of INTO THE WOODS will transfer to Broadway have been fueled once more by The New York Post, which reports that extentions to Donna Murphy, Amy Adams and the rest of the cast's contracts are being negotiated. (more...)
Saturday Roundup: This Week on BroadwayWorldby BWW Special Coverage - Apr 7, 2012Looking for a quick roundup of this week's events in the theatre world? Look no further - here are some of the best articles the week had to offer! (more...)
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 4/30- INTO THE WOODSby Stage Tube - Apr 30, 2012Today in 2002, the first Broadway revival of Into the Woods opened at the Broadhurst Theatre, where it ran for 279 performances. Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986, and premiered on Broadway in 1987. Into the Woods won several Tony Awards, including Best Score, Best Book, and Best Actress in a Musical (Joanna Gleason), in a year dominated by The Phantom of the Opera. The main characters are taken from the stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, and Cinderella, tied together by a more original story involving a baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family, most likely taken from the original story of Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm. (more...)
Fellow Oscar-Winner Dean Pitchford Joins Stephen Schwartz in WHEN YOU BELIEVE at Annenberg Theater, 5/19by BWW News Desk - Apr 28, 2012Academy Award winner Dean Pitchford will be participating in When You Believe: A Conversation With and Tribute To Stephen Schwartz May 19 in Palm Springs. (more...)
JEFF Awards Non-Equity Nominations - Full List and Statistics - Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre Leads with 14 Nominationsby BWW News Desk - Apr 25, 2012The Jeff Awards today announced 124 nominations in 25 categories for Non-Equity Jeff Awards for productions that opened between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2012. The Non-Equity Awards honor excellence in Chicago theatres not under a union contract. Jeff Awards judges covered opening nights of 154 productions offered by 71 Non-Equity producing organizations. The judges recommended 64 of those shows, making them eligible for Non-Equity Jeff Award nominations. Thirty-two theatre companies received nominations. (more...)
Theo Ubique Leads 2012 Non-Equity Jeff Award Nominations; Full List Announced!by Misha Davenport - Apr 25, 2012Nominations for the Chicago-based Non-Equity Jeff Awards were announced today; Theo Ubique leads with 14 nominations (more...)
WHEN YOU BELIEVE! Stephen Schwartz to be Honored at The Annenberg Theatre, 5/19by David Green - Apr 19, 2012Multiple Academy Award winner Stephen Schwartz will be honored with The Desert Ensemble Theatre Company's inaugural Melpomai Award at “When You Believe: A Conversation With and Tribute To Stephen Schwartz” May 19 at 8:00 pm at The Annenberg Theatre. The event will feature a conversation with Schwartz as well as performances of his stage and movie musical hits performed by Tony nominated Andrea McCardle, Kate Flannery (NBC’s “The Office”) and more. (more...)
GODSPELL Announces Talkback With Stephen Schwartz, 4/24by BWW News Desk - Apr 13, 2012Legendary Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz will participate in an exclusive post-post-show audience talkback immediately following the Thursday, April 24 performance of the new hit revival of GODSPELL at Circle in the Square Theatre (1633 Broadway at 50th Street). (more...)
Kim Crosby, Original Cinderella, to Play Baker's Wife in INTO THE WOODS at Little Springfield Theatre, MO, May 13-29by BWW News Desk - Apr 12, 2012Kim Crosby will play The Baker's Wife in the Springfield Little Theatre's INTO THE WOODS, which plays May 13-29 in Springfield, MO.
Crosby created the role of Cinderella in the 1987 INTO THE WOODS, first at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and then on Broadway. Cinderella's Prince was played by Robert Westenberg, who Crosby later married. (more...)
THE OFFICE Star Kate Flannery Joins 'A Conversation With and Tribute To Stephen Schwartz' Castby BWW News Desk - Apr 12, 2012Kate Flannery from NBC's THE OFFICE and Off Broadway's LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE has joined the cast for “When You Believe: A Conversation With and Tribute To Stephen Schwartz” at the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Springs on May 19. (more...)
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