Alice Ripley & Jinkx Monsoon to Headline Balagan Theatre's Free Season Preview Party, 6/10by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2013Balagan Theatre will introduce the 2013-2014 mainstage season with a free community celebration, Monday, June 10, 7:30pm at the Moore Theatre, featuring America's Next Drag Superstar, Jinkx Monsoon (also known in Seattle as musical actor Jerick Hoffer), and Broadway star and Tony Award winner Alice Ripley, best known for creating the role of Diana Goodman in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal. (more...)
Aurora's 17th Annual Blues on the Fox Festival Lineup Announcedby BWW News Desk - May 24, 2013Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy and New Orleans' own Dr. John will headline Aurora's 17th Annual Blues on the Fox festival on June 14 and 15, which doubles as the long awaited grand opening celebration for the new RiverEdge Park in downtown Aurora. (more...)
Blackman and Attwater To Star In UK Tour Of SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERSby BWW News Desk - May 24, 2013Sam Attwater and Helena Blackman will star in a stunning new version of the classic musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. (more...)
Kirsten Wyatt, Steel Burkhardt and Cast of GUYS AND DOLLS Performing 'Suit and Tie'by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2013The titular Guys and Dolls of Frank Loesser's classic show in Cleveland have become decidedly more fly this week, releasing a music video of "Suit and Tie" by Justin Timberlake. (more...)
Photo Flash: First Look - Surflight Theatre's THE BOY FRIEND, 5/25-6/16by BWW News Desk - May 24, 2013Surflight Theatre, under the leadership of Executive Director Ken Myers presents the 1920s musical comedy The Boy Friend, from May 25 through June 16. Check out a first look at the cast in action, below! (more...)
Dr. Harry Yates & Joanne Cash Yates Inducted into Old Time Country Music Hall of Fameby BWW News Desk - May 24, 2013'It is with a great deal of pride, and certainly affection, that we announce the second and third inductees into America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame for 2013.' Bob Everhart is the president of the National Traditional Country Music Assn., and has been since 1976. 'We received our 501(c)3 status in 1982 and have been working hard keeping traditional and classic country music alive.' Everhart said. 'Part of that 'genre' of early country music has certainly been Gospel music. It is a stalwart here in the upper Midwest, especially in our rural areas, but it seems to be somewhat diluted in large urban areas. Perhaps that is why we have selected two incredibly deserving individuals for Hall of Fame honors this year.' (more...)
VIDEO: First Look - BODY OF PROOF's Series Finale, Airing 5/28by TV News Desk - May 23, 2013On BODY OF PROOF's upcoming series finale, titled 'Daddy Issues,' Tommy goes along with Megan to her father's exhumation, which only yields more mysteries to what she has always been told was his suicide. Megan's mother, Joan, suggests Megan look into her late husband's patient files, which may be connected to his death -- and that of one of his patients, too -- on TUESDAY, MAY 28 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET) on ABC. (more...)
Sherie Rene Scott to Bring PIECE OF MEAT to 54 Below, 6/17-29by BWW News Desk - May 23, 2013Sherie Rene Scott returns to 54 Below for the highly-anticipated reprise of her acclaimed show 'Piece Of Meat' for a limited two-week engagement. 'Piece Of Meat' is an exhilarating evening about human desires - carnal, culinary and otherwise. Ms. Scott explores her singular storytelling and musical abilities with songs by Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney, Talking Heads, Pete Townshend, Annie Lennox, Dire Straits, Buddy Holly, Kate Bush and Noah & The Whale, along with original compositions by music directorTodd Almond. The show features musical staging by Michele Lynch and direction by Lear Debessonett. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: GUYS AND DOLLS' Kirsten Wyatt, Steel Burkhardt and More Lip-Sync to 'Suit and Tie' at Hanna Theaterby Stage Tube - May 23, 2013The titular Guys and Dolls of Frank Loesser's classic show in Cleveland have become decidedly more fly this week, releasing a music video of 'Suit and Tie' by Justin Timberlake. Click below to watch! (more...)
Startford's Group Pinball Game Sets World Record for Launch of TOMMY Musicalby Alan Aronshtam - May 22, 2013The Stratford Festival is officially home of one of the newest GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS. One hundred 'pinball wizards' took over First Canadian Place in Toronto today to successfully log the greatest number of pinball machines being played simultaneously at a single venue. (more...)
WICKED Returns to the Ohio Theatre, 6/5-23by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013After breaking box office records and selling out in record time in 2007 and 2010, WICKED, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, will return to Columbus' Ohio Theatre June 5-23. Tickets for the return engagement are on sale now. (more...)
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET to Become Chicago's Longest-Running Broadway Musical, May 26by BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Million Dollar Quartet announces that this Saturday, May 26, 2013 marks the official date at which it becomes the longest-running musical production in Chicago's history. With 1,949 performances and 5 smash years in Chicago, the Tony Award-winning rock 'n' roll musical has surpassed both Wicked and Pumpboys and Dinettes, setting a new record for the longest running Broadway musical in Chicago. (more...)
Spring 2013 SpotLight Program Honorees Announced by Hennepin Theatre Trustby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Hennepin Theatre Trust today announced the new spring 2013 honorees from Minnesota high schools recognizing musical theatre accomplishments by school and category for the 2012-13 SpotLight Musical Theatre Program. Now in its eighth successful year, SpotLight is Hennepin Theatre Trust's flagship educational initiative which honors and supports Minnesota high school musical theatre students and programs. This year, 56 schools, including nine from greater Minnesota, are presenting musicals made possible by the collaboration of almost 5,000 students and annually seen by an estimated 105,000 audience members. (more...)
Tommy Rapley Joins DEATH AND HARRY HOUDINI, Beginning 6/21 at House Theatreby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013The House Theatre of Chicago's 2012 hit production, Death and Harry Houdini, returns in four weeks to The Chopin Theatre (1543 W. Division St.). Previews begin June 21, and Press Opening is Sunday June 30th at 7:30pm. (more...)
STYLE POP with Jeannie Mai and Louise Roe to Debut on Style, 6/6by TV News Desk - May 22, 2013Style Media premieres its first-ever live, weekly topical series 'Style Pop' on Thursday, June 6 at 8:00 pm ET/tape delay PT. Hosted by style guru Jeannie Mai and fashion maven Louise Roe, this half-hour series will go behind the fashion lines and in front of the latest trends in fashion and pop culture. Every Thursday night, Mai and Roe's undeniably chic filter and unpredictably playful banter will cover the products, personalities and trends that are driving the zeitgeist that week. (more...)
Scoop: ARROW on THE CW - Wednesday, June 12, 2013by TV Scoop - May 22, 2013Get all the scoop on ARROW, airing on THE CW on Wednesday, June 12, 2013! (more...)
Billy Baldwin Boards BBC America's COPPERby BWW News Desk - May 22, 2013Nothing is ever as it seems in Five Points...BBC AMERICA and Cineflix Studios promise no shortage of twists and turns for season two of COPPER, announcing today thatfamed New Yorker, William 'Billy' Baldwin (Gossip Girl, Hawaii Five-O) will guest star in the last two episodes of the upcoming season as William 'Wild Bill' Eustace - a charming Tammany Hall power broker. Also joining Baldwin at the end of the season is Lindy Booth (Kick-Ass 2, Fairly Legal) as Teresa Trembley - protected witness of a high-profile murder in Five Points.COPPER, BBC AMERICA's highest-rated original drama set in 1860s New York City, returns Sunday, June 23, 10:00pm ET/PT. (more...)
Brynn O'Malley to Join Rob McClure in HONEYMOON IN VEGAS at Paper Mill Playhouseby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013BroadwayWorld has confirmed that ANNIE star Brynn O'Malley will join previously announced Rob McClure in Jason Robert Brown's Honeymoon in Vegas at Paper Mill Playhouse. The new musical will open September 26 and run through October 27, 2013 at the New Jersey theatre. (more...)
The Brick to Kick Off SOUND SCAPE Festival of Sound Design, 6/7by BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013The Brick Theater will play host to sound scape, A Festival of Theatrical Sound Design, June 7-29, 2013. (more...)
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Linda Eder and More Set for Town Hall's Starry Summer Nights Concert Seriesby BWW News Desk - May 21, 2013This July, Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell, Broadway, concert and recording artist Linda Eder, THE HIT MEN Featuring Members of Frankie Valli's The Four Seasons and The Town Hall's Broadway Rising Stars will each offer special performances as a part of Town Hall's Starry Summer Nights Concert Series. (more...)
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