Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, June 8, Part 2 - NEWSIES Celebrates 500 Performances, and the Tony Prepping Continues!by BWW News Desk - Jun 9, 2013BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our June 8th SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured the NEWSIES cast celebrating 500 performances, KINKY BOOTS wishing A CHRISTMAS STORY luck at tonight's Tony Awards, the West End BOOK OF MORMON cast thanking the big man upstairs, a MATILDA Tonys juice cleanse, and shots from THE LION KING, PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, WICKED, HAIR, CARMEN'S PLACE off-off Broadway, a fancy SIP from McCarter Theatre's INTO THE WOODS, and much more! (more...)
Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, June 8 - KINKY BOOTS, BOOK OF MORMON and More Prep for the Tonys!by BWW News Desk - Jun 8, 2013It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos feature a Broadway illustrator and the casts of KINKY BOOTS, THE BOOK OF MORMON, THE FANTASTICKS, MOTOWN and more prepping for tomorrow night's Tony Awards ceremony, plus pics from MATILDA (here and in the UK), JERSEY BOYS, NICE WORK, ANN, THE NANCE, NEWSIES, TOP HAT in the West End, Paper Mill's THE LITTLE MERMAID, WEST SIDE STORY on tour, 42ND STREET at Pittsburgh CLO with Joey Fatone, and more! (more...)
XANADU to Play WaterTower Theatre July 26 - August 18, 2013by BWW News Desk - Jun 5, 2013Xanadu, Produced by WaterTower Theatre at the Addison Theatre and Conference Center will play the Main Stage from July 26 - August 18, 2013. (more...)
New Musical Adaptation, A Minister's Wife Plays San Jose Rep - June 20 - July 14by BWW News Desk - Jun 5, 2013The poignant and provocative new musical, A Minister's Wife, makes its West Coast premiere at San Jose Rep June 20 - July 14, 2013. (more...)
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Benefit Concert Adds Danny Burstein and John Carian, 6/17by BWW News Desk - Jun 5, 2013Transport Group, the Drama Desk, Outer Critics, and OBIE award-winning theatre company, has announced additional casting for the one-night-only, all-star concert of the acclaimed 1959 Broadway classic musical Once Upon A Mattress on Monday, June 17 at 7pmat the The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre in The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 West 42nd Street. Joining previously announced Jackie Hoffman as Princess Winnifred and John 'Lypsinka' Epperson as Queen Aggravain are Tony nominee Danny Burstein (Follies) as King Sextimus, Tony nominee John Cariani (Fiddler on the Roof) as The Jester, Jill Paice (Curtains) as Lady Larken, Drama Desk nominee Lewis Cleale (The Book of Mormon) as Sir Harry, OBIE winner Jonathan Hammond (The Boys in the Band) as The Wizard, Stanley Bahorek (Queen of the Mist) as The Minstrel, and Drama Desk nominee David Rossmer (Peter and the Starcatcher) as Prince Dauntless. (more...)
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 6/4- Mary Testaby Stage Tube - Jun 4, 2013Happy Birthday, Mary Testa! Testa is a two-time Tony Award nominee, for performances in revivals of Leonard Bernstein's On the Town (1998) and 42nd Street (2001). She made her debut as Miss Goldberg in William Finn's one-act musical In Trousers (1979), part one of his 'Marvin Trilogy,' winning audiences over with her rendition of 'Set Those Sails' and 'I Am Wearing a Hat,' as well as 'The Rape of Miss Goldberg by Marvin.' She returned to Broadway in July, 2007 in the musical-theater remake of the 1980 film Xanadu for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination. (more...)
Photo Flash: First Look at Matthew Scott and More in Signature Theatre's COMPANYby BWW News Desk - Jun 3, 2013Phone rings. Door chimes. In comes Company, one of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim's most beloved musicals, produced at Signature Theatre for the first time in twenty years and directed by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. The cast of fourteen, led by Matthew Scott (First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb; Side By Side By Sondheim) in the role of Bobby, features many of Signature's most well-known stars in an enchanting, deeply funny exploration of love and marriage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below! (more...)
Kelli Barrett, Orfeh and More Set for The Pop Show's ADELE! 6/10 at Birdlandby BWW News Desk - Jun 3, 2013Kelli Barrett (Rock of Ages, Baby It's You!, The Royal Family, Bright Lights, Big City),Lisa Birnbaum (F#%king Up Everything, Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party), William Blake(Male Vocalist of the Year, 2012 Cabaret Awards) and Darius de Haas (Dreamgirls, Rent, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Carousel) have joined the lineup for The Pop Show Presents....Adele! on June 10 at Birdland Jazz Club. The 7pm concert, part of the Broadway at Birdland series, will feature the songs of Adele, with proceeds benefiting VH1's Save the Music fund. (more...)
Nick Cosgrove, Nicolas Dromard Join JERSEY BOYS National Tourby BWW News Desk - Jun 3, 2013The National Tour of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, welcomes Nick Cosgrove (Frankie Valli) and Nicolas Dromard (Tommy DeVito) beginning June 4 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They will join a company that includes Brandon Andrus (Nick Massi) and Jason Kappus (Bob Gaudio) as The Four Seasons, with Barry Anderson and Thomas Fiscella. The Salt Lake City premiere engagement ofJERSEY BOYS will play June 4-15 at the Capitol Theater. Following Salt Lake City, the company will move to Little Rock, Arkansas for a premiere engagement at the Robinson Center Music Hall June 19 -23. = (more...)
Diane Hamilton to Retire from ATMTC After 27 Yearsby BWW News Desk - Jun 3, 2013Adventure Theatre MTC (ATMTC) Adventure Theatre MTC announces the retirement of Diane Hamilton, long-time lead artist, mentor and inspiration to Washington, D.C. area performing arts students after 27 years of service to her community and art. (more...)
Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, June 1, Part 2 - THE LITTLE MERMAID, WICKED, LUCKY GUY and More!by BWW News Desk - Jun 2, 2013BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our June 1st SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured THE LITTLE MERMAID's Nick Adams and Sean Patrick Doyle reuniting at Paper Mill Playhouse, a slew of fun pics from WICKED, and shots from NICE WORK, BOOK OF MORMON, THE NANCE, LUCKY GUY, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, JERSEY BOYS, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at the Stratford Festival, GREASE at Gateway and more! (more...)
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 6/18- Kerry Butlerby Stage Tube - Jun 18, 2013Happy Birthday, Kerry Butler! Butler received a 2008 Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical for playing Kira/Clio in Xanadu. Other Broadway credits include Blood Brothers, Les Miserables, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination), Penny Pingleton in Hairspray (Clarence Derwent Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Sherrie in Rock of Ages, and most recently Brenda in Catch Me If You Can (Drama Desk nomination). (more...)
Annie Golden & Jane Summerhays Set for MARRY HARRY at NYMF; Full Cast Announced!by BWW News Desk - Jun 18, 2013MARRY HARRY is an official selection of the 2013 New York Musical Theatre and will be presented by the New York Musical Theatre Festival. MARRY HARRY has a book by Jennifer Robbins, music by Dan Martin, lyrics by Michael Biello, music direction by Christopher McGovern, choreography by Wendy Seyb, and is directed by Kent Nicholson. MARRY HARRY will play at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center, beginning July 19 - July 28. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased by visiting www.nymf.org or www.marryharry.com or by calling (212) 352-3101. (more...)
Mary Testa to Star in Asolo Rep's THE BRILLIANT DIVORCE, 6/26-7/14by BWW News Desk - Jun 17, 2013Is laughter really the best medicine? The popular adage is put to the test in this hysterically funny, one-woman tour de force about picking up the pieces of a broken heart and beginning life again, My Brilliant Divorce. In its only second major American regional production, Asolo Rep's Producing Artistic Director Michael Donald Edwards directs celebrated Broadway star Mary Testa, a two-time Tony Award nominee, as Angela, the 40-something housewife blindsided by her philandering husband's desertion in Aron's engaging, mid-life crisis comedy. (more...)
Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, June 15, Part 2 - MATILDA's Homage to NICE WORK, Father's Day at LION KING and More!by BWW News Desk - Jun 16, 2013BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our June1 15th SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured MATILDA's homage to NICE WORK, KINKY BOOTS channeling SHAPING SOUND at the Beacon, THE LION KING and CARMEN'S PLACE celebrating Father's Day, and pics from Paper Mill Playhouse's THE LITTLE MERMAID, Stratford Festival's TOMMY, Las Vegas' PEEP SHOW and more! (more...)
Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, June 15 - NICE WORK's Last SIP, Toronto's WIZARD OF OZ Hits 200 Shows and More!by BWW News Desk - Jun 15, 2013It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos feature a last SIP from the cast of NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, which closes on Broadway today. SIP celebrates other milestones with the cast of THE WIZARD OF OZ in Toronto reaching 200 performances, and the national tour of WAR HORSE hitting the big 400. Plus, shots from KINKY BOOTS, MATILDA and TOP HAT in the West End, THE BOOK OF MORMON, ANN, NEWSIES, THE NANCE, MOTOWN, THE FANTASTICKS, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a hilarious series of 'baseball cards' from the cast of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at the Stratford Festival, and more! (more...)
Photo Coverage: Inside UNBROKEN CIRCLE's Transfer Party!by Jennifer Broski - Jun 13, 2013Seth Rudetsky and Mary J. Davis present the official Off-Broadway premiere of Unbroken Circle written by James Wesley, with original direction by Jason St. Little. Unbroken Circle began performances on Wednesday, May 29; opening Wednesday, June 19 at St. Luke's Theatre on West 46th Street. Tickets are $36.50-$59.50 and can be purchased by visiting telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200. For more information about the show please visit www.UnbrokenCircleThePlay.com. Check out photos from the show's transfer party below! (more...)
DOMA Theatre Company to Present NINE, 7/12-8/18by BWW News Desk - Jun 12, 2013Enter the glamorous world of "Cinema Italiano" when DOMA Theatre Company presents Nine, the multiple Tony Award-winning musical with book by Arthur Kopit and music and lyrics by Maury Yeston that is based on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical film 8 ½. For NINE, DOMA reunites the creative team behind its recent hit production of Dreamgirls: Marco Gomez directs, musical direction is by Chris Raymond and choreography is by Rae Toledo. The six-week run opens July 12at the intimate MET Theatre in Hollywood. (more...)
Scott Alan, Barbara Carroll and More Set for Birdland Jazz Club, 6/10-16by BWW News Desk - Jun 1, 2013Birdland Jazz Club has announced its schedule for June 10-16, 2013, featuring Ravi Coltrane Quartet, Scott Alan, The Pop Show Presents...Adele! A Fundraiser Celebrating the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance's Education Program Featuring: Arturo O'Farrill Quintet, The Fat Afro Latin Jazz Cats & ALJA's NYC All-Star Youth Orchestra, Barbara Carroll, Jim Caruso's Cast Party, The Birdland Big Band, David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Centennial Band, and MANY MORE! (more...)
Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, June 1 - First SIP from Paper Mill's THE LITTLE MERMAID, KINKY BOOTS Takes the Heat and More!by BWW News Desk - Jun 1, 2013It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up. Today's photos feature a first intermission pic from the stars of Paper Mill Playhouse's THE LITTLE MERMAID getting sudsy, THE FANTASTICKS celebrating June, the cast of KINKY BOOTS sweating it out and photos from MATILDA and THE BOOK OF MORMON on Broadway and across the pond, NICE WORK, THE LION KING, MOTOWN, ANYTHING GOES, WAR HORSE, LES MISERABLES, 42ND STREET at Pittsburgh CLO and more! (more...)
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