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STAGE TUBE: Michael Ball Performs 'Love Changes Everything' at 2013 Olivier Awards

The 2013 Olivier Awards 2013 took place on April 28, hosted by Sheridan Smith and Hugh Bonneville, at the Royal Opera House. For a full list of this year's winners, click here, and below, watch Michael Ball perform 'Love Changes Everything' with the Arts Ed choir at the awards show! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Michael Ball Sings from ASPECTS OF LOVE Backstage at BBC Radio 2

Olivier Award winner, multi-platinum recording artist and popular TV host and radio presenter Michael Ball sang 'Love Changes Everything' from ASPECTS OF LOVE backstage at BBC Radio 2 recently - view the performance below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek of Michael Ball's 'Both Sides Now' Album Including Oscar-Nominated 'Suddenly' & More

Broadway veteran Michael Ball will release a new studio album, also titled 'Both Sides Now' in addition to launching a UK tour in spring 2013. Both the tour and the album will comprise of 2 halves, encompassing Michael's biggest hits from both his recorded and stage careers including 'Suddenly' from the new film version of LES MISERABLES and 'The Perfect Song' by Andrew Lloyd Webber. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: First Look at Highlights of NOW AND FOREVER: THE MUSIC OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER

The Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive in Lincolnshire, presents an all-star cast in the World Premiere of NOW AND FOREVER: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, featuring the legendary composer's greatest musical treasures. The production, which launches the 2013 season, opened January 23 and runs through March 17. BroadwayWorld has a first look at highlights from the show below. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: On This Day 12/2- Ron Raines

Happy Birthday, Ron Raines! His Broadway credits include Follies (Tony Award nomination), Chicago, Show Boat, Teddy and Alice. he has performed with over fifty symphonies including Chicago, Cleveland, BBC, Royal Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Philly Pops. National Tours & Regional credits include: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, A Little Night Music, Annie, The King and I, Kiss Me Kate, South Pacific, Kismet, etc. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: 2012 Muny Memories - 'Shall We Dance' from THE KING AND I

Muny staff member Barb Echele shares her favorite memory from the 2012 summer season, the moving 'Shall We Dance' scene from the classic THE KING AND I. Watch the clip below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: On This Day 10/9- Marin Mazzie

Happy Birthday Marin Mazzie! Marin most recently starred in the off-Broadway revival of Carrie. Before that she led the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, Next to Normal and in the Broadway production of Enron. She received Tony and Drama Desk nominations and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance as Lilli/Katharine in the hit revival of Kiss Me, Kate, and later received an Olivier Award nomination when she made her West End debut in the show. Other Broadway credits include: Monty Python's Spamalot (also West End), Ragtime (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics nominations), Passion (Tony nomination), Man of La Mancha, Into the Woods, Big River, and Out of this World and Kismet (Encores!). (more...)

STAGE TUBE: On This Day 10/7- Alfred Drake

Happy Birthday, Alfred Drake! He is best known for his leading roles in the original Broadway productions of Oklahoma!; Kiss Me, Kate; Kismet; and for playing Marshall Blackstone in the original production of Babes in Arms, (in which he sang the title song) and Hajj in Kismet, for which he received the Tony Award. His 1964 stage performance as Claudius in the Richard Burton Hamlet was filmed live on the stage of the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. His final stage appearance in a musical was in 1973 as Honore LaChaisse in Lerner and Loewe's Gigi. Two years later he starred in a revival of The Skin of Our Teeth. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Meet Kevin Gray - 'King of Siam' in The Muny's THE KING AND I!

Kevin Gray, playing The King of Siam in St. Louis' currently running production of THE KING AND I, returns to The Muny after previously playing the Engineer in Miss Saigon (2001). In this conversation with Muny Executive Producer Mike Isaacson, Gray discusses his varied career and his rexamination of this role, one he's played before, for The Muny's production. Watch the interview below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Opening Night Highlights - THE KING AND I at The Muny!

The Muny presents the seventh and final show of its 94th season, The King and I, now through August 12, directed by Rob Ruggiero and choreographed by Ralph Perkins. Kevin Gray, playing The King of Siam, returns to The Muny after previously playing the Engineer in Miss Saigon (2001). Making her Muny debut as Anna Leonowens is Laura Michelle Kelly. Rounding out the cast are Joan Almedilla as Lady Thiang, Joshua Dela Cruz as Lun Tha, and Alan Ariano as the Kralahome. Check out opening night highlights in the video below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Michael Ball & Imelda Staunton in SWEENEY TODD

Chichester's Festival 2011 closes with Sweeney Todd, the musical commonly acknowledged to beStephen Sondheim's masterpiece, in a cast led by distinguished musical performer Michael Ball and Oscar-nominated actress Imelda Staunton. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Brian Stokes Mitchell Sings On The Today Show

Brian Stokes Mitchell visited The Today Show to sing a selection from his new CD/DVD 'Ring Christmas Bells.' Mitchell also discussed his 'Lights on Broadway With brian Stokes Mitchell' children's book, a benefit for The Actors Fund. Each book comes with a CD single of 'I was Here.' (more...)