Photo Coverage: NASA Helps MATILDA Cast Chat with Astronauts in Space!
by Jennifer Broski - May 7, 2013
Earlier today, the cast of MATILDA THE MUSICAL got the chance to speak live with an astronaut on the International Space Station via satellite hook-up provided by NASA. During the event, Astronaut Tom Marshburn (brother-in-law of cast member John Sanders) got to chat with some of the kids and adults from the Tony nominated show. BroadwayWorld was there for the festivities and you can check out full coverage below! (more...)
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Photo Flash: Gene Weygandt and More at BARNUM's Opening Night at Mercury Theater
by BWW News Desk - Apr 5, 2013
Mercury Theater Chicago welcomes an all-star cast of award-winning actors for the circus-themed musical BARNUM, which opened on Thursday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. and runs through June 16, 2013. The cast is led by Chicago native and Broadway, TV, and film actor Gene Weygandt as legendary showman P.T. Barnum, with Cory Goodrich as his wife Charity, and Summer Naomi Smart as the 'Swedish Nightingale' Jenny Lind. Check out photos of the cast and creative team on opening night below! (more...)
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Photo Flash: Gene Weygandt and More in Mercury Theater Chicago's BARNUM
by BWW News Desk - Apr 4, 2013
Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N. Southport, announces an all-star cast of award-winning actors for the circus-themed musical BARNUM, opening on Thursday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. and running through June 16, 2013. The cast is led by Chicago native and Broadway, TV, and film actor Gene Weygandt as legendary showman P.T. Barnum, with Cory Goodrich as his wife Charity, and Summer Naomi Smart as the 'Swedish Nightingale' Jenny Lind. The Mercury's production is the first major Chicago revival of the show in over 20 years, led by multiple Jeff Award winners L. Walter Stearns (Director) Eugene Dizon (Musical Director), Brenda Didier and Andrew Waters (Co-Choreographers) and Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi of the Actor's Gymnasium (Circus Director). (more...)
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Photo Flash: First Look at Kimiko Glenn, Nik Walker and More in La Jolla's YOSHIMI BATTLES THE PINK ROBOTS
by BWW News Desk - Nov 14, 2012
La Jolla Playhouse presents Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, a world-premiere musical featuring a story by The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and Playhouse Director Emeritus Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys, Jesus Christ Superstar), music and lyrics by The Flaming Lips, and direction by Des McAnuff. The show is currently running through December 16, 2012 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below. (more...)
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Photo Flash: Sandra Oh, Tamlyn Tomita and More at East West Players' Race Politics Forum
by BWW News Desk - Oct 23, 2012
East West Players (EWP), the nation's longest running professional theatre of color and the largest producer of Asian American artistic work, led a candid discussion on race politics in the American theatre on Monday, October 22, 2012, at East West Players David Henry Hwang Theater in Little Tokyo Los Angeles. Scroll down for photos from the event, featuring Grey's Anatomy's Sandra Oh, actor Tamlyn Tomita and more! (more...)
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BWW JR: Casting Call- MATILDA THE MUSICAL Seeks Young Stars!
by Erin Leigh Peck - Sep 24, 2012
MATILDA THE MUSICAL will be holding an open call for the role of Matilda in New York City on Sunday, September 30th at Pearl Studios (519 Eighth Avenue, 12th Floor, between 35th and 36th streets). Check-in begins at 10:00 AM in Studio C on a first come / first serve basis. Auditions will begin at 11:00 AM. (more...)
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Photo Flash: First Look at Nikki Castillo, Bobby Steggert and More in La Jolla's THE NIGHTINGALE
by BWW News Desk - Jul 13, 2012
La Jolla Playhouse presents The Nightingale, by the creative team behind the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening: Steven Sater (book and lyrics) and Duncan Sheik (music). Directed by Tony Award nominee Moises Kaufman (33 Variations, I Am My Own Wife), now playing through August 5, 2012 in the Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre. The Nightingale is presented as part of The Playhouse's Page To Stage Play Development Program.
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Photo Flash: First Look at Euan Morton, David Selby and More in The Old Globe's DIVINE RIVALRY
by BWW News Desk - Jul 10, 2012
The Old Globe presents the West Coast Premiere of Divine Rivalry. Based on a real-life event, the drama about two of history's most famous artists-and one of history's most infamous statesmen-is written by Michael Kramer with D. S. Moynihan. Directed by Michael Wilson, Divine Rivalry runs now through August 5 on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center. Preview performances run through July 11. Opening night is Thursday, July 12 at 8:00 p.m. Get a first look at the production in the photos below! (more...)
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BWW Interviews: The Cast & Crew of Generations: A Theatre Company Dish on BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON
by David Clarke - Jul 4, 2012
Andrew Jackson, that guy on the twenty dollar bill and the United States' infamous seventh president, is alive and well in Houston. Remembered for the Indian Removal Act and initiating what would later be called Jacksonian Populism, this iconic badass president is the central character in Michael Friedman's comedic Wild West rock musical BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, which is being produced this month by Houston's Generations: A Theatre Company. George Brock, founding Artistic Director for Generations and Director of BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, assembled a panel of his cast, crew, and creative team to discuss the rip-roaringly raucous show and why you MUST see it! (more...)
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Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of NYMF's TROUBLE THE MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - Jul 3, 2012
The cast of TROUBLE THE MUSICAL, a new rock musical being presented in the 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival, will feature DANIEL QUADRINO (Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie), SARA KAPNER (Broadway's Hollywood Arms), JUSTIN STEIN (Camelot at Lincoln Center), MATTHEW J. RIORDAN (Smile: A New Rock Musical), DAVI SANTOS (ABC's Don't Trust The B- In Apartment 23), WESLEY TUNISON (Freckleface Strawberry), KATIE MACK (Theatre 202's Comedy of Errors) and ABBE TANENBAUM (Theatreworks/USA's If You Give A Mouse A Cookie...). See the full cast in the photos below!
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Photo Flashback: LEAP OF FAITH Takes Final Broadway Bows Today
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2012
LEAP OF FAITH plays its final performance today, May 13, at Broadway's St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street) after the matinee performance. Broadway's LEAP OF FAITH opened on Thursday April 26 and will have played 24 previews and 20 regular performances. Take a look back through photos of Raul Esparza and the company on stage, the show's opening night curtain calls and party, its Gypsy Robe Ceremony with Dennis Stowe and more below! (more...)
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Photo Flash: Say Hallelujah! First LEAP OF FAITH Production Shots!
by BWW News Desk - Apr 13, 2012
Performances for LEAP OF FAITH began on Tuesday, April 3, at The St. James Theatre. Four-time Tony nominee Raúl Esparza leads the company along with Jessica Phillips, Kendra Kassebaum, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Leslie Odom, Jr., Krystal Joy Brown and Talon Ackerman. Opening night is Thursday, April 26. Production photos have just been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a look at the onstage action below! (more...)
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Photo Coverage: Givenik Teams with GHOST for Post-Show Benefit!
by Kevin Thomas Garcia - Mar 29, 2012
Last night, March 28th, Givenik.com partnered with the new Broadway show Ghost The Muscial for a special post-performance reception for audience and cast members at The Paramount Hotel (235 West 46th Street) to benefit Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), which funds innovative cancer research.
BroadwayWorld was there for the special occasion, and be bring you full photo coverage below! (more...)
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