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Jan. 04, 2015
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Below are BroadwayWorld.com's most popular articles that you might have missed from this weekend Sunday, January 4, 2015 - Sunday, January 4, 2015. Catch up below!

1) STAGE TUBE: CINDERELLA Tour Bids Broadway Cast Farewell- Beyonce Style
by Stage Tube - January 04, 2015

CINDERELLA closed on Broadway this weekend, and in honor of that, the tour cast created a tribute. Below, watch this fun music video set to Beyonce's 'End of Time,' featuring Paige Faure, Andy Jones, Beth Glover, Ashley Park, and the rest of the CINDERELLA National Tour cast! (more...)


2) Broadway at the Cabaret - Top Cabaret Picks for January 5-11 Featuring Alysha Umphress, Amy Spanger, and More!
by Louisa Brady - January 04, 2015

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestra's begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven- o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Alysha Umphress Swings Jeff Blumenkrantz: 'I've Been Played,' Amy Spanger: This Must Be the Place, Broadway Loves Celine Dion, Starring Jeremy Jordan, Taylor Louderman, and More, The Best of Ann Hampton Callaway, and Starry Starry Night: An Evening of Mini-Concerts. (more...)


3) INTO THE WOODS Is #2 At Box Office For Second Straight Week! Nearing $100 Million Worldwide
by Pat Cerasaro - January 04, 2015

INTO THE WOODS is nearing $100 million gross and is #2 at the box office once again! (more...)


4) BWW CD Reviews: PETER PAN LIVE! (Original Soundtrack of the NBC Television Event) Is Full of Pizzazz and Adventure
by David Clarke - January 04, 2015

To be perfectly candid, I found NBC's presentation of PETER PAN LIVE! to be completely unwatchable this past holiday season. However, my review copy of the soundtrack CD landed in my mailbox yesterday. The recording is making me rethink my abandoning the film in the middle of "Hook's Tango." Ultimately, Broadway Records' PETER PAN LIVE! (Original Soundtrack of the NBC Television Event) is nicely entertaining and quite charming. (more...)


5) STAGE TUBE: Go Backstage with Lucie Arnaz and the PIPPIN Tour!
by Stage Tube - January 04, 2015

PIPPIN concludes its Broadway run today, but the tour cast continues to bring the show to audiences across the country. In this video, the cast takes CBS Sunday Morning behind the scenes through their training process, rehearsal rooms, and more! (more...)


6) Fiery New GLEE 'Final Bow' Video Promo For Last Season
by Pat Cerasaro - January 04, 2015

The final season of GLEE is quickly approaching! (more...)


7) BWW Flashback: THIS IS OUR YOUTH Closes on Broadway Tonight
by BWW Special Coverage - January 04, 2015

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8) ONCE Closes on Broadway Today; Heads to Melbourne, Seoul, and Toronto Next
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2015

The Best Musical Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning global sensation Once will play its final Broadway performance today, January 4, 2015. As of today, the musical will have played 1,167 performances and 22 previews. (more...)


9) PIPPIN Concludes Tony Award-Winning Broadway Run Today
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2015

Broadway's high-flying, death-defying Tony Award winning hit musical Pippin is closing today, January 4, 2015, at the Music Box Theatre (239 West 45th Street, NYC), after 709 performances and 37 previews. (more...)


10) BWW Flashback: Goodbye to the Freak Show- SIDE SHOW Wraps Up Broadway Run Today
by BWW Special Coverage - January 04, 2015

Broadway's Side Show will end its run at the St. James Theatre today, January 4, 2015. The completely reimagined revival began previews on October 28 and officially opened on November 17, 2014. Below, BroadwayWorld salutes the revival with a special flashback of the show's road to Broadway! (more...)


11) Tom Kirdahy Named 2014 Broadway Global Producer of the Year
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2015

The list of final 2014 Broadway Global Producer of the Year nominees are the who's who list for Broadway investors, each making changes in global arts. (more...)


12) STAGETUBE: On This Day for 1/4/15- HAIRSPRAY
by Stage Tube - January 04, 2015

Today in 2009, Hairspraiy closed at the Neil Simon Theatre after 2,641 performances. Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and 'downtown' rhythm and blues. In 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Deane Show. (more...)


13) SPOILER ALERT! Recap and Review: GALAVANT Debuts with Singing Knights, Damsels in Distress, and John Stamos
by Matt Tamanini - January 04, 2015

After what seems like three years of commercials, ABC finally debuted its new musical series GALAVANT tonight. As I'm sure you know, this eight-episode, four-week 'event' features lyrics by Tony-nominee and Grammy-winner Glenn Slater and music by Grammy, Oscar, and Tony-winner Alan Menken; who seems to be in desperate search for the Emmy to round out his EGOT. (more...)


14) Broadway's Pulitzer Prize-Winning DISGRACED to Close March 1; US Tour to Launch November 2015
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2015

?The Pulitzer Prize winning play DISGRACED by Ayad Akhtar will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at the Lyceum Theatre, 149 West 45th Street. As of that date, it will have played 149 performances and 27 previews. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, DISGRACED received Obie and Joseph Jefferson Awards. (more...)


15) BWW Flashback: Tony-Winning Revival of PIPPIN Wraps Broadway Run Today
by BWW Special Coverage - January 04, 2015

Broadway's high-flying, death-defying Tony Award winning hit musical Pippin takes down the Broadway big top today, Sunday, January 4, 2015 after 709 performances and 37 previews. The Pippin national tour is now playing in cities across the US and future productions are planned for London, Australia and Amsterdam. In honor of it's closing, BroadwayWorld brings you a look back at the revival's Broadway run below! (more...)


16) BWW Flashback: Falling Slowly... ONCE Ends Run on Broadway Today
by BWW Special Coverage - January 04, 2015

The Best Musical Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning global sensation Once will play its final Broadway performance today, January 4, 2015. As of that date, the musical will have played 1,167 performances and 22 previews. Below, BroadwayWorld takes you back through the musical's start on Broadway! (more...)


17) STAGE TUBE: KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY- Spotlight on Courtney Reed & Adam Jacobs
by Stage Tube - January 04, 2015

Tickets for the 2015 KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY will take place Friday, January 9th, 2015 to Thursday, January 15th, 2015, and is an annual event when kids ages 6 to 18 can see participating Broadway shows for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult. A KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY ticket includes pre-theatre activities, restaurant discounts, parking discounts, educational programs, and more. JUDITH LIGHT a two-time Tony Award winner, will serve as the National Ambassador for the 19th KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY. This year KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY salutes Point Foundation, the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students of merit, an organization where Light remains a longtime board member. Kids' Night on Broadway® went backstage to interview cast members from this years' participating shows to ask them your questions! Check out the interview with Aladdin's Courtney Reed and Adam Jacobs below! (more...)


18) THE REAL THING, Starring Ewan McGregor & Maggie Gyllenhaal, Concludes Broadway Run Today
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2015

Roundabout Theatre Company will conclude its limited engagement of Tom Stoppard's Tony Award-winning play, The Real Thing, today, January 4, 2015. (more...)


19) STAGE TUBE: Laura Osnes Visits 'Broadway Boo's'
by Stage Tube - January 04, 2015

Jared Zirilli, of Broadway LYSISTRATA JONES and touring WE WILL ROCK YOU and WICKED, as well as Off Broadway FAT CAMP, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, BARE, and TWILIGHT THE MUSICAL plus The Alley Theatre's A FEW GOOD MEN brings you the latest 'Jared's Broadway Boo's' # 71 with Broadway star Laura Osnes! (more...)


20) THE ILLUSIONISTS - WITNESS THE IMPOSSIBLE Closes on Broadway Today
by BWW News Desk - January 04, 2015

THE ILLUSIONISTS- WITNESS THE IMPOSSIBLE concludes its Broadway run today, January 4, 2015. Next, The Illusionists continues its 30-city tour across the country. (more...)








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