STAGE TUBE: On This Day, May 11 - ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Opens On BroadwayMay 11, 2020Today in 1959, Once Upon a Mattress opened at the Phoenix Theatre, where it ran for 244 performances. Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. The play was written as an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Princess and the Pea. Once Upon A Mattress marked the Broadway debut of later stage and TV legend Carol Burnett, who originated the role of Princess Winnifred. Also featured were Joseph Bova, Allen Case, Jack Gilford and Matt Mattox. Jane White played the role of Queen Aggravain, becoming the first African-American actress to portray a white character on the Broadway stage.
VIDEO: Melanie Hawkes Seeley Hosts Online Kids Ballet ClassMay 4, 2020Join ABT William J. Gillespie School faculty member Melanie Hawkes Seeley for a class exploring musicality, fostering creativity and imagination, and teaching ballet fundamentals. Recommended for ages 5-8. #ABTPrimary #ABTVirtualClass #WithMe
VIDEO: Meet the Signature Theatre Sound Team!May 4, 2020Signature Strong is providing flashback videos to the Signature Theatre's past productions and shows during this difficult time. Today, they revisit LES MISERABLES from the 2008/09 season! The video also features a special message from James Gardiner.
VIDEO: Andrew Lloyd Webber Shares More Entries From His Cadenza Challenge!April 30, 2020As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Andrew Lloyd Webber has been busy watching submissions from his 'Cadenza Challenge' where fans were invited to submit videos of them performing a cadenza, the virtuoso vocal passage at the end of 'Think of Me,' the iconic song from his global phenomenon The Phantom of The Opera.
VIDEO: LEGALLY BLONDE Delta Nu's Reunite for 'Omigod You Guys' Parody!April 29, 2020Check out this epic reunion of Legally Blonde The Musical original cast members Laura Bell Bundy, Annaleigh Ashford, Leslie Kritzer & Asmeret Ghebremichael as they parody 'OMIGOD U GUYS!' to teach you how to properly sanitize and wash your hands during the COVID-19 Pandemic!