Bdwy's Powers and Cavenaugh Featured in NY TimesApril 25, 2009Matt Cavenaugh, Tony in Broadway's West Side Story, and Jenny Powers, the co-star of LCT's Happiness, are getting married in Boston this August. They invited The New York Times into their East Village apartment and spoke about love, life and NYC real estate.
'Liza Minnelli in Concert' Sets Australian Tour Dates for Oct. 2009April 25, 2009Chugg Entertainment and David M. Hawkins are proud to present the long awaited return of award winning superstar Liza Minnelli. Bringing her unstoppable Minnelli magic to Australia, Liza will tour nationally during October in an unmatchable concert performance. Based on her recent hit Broadway show 'Liza's At The Palace', the evening will feature an incomparable Minnelli songfest including many of her personal favorites and signature hits.
RUINED Extends Again at MTC Thru 5/17April 24, 2009Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that the critically acclaimed production of RUINED by playwright Lynn Nottage and director Kate Whoriskey has been extended by popular demand once again through Sunday, May 17th.
Pascal, Sheik, O'Hara, Cerveris, & Scott Featured on Our Time's 'LISTEN' CD, Released 6/23April 24, 2009On June 23rd, a remarkable album, eight years in the making, will be released. 'LISTEN' is a collection of 15 original songs, written by children who stutter, and recorded by iconic artists including Carly Simon, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Duncan Sheik, John Forte, Mandy Patinkin and many others. In addition, Jon Bon Jovi donated the use of his studio, so that his state-of-the-art facility could support the recording process. Superstars from the worlds of pop, rock, R&B, Broadway, hip-hop and more joined together to contribute their time and talents to a cause bigger than stuttering - a call for compassion and acceptance, and for respect of one-another's differences.
Jerry Mitchell Talks 'PEEP SHOW' with OUT MagApril 24, 2009Broadway director, choreographer and BWW favorite Jerry Mitchell is profiled in the Las Vegas Sun has he puts the finishing touches on his new Vegas production 'Peepshow,' which premieres Monday at Planet Hollywood.
Barbara Cook and Brian Stokes Mitchell Join Starry NY POPS Gala 4/27April 24, 2009The concert will feature The New York Pops conducted by Steven Reineke, Music Director-Designate. The most recent additions to the program are Barbara Cook, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and Tony Martin, who join a star-studded lineup of performers that includes Cheyenne Jackson, Brian d'Arcy James, Idina Menzel, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Anika Noni Rose, Ashford & Simpson, and Michael Feinstein.
STAGE TUBE: 'SPIDER-MAN' Casts Web of 'Casting' in NYCApril 24, 2009SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, featuring direction by Julie Taymor (Across The Universe, Frida, The Lion King on Broadway), music and lyrics by 22-time Grammy® Award-winners Bono and The Edge (from U2), and written by Taymor and Glen Berger (Underneath The Lintel), held an open casting call Monday, April 13 (10 AM - 5 PM) at The Knitting Factory (74 Leonard Street) in New York City as part of an ongoing nationwide casting tour.
Casting Complete for Kushner's The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide at the GuthrieApril 24, 2009Guthrie Director Joe Dowling today announced the complete cast and creative team for the theater's world premiere commission of The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, under the direction of Tony- and Drama Desk-nominated Michael Greif (Broadway: Next to Normal, Rent, Grey Gardens). Performances begin May 15, with an official press opening on May 22, and continue through June 28 on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.
Photo Flash: Behind the Scenes of 'Guys and Dolls' in Concert at the Hollywood BowlApril 24, 2009When Frank Loesser wrote the music and lyrics for Guys and Dolls - a Musical Fable of Broadway he may not have envisioned an outdoor production at an iconic venue nestled in the Hollywood Hills, but the all-star cast of Guys and Dolls in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl will sing and dance beneath those 'stars in the sky' in an original, fully-staged production especially adapted for the Hollywood Bowl stage. BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you 'behind the scenes' with these photos from the recent Los Angeles auditions.
'LIVE with REGIS AND KELLY' Celebrates 'On Broadway Week' 4/27 - 5/1 April 24, 2009It's one thing to watch your favorite Broadway performers on stage, but it's another to actually become a part of their show. During the week of April 27- May 1, 2009, top-rated morning program 'Live with Regis and Kelly' will give the show's nationwide TV audience a vicarious thrill when America's favorite co-hosts jump into the roles of some of the best Broadway characters during 'On Broadway Week.'
'IDOL' Osmond Joins Bean & Smith in Title Role of PCLO's 'JOSEPH'April 24, 2009Fresh off his appearance on 'American Idol,' David Osmond will help kick-off Pittsburgh CLO's 63rd Summer Season in the title role of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, playing May 26 through June 7 at the Benedum Center, located in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District.
Broadway Notables Praise Susan Boyle's VoiceApril 24, 2009Susan Boyle wowed the judges with her performance in the auditions for the latest season of Britains Got Talent, singing 'I Dreamed A Dream' from Les Miserables. MSNBC reached out to a number of industry notables, including stage and screen star Rachel York and singing teacher extraordinaire Joan Lader. The consensus reports MSNBC: She really does have an exceptional voice.