Yellow Sound Label Launches With Cumming's 'BLUE CAR' On 9/22, Olivo, Rivera Releases To FollowAugust 18, 2009Michael Croiter, musician and owner of the recording production facility Yellow Sound Lab, and Tony Award®-winning Orchestrator Bill Sherman (In the Heights) have partnered to launch YELLOW SOUND LABEL, a brand new record label that will produce an eclectic array of albums from some of today's biggest talents from Broadway and beyond. Yellow Sound Label recently signed a distribution deal with Alternative Distribution Alliance (A.D.A. Distribution), part of Warner Bros. Music, and is set to premiere on September 22 with the release of Tony Award® winner Alan Cumming's new album, I Bought a Blue Car Today.
Michelle Federer Returns As 'Nessarose' In WICKED 8/18August 18, 2009WICKED on Broadway's original Nessarose, Michelle Federer, will return to the musical mega hit, beginning performances August 18. Erin Mackey recently joined the production on August 11 in the role of Glinda.
Photo Flash: Fox's GLEE Season Premiere Sneak Peek SpecialAugust 17, 2009GLEE is an uplifting series with biting humor that features a soundtrack of hit music from past to present. The show follows an optimistic high school teacher, WILL SCHUESTER (Matthew Morrison), as he tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing the high school's glee club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential.
STAGE TUBE: Taylor Swift Talks Broadway, NYC And Music To MTVAugust 17, 2009MTV is promoting the upcoming Video Music Awards with a series of West Side Story-themed ads. In the ads, the hottest young singers share their own special version of the song 'Tonight' from the award-winning musical. The newest video comes from Taylor Swift.
Don Stephenson Is 'Hertz' In ROCK OF AGES 8/17, Paul Schoeffler Returns 10/26August 17, 2009Don Stephenson joins the cast of the five-time Tony nominated hit musical, ROCK OF AGES tonight, Monday, August 17, 2009 at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 West 47th Street). Stephenson is stepping in for Paul Schoeffler as 'Hertz,' the German real estate developer with plans to makeover (and take-over) L.A.'s beloved Sunset Strip. Schoeffler is on leave to play Lawrence in the Walnut Street Theatre's production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels running September 8 - October 25, 2009. He returns to ROCK OF AGES Monday, October 26, 2009.
Sean Cullen To Sub For Injured Bruce Dow In Stratford Fest's 'FORUM'August 17, 2009The Stratford Shakespeare Festival announces that Seán Cullen will be stepping in to assume the role of Pseudolus in the current production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Bruce Dow, who was originally cast in the role and has had audiences rolling in the aisles since previews began, has had to withdraw from the 2009 season because of an injury that has caused him to miss some recent performances. In order to fully heal, he needs an extended period of recovery.
STAGE TUBE: Donny Osmond Talks 'DANCING' To ETAugust 17, 2009Entertainment Tonight got the excited reaction of new 'Dancing with the Stars' contender Donny Osmond, following the announcement on 'Good Morning America' that he would be joining the competitive dance show.
Murray and Pankow Set For Atlantic's KEEP YOUR PANTHEON And SCHOOL, Full Casting AnnouncedAugust 17, 2009Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce casting for the New York and world premieres of a double bill of one-act plays from Atlantic's founder. TWO UNRELATED PLAYS BY DAVID MAMET: KEEP YOUR PANTHEON AND SCHOOL, directed by Neil Pepe, will feature the ensemble cast of Jeffrey Addiss, Michael Cassidy, Steven Hawley, J.J. Johnston, Jordan Lage, Brian Murray, Rod McLachlan, John Pankow, Jonathan Rossetti, Jack Wallace and Todd Weeks.