Signature Theatre's SYCAMORE TREES With Marc Kudisch Closes 6/13
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2010 Signature Theatre, the current recipient of the Tony Award® for Regional Theatre, presents the world premiere musical Sycamore Trees by Ricky Ian Gordon, composer of the acclaimed opera The Grapes of Wrath and the OBIE Award-winning Orpheus and Euridice, as well as the musicals My Life with Albertin...
STAGE TUBE: Nathan Lane and Bway Stars Reveal Favorite PBS Programs
by Molly Hagan - October 13, 2010 This past July, Broadway stars joined in Washington for 'A Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House,' to promote arts education. The event featured Nathan Lane, Idina Menzel, Audra McDonald, Elaine Stritch, Brian d'Arcy James, Chad Kimball, Tonya Pinkins, Marvin Hamlisch, Karen Olivo,...
Watch the White House Broadway Concert LIVE at 7pm on BWW!
by Robert Diamond - July 19, 2010 Tonight, the President and the First Lady will host White House events celebrating the arts, innovation and creativity while at the same time encouraging continued outreach to students and the community. This event, featuring top Broadway talent including Nathan Lane, Idina Menzel, Audra McDonald, B...
Marshall, Griffin & Doyle Set as ENCORES! 2010-11 Directors
by Robert Diamond - September 21, 2010 Jack Viertel, Artistic Director of New York City Center's Encores! series, today announced directors for the 2010-11 Encores! season: Kathleen Marshall will direct and choreograph the season opener, Bells Are Ringing, with music by Jule Styne and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, ope...
BWW Recap: DC Area Students & HAIRSPRAY Perform for First Lady Michelle Obama
by Charles Shubow - August 05, 2010 What it's like to visit the East Room of the White House and watch a rehearsal of 'We Can't Stop the Beat'...
Chuck Cooper, Daniel Breaker to star in Encores! Lost in the Stars 2/3-6
by BWW News Desk - February 03, 2011 Chuck Cooper, Daniel Breaker, Patina Miller, Sharon Washington, Daniel Gerroll, John Douglas Thompson and Sherry Boone have been cast in Lost in the Stars, the second Encores! production of the New York City Center season, running February 3 - 6 at City Center....
Block, Olivo et al. Lead BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK at 2nd Stage This Season
by Jessica Lewis - January 18, 2011 Second Stage Theatre (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director) has announced that STEPHANIE J. BLOCK, DANIEL BREAKER, KIMBERLY HÉBERT GREGORY, KEVIN ISOLA and KAREN OLIVO will star in the world premiere comedy, BY THE WAY, MEET VERA STARK, the new play by Lynn Nottage, directed by Jo Bonney. BY THE WAY, M...
Menzel, Mitchell, Lane et al. Set for White House Arts Initiative 7/19 for PBS Broadcast
by BWW News Desk - July 19, 2010 Next week, the President and the First Lady will host White House events celebrating the arts, innovation and creativity while at the same time encouraging continued outreach to students and the community....
James, Kimball, Menzel And More Set For B'way Celebration At The White House 10/20
by Gabrielle Sierra - October 18, 2010 A BROADWAY CELEBRATION: IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE will premiere Wednesday, October 20 at 9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS stations nationwide, followed by an encore presentation at 10:00 p.m....
NJ Symphony Presents An Evening with Michael Feinstein
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 12, 2011 Michael Feinstein, the five-time Grammy-nominated interpreter of the Great American Songbook, joins the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra for a program celebrating the music of "Ol' Blue Eyes," Frank Sinatra. ...
STAGE TUBE: HAIRSPRAY Tour Stars Perform at White House
by Jessica Lewis - July 20, 2010 Last night, July 19, Barack and Michelle Obama celebrated the arts, innovation and creativity with the Broadway Celebration: In Performance at the White House event, featuring top Broadway talent including Nathan Lane, Idina Menzel, Audra McDonald, Brian D'Arcy James, Chad Kimball, Tonya Pinkins, Ma...
Bay Area Caberet Hosts Lillas White's Tribute to Cy Coleman, 5/14
by Kelsey Denette - March 28, 2011 Bay Area Cabaret's season finale will star one of Broadway's greatest vocal talents, Lillias White. Returning this spring from Nigeria, where she will reprise her Tony-nominated role in FELA!, White is the winner of Broadway's 'Triple Crown' (a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and an Outer Critics Circ...
Idina Menzel to Perform with Nashville Symphony Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2011 Tony Award-winning vocalist Idina Menzel will perform one night only with the Nashville Symphony on Tuesday, June 7, at 8 p.m...
Shields, Lansbury, Jackson et al. Celebrate 28th Birthday of NY Pops at Carnegie Hall, 5/2
by Jessica Lewis - March 16, 2011 On Monday, May 2, 2011 The New York Pops' marks its 28th birthday with Celebrate Hope, a grand gala evening celebrating the legacy of late actor and comedian Bob Hope and honoring decades of support by Interpublic Group. The event begins at 7:00 PM with a concert at Carnegie Hall featuring a special...
Kelli O'Hara, Judy Kaye, David Pittu and Will Chase to Star in BELLS ARE RINGING
by Robert Diamond - October 14, 2010 Kelli O'Hara and Will Chase will star in Bells Are Ringing, the first Encores! production of the New York City Center season, running November 18-21 at City Center. The cast also features Dylan Baker, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Kaye, Brad Oscar and David Pittu. Bells Are Ringing, directed and choreograph...
BWW Recap: DC Area Students & HAIRSPRAY Perform for First Lady Michelle Obama
by Charles Shubow - August 05, 2010 What it's like to visit the East Room of the White House and watch a rehearsal of 'We Can't Stop the Beat'...
Idina Menzel to Perform with Nashville Symphony Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2011 Tony Award-winning vocalist Idina Menzel will perform one night only with the Nashville Symphony on Tuesday, June 7, at 8 p.m...
Nnenna Freelon Celebrates Lena Horne At Feinstein's 5/10-14
by Gabrielle Sierra - April 18, 2011 FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post will continue its Spring 2011 season with the debut of six time Grammy Award nominee NNENNA FREELON from May 10 through 14....
Watch White House Arts Event LIVE on BWW Monday!
by Robert Diamond - July 16, 2010 Next week, the President and the First Lady will host White House events celebrating the arts, innovation and creativity while at the same time encouraging continued outreach to students and the community. This event, featuring top Broadway talent including Nathan Lane, Idina Menzel, Audra McDonald,...
Signature Theatre's SYCAMORE TREES With Marc Kudisch Closes 6/13
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2010 Signature Theatre, the current recipient of the Tony Award® for Regional Theatre, presents the world premiere musical Sycamore Trees by Ricky Ian Gordon, composer of the acclaimed opera The Grapes of Wrath and the OBIE Award-winning Orpheus and Euridice, as well as the musicals My Life with Albertin...
KT Sullivan Returns to Perform at Bob Egan's New Hope 4/2
by BWW News Desk - April 02, 2011 Acclaimed singer, Broadway star and cabaret favorite KT Sullivan returns to perform at Bob Egan's New Hope on Saturday, April 2, with her new show, 'Colored Lights.' Sullivan will present one show at 8:30 pm....
Photo Flash: BELLS ARE RINGING Promo Shots!
by Jessica Lewis - November 11, 2010 Bells Are Ringing, the opening Encores! production of the 2010-11 season, with music by Jule Styne and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, will run November 18-21 at New York City Center. Bells Are Ringing is directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall with music direction by Rob B...
Lavin, Keenan-Bolger et al. Honor Paul Libin, 3/28
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2011 Broadway's elite will gather to honor a most-deserving philanthropist, Paul Libin, executive vice president of Jujamcyn Theaters, at UJA-Federation of New York's Entertainment, Media, and Communications Division's 2011 Excellence in Theater Award Dinner on Monday, March 28, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. at The...
James, Kimball, Menzel And More Set For B'way Celebration At The White House 10/20
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2010 A BROADWAY CELEBRATION: IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE will premiere Wednesday, October 20 at 9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS stations nationwide, followed by an encore presentation at 10:00 p.m....
Liz Callaway and the CSO Celebrate Milestones of Sondheim and Loesser
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 26, 2011 Broadway sensation and celebrated vocalist Liz Callaway joins the Columbus Symphony for an evening of music by two true legends of the Great White Way, Stephen Sondheim and Frank Loesser.... |