Photo Coverage: They Ain't Never Had a Year Like This- ALADDIN Celebrates One Year On Broadway
by Jennifer Broski - March 20, 2015 Disney's Aladdin, the Tony Award-winning new musical comedy based on the Academy Award®-winning animated film, celebrates one year on Broadway today, March 20th at the New Amsterdam Theatre (214 West 42nd Street). Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the cast celebration, which include...
Dance New Amsterdam Continues to Seek Partners As Well As Long-Term Plan to Support the 30,000 Artists It Serves
by Courtnie Mele - September 17, 2013 For three decades Dance New Amsterdam, Inc. (DNA) has been NYC's foremost progressive dance education and performance center, celebrated for its welcoming atmosphere, groundbreaking programs, and roster of award-winning dancers and choreographers. On September 12, 2013, DNA reached an agreement with...
BWW Exclusive: MARY POPPINS Cast Memories- Rommy Sandhu
by Nicole Rosky - February 28, 2013 As the Broadway production of Mary Poppins comes to a close, we asked current and original principle cast members, as well as current cast members who have been with the show since day one, to share with us some memories and tell us what being a part of the magic has meant to them. Rommy Sandhu, who...
New Amsterdam Singers to Present SHAKESPEARE IN SONG, 5/22
by Tyler Peterson - April 09, 2014 The New Amsterdam Singers, led by music director Clara Longstreth, will present the final concert of its season, called Full Fathom Five: Shakespeare in Song (Composers of Many Lands in Love with the Bard) on Thursday, May 22, 2014, at 8:00 p.m. at Saint Ignatius of Antioch Church, 552 West End Aven...
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 11/16- MARY POPPINS
by Nicole Rosky - November 16, 2013 Today in 2006, Mary Poppins opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre, where it ran for 2619 performances. Mary Poppins is a Walt Disney Theatrical musical based on the similarly titled series of children's books by P. L. Travers and the 1964 Disney film. The West End production opened in December 2004 an...
BWW Preview: Do You Want to Live FOREVER?
by Meg Wood - September 16, 2014 Greetings! I am thrilled to join you here at BWW to recap the new series “Forever.” The premise of the show is that Dr. Henry Morgan, an N.Y.P.D. coroner, has a small secret: He's about 200 years old and cannot die. Shows about immortality have always intrigued me, mostly because they have rarely b...
New Amsterdam Singers Closes Season with POEMS, LETTERS, AND PREMIERES Tonight
by BWW News Desk - May 28, 2015 The New Amsterdam Singers (NAS), led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present its final concert of the season, titled Poems, Letters, and Premieres, tonight, May 28, 2015 at 8:00 P.M. at Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 554 West End Avenue (at 87th Street)....
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society to Play NYC Show at (Le) Poisson Rouge, 6/20
by BWW News Desk - June 05, 2013 Brooklyn-based composer-bandleader Darcy James Argue and his innovative 18-piece big band Secret Society have just announced they will celebrate the release of their widely praised sophomore album Brooklyn Babylon (out now on New Amsterdam Records) with a NYC-area performance at (Le) Poisson Rouge o...
Dance New Amsterdam Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Reorganization; Remains Open
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2013 On May 27, 2013, Dance New Amsterdam, Inc. (DNA), NYC's foremost progressive dance education and performance center, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. The announcement coincides with a repossession motion from the landlord. This filing allows DNA to continue daily operations without in...
Official: MARY POPPINS to Close on March 3, 2013; Next Stop Regional Licensing with First 8 Productions Set
by Robert Diamond - January 08, 2013 The next stage in the beloved title's evolution begins this year as Music Theatre International starts licensing to North American professional theatres. Already in high demand from theatres around the world, Mary Poppins will first be mounted at Drayton Place Entertainment - Dunfield Theatre in Ont...
Rooftop Films Presents Three-Day Weekend of Documentaries, 6/19 - 6/21
by Jillian Gaier - June 13, 2014 From Thursday June 19th to Saturday June 21st, these films will take you on a journey from the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest to the trailer parks of Ventura, California and the music-filled neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. We invite you to join us for The Last Season (screening on the world's l...
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 7/22- Alan Menken
by Nicole Rosky - July 22, 2014 Happy Birthday Alan Menken! For Disney, Menken has scored The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas, each of which won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores for The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Enchanted, and Tangled. Menken has collaborated on several occ...
Actors Fund's Annual Gala to Celebrate 20 Years of Disney on Broadway, 4/28
by Tyler Peterson - February 11, 2014 The Actors Fund's annual gala on Monday, April 28, 2014 will honor Disney Theatrical Productions as they celebrate 20 years on Broadway. The producing organization, formed in 1994 and operating under the direction of president and producer Thomas Schumacher,will receive the Medal of Honor, the highe...
VIDEO: Cast of ALADDIN Perform 'Arabian Nights' on GMA!
by Caryn Robbins - April 15, 2014 On this morning's 'Good Morning America' the talented cast performed 'Arabian Nights,' broadcast live from the stage of the New Amsterdam Theatre. Check out the energetic performance below!...
HOME WORK Reading Plays New World Stages, 5/20
by Kelsey Denette - March 28, 2013 HOME WORK, the new anti-bullying musical, comes from the creator and writer of MANCHESTER HIGH: IF THESE LOCKERS COULD TALK, a film about bullying and teen empowerment, with Nicholas B. Holstein (book writer and lyrics), Jeremy Blachman (lyrics), Sophia E. DiGonis and Evan Webb (music)....
Rialto Chatter: Bob Crowley Joining ALADDIN Team & Disney's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Moving Forward
by Robert Diamond - January 09, 2013 Today. Michael Riedel adds to the story noting that Tony-winning set designer Bob Crowley has been added to the team to create a completely new physical production for the run....
Breaking News: MARY POPPINS to Close on Broadway Spring 2013; ALADDIN Next at the New Amsterdam Theater?
by Robert Diamond - January 07, 2013 The New York Times is reporting that MARY POPPINS will close on Broadway on March 3, 2013 to make way for renovations , followed by its next tenant 'A musical adaptation of the company's 1992 animated film "Aladdin," according to two Broadway theater executives. The two executives spoke on condition...
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS Concert Set For Symphony Space, 6/5
by Pat Cerasaro - June 04, 2015 A concert celebrating the city of lights!...
POLL: Which Animated Movie Musical Should Disney Bring to Broadway Next?
by BWW News Desk - January 11, 2013 New BroadwayWorld.com Poll - Which animated movie musical should Disney bring to Broadway next?...
STAGE TUBE: Watch A Whole New Sizzle Reel of ALADDIN on Broadway!
by Stage Tube - May 21, 2014 Disney's Aladdin, the new musical comedy based on the Academy Award®-winning animated film, opened to critical acclaim on March 20th, 2014 at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre and is nominated for five 2014 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. USA Todayraves, “Pure GENIE-US! Aladdin delivers a rush t...
VIDEO: Cast of ALADDIN Perform 'Arabian Nights' on GMA!
by Caryn Robbins - April 15, 2014 On this morning's 'Good Morning America' the talented cast performed 'Arabian Nights,' broadcast live from the stage of the New Amsterdam Theatre. Check out the energetic performance below!...
New Amsterdam Singers Present COMFORT AND JOY at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 12/7 & 9
by BWW News Desk - December 07, 2012 The New Amsterdam Singers, led by Clara Longstreth, will open its 45th season with a program entitled Comfort and Joy, featuring James MacMillan's Missa Brevis, the New York premieres of Judith Shatin's The God of Glory and Sheena Phillips's Two Carols, and works by Bach, Brahms, Victoria, Schutz, R...
STAGE TUBE: ALADDIN's Adam Jacobs and Courtney Reed Record 'A Whole New World'!
by Nicole Rosky - May 26, 2015 Disney's Aladdin, the Tony Award-winning new musical comedy based on the Academy Award®-winning animated film, is in its second year on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre (214 West 42nd Street). Aladdin opened to critical acclaim on March 20th, 2014 at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre and went o...
Rooftop Films' 2014 Summer Series Comes to a Close with SHE'S LOST CONTROL and ROOFTOP SHOTS, 8/15-16
by Movies News Desk - August 11, 2014 What a long strange journey it's been! Rooftop Films enters its last week of the 2014 Rooftop Film Summer....
STAGE TUBE: GYPSY OF THE YEAR 2012- Highlights!
by Nicole Rosky - December 07, 2012 The 24th Annual GYPSY OF THE YEAR Competition, the culminating celebration of six weeks of fundraising by 51 participating Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies, raised $3,902,608 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Check out highlights from the big event below!... |