Megan Mullally and More Set for 2014-15 San Antonio Broadway Series, Beginning Tonight
By: BWW News Desk Nov. 08, 2014
The Broadway @ series originated at its now-famous home in Provincetown, MA in the summer of 2011. Since that time the series, hosted by SiriusXM radio star and pianist Seth Rudetsky and produced by Mark Cortale, has attracted Broadway's biggest stars, such as Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Sutton Foster, Megan Hilty, Cheyenne Jackson, Chita Rivera, and many other marquee names. The series has also now leapt to ongoing seasons in New Orleans, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, the Poconos, Woodstock, NY, Hartford, Detroit, as well as Sydney, Australia and London's West End.
This season marks the launch of Broadway @ The Woodlawn Theatre, featuring Ana Gasteyer - star of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," ABC's "Suburgatory" and Broadway's "Wicked" on November 8, Megan Mullally, Emmy-winner for TV's "Will & Grace" and star of Broadway's "Young Frankenstein" on March 21, 2015, and Christine Ebersole - two-time Tony-winning star of Broadway's "Grey Gardens" and "42nd Street" on May 9, 2015. For tickets, visit the Woodlawn Theatre's website.
What differentiates the series from any other perhaps, is the seamless mix of intimate behind-the-scenes stories from Broadway's biggest stars -- prompted by the encyclopedic-minded Rudetsky's probing, funny, revealing questions -- and their stellar singing of unique repertoire. Season subscriptions, which include a ticket to all four shows, are now available for purchase online at woodlawntheatre.org/2015-season-subscriptions, or by calling the box office at 210-267-8388. Prices are $375 for VIP subscriptions, and $280 for regular subscriptions. Individual ticket purchases are also available priced at $100 for VIP and $75 regular admission.
Ana Gasteyer is best known for her incomparable work on "Saturday Night Live." During her six year stint, she created some of the most famous SNL characters including middle school music teacher Bobbie Moughan-Culp, NPR radio host Margaret Jo, Lilith Fair poetess Cinder Calhoun, as well as spot-on impressions of Martha Stewart, Celine Dion and Hillary Rodham Clinton. She recently returned to SNL as Margaret Jo in "NPR'S Delicious Dish" and the now infamous "Muffin Top" sketch with Betty White, which Gasteyer created and wrote. On stage, Ana Gasteyer made her triumphant Broadway debut as Columbia in "The Rocky Horror Show." Since then, Gasteyer earned raves as Elphaba in "Wicked" on Broadway, and originated the role for the Chicago production, earning a Jefferson Award nomination. Other New York theater credits include the Tony-nominated Broadway productions of "The Royal Family" directed by Doug Hughes, "The Threepenney Opera" with Alan Cumming and Jim Dale, Eve Ensler's acclaimed Off-Broadway hit "The Vagina Monologues," and Manhattan Theatre Club's hit production of "Kimberly Akimbo" by celebrated playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. On film, Ana has been seen in "Dare," "Mean Girls," "The Women," "What Women Want," "Woman On Top," "Dick," and "What's The Worst That Could Happen?" Other television credits include "The Good Wife," "Chuck," Showtime's "Reefer Madness," "Frasier," "Just Shoot Me," "3rd Rock from the Sun," "NYPD Blue," "Mad About You," "Law & Order," "Party of Five," "Seinfeld" (the "Soup Nazi" episode). Most recently Ana was seen in the Tyler Perry produced film "We The Peeples" opposite Kerry Washington, David Alan Grier, Melvin Van Peebles and Diahann Carroll, and in HBO's hit series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" opposite Larry David.
Megan Mullally is best known for playing the iconic role of Karen Walker on the groundbreaking hit TV series "Will & Grace" for which she won two Emmy Awards. She made her Broadway debut as Marty in the 1994 revival of "Grease" with Rosie O'Donnell and subsequently appeared as Rosemary in the hit 1995 revival of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" opposite Matthew Broderick. In 2007, Mullally starred as Elizabeth in Mel Brooks' original Broadway musical, "Young Frankenstein." She can be heard on the cast albums of all three productions. In addition to her breakout role on "Will & Grace," Megan Mullally has starred as Lydia on the Starz series "Party Down" and as Chief on all five seasons of two-time Emmy-winning comedy series "Children's Hospital." She also currently appears frequently on "Parks and Recreation," "Bob's Burgers" and "Web Therapy." Megan made her television debut in 1986 in "The Ellen Burstyn Show." Since that time she has appeared on "Seinfeld," "Frasier," "Wings," "Ned and Stacey," "Mad About You," "Caroline in the City," "Just Shoot Me!," and "Murder, She Wrote." Following "Will & Grace," she hosted her own talk show titled "The Megan Mullally Show," and has hosted "Saturday Night Live," the "TV Land Awards," and guest-hosted "The Late Show with David Letterman." Other recent TV appearances include "30 Rock," "Kathy Griffin: My Life on The D-List," "Campus Ladies," ABC's "Happy Endings," and Fox TV's "Breaking In." Her recent film work includes "Smashed," "Kings of Summer," "GBF," "Trouble Dolls," "Anywhere But Here" with Susan Sarandon and Natalie Portman, "About Last Night" with Demi Moore and Rob Lowe, "Speaking of Sex" with James Spader, "Stealing Harvard" with Tom Green and Jason Lee, and the 2009 remake of "Fame." Watch Seth Rudetsky's video sneak preview of Megan's show from their recent Los Angeles show!
Christine Ebersole won her second Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, as well as virtually every Off-Broadway award, for her "dual role of a lifetime" as Edith Beale and Little Edie Beale in "Grey Gardens." The critically acclaimed musical was nominated for a total of ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the CD recording was nominated for a Grammy Award. Her extensive Broadway career also includes her Tony Award-winning performance as Dorothy Black in the hit revival of "42nd Street," in addition to leading roles in "On the Twentieth Century," "Oklahoma," Gore Vidal's "The Best Man," the recent revival of Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit," and "Dinner at Eight" for which she received both Tony and Drama Desk Award Nominations. Concert appearances include the recent concert version of the opera "The Grapes of Wrath" at Carnegie Hall, the San Francisco Symphony's tribute to Leonard Bernstein, the Boston Pops' concert version of "A Little Night Music," and on the PBS concerts "Gershwin at 100: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall" and "The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty." In addition to her acclaimed stage career, Christine Ebersole has also appeared in numerous hit films such as "Amadeus," "Tootsie," "Richie Rich," "Black Sheep," "Dead Again," "Folks!," "Ghost Dad," "True Crime," "My Girl 2," "Mac and Me," and "Confessions of a Shopaholic." Her television credits include appearances on "Retired at 35," "Royal Pains," "Ugly Betty," "Law and Order SVU," "Boston Legal," "Samantha Who," "Will and Grace," "The Nanny," "Just Shoot Me," "Murphy Brown," "Ally McBeal," "Valerie," "Ryan's Hope," "One Life to Live" and "The Colbert Report."
Seth Rudetsky is the afternoon Broadway host on Sirius XM satellite radio. As a musician, he has played piano for over a dozen Broadway shows including "Ragtime," "Les Miserables," and "Phantom of the Opera." He was also the Artistic Producer and Music Director for the first five annual Actors Fund Fall Concerts, which included "Dreamgirls" with Audra McDonald (recorded on Nonesuch Records) and "Hair" with Jennifer Hudson (recorded on Ghostlight Records, Grammy nomination). As a comic he was awarded "Funniest Gay Male in NY" at Stand-Up NY and is a three-time Emmy nominee as a writer for "The Rosie O'Donnell Show." As an actor, he made his Broadway debut in "The Ritz" directed by Joe Mantello, and has appeared on television on "Law and Order C.I." and "All My Children." As an author, he wrote the books The Q Guide to Broadway, Broadway Nights, and just released his new novel My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan on Random House, and as an audio book on audible.com featuring "Modern Family's" Jesse Tyler Ferguson, "SNL's" Ana Gasteyer, "Smash's" Megan Hilty among others, and writes a weekly column on Playbill.com. He recently added "television mogul" to that long list as SethTV, his new, web-based entertainment network, launched. This past summer he co-produced of the critically acclaimed play Unbroken Circle by James Wesley, and is co-playwright and star of the hit new Off-Broadway 'disaster movie musical' "Disaster!" which recently ran at St. Luke's Theatre in New York.
The Woodlawn Theatre is San Antonio's historic local theatre, located in the heart of the Deco District at 1920 Fredericksburg Road, just south of Hildebrand. Free parking with security patrol is available.
SCHEDULE:
Star of Saturday Night Live & Broadway's Wicked
featuring SiriusXM radio star Seth Rudetsky as pianist and host
November 8, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Two Time Emmy Winning Star of Will & Grace
featuring SiriusXM radio star Seth Rudetsky as pianist and host
March 21, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.
Two Time Tony Award Winning Star of Grey Gardens & 42nd Street
featuring SiriusXM radio star Seth Rudetsky as pianist and host
May 9, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.
The Woodlawn Theatre is located at 1920 Fredericksburg Rd, San Antonio, TX 78201. Call 210-267-8388 or visit http://woodlawntheatre.org/seths-broadway-show-sa/.
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