TV: Broadway's Sierra Boggess And Hugh Panaro Sing On NBC's Today Showby Eddie Varley - July 2, 2009Six-year-old NF Hero Julia Perfetti, her mother, Laura, and family were featured on the 'Everyone has a Story' segment of the Today Show this morning, Thursday, July 2nd. As part of the very special segment, little Julia was treated to her very own song which was sung by Broadway favorites, Sierra Boggess and Hugh Panaro. Andrew Lloyd Webber Talks Michael Jackson To UK Telegraph: 'He Wanted To Play The Phantom'by Eddie Varley - June 28, 2009Michael Jackson, pop music superstar, passed away on June 25th, after suffering a suspected heart attack. He was 50 years old. Musical theatre legend Andrew Lloyd Webber remembers fellow music icon Michael Jackson in the UK Telegraph. Lloyd Webber reveals how much Jackson enjoyed the craft of musicals, how he himself influenced them in later years and the King of Pop's desire to play the 'man behind the mask' in a film version of The Phantom Of The Opera. "Sister Act, the Musical" makes Whoopi at the London Palladiumby Robert Gould - June 2, 2009The opening number of Sister Act - the musical, which opened on June 2 at the London Palladium, is entitled ?Take Me To Heaven? - and that is precisely what this delightful new show does to its audience. It is divinely fresh, funny and fabulous.
Photo Flash: JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT At Pittsburgh CLOby Gabrielle Sierra - May 26, 2009Hitch a rainbow ride through ancient Egypt when Pittsburgh CLO kicks off its 63rd Summer Season with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Cheer for the kid in the coat May 26 through June 7 at the Benedum Center in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District. Photo Flash: Bean & Osmond In Rehearsal For Pittsburgh CLO's JOSEPHby Gabrielle Sierra - May 20, 2009Hitch a rainbow ride through ancient Egypt when Pittsburgh CLO kicks off its 63rd Summer Season with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Cheer for the kid in the coat May 26 through June 7 at the Benedum Center in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District. JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Opens At Pittsburgh CLO 5/26by Gabrielle Sierra - May 12, 2009Hitch a rainbow ride through ancient Egypt when Pittsburgh CLO kicks off its 63rd Summer Season with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Cheer for the kid in the coat May 26 through June 7 at the Benedum Center in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh's Cultural District. RIALTO CHATTER: 'LOVE NEVER DIES' to 'Reveal' Itself 5/7by Eddie Varley - April 15, 2009The Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye has once again revealed some exciting information on the The Phantom Of The Opera sequel, Love Never Dies, in his newest column. He reports that the show might have four companies in rehearsal this summer instead of the earlier announced three, as Toronto may end up staying put and not heading for a Broadway bow if it proves successful. It now appears the Great White Way will have its own cast in the mix! RIALTO CHATTER: Is 'Ariel' Role 'Part' of Chelsea Morgan Stock's 'World'? 'LITTLE MERMAID' Ensemble Member Rumored as New Leadby Eddie Varley - April 10, 2009Online sources are reporting that The Little Mermaid ensemble member Chelsea Morgan Stock has won the leading role of Ariel and will be replacing current star Sierra Boggess when Boggess leaves the production to create the role of Christine Daae in the upcoming sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, 'LOVE NEVER DIES'. Stock has some experience playing the lovelorn Ariel as she has understudied the role since the hit show opened on Broadway. Reports indicate that Chelsea Morgan Stock will take over in June 2009. RIALTO CHATTER: The 'Munchkin of the Night', Lloyd Webber Looks to 'OZ'by Eddie Varley - April 3, 2009The Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye reports that the MGM classic, The Wizard Of Oz, one of the most famous and iconic movies in the history of film, is getting a total makeover, including new songs and score, for a planned stage production that will hit London late next year. Tim Martin Gleason To Become The 'Man Behind the Mask' for 'PHANTOM' US National Tourby Eddie Varley - March 30, 2009On Tuesday, May 26, Tim Martin Gleason will return to the U.S. National Tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera and, for the first time, slip behind the mask as the elusive Phantom who lurks beneath the stage of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all its occupants. The international award-winning musical, directed by Harold Prince, is currently at the Music Hall in Kansas City through April 19. RIALTO CHATTER: Barrowman 'Albin' Bound for UK LA CAGE?by Eddie Varley - March 28, 2009The Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye reports that renowned UK singer and performer John Barrowman is in early negotiations to put on a sequinned gown, high heels and false eyelashes for the West End show La Cage aux Folles. Crowley, Long Receive TDF/Irene Sharaff Award 3/27 by Gabrielle Sierra - March 25, 2009Legendary designers WILLIAM IVEY LONG and BOB CROWLEY are among the four recipients of 2009 TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards to be presented at a ceremony this Friday, March 27 at 6:30pm, at the Hudson Theatre (145 West 44th Street). Five-time Tony Award winning costume designer William Ivey Long will receive the 2009 TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award for theatrical costume design, and, for his achievements as both a costume and scenic designer, Bob Crowley (also a five-time Tony Award winner) will receive the TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards' special Robert L. B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatrical Design.
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