Friday, October 5, 2012
Although the musical version of The Bodyguard was in the works long before Whitney Houston’s death in February, the singer’s tragic departure was almost enough for the show&rsquo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PM[SHARE]A new revival of Gypsy, starring Vera Drake and Harry Potter star Imelda Staunton as the world’s most ferocious stage mother, is eyeing a fall 2013 opening at the Chicester Festiv…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:56AM[SHARE]Robert Adelman Hancock and Megan McGinnis will star in John Caird’s Daddy Long Legs when the musical plays London's St. James Theatre from from October 31 through Decembe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:30AM[SHARE]Legendary comic (and member of the EGOT elite) Mel Brooks can add another trophy to his already-crowded mantle. The writer, director and actor will receive the AFI Life Achievement Award on …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:17AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 4, 2012
Cyrano de Bergerac has found its way back to Broadway, with stars Douglas Hodge and Clemence Poesy stepping into the recognizable roles of the romantic Cyrano and his unobtainable love,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:07PM[SHARE]Mimi may meet Marilyn as the Feline of Avenue B is making her way to Smash! Rent and A Streetcar Named Desire actress Daphne Rubin-Vega is the latest stage star to join the gr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:30PM[SHARE]Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the producing duo behind Smash and the film adaptations of Hairspray and Chicago, have another musical-minded project up their sleeves. The newly-minted…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PM[SHARE]Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the producing duo behind Smash and the film adaptations of Hairspray and Chicago, have another musical-minded project up their sleeves. The newly-minted…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PM[SHARE]Steel Pier, John Kander and Fred Ebb's high-energy dance musical about life in 1930s Atlantic City, will have its first professional European staging at London’s Union Theatre begi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:45PM[SHARE]Just in time for the presidential election, Tony nominees Kelli O’Hara and Ron Raines are lending their vocals to songs about past POTUS's. The pair will sing on Celebrat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:31PM[SHARE]After Les Miserables helped launch her career, Susan Boyle is using her love of musical theater as the inspiration for her upcoming album. Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:43AM[SHARE]Julianne, Julia and Juliette… has a nice ring to it, no? Former Law & Order: Criminal Intent star and stage veteran Julianne Nicholson will join Julia Roberts and Juliette Le…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:23AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 3, 2012
The theatrical series Life and Times: Episodes 1-4 will receive its first American premiere at the Public Theater as part of the company’s 2013 Under the Radar Festival. The play, conc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:04PM[SHARE]In the new trailer for The Guilt Trip, Barbra Streisand tackles the role she was born to play: an in-your-face Jewish mother! Streisand stars in the comedy alongside Seth Rogen, whose charac…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:22PM[SHARE]Broadway.com is the home for everything Broadway, but theater fans know that amazing productions are happening all around the country. In this new feature, Broadway.com will offer a weekly r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PM[SHARE]Broadway.com is the home for everything Broadway, but theater fans know that amazing productions are happening all around the country. In this new feature, Broadway.com will offer a weekly r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PM[SHARE]Somewhere out there, an opera ghost is very proud of his muse. Original Phantom of the Opera star Sarah Brightman has announced her Dreamchaser World Tour will stop at Radio City Music …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:46PM[SHARE]Watch out stagehands. Kirstie Alley has been tapped to play a high-maintenance Broadway star in a new TV Land presentation (think pilot, but cheaper) Giant Baby, according to The Washington …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:05PM[SHARE]Listen up Christian Grey fans...looks like the popular Fifty Shades of Grey novels are getting the Law & Order treatment with the help of four-time Tony nominee Raul Esparza. The ac…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:35AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 2, 2012
A star-studded revival of Rupert Holmes' The Mystery of Edwin Drood begins previews at Studio 54 on October 19, and the cast is raring to find out just how the show will end! Audien…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:46PM[SHARE]Laura Benanti and Andrew Rannells have reason to celebrate! In the first back order of the fall season, NBC has given a full season pick-up to sitcoms Go On and The New Normal, as well as th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:08PM[SHARE]Slick back your hair! Dust off your Pink Lady jacket! Former Grease lovers John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John are teaming up for a joint holiday album that will feature guest appearances f…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:45PM[SHARE]Chita Rivera and Stephanie J. Block lead an all-star cast in the big Broadway musical whodunit, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Broadway.com got a special first look at the stars in full co…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:28PM[SHARE]The new musical Hands on a Hardbody wasted no time in securing the Brooks Atkinson Theatre after the recent closing notice posted by Peter and the Starcatcher. The upcoming show, w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:25PM[SHARE]Before Smash returns next year for more behind-the-scenes Broadway drama, viewers can catch up on all the Marilyn mischief when the first season DVD hits stores on January 8, 2013.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AM[SHARE]Broadway alum Curt Hansen (Next to Normal, Hairspray) will play Snow White's Prince in the Pasadena Playhouse’s production of A Snow White Christmas, a musical theater event t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:25AM[SHARE]After a nationwide search, A Christmas Story, The Musical has selected Johnny Rabe, a 12-year-old from Chicago, to fill out the bright pink bunny suit as the show’s leading youngster R…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:50AM[SHARE]Monday, October 1, 2012
Roger Wright and Paul Hazel will headline the West End premiere of You Can Do It, a new show featuring the music of Otis, Redding, Marvin Gaye and more. The show plays the Leicester Square T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:16PM[SHARE]Tony nominee Laura Osnes has joined the roster of stars participating in Town Hall’s annual Broadway Cabaret Festival. The festival takes place over three consecutive weeks and will ki…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:20PM[SHARE]Sure, she can do magic, but how’s her time step? Emma Watson may be following the footsteps (or, more appropriately, the jazz squares) of her former Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radclif…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:40PM[SHARE]Kohl Sudduth, Kelly AuCoin, Ana Reeder, and Aaron Roman Weiner will star in Labyrinth Theater Company’s world premiere of Radiance, a play by Cusi Cram and directed by Suzanne Agins.
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