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Ryan McCartan, THE 12TH ANNUAL JOE ICONIS CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA and More Next Week at Feinstein's 54 Below
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 5, 2019


Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.

PUNK ROCK GIRL by Joe Iconis to Receive Developmental Reading
by Stephi Wild - Sep 6, 2019


Lively McCabe Entertainment recently announced Punk Rock Girl, a new musical for the stage featuring a score of popular songs written and made famous by female artists and female-fronted bands including Blondie, Avril Lavigne, Joan Jett, P!nk, Gwen Stefani and more. A new collaboration with BMG and R&H Theatricals, A Concord Music Company, the musical features a book and arrangements by Tony Award-nominee Joe Iconis (Be More Chill). The project will be directed and choreographed by Jennifer Werner (The Black Suits), with co-arrangements and orchestrations by Rob Rokicki (composer/lyricist of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical). Punk Rock Girl will be published and licensed by R&H Theatricals, A Concord Music Company.

Photo Flash: GREASE Is The Word At STAGES St. Louis!
by Julie Musbach - Jul 31, 2019


Take a sneak peek into the hallways of Rydell High with the following photos from GREASE! You don't want to miss the truly electrifyin' production running now through August 18 at STAGES St. Louis. 

BWW Review: Stages St. Louis' GREASE Is the One That You Want (Oh Yes Indeed)
by Tanya Seale - Jul 26, 2019


WOW is the word right now, as Grease, with direction and musical staging by Michael Hamilton, plays at Stages St. Louis! In this automatic, systematic, hyyyydromatic show, it's 1950s USA, and a new school year is beginning at Rydel High. A feisty Miss Lynch (Kendra Lynn Lucas) greets us as her students with the morning announcements (and theatre etiquette, too a?" thank you Miss Lynch), using a training clicker to keep us in check lest we get too rowdy. She knows her students, after all. Moving into the musical, we encounter Sandy Dumbrowski (Summerisa Bell Stevens) and Danny Zuko (Sam Harvey), who met at the beach over summer break and had a sweet little romance. Both will be attending Rydel for their senior year, unbeknownst to one other, so that makes for a scrumptiously awkward...

Shawna Hamic, Emily Schultheis And More Join THE LADIES WHO LUNCH 2 At Feinstein's/54 Below
by BWW News Desk - Feb 16, 2019


FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents The Ladies Who Lunch 2: Another Evening for Planned Parenthood of NYC, on February 16th, 2019, at 11:30 PM. This incredible encore performance will raise even more funds for this fantastic cause. Directed and produced by Claire Manship and the evening's performers,The Ladies Who Lunch 2 is a night featuring songs that help woman verbalize, vent, and discuss their specific issues, wherein half of the proceeds will go to Planned Parenthood of NYC.

Shawna Hamic, Emily Schultheis And More Join THE LADIES WHO LUNCH 2 At Feinstein's/54 Below
by Julie Musbach - Jan 8, 2019


FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents The Ladies Who Lunch 2: Another Evening for Planned Parenthood of NYC, on February 16th, 2019, at 11:30 PM. This incredible encore performance will raise even more funds for this fantastic cause. Directed and produced by Claire Manship and the evening's performers,The Ladies Who Lunch 2 is a night featuring songs that help woman verbalize, vent, and discuss their specific issues, wherein half of the proceeds will go to Planned Parenthood of NYC.

Joe Iconis to Write New Musical PUNK ROCK GIRL Featuring Songs by Blondie, Avril Lavigne, P!nk and More
by Julie Musbach - Dec 17, 2018


A new stage musical, Punk Rock Girl, is in development featuring a score of popular songs written and made famous by female artists and female-fronted bands including Pat Benatar, Bikini Kill, Blondie, Echosmith, Avril Lavigne, Pink, TraLaLa, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more, and also featuring the title song by The Dead Milkmen.

Photo Coverage: Inside the 2018 Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza at Feinstein's/54 Below
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Dec 15, 2018


A New York City Twisted Holiday Tradition is now in its eleventh year!

Review Roundup: HAIRSPRAY Comes to North Shore Music Theatre
by Alan Henry - Nov 2, 2018


HAIRSPRAY playing at North Shore Music Theatre thru November 11, 2018. Tickets for HAIRSPRAY priced starting from $59 - $84. Kids Save 50%. For tickets and information call (978) 232-7200, visitwww.nsmt.org, or visit the box office in person at 62 Dunham Rd., Beverly, MA.  

BWW Review: HAIRSPRAY at North Shore Music Theatre
by David Tompkins - Nov 1, 2018


The 2003 Broadway Musical Hairspray, with a Tony Award-winning book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan and a Tony Award-winning score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman featuring the hit songs 'Welcome To The '60s,' 'You Can't Stop The Beat,' 'Mamma, I'm A Big Girl Now,' 'I Know Where I've Boon,' and many more is at running at North Shore Music Theatre through November 11, 2018. Don't miss this excellent production.

Photo Flash: HAIRSPRAY Comes to North Shore Music Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 30, 2018


HAIRSPRAY playing at North Shore Music Theatre thru November 11, 2018. Tickets for HAIRSPRAY priced starting from $59 - $84. Kids Save 50%. For tickets and information call (978) 232-7200, visitwww.nsmt.org, or visit the box office in person at 62 Dunham Rd., Beverly, MA.  

Get Ready For Something Big! NSMT Presents HAIRSPRAY
by Julie Musbach - Oct 2, 2018


Bill Hanney's award-winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) concludes the 2018 Subscription Season with Broadway's big, fat, hit musical, HAIRSPRAY, playing for two-weeks only from Tuesday, October 30 thru Sunday, November 11, 2018. 

Photo Coverage: The Cast of BE MORE CHILL and More Perform at Broadway in Bryant Park
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Aug 17, 2018


Broadway in Bryant Park is back! The 2018 program, which brought the best of Broadway together for free performances, concluded yesterday, August 16.

Smolls in the City Productions LLC Launches #ThisIsNOW Video at Serendipity Labs
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 15, 2018


Smolls in the City Productions LLC launched their #ThisIsNOW video at Serendipity Labs in New York City on August 13th, 2018. The video was released on Facebook and YouTube and gathered 50,000 views in the first 24 hours of its release on Facebook. The video is an all-female video of the Academy Award-nominated hit song 'This is Me' from The Greatest Showman, inspired by the Me Too movement.

Photo Coverage: PHANTOM, BEAUTIFUL and More Take the Stage at This Week's Broadway in Bryant Park!
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Jul 19, 2018


Broadway in Bryant Park is back! The 2018 program brings the best of Broadway together for free performances for six consecutive weeks through Thursday, August 16. New Yorkers and visitors to the Big Apple are invited to come at 11 a.m. every Thursday with performances running from 12:30 p.m. EST - 1:30 p.m. EST on the Bryant Park Stage. Hosted by 106.7 LITE FM's on-air personalities, this year's annual presentation continues this week.

Broadway in Bryant Park Begins Today with CHICAGO, SPONGEBOB, STOMP, AND WAITRESS
by BWW News Desk - Jul 12, 2018


Broadway in Bryant Park will return this summer! The 2018 program will bring the best of Broadway together for free performances for six consecutive weeks from Today, July 12 to Today, August 16. New Yorkers and visitors to the Big Apple are invited to come at 11 a.m. every Today with performances running from 12:30 p.m. EST - 1:30 p.m. EST on the Bryant Park Stage. Hosted by 106.7 LITE FM's on-air personalities, this year's annual presentation of open-air lunch hour performances featuring the best Broadway and Off-Broadway shows will be presented by your local Toyota Dealers, VISIT PHILADELPHIA and FUJIFILM Instax.

THE BAND'S VISIT, SPONGEBOB, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, and More to Perform at Broadway in Bryant Park
by Stephi Wild - Jun 20, 2018


Broadway in Bryant Park will return this summer! The 2018 program will bring the best of Broadway together for free performances for six consecutive weeks from Thursday, July 12 to Thursday, August 16. New Yorkers and visitors to the Big Apple are invited to come at 11 a.m. every Thursday with performances running from 12:30 p.m. EST - 1:30 p.m. EST on the Bryant Park Stage. Hosted by 106.7 LITE FM's on-air personalities, this year's annual presentation of open-air lunch hour performances featuring the best Broadway and Off-Broadway shows will be presented by your local Toyota Dealers, VISIT PHILADELPHIA and FUJIFILM Instax.

TV: Highlights from Ellyn Marie Marsh's 'I'm Sorry... What?' at Joe's Pub
by BroadwayWorld TV - Jun 7, 2018


sdasddEllyn Marie Marsh, of the Broadway-bound PRETTY WOMAN, returned to Joe's Pub last month with 'I'm Sorry... What?' Everyone has had a break up. Everyone has been cheated on. But not everyone can turn it into a sold out one-woman show at Joe's Pub. Check out highlights of the concert below!

Ferrara Productions Presents TIME'S UP: THE SERIES
by A.A. Cristi - May 30, 2018


Ferrara Productions will premiere Time's Up: The Series, an evening of photography to benefit the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund, on Monday, June 11, 2018 from 4-7pm at Town Stages, 221 West Broadway (between White and Franklin), NYC. $10 suggested donation, with a cash bar.

TIME'S UP: THE SERIES, Featuring Eight Unique Black And White Portraits Of Women Comes to Town Stages
by Stephi Wild - May 30, 2018


Ferrara Productions will premiere Time's Up: The Series, an evening of photography to benefit the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund, on Monday, June 11, 2018 from 4-7pm at Town Stages, 221 West Broadway (between White and Franklin), NYC. $10 suggested donation, with a cash bar. The event will feature eight unique black and white portraits of women from around the country, photographed by some of the most talented female photographers in the business.

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