Christian Campbell News

The New York Musical Theatre Festival will proudly present the World Premiere of Clear Blue Tuesday, a musical movie by Elizabeth Lucas on Thursday, September 10 at both 7pm and 9:15pm. The screenings will take place at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) Theatre (333 West 23rd Street between 8th and 9th Avenues).

It is likely the perfect name for a show that will move from one theatre to another this September. Drift, a contemporary concert-musical will close out the fifth season of Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy in not just one location, but two.

On Sunday, Aug 23rd 2009, Upright Cabaret's incredibly popular 'Wicked Summer Nights' series at the Ford Amphitheatre drew to a close with a spectacular concert entitled 'Stephen Schwartz: Making Good' which set out to celebrate the works of the man who inspired the series, Mr. Stephen Schwartz.

Eleven New Yorkers change course after catastrophic events force them to examine why they moved to New York and to decide whether they'll stay. Clear Blue Tuesday follows their lives over the course of six years, each year on a Tuesday in September, as they pursue the dreams that drew them to the city.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival will proudly present the World Premiere of Clear Blue Tuesday, a musical movie by Elizabeth Lucas on Thursday, September 10 at both 7pm and 9:15pm. The screenings will take place at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) Theatre (333 West 23rd Street between 8th and 9th Avenues).

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the 1988 cult favorite dark comedy about 4 popular high school girls with a very bad streak, which powered the early careers of Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and writer Daniel Waters, is stagebound in a production being developed by Andy Fickman, director of 'Race to Witch Mountain,' who is returning to his musical roots.

This week, Shetler Studios TDG will present a staged reading of The Goon Squad by Joseph Gallo directed by Robin A. Paterson.

On October 27th, former stage and screen cast members of Reefer Madness including Christian Campbell,Alan Cumming, Ana Gasteyer and Amy Spanger, celebrated the release of the new Reefer Madness CD at Joe's Pub.

Ghostlight Records is proud to announce the October 27th release of a Collector's Edition double-CD of 'Reefer Madness', featuring both the Movie Soundtrack, and the original Los Angeles Cast Recording. The double-CD contains new Author Notes, written by By Kevin Murphy & Dan Studney, and also features a 'flipover booklet', which contains artwork and lyrics for both CDs. Murphy & Studney commented: 'This double CD of 'Reefer Madness' marks the culmination of a 10 year journey for us. It began in 1997, during a road trip back from San Francisco, where we got the idea that it might be fun to write a musical about singing, dancing potheads. Being in San Francisco can give you ideas like that.'

Tony Award winning stage and film actor, Alan Cumming, is the latest star to be cast in writer/director Chuck Griffith's upcoming indie motion picture, Shifting the Canvas.

Anthony Rapp (Rent) and Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde) will head the cast of a one-night-only performance of The King Stag, written and directed by Jeremy Dobrish (adapted from the original Carlo Gozzi play) on Monday, March 24 with a 6PM reception and 7:30PM performance at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street) to benefit Resonance Ensemble's 2008 season.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com presented 'The Music of Jeremy Schonfeld' at Broadway at Birdland on Monday, October 29 at 7 PM.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party and TheaterMania.com will present 'The Music of Jeremy Schonfeld' at Broadway at Birdland on Monday, October 29 at 7 PM.

Tracie Thoms (Rent, the Movie; The Devil Wears Prada) has joined the cast of featured performers for Jeremy Schonfeld's Joe's Pub show, which will take place on Sunday, September 16 at 9:30PM.

Tony Award-winner Cady Huffman and Rent film star Tracie Thoms have joined the cast of Jeremy Schonfeld's (Drift) Joe's Pub show, which will take place on Sunday, June 24.

New York Musical Theatre Festival concludes its first-ever Spring Concert Series with 'Undercover Showtunes' on Monday, June 18 at 7PM at The Zipper Factory. Christian Campbell is one of the many talented Broadway and screen stars set to perform.

Obie Award-winner Nancy Opel, LoveMusik's Ann Morrison and Tony-nominee Stephanie D'Abruzzo have joined 'Undercover Showtunes' - the New York Musical Theatre Festival's finale of its Spring Concert Series on Monday, June 18 at 7pm

On Sunday, June 24, acclaimed singer-songwriter Jeremy Schonfeld will perform at Joe's Pub

The New York Musical Theatre Festival is presenting Undercover Showtunes, the finale of its first-ever Spring Concert Benefit Series, on Monday, June 18 at 7pm, at The Zipper Factory (336 W 37th St.) in Manhattan.