Christopher Gattelli News

While riding the uptown Broadway local train from Times Square around 1am on Saturday night after enjoying post-A Man For All Seasons cocktails with my Tudor-geek friend who vigorously detailed all the play's historical inaccuracies for me (more on that one later in the week) I found myself in a car nearby a group of adolescents having a loud and just as vigorous discussion about how all boys were dogs.

Mitzi Gaynor, Nellie Forbush in the 1958 film version of SOUTH PACIFIC, met the cast of the current Broadway revival production at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre on October 9, 2008.

The Actors Fund has announced that they will present a special performance of 13 on Monday November 3rd at 7PM.

The Broadway cast of 13 will be featured on MTV News, Monday, October 6th & Tuesday, October 7th. The show, which opened on Sunday, October 5th, 2008, began preview performances on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street) on September 16th, 2008.

13, A New Musical, with music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown opened on Sunday, October 5, 2008. Watch a sneak peek of Broadway Beat's Opening Night coverage of 13!

Devin Richards, the Gypsy Robe Winner for 'A Tale of Two Cities,' & Miles Kath, a 13-year-old actor from 'A Tale of Two Cities,' presented the Gypsy Robe to winner Eamon Foley, from '13, A New Musical' at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York on October 5, 2008. The colorful Gypsy Robe, embellished with mementos from Broadway musicals, is presented to the cast member who has the most Broadway chorus credits.

13, A New Musical, with music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown (Parade, The Last Five Years), began previews on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 officially opened at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) last night, Sunday, October 5, 2008. With a book by award winning children's author & songwriter Dan Elish ('Born Too Short, Confessions of an 8th Grade Basket Case') and Robert Horn (Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance), 13, A New Musical is directed by Tony Award nominee Jeremy Sams (The Sound of Music in the West End) and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Christopher Gattelli (South Pacific).

13, A New Musical, with music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown officially opened last night. BroadwayWorld.com camera's were there to bring you all the opening night action!

13, A New Musical, with music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, officially opens at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre tonday, Sunday, October 5, 2008.

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman proudly announce that Altar Boyz, the acclaimed musical comedy at New World Stages, will play its 1500th performance on Friday October 3rd. This makes it the 11th longest running Off-Broadway musical ever - behind The Fantasticks, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Nunsense, Threepenny Opera, Naked Boys Singing, Forbidden Broadway, Little Shop of Horrors, Godspell, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, and Forever Plaid.

Theater Resources Unlimited, in association with sponsors Theatrical Rights Worldwide, Elysabeth Kleinhans, C2 - Caption Coalition and the Players Theatre, announces the seventh annual TRU LOVE BENEFIT. The event will honor producing maverick Ken Davenport and Arlene Romoff, advocate for open captioning for live theater, at a luncheon benefit on Sunday, November 9, 2008 at Caroline's on Broadway. The event, themed 'Believe ... in the possibilities of theater,' begins with a cocktail hour reception at noon followed by a luncheon at 1pm, with entertainment and an awards ceremony to start at 1:45 and a Silent Auction throughout the afternoon.

Ghostlight Records confirms the 9/30 digital release of the Original Broadway Cast Album of '13, A New Musical'. This will be a rare instance where the cast album is recorded and released before performances have officially begun. The physical CD will be available for purchase at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in the weeks ahead, as well as via the Ghostlight website.

The Actors Fund is proud to announce a Special Benefit Performance of the Tony® Award winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific on Sunday, September 21st, 8 pm. The evening stars the original cast and is made possible by special arrangement with Lincoln Center Theater. Complimentary membership tickets can not be used for this performance.

13, A New Musical, the only show to have an all teenage cast & band and to offer $13 tickets, hosted the first ever open dress rehearsal for teenagers only on Saturday, September 13, 2008 at 8pm. 1,100 lucky teen fans (and their adult chaperones), lined up at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre to take in an exciting night of singing, dancing and of course, teenage drama! BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there to capture every 'omg' moment!

13, A New Musical makes the dean's list again. The only show to have an all teenage cast & band and to offer $13 tickets, will now host the first ever open dress rehearsal for

PREVIEWS BEGIN ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 WITH AN OPENING ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2008 AT BERNARD B. JACOBS THEATRE (242 W. 45TH STREET) 13, A New Musical makes the dean's list again. The only show to have an all teenage cast & band and to offer $13 tickets, will now host the first ever open dress rehearsal for

BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were on hand as the cast, creative team and band of '13, A New Musical' recorded the original Broadway recording. The recording will be released digitally as of 9/30, and will be available for purchase at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre soon thereafter. A CD version will be in stores in time for the Holiday season. '13, A New Musical' is 'A grown-up story about growing up, featuring the only all-teenage cast ever to hit Broadway.'

Ghostlight Records is proud to confirm plans to record the Original Broadway Cast Album of '13, A New Musical'. The recording will be released digitally as of 9/30, and will be available for purchase at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre soon thereafter.

Today, the Jefferson Awards announced the 150 nominations in 35 categories for Chicago Equity theatrical productions which opened between August 1, 2007 and July 31, 2008. Beginning with this season, the Jeff Awards is acknowledging the work of Large and Midsize theatres in separate categories for productions and technical elements.

13, A New Musical will offer a $13.00 ticket - a price which suits anyone's allowance - to the first 100 people in line at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) Box Office Opening on Monday, August 25, 2008 at 10AM.