Ethan Freeman News

What did our critic think of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Raimund Theater?

What did our critic think of FOOTLOOSE THE MUSICAL at Stadthalle Wien? Remember those days when dancing in Bomont was prohibited, and we watched the young Kevin Bacon as Ren McCormack, giving it all for the sake of dancing and all the unfortunate souls in this prim little town. Of course, there wasn't much dancing in the movie, but it was exhilarating when they burst into it.

On December 10, join Tovah Feldshuh and other talented performers for a unique Hanukkah event. Don't miss out on this unforgettable evening of entertainment.

'Join Jewish stars of the stage, including Tovah Feldshuh, for a special online musical Hanukkah event on December 10. Celebrate Hanukkah, Jewish life, and support MDA while enjoying performances from Broadway, West End, and more.'

On April the 4th at 20.PM Theatreland will host Phantoms for Leroux, a two hour event on all things Phantom of the Opera. The event, raising money for La Cave De Gaston Leroux will feature much loved Phantoms past and present including Ethan Freeman, Jonathan Roxmouth and others still to be announced.

Frank Wildhorn and more than sixty members of the Wildhorn Musical family simultaneously world premiered a video featuring 53 singers from 12 countries, representing 17 of his musicals, performing the powerful, “Finding Wonderland,” from the Broadway musical, Wonderland on Friday, July 10th at 9am ET. 

Frank Wildhorn, the American composer, and eighty members of the Wildhorn Musical family will simultaneously world premiere a video featuring 53 singers from 12 countries, representing 17 of his musicals, performing the powerful, 'Finding Wonderland,' from the Broadway Musical, Wonderland. Wildhorn, who has been posting popular 'Living Room Concerts,' brought together stars including Jeremy Jordan, Laura Osnes, Capathia Jenkins, Constantine Maroulis, amongst the cast from across the globe to support The World Health Organization's Covid19 Response Fund (covid19responsefund.org), the only global organization with a reach as wide as that of the cast on the video, while providing a musical love letter to the world at this unprecedented and unpredictable time.

For the 10th Anniversary of Hollywood in Vienna, the annual gala of film music, the creator and producer Sandra Tomek spared no efforts and will present an extraordinary event with uniquely different artists. The highlight of the jubilee week will be the Red Carpet Gala in the Vienna Concert Hall (Wiener Konzertaus) and the presentation of the"Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award" to Danny Elfman by the City of Vienna.

Can Broadway's Jonathan Freeman recognize his lines when Ethan Freeman says then in German?

Hamburg im Rausch aus 1001 Nacht: Sonntagabend feierte das Disney Musical ALADDIN seine fulminante Europa-Premiere im Stage Theater Neue Flora in Hamburg. Über 1.800 Gaste verfolgten gebannt die zeitlose Geschichte von Aladdin, Dschinni und den drei magischen Wunschen. Mit der heiß ersehnten Premiere halt die opulente Show vom Broadway nun auch Einzug in die Musicalmetropole Hamburg. Bereits wahrend der Auffuhrung belohnte das Publikum die Darsteller und das Orchester mit euphorischen Standing-Ovations. Auch die Kritiker zeigte sich großtenteils begeistert von der nun schon dritten großen Premiere in Hamburg (nach Das Wunder von Bern und Liebe Stirbt Nie) in reichlich 12 Monaten. Wir haben hier die Pressestimmen zusammengefasst:

Disney Theatrical Productions and Stage Entertainment celebrated the European premiere of Disney's hit Broadway musical Aladdin last night at the Stage Theatre Neue Flora in Hamburg, Germany. The production was cast locally and is performed in German. Check out a first look at the cast in action below!

38 Darsteller werden den spektakularen Broadway-Erfolg in Hamburg auf der Buhne zum Leben erwecken. Das Casting fur Disneys ALADDIN dauerte uber sechs Monate und fuhrte das Kreativteam wortlich einmal um die ganze Welt. Neben einem erstklassigen Tanzensemble kamen fur diese außergewohnliche Produktion nur die besten Musical-Darsteller in Frage.

DER BESUCH DER ALTEN DAME - DAS MUSICAL, basierend auf dem Theaterstueck von Friedrich Duerrenmatt, wird von den Vereinigten Buehnen Wien zum ersten Mal als grosse Theaterfassung aufgefuehrt.

According to the Yale Daily News, alumnus playwright Christopher Durang collapsed onstage yesterday, January 19, during a performance of Kiss Me, Kate.

Yale will pay tribute to alumnus composer and lyricist Cole Porter (B.A. 1913) on the centennial of his graduation from the University by presenting his popular musical 'Kiss Me, Kate' in a concert version with an all-Yale cast and crew. Porter's riff on Shakespeare's 'Taming of the Shrew' will have two performances today, Jan. 19, at University Theater, 222 York St., at 2 and 8 p.m.

Yale will pay tribute to alumnus composer and lyricist Cole Porter (B.A. 1913) on the centennial of his graduation from the University by presenting his popular musical 'Kiss Me, Kate' in a concert version with an all-Yale cast and crew. Porter's riff on Shakespeare's 'Taming of the Shrew' will have two performances on Saturday, Jan. 19, at University Theater, 222 York St., at 2 and 8 p.m. For ticket information, see below.

ELISABETH, das erfolgreichste deutschsprachige Musical aller Zeiten, das am 3. September 1992 seine Welturaufführung im Theater an der Wien feierte, kehrt zwanzig Jahre danach nach Wien zurück und erlebte am 5. September 2012 im RAIMUND THEATER seine Jubiläumspremiere.