BroadwayGirlNYC to Co-Host Halloween-Themed 'GHOST LIGHT' at Feinstein's/54 Below
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 5, 2015
Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents GHOST LIGHT: SONGS AND CREEPY STORIES FROM BROADWAY AND BEYOND TO GET YOU IN THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT, starring Daisy Eagan (Tony Award winner, The Secret Garden), Christina Sajous (SpiderMan: Turn Off The Dark, Baby It's You), Doreen Montalvo (On Your Feet!, In The Heights), Brian Losoya (Lindsay Mendez & Ryan Scott Oliver's 'Actor Therapy'), and more.
PIECE OF MY HEART: THE BERT BERNS STORY Aiming for 2016 Broadway Bow; All-Star Producers Join Team
by Tyler Peterson
- Oct 5, 2015
Merged Work Productions (Lead Producers) and Jack Thomas (Executive Producer) announced today that music-world icons and television stars Steven Van Zandt and Paul Shaffer, along with Maureen Van Zandt and Joe Grano (Jersey Boys), have joined the Broadway-bound musical Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story as lead producers. It was also announced that Mr. Van Zandt will serve as the show's musical director. Piece of My Heart will open on Broadway in 2016.
Gloria Estefan's ON YOUR FEET! Begins Previews Tonight on Broadway
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 5, 2015
?On Your Feet!, the new Broadway musical based on the life story of seven-time GRAMMY winning international superstar Gloria Estefan and her husband, nineteen-time GRAMMY winning producer-musician-entrepreneur Emilio Estefan. On Your Feet! opens on Broadway on Thursday, November 5, 2015, following preview performances beginning tonight, October 5, 2015 at the Marquis Theatre.
Kiki Ebsen to Tribute Her Father, Buddy Ebsen, at the Met Room, 10/8
by BWW News Desk
- Oct 1, 2015
Kiki Ebsen, daughter of legendary TV/film/theater star Buddy Ebsen will be appearing live in New York City for one night only on Thursday, October 8th at 9:30 PM at The Metropolitan Room jazz club in a multimedia concert tribute to her dad. The live show, 'TO DAD, WITH LOVE -- A TRIBUTE TO BUDDY EBSEN,' will feature Kiki performing at the piano and singing with her jazz band including noted NYC musicians sax man David Mann, keyboardist Henry Hey and drummer Clint de Ganon.
PBS to Air Fifth Annual Arts Fall Festival, 10/9
by Matt Smith
- Oct 1, 2015
The 2015 PBS Arts Fall Festival returns October 9, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. ET, celebrating its fifth season, with eight new weekly programs. The PBS Arts Fall Festival is an annual cornerstone of PBS' Friday primetime lineup, reaching more than 15 million viewers last season and underscoring PBS' ongoing commitment to give audiences the best of the arts on-air and online. This year, the Festival will be hosted by seven-time Grammy Award-winning international music superstar Gloria Estefan, whose own musical journey with her husband Emilio, is told in the new Broadway musical ON YOUR FEET!, premiering in October at the Marquis Theatre in New York City.
BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL LIVE to Leap onto THIRTEEN's GREAT PERFORMANCES Next Month
by TV News Desk
- Sep 17, 2015
Elton John and Lee Hall's adaptation of the acclaimed 2000 film, written by Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry, won multiple awards on both sides of the Atlantic, including 10 TONY AWARDS BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL LIVE, the long-running hit both on Broadway and in London's West End (where it is still playing), comes to THIRTEEN's GREAT PERFORMANCES Friday, October 23 at 9 p.m. on PBS.
WAKE UP with BWW 9/16/2015 - IN YOUR ARMS, THESE PAPER BULLETS! And More!
by Jessica Khan
- Sep 16, 2015
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: IN YOUR ARMS brings vignettes by a crack team of writers to the stage, THESE PAPER BULLETS! rocks in L.A. and more!
Photo Coverage: Gloria Estefan & ON YOUR FEET! Gang Throw Concert to Benefit Viva Broadway!
by Jennifer Broski
- Sep 15, 2015
Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine: A Benefit Concert for Viva Broadway took place last night, September 14th at the Minskoff Theatre, 200 West 45th Street in Manhattan. They returned to New York City to perform a special concert comprising their greatest hits including: 'Get On Your Feet,' 'Conga,' 'Rhythm is Gonna Get You,' 'Mi Tierra,' and more! They were even joined by the cast of Broadway-Bound ON YOUR FEET! and a special performance by Emily Estefan.
Aretha Franklin and Anthony Kearns to Perform at the Pope's Philadelphia Visit
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 14, 2015
According to Reuters, 'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin and acclaimed Irish tenor Anthony Kearns are slated for Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia later this month. The two singers will appear on Saturday, September 26, at the World Meeting of Families festival, and before the Pope's Mass on Sunday, September 27, 2015.
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