Heidi Rodewald News

PASSING STRANGE creators Stew and Heidi Rodewald will premiere a new concert entitled 'Making It,' details their journey from New York night clubs to Broadway. The concert will play its final show on February 22nd.

PASSING STRANGE creators Stew and Heidi Rodewald will premiere a new concert on February 17th at St. Ann's Warehouse. The concert, entitled 'Making It,' details their journey from New York night clubs to Broadway. The concert will run from February 17th through February 22nd.

New York Magazine presents a snapshot of Stew (born Mark Stewart) and Heidi Rodewald's journey from PASSING STRANGE to the upcoming MAKING IT. In the article, Stephen Rodrick highlights their beginnings in Los Angeles in the 1990's. They realized they were a good musical team (with one listener calling their sound 'Randy Newman meets Sesame Street') and become romantically involved as well. In 2000 Entertainment Weekly branded their album, 'Guest Host' as one of the best of the year (although it does not get sold widely).

The Sundance Institute has chosen 8 playwrights to take part in their annual Sundance Institute Playwrights Retreat, Variety is reporting. The retreat began Monday, February 1st, and the residency will last through February 19th. The residency will take place in Ucross, Wyoming.

The 2010 Sundance Institute's Playwrights' Retreat at Ucross begins today and will run through February 19, 2010.

PASSING STRANGE creators Stew and Heidi Rodewald will premiere a new concert on February 17th at St. Ann's Warehouse. The concert, entitled 'Making It,' details their journey from New York night clubs to Broadway. The concert will run from February 17th through February 22nd.

Stephen Sondheim turns 80 on Monday, March 22nd, 2010 and he will celebrate this landmark event with Roundabout Theatre Company at a special performance of Sondheim on Sondheim and star-studded tribute at Roundabout's 2010 Spring Gala: Sondheim 80.

The show universally applauded for its originality, deep emotional resonance, and powerful, high-octane score, makes its broadcast debut on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances on PBS. Passing Strange, the Spike Lee-directed film featuring the award-winning Broadway rock musical of the same title, will air in primetime on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 9 p.m. EST (check local listings).

The show universally applauded for its originality, deep emotional resonance, and powerful, high-octane score, makes its broadcast debut on THIRTEEN'S Great Performances on PBS. Passing Strange, the Spike Lee-directed film featuring the award-winning Broadway rock musical of the same title, will air in primetime on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 9 p.m. EST (check local listings).

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances: F#@KING UP EVERYTHING - Sat, Oct 17 at 11pm SING, BUT DON'T TELL - Sun, Oct 18 at 3pm

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances: F#@KING UP EVERYTHING - Sat, Oct 17 at 11pm SING, BUT DON'T TELL - Sun, Oct 18 at 3pm

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Yasmine Lever present PUNK PRINCESS. Part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's Developmental Series.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival, now in its sixth year, has premiered more than 175 new musicals since 2004. The largest musical theatre event in America, NYMF has been hailed as 'the Sundance of Musical Theatre,' and is widely regarded as the key source for new material and talent discovery.

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances this week: R.R.R.E.D: A Secret Musical - Thursday, Oct. 8 at 11pm Gay Bride of Frankenstein - Saturday, Oct. 10 at 11pm

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Yasmine Lever present PUNK PRINCESS. Part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's Developmental Series.

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances: F#@KING UP EVERYTHING - Sat, Oct 17 at 11pm SING, BUT DON'T TELL - Sun, Oct 18 at 3pm

Even as the world premiere of Green Day's American Idiot takes the Roda Theatre by storm, Berkeley Repertory Theatre celebrates bringing two shows to Broadway that were developed on the same stage.

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances: Encore: Friday, October 2nd at 5pm Fat Camp: Friday, October 2nd at 4pm

It is difficult to imagine a greater fan of the recent Tony Award-winning Passing Strange than Spike Lee. After seeing the show twice in the same weekend during its stint at The Public Theater, Lee's 'nightmare,' he tells Blackbook.com was that 'at some point it was going to close and that it was just all going to all go away.' Hence the inspiration for his new documentary, 'Passing Strange,' which documents the stage show he filmed in July just prior to the show's closing. After winning several awards at Sundance, 'Passing Strange' is now playing at the IFC in New York, on the IFC channel and will soon be broadcast on PBS. Lee sat down this week with original creators Stew and Heidi Rodewald and Blackbook.com to discuss of 'Strange.'

In the glory days of the movie musical, folks joked that MGM stood for 'Makes Great Musicals' and it boasted more stars than in the heavens.