Joseph Alessi News

Name: Joseph Alessi Show: Brief Encounter Character: Albert/Fred

The cast of Brief Encounter will be featured on Sirius XM's On Broadway channel beginning this weekend.

The cast of Brief Encounter will be featured on Sirius XM's On Broadway channel beginning this weekend.

The cast of Brief Encounter will be featured on Sirius XM's On Broadway channel beginning this weekend.

New_York_Philharmonic_20010101 The New York Philharmonic will celebrate the 2010 holiday season with perennial favorites: the annual Holiday Brass concerts; Handel's Messiah, led by Bernard Labadie; and a nationally telecast All-Tchaikovsky New Year's Eve Concert, conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert and featuring pianist Lang Lang as soloist.

The cast of Brief Encounter will be featured on Sirius XM's On Broadway channel beginning this weekend.

Watch a video from the post performance jam session with the cast of Brief Encounter where they cover popular songs of today in a 1930's period style. Suggest a song you'd like the cast to perform and simply enter your selection here.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) in association with David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Cineworld is thrilled to announce a four-week extension of Kneehigh Theatre's critically acclaimed production of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter, now through Sunday, January 2nd, 2011 at Studio 54 (254 W54th St.) on Broadway.

For decades, the great and not-so-great vocal artists of cabarets and nightclubs have put their own personal spins on the songs of the sumptuous Noel Coward catalogue; changing a tempo here, adjusting a rhythm there.  Similarly, adaptor/director Emma Rice makes a marvelous party out of her theatrical riff on Coward's bitter sweet one-act romance, Still Life, by way of the play's 1945 film version, Brief Encounter.  The happy result is a stage play where characters occasionally dissolve into glorious black and white screen images or evolve into musicAl Hall entertainers singing commentary on the tense and understated love story.

They say we've become a society anesthetized from violent images since the days when graphic television news footage from Vietnam helped spark the largest anti-war movement this country had seen up until that time.  But the video clips from Gaza shown in Pulitzer-winning journalist Lawrence Wright's solo piece, The Human Scale, are enough to test any playgoer's stomach.

Each month, Broadway World is shining the spotlight on a stage actor making their Broadway debut as part of our 'Debut of the Month' series. This month, we are showcasing actors Joseph Alessi and Annette McLaughlin, who are making their Broadway debuts in Brief Encounter.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) in association with David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Cineworld opened the Kneehigh Theatre's production of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter, adapted and directed by Emma Rice on September 28, on Broadway. Broadway Beat and BroadwayWorld were on hand to bring you interviews with the cast and creative - plus highlights from the show!

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) in association with David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Cineworld opened the Kneehigh Theatre's production of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter, adapted and directed by Emma Rice last night, September 28, on Broadway. Check out these video highlights from the show!

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) in association with David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Cineworld opened the Kneehigh Theatre's production of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter, adapted and directed by Emma Rice last night, September 28, on Broadway. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the opening night arrivals and brings you photo coverage below!

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) in association with David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Cineworld opened the Kneehigh Theatre's production of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter, adapted and directed by Emma Rice last night, September 28, on Broadway. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the after party and brings you arrival coverage below!

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) in association with David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Cineworld opened the Kneehigh Theatre's production of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter, adapted and directed by Emma Rice last night, September 28, on Broadway. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the curtain call and brings you photo coverage below!

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) in association with David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Cineworld is presenting Kneehigh Theatre's production of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter, adapted and directed by Emma Rice.

Texas Performing Arts presents The University of Texas at Austin Wind Ensemble's first program of the performance season, with special guests Joseph Alessi, trombone, and the Jim Cullum Jazz Band, Sunday, September 16 at Bass Concert Hall. Tickets ($15 / Limited $10 student tickets) are on sale now authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO(2386).

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) in association with David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Cineworld presenting Kneehigh Theatre's production of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter, adapted and directed by Emma Rice. The first production photos have been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a look below!

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) in association with David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Cineworld is pleased to present Kneehigh Theatre's production of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter, adapted and directed by Emma Rice.