BWW Reviews: Everything's Coming Up Roses at GYPSY
by Jeff Davis
- Mar 5, 2015
Ask any musical theater junkie what's the best musical of all time, and any worth their spit will answer with one word: Gypsy. The iconic show is highly regarded to this day with good reason. The score's infectious, the sets and costumes eye-catching, and the characters, particularly that of Mama Rose, are on par with those found in plays by Arthur Miller or Tennessee Williams. Gypsy isn't just musical theater. It's a great American Drama, and all that the show can and should be comes to vivid life in The Playhouse's current production.
Broadway's ON THE TOWN Releases Two-Disc Cast Album Today
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 3, 2015
The new Broadway revival of On The Town was recorded in November 2014 for a two-disc cast album to be released by PS Classics. On The Town, which features a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Leonard Bernstein, and is based on an idea by Jerome Robbins, is currently running at Broadway's Lyric Theatre (213 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036). The album is out today, March 3, at www.PSClassics.com.
STAGE TUBE: Broadway Flashback- Watch 18-Year-Old Laura Benanti Sing 'The Sound of Music' on Broadway!
by Sally Henry Fuller
- Mar 1, 2015
Before appearing in THE SOUND OF MUSIC LIVE! on NBC in 2013, Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti made her Broadway debut in the same show in 1998. But that time, an 18-year-old Benanti was the understudy to Maria rather than Elsa Schrader. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a throwback clip of the young Broadway star beautifully performing the title song, 'The Sound of Music.'
THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES' Marilyn Horne, Patti LuPone and James Conlon Set for Livestream Chat Tonight
by Nicole Rosky
- Feb 27, 2015
Two iconic artists -- operatic superstar Marilyn Horne and Broadway legend Patti LuPone -- will join together for a conversation about the unlikely role they share in common: Samira in John Corigliano's 'grand opera buffa' The Ghosts of Versailles. The conversation, to be livestreamed at LAOpera.org beginning at 5:30pm tonight, February 27, will be hosted by James Conlon, LA Opera's Richard Seaver Music Director, who has worked extensively with both artists.
THE LION KING Choreographer Garth Fagan to Receive WSU Apple Award Next Month
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 26, 2015
Garth Fagan, Tony Award winner for "Best Choreography" in The Lion King, founder and artistic director of Garth Fagan Dance, is receiving the Apple Award from Wayne State University's Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance. "A Conversation with Apple Award Recipient Garth Fagan" will be hosted at the Berman Center for the Performing Arts on March 28 at 7:00 p.m. Mr. Fagan will appear in an "actors studio" style interview and question-and-answer session.
THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES' Marilyn Horne, Patti LuPone and James Conlon Set for Livestream Chat Today
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 27, 2015
Two iconic artists -- operatic superstar Marilyn Horne and Broadway legend Patti LuPone -- will join together for a conversation about the unlikely role they share in common: Samira in John Corigliano's 'grand opera buffa' The Ghosts of Versailles. The conversation, to be livestreamed at LAOpera.org beginning at 5:30pm tonight, February 27, will be hosted by James Conlon, LA Opera's Richard Seaver Music Director, who has worked extensively with both artists.
THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES' Marilyn Horne, Patti LuPone and James Conlon Set for Livestream Chat This Friday
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 25, 2015
Two iconic artists -- operatic superstar Marilyn Horne and Broadway legend Patti LuPone -- will join together for a conversation about the unlikely role they share in common: Samira in John Corigliano's 'grand opera buffa' The Ghosts of Versailles. The conversation, to be livestreamed at LAOpera.org beginning at 5:30pm on Friday, February 27, will be hosted by James Conlon, LA Opera's Richard Seaver Music Director, who has worked extensively with both artists.
Judith Light Leads WONDERFUL - A NEW PLAY Reading Today
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 26, 2015
Rob Hinderliter and Dominick LaRuffa, Jr. of R&D Theatricals (All the Way, On The Town, An American In Paris) are presenting an invitation-only reading of WONDERFUL -- A NEW PLAY today, February 26. Directed by Andy Sandberg (Application Pending, The Last Smoker in America), WONDERFUL is written by playwrights Craig Ricks and John Olson.
Jennifer Ashley Tepper Will Discuss UNTOLD STORIES OF BROADWAY at Library for the Performing Arts
by Nicole Rosky
- Feb 25, 2015
Dress Circle Publishing (Brisa Trinchero and Roberta Pereira, founders) just announced that The Untold
Stories of Broadway author and musical theater historian, Jennifer Ashley Tepper, will be discussing her best-selling book series, The Untold Stories of Broadway, at a free event at the New York City Public Library for the Performing Arts on Monday March 2nd at 6pm.
Showtime Announces 2015 Spring Programming
by Caryn Robbins
- Feb 25, 2015
Today, Showtime announced its 2015 Spring Programming, which includes the seventh and final season of NURSE JACKIE, the new series HAPPY and the return of PENNY DREADFUL.
DISTORTED DIZNEE to Celebrate 3rd Anniversary Next Month
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 23, 2015
The Laurie Beechman Theater continues its reign as The Happiest Place on Earth as Dallas DuBois presents DISTORTED DIZNEE. This cult hit featuring drag stars Holly Dae, Bootsie LeFaris, Pixie Aventura and Brenda Dharling celebrates its 3-year anniversary on March 20, 2015.
Ana Gasteyer to Join Seth Rudetsky for Broadway @ NOCCA in March
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 23, 2015
Ana Gasteyer is best known for her incomparable work on "Saturday Night Live." During her six year stint, she created some of the most famous SNL characters including middle school music teacher Bobbie Moughan-Culp, NPR radio host Margaret Jo, Lilith Fair poetess Cinder Calhoun, as well as spot-on impressions of Martha Stewart, Celine Dion and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Tickets to Ars Nova's Bridget Everett 'Blow-Out' Concert Now on Sale
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 23, 2015
Ars Nova announces tickets are now on sale for Bridget Everett Gets F*cked by Ars Nova, a one-night-only blow-out concert celebrating everyone's favorite badass b*tch, alt-cabaret priestess and Ars Nova All Star, Bridget Everett. The benefit concert, directed by Scott Wittman (Hairspray, Rock Bottom), features tributes, roasts and send-up performances from Ars Nova's emerging artists, Bridget herself and every celebrity she's ever met* (*EVERY celebrity may be a slight exaggeration). Full lineup to be announced in the coming weeks.
Tony Winner Sutton Foster Joins Broadway Series in Fort Lauderdale
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 23, 2015
Sutton Foster won the Tony Award for her leading roles in 'Anything Goes' and 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' and starred in the ABC Family TV series 'Bunheads.' Most recently she starred on Broadway in a acclaimed revival of the musical 'Violet' for New York's Roundabout Theatre and will return to TV as the star of the new series 'Younger' by 'Sex and the City' creator Darren Star, premiering on March 31st on TV Land.
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