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BWW TV: Chazz Palminteri Plays A BRONX TALE In Las Vegas!

Chazz Palminteri's A BRONX TALE comes to the Venetian Showroom Las Vegas from October 7 to October 18. (more...)

LazyTown, V-me, Tycoon Ent. Bring LazyTown Live! Family Show To U.S., Tours In Spanish

LazyTown Entertainment, the brand that has created a worldwide sensation with its top-rated TV series motivating kids to be healthy and active, has teamed with V-me - America's 4th-largest Hispanic TV network - along with Tycoon Entertainment Group, and Global Entertainment Group to bring the smash hit live show LazyTown TM Live! to families across the USA. (more...)

Photo Coverage: Our Time 'LISTEN' CD Release Event At Barnes and Noble East Side

On June 23rd, Kelli O'Hara, Michael Cerveris, Mary Testa, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Sherie Rene Scott, Holly Brook and cast members of 'Spring Awakening' joined together to celebrate the release of 'Listen' at an in-store event. The in-store performance and CD signing will took place at 4pm, at the new Barnes and Noble East Side event space, at 86th and Lexington Avenue. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there to celebrate along with the Our Time family! (more...)

Photo Flash: Situation Cares Cocktails Benefit

On June 16th, Situation Interactive hosted a fundraising event in New York City for its charitable extension Situation Cares. (more...)

Blue Man Group Ads Set To Spark Broadway Controversy With Wicked/Shrek

BroadwayWorld has learned that Blue Man Group, which prides itself on being a creative organization dedicated to creating exciting and innovative work in a wide variety of media, is getting ready to launch a brand new advertising campaign which is sure to set off controversy between the Off-Broadway (and worldwide) phenomenon and Broadway. (more...)

Women Who Run the Show: Sarah Benson of Soho Rep

The second in our Women's History Month profiles of female artistic directors. (more...)

MEMPHIS to Open on Broadway Fall 2009

It was announced today that MEMPHIS, a new musical about the birth of rock 'n' roll in the turbulent 50s which recently played a critically acclaimed and sold-out engagement at Seattle?s 5th Avenue Theatre, is aiming to open on Broadway in the fall of 2009. Based on a concept by George W. George (producer of the Tony nominated Bedroom Farce & film: My Dinner With Andre), MEMPHIS features a book & lyrics by Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change), and music & lyrics by Bon Jovi founding member David Bryan, in his Broadway debut. The new musical is directed by Tony nominee Christopher Ashley (Xanadu) and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys). (more...)

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 11/4/2008

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 11/4/2008. (more...)

'13, A New Musical' Rocks on Broadway Starting Today 10/5

13, A New Musical, with music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, officially opens at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre tonday, Sunday, October 5, 2008. (more...)

13, A New Musical, Set For 10/5 Opening On Broadway

13, A New Musical, with music and lyrics by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, will begin previews on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 and officially open at The Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 W. 45th Street) on Sunday, October 5, 2008. (more...)

SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW is the creation of Russian-born Slava Poulin. Inspired by the most famous mime artists of all time, including Charlie Chaplin, Marcel Marceau and Engibaro, Slava has dedicated his life since the age of 17 to re-claiming and re-establishing the art and craft of the true clown. After founding his own theater company "Litsedei" in 1979, Slava has taken clowning out of the circus and into the streets, and from there to the major theaters around the world. Since its debut in1993, the show has traveled to over 25 countries, performing to more than 2.5 million patrons in 80 cities including London, Toronto, Paris, Rome, Lisbon, and Berlin (more...)

CD/DVD 'BLITZ' REVIEWS PART 1: THE SHOWS

It's finally here! The jam-packed end-of-season roundup of CDs from our very own Naomi Plume (so big, it had to be put into two parts)...The good, the bad, the ugly...or to quote from the ad for the upcoming musical A TALE OF A TWO CITIES... "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times." We're so glad that we got to use that line first! So enjoy this very special two-parter - happy reading, happy listening, happy buying (or not) and good luck to everyone at the TONY Awards on Sunday night from all of us at BroadwayWorld.com. (more...)

CELIA: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF CELIA CRUZ, INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW, THE WORLD PREMIERE OF MIAMI LIBRE, THE CENTER'S ORIGINAL PRODUCTION, AND FAMILY FAVORITE GO, DIEGO, GO LIVE! PLUS THE RETURN OF SUMMER SHORTS AND XXIII HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL (more...)

THE ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER ANNOUNCES 2008 SUMMER SEASON CELIA: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF CELIA CRUZ, INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON SLAVA'S SNOWSHOW, THE WORLD PREMIERE OF MIAMI LIBRE, THE CENTER'S ORIGINAL PRODUCTION, AND FAMILY FAVORITE GO, DIEGO, GO LIVE! PLUS THE RETURN OF SUMMER SHORTS AND XXIII HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL (more...)

Playwrights Horizons Appoints Fishman New General Manager

Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) announced today that veteran General Manager Carol Fishman would be joining the acclaimed theater company as the institution's new General Manager. (more...)

BroadwayWorld Strike Coverage: Off-Broadway Remains Open

In-light of the Broadway stage-hand's strike, theatre-goers are reminded that New York's Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and variety shows are still open and operating. (more...)

Chenoweth, Tucci, Etc. Set for Animated Film Space Chimps

One of Tony Award-winner Kristin Chenoweth's upcoming roles will be of an unearthly variety in Space Chimps (more...)

BWW Turns its Spotlight on Vegas: A Chat with Michael Gill

One of the hottest topics today, in the world of theatre business, is the increasing trend of Broadway shows setting up shop in Las Vegas. BroadwayWorld.com now turns it spotlight to the desert...and it seemed like the perfect time to chat with Michael Gill. Widely considered to be the leading expert at this crossroads of Broadway and Vegas, Gill reveals what makes a Broadway show desireable for transfer. He also talks about his current and upcoming productions, such as Hairspray and Phantom. Here is an insider's take on the Vegas theatre business and much more. (more...)

2006 Olivier Awards Nominations Released, Billy Elliot and Guys & Dolls Lead Pack

The nominations have been released for the 2006 Laurence Olivier Awards. The ceremony for this year's awards will take place at the Park Lane Hilton on February, 2006. Leading the pack this year are Billy Elliot with nine nominations, and Guys and Dolls with eight. (more...)

UK Roundup - Patrick Stewart, Wicked, Blue Man Group, High Society

Patrick Stewart revives his one-man Christmas Carol, Billy runs against Poppins for Best Musical, Blue Man Group opens and Wicked plans to fly East? (more...)

UK Roundup - RSC, UB40, Blue Man Group & Bombings

The RSC stage a year long festival, UB40 bring their hits to stage, Blue Man Group announce a London opening and London recovers from bombings (more...)