Segerstrom Center for the Arts Unveils Hits-Heavy 2012-13 B'way Season
by Michael L. Quintos - Mar 8, 2012
Last week, Segerstrom Center for the Arts (formerly the Orange County Performing Arts Center) announced its brand new Broadway Series for the 2012 - 2013 Season. For it's BROADWAY SERIES, the Center will host touring companies of MEMPHIS, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, WAR HORSE, BILLY ELLIOT, FLASHDANCE and SISTER ACT, plus 'Curtain Call Series' shows WICKED, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, and ANYTHING GOES.
Photo Flash: Broadway Bears 2012 Preview!
by Harmony Wheeler - Mar 7, 2012
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presents the 15th and grand finale edition of The Broadway Bears, the annual Broadway auction of teddy bears dressed in museum-quality outfits based on original costumes and created by well-known designers.
STAGE TUBE: WAR HORSE Makes Appearance at Kennedy Center Season Announcement
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 6, 2012
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced its 2012-2013 theater season. Reaching hundreds of thousands of audience members annually, the theater season features a new Kennedy Center produced production of Ferenc Molnár's The Guardsman; touring productions of The Book of Mormon, War Horse, Anything Goes, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Jekyll & Hyde, and Million Dollar Quartet; and five top-notch Theater Productions from Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden as part of Nordic Cool 2013.
Check out a surprise appearance from War Horse below!
Chita Rivera Leads THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD for Roundabout in 2012-2013; PICNIC & New Premiere Announced!
by Jessica Lewis - Mar 1, 2012
Roundabout Theatre Company has announced three productions as part of the 2012-2013 theatrical season. In the fall of 2012, Roundabout will present The Mystery of Edwin Drood, starring Chita Rivera, featuring book, music and lyrics by Rupert Holmes, musical direction by Paul Gemignani and direction by Scott Ellis. Winter 2013 will bring Picnic by William Inge, directed by Sam Gold. The third production announced is The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin by Steven Levenson, directed by Scott Ellis.
SOUND OFF: Academy Awards 2012
by Pat Cerasaro - Feb 27, 2012
Billy Crystal was nine for nine with his stupendous hosting - particularly thanks to his superlative musical material courtesy of Tony-winning tunesmith Marc Shaiman - yet, the 2012 Oscars were all about the awards, for once, with a heavy helping of superstars and surprises. A glamorous and generally genial broadcast, more than many in recent years this years, last night's top entertainment honors came across as a class act on the elegantly produced and impressively rendered broadcast, from beginning to end - unscripted screenwriters' Angelina impressions aside. Crytal's hilarious opening montage allowed the Oscar host extraordinaire the opportunity to enact his oh-so-idiosyncratic take on the year's top nominated films - including a kiss with George Clooney ala THE DESCENDANTS and a Justin Bieber/Sammy Davis, Jr. skit inspired by Woody Allen's MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, both of which went on to win the Best Screenplay categories - and remind us why he is tops. The portrait of the winner of Best Picture may have been painted long before last night for THE ARTIST, yet the 2012 Academy Awards show was packed with a plethora of surprises in technical and even some major categories, with Martin Scorsese's HUGO also scoring big and Meryl Streep winning her third statuette, this time for her Best Actress turn in THE IRON LADY, uncanny in her portrayal of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Additionally, THE ARTIST's Jean Judarjin took home Best Actor - over Hollywood titan George Clooney, no less - for his superb performance as a Gene Kelly-esque silent film star (save a few words at the very meta finale). The supporting categories showed some love to expected winners Octavia Spencer - for the audience hit, THE HELP - as well as veteran actor Christopher Plummer - for the indie release, BEGINNERS. Cirque Du Soleil afforded us some spectacle in the form of a 3D aerial classic film homage as only they could create and present, but Crystal's inimitable opening sequence - film sequence and crisply amusing song acting as the ideal entree into the awards season's show of shows - were the night's undeniable highlights. So, too, on the performance front did the In Memoriam sequence shine thanks to a soulful rendering of "What A Wonderful World" by Esperanza Spalding. Many of the major categories may have went the way we have all predicted, yet important categories also went to a surprisingly large smattering of the year's other fine filmatic achievements, as well, making it an entertaining and overall quite pleasing broadcast when considering the conservative slate of films nominated this season.
Robert Creighton, Lindsay Mendez and Betsy Wolfe Complete Broadway Belts for Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Cast
by BWW
News Desk - Feb 27, 2012
Broadway's Robert Creighton (Anything Goes), Lindsay Mendez (Godspell) and Betsy Wolfe (Encores! Merrily We Roll Along), join Tony nominee Adam Pascal (Memphis), Heidi Blickenstaff (Now. Here. This., [title of show]), Julia Murney (Queen of the Mist/Wicked), Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame legend Darlene Love, and Seth Rudetsky for the Second Annual Broadway Belts for Pulminary Fibrosis Foundation! Benefit on February 27, 2012 at 7:00pm at Birdland Jazz Club (315 West 44th Street).
THE SOUND OF MUSIC Closes at 3-D Theatrical
by BWW News Desk - Feb 26, 2012
3-D Theatricals is thrilled to present its first show of its 2012 season with one of the greatest family musicals of all time, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, musical direction by Julie Lamoureux, choreography by 3-D Theatricals Associate Artistic Director Kami Seymour and directed by 3-D Theatricals Artistic Director T.J. Dawson. THE SOUND OF MUSIC will perform through Sunday, February 26 at the historic Plummer Auditorium, 201 E. Chapman Ave. in Fullerton.
ANYTHING GOES to Perform on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Tomorrow
by Kelsey Denette - Feb 22, 2012
Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes will perform on NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" between 12:35AM-1:35AM tomorrow night. Tune in to see Sutton Foster and company members from Anything Goes perform the tap dancing finale of Act 1!
Roundabout's 2012 Gala to Honor Rob Marshall, 3/12
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 21, 2012
Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) will present its annual 2012 Spring Gala honoring Academy Award, Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Rob Marshall.
Robert Creighton, Lindsay Mendez and Betsy Wolfe Complete Broadway Belts for Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Cast
by Kelsey Denette - Feb 17, 2012
Broadway's Robert Creighton (Anything Goes), Lindsay Mendez (Godspell) and Betsy Wolfe (Encores! Merrily We Roll Along), join Tony nominee Adam Pascal (Memphis), Heidi Blickenstaff (Now. Here. This., [title of show]), Julia Murney (Queen of the Mist/Wicked), Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame legend Darlene Love, and Seth Rudetsky for the Second Annual Broadway Belts for Pulminary Fibrosis Foundation! Benefit on February 27, 2012 at 7:00pm at Birdland Jazz Club (315 West 44th Street).
STAGE TUBE: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Stephen Oremus Accept BOOK OF MORMON Grammy!
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 13, 2012
The 2012 Grammy Awards were last night, and the nominees for 'Best Musical Theater Album' were THE BOOK OF MORMON, ANYTHING GOES, and HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. This year's winner was THE BOOK OF MORMON, and you can check out the acceptance speech from Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Stephen Oremus below!
'The Book Of Mormon' se alza con el Grammy al Mejor Album de Teatro Musical
by Juan-Jose Gonzalez - Feb 12, 2012
Esta noche se entregan los Premios Grammy de la Música 2012, y el disco del show de Trey Parker, Robert Lopez y Matt Stone 'The Book Of Mormon' se ha llevado el Premio al 'Mejor Álbum de Teatro Musical.' En la misma categoría competían los cast recordings de 'Anything Goes' y 'How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.'