The cast from Disney's ALADDIN is celebrating the release of the 1992 classic on Blu-ray Disc, with new bonus outtakes from Robin Williams as Genie and more.
Eiko Ishioka, costume designer for SPIDER-MAN, is nominated for a 2013 Academy Award for her costume designs for Mirror, Mirror. Ishioka passed away last year after losing a battle with pancreatic cancer on January 21 in Tokyo. She was 73 years old. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a combination of interviews and a behind the scenes look at her designing the Spider-Man costume.
Our focus is 'Newsies,' the crowd-pleasing musical nominated for 8 Tony Awards. Joining us at our grand piano are the show's composer Alan Menken, and librettist Harvey Fierstein (both also nominated for Tony Awards), who describe the popular show's incubation period, and perform several of the show's best songs, plus a couple of others that didn't make the cut. Menken also shares a tune from the score of the original 1992 movie of 'Newsies,' which won him that year's 'Razzie 'Award for Worst Song.
Today in 1992, the second Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls opened at the Martin Beck Theatre (now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre), where it ran for 1143 performances. Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on 'The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown' and 'Blood Pressure', two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, most notably 'Pick the Winner'. Premiering on Broadway in 1950, the original production ran for 1200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine.
VH1 Rock Docs franchise explores the connection between the violence manifested on the streets during the 1992 riots and the rage expressed in Hip Hop by NWA, Dr. Dre, Ice T, and Ice Cube among others with VH1's 'UPRISING: Hip Hop and the L.A. Riots' premiering Tuesday, May 1 at 9PM ET/PT on VH1.
The cast of Paper Mill Playhouse's premiere of a new Disney stage musical, Newsies met the press yesterday, and BroadwayWorld was there for the event! Revolutionary newsie Jack Kelly will be portrayed by Jeremy Jordan of Broadway's West Side Story and Rock of Ages. Tony® Award nominee John Dossett will play newspaper giant Joseph Pulitzer. The show begins performances on Thursday, September 15. The official press opening is scheduled for Sunday, September 25. Check out our video below!
Gangsters and gamblers, missionary dolls and showgirls are in town and on stage at the Ogunquit Playhouse, now through August 8th. Yes, it's Guys and Dolls - Broadway's perfect musical comedy about gambling men and the women who long to tame them!
Grammy Award-winning super star Celine Dion will appear on the ABC soap-opera 'All My Children' on Wednesday, November 21. Click now to watch this BroadwayWorld TV special advance preview featuring interviews with Susan Lucci and Celine plus clips from her performance!
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