BroadwayWorld brings you the performances of Death Takes a Holiday from Broadway in Bryant Park 2011!
BroadwayWorld brings you the performances from The Lion King at Broadway in Bryant Park 2011!
BroadwayWorld brings you the performances from Jersey Boys in Broadway in Bryant Park 2011!
BroadwayWorld brings you the performances from Rent at Broadway in Bryant Park 2011!
BroadwayWorld brings you the performances from WICKED at Broadway in Bryant Park 2011!
Happy 4th of July! Take a trip down memory lane by visiting Part 1 of our 'Broadway Get's Patriotic' series in honor of our nation's independence. Remember when Benjamin Walker made his debut as a Broadway star belting out 'Populism Yeah Yeah!' from the emo rock musical BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON? How about when the JERSEY BOYS sang 'God Bless America' for Fleet Week this year? And, who could forget Barbra Streisand's performances of 'Before the Parade Passes By' from HELLO, DOLLY?
Broadway Beat brings you an interview with Colman Domingo and Forrest McClendon, Best Featured Actor in a Musical nominees for The Scottsboro Boys. Prior to The Scottsboro Boys, Domingo starred starred as Mister Franklin/Venus of Berlin in Passing Strange, for which received an Obie Award. He reprised his roles in the film version of Passing Strange directed by Spike Lee, which made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009. In 2010, Domingo's self-penned play 'A Boy and His Soul' premiered Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theater, for which he won a GLAAD and a Lucille Lortel Award and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and a Drama League Award. He has also starred as Billy Flynn in Chicago. McClendon, who made his Broadway debut in The Scottsboro Boys, has appeared off-Broadway in Faith Journey. He also appeared as CC White in a 2005 Prince Music Theatre revival of Dreamgirls: The Musical in Philadelphia. His most recent theatrical project is a regional production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris at the Two Rivers Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey.
The City of New York and the United States Navy and Fleet Week Committee celebrated the 24th annual Fleet Week, last week through May 30, 2011. Fleet Week is America's premier tribute and 'thank you' to the men and women who serve in the armed forces. On Friday, May 27, cast members from current Broadway shows PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, ANYTHING GOES, JERSEY BOYS, CHICAGO, MAMMA MIA and ROCK OF AGES performed for the troops. This year's festivities were hosted by Tony winner Gregory Jbara. BroadwayWorld was on hand to film the concert and brings you video highlights below!
JERSEY BOYS Las Vegas, the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, celebrated its third anniversary at The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino on Thursday, May 12. The show will celebrate the anniversary with a one-of-a-kind JERSEY BOYS cake, which was presented on the stage following curtain call of the 7 p.m. performance.. Since its opening night in 2008, JERSEY BOYS has risen to the top of the Las Vegas entertainment lineup and was recently named the 'Best Show' in Las Vegas by the readers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal in the 2011 Best of Las Vegas Awards. View the curtain call below!
Below, we bring you Andrew Rannells, Best Leading Actor in a Musical nominee for The Book of Mormon. Previous Broadway credits include Jersey Boys and Hairspray. This is the first nomination for Rannells. Rannells talks to host Richie Ridge about doing the show after finding out that he's been nominated for a theatre and about the creative process for THE BOOK OF MORMON.
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