TV: Chatting with the Cast of Encores! PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES; Plus Performance Preview!July 9, 2014Pump Boys and Dinettes, the final production of the 2014 Encores! Off-Center series, will star Jordan Dean, Hunter Foster, Mamie Parris, Randy Redd, Katie Thompson and Lorenzo Wolff, with Austin Moorhead on guitar. Pump Boys, running July 16 - 19, will be directed by Lear deBessonet and choreographed by Danny Mefford. Jeanine Tesori is the Encores! Off-Center artistic director; Chris Fenwick is the music director. The company of Pump Boys and Dinettes met the press today, and BroadwayWorld brings you interviews with the cast, plus a sneak peek at two numbers from the show!
TV: Randy Rainbow on the 2014 Tonys Red Carpet - Jefferson Mays, Kelli O'Hara, Norm Lewis, Jonathan Groff, Celia Keenan-Bolger and More!June 9, 2014Last night, BWW's CHEWING THE SCENERY host Randy Rainbow walked the Tony Awards red carpet, gathering interviews with the 2014 nominees and attendees. Click below to watch him chat with Jefferson Mays, Kelli O'Hara, Norm Lewis, Jonathan Groff, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Adam Jacobs and many more!
TV: New York City's Signature Theatre on Winning the 2014 Regional Theatre AwardJune 8, 2014As announced earlier this evening, the 2014 Regional Theatre Award went to New York's Signature Theatre. Each year, the Tony Awards Administration Committee presents a Tony Award to a regional theatre on the recommendation of the American Theatre Critics Association. BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was in the press room to catch up with Signature's winners on what the award means to them - hear what they had to say below!
TV: Willkommen! Exclusive Sneak Peek at Alan Cumming and the Cast of CABARET in Rehearsal for the TonysJune 6, 2014CABARET preparations are well underway for the 2014 Tony Awards ceremony this Sunday! Cues were set, entrances timed, and performances streamlined during rehearsals today, June 5, at Radio City Music Hall, and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to capture interviews with the stars and creative teams. Click below to watch a sneak peek at Alan Cumming and the cast of CABARET in rehearsal for the show's opening number 'Willkommen', plus words from ensemble members Leeds Hill (Bobby) and Dylan Paul (Victor)!
TV: The Marriage Plot! Exclusive Sneak Peek at Bryce Pinkham and the Cast of 'GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE' in Rehearsal for the TonysJune 6, 2014GENTLEMAN's GUIDEPreparations are well underway for the 2014 Tony Awards ceremony this Sunday! Cues were set, entrances timed, and performances streamlined during rehearsals today, June 5, at Radio City Music Hall, and BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to capture interviews with the stars and creative teams. Click below to watch a sneak peek at Tony nominee Bryce Pinkham the cast of the most Tony-nominated show this season -- A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER -- in rehearsal for their 'trio' number 'I've Decided to Marry You', plus a chat with Pinkham after the run-through!
TV: Highlights from Roundabout's JUST JIM DALE!June 2, 2014Roundabout Theatre Company presents Tony Award-winner, two-time Grammy Award winner and two-time Academy Award nominee Jim Dale in his solo show, Just Jim Dale, directed by Tony Award winner Richard Maltby, Jr. Just Jim Dale officially opens tomorrow night, June 3, at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 46th Street). This is a limited engagement through August 10, 2014. Click below to watch highlights from the show!
TV: Norm Lewis, Sierra Boggess and Jeremy Hays Sing from PHANTOM at STARS IN THE ALLEYMay 21, 2014STARS IN THE ALLEY, presented by United Airlines and hosted by Norm Lewis, brought the best of Broadway to Shubert Alley this morning, featuring numbers from nearly 25 shows, which were accompanied by a live 12-piece orchestra. BroadwayWorld was on the scene to capture the alley-shaking performances, including Sierra Boggess and Jeremy Hays performing 'All I Ask of You' and Lewis singing 'Music of the Night'. Below is our first footage of Boggess and Lewis singing songs from the show!
TV: Chatting with the 2014 Drama Desk Play Nominees - Tyne Daly, Chris O'Dowd, Bryan Cranston and More!May 7, 2014Nominations for the 2014 Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced last month at 54 Below, and this morning, the honorees appeared at the 2014 Drama Desk Nominees Reception. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there and caught interviews with some of the actors nominated in the Play categories, including Tyne Daly, Hamish Linklater, J. Smith-Cameron, Chris O'Dowd, Bryan Cranston and more!
TV: Meet the Company of Encores! IRMA LA DOUCE; Plus Performance Preview!April 30, 2014Malcolm Gets will join Jennifer Bowles and Rob McClure in The New York City Center Encores! production of Irma La Douce, running for seven performances, May 7 - 11, 2014, will star Rob McClure and Jennifer Bowles. Irma La Douce will be directed by John Doyle and choreographed by Chase Brock, with music direction by Rob Berman. Jack Viertel is Encores! Artistic Director. The cast just met the press, and you can check out interviews with the company below, plus preview a couple scenes from the show!
TV: Sneak Peek at Sutton Foster and More in VIOLET!April 18, 2014Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Violet, starring Sutton Foster, Colin Donnell,Alexander Gemignani and Joshua Henry, is currently in previews and officially opens this Sunday, April 20, 2014 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd Street). Click below to get a sneak peek at scenes from the show!
TV: Jeremy Jordan Owns 'Let It Go' at MCC Theater's MISCAST 2014April 3, 2014MCC Theater's annual Miscast gala, one of the most exciting and unique theater events in town, was held earlier this week at the Hammerstein Ballroom. At the event, Broadway's hottest stars performed songs from roles in which they would never be cast. SMASH and stage star Jeremy Jordan performed FROZEN's female anthem, 'Let It Go' and knocked it out of the park. Watch the full performance below!
TV: Behind the Scenes of ALADDIN's Vanity Fair Shoot With Casey Nicholaw and More!March 17, 2014Casey Nicholaw, the Tony Award-winning director and choreographer of Disney's ALADDIN, a new musical comedy based on the Academy Award-winning animated film, is featured in the April 2014 issue of Vanity Fair. Renowned photographer Max Abadian shot Nicholaw along with ALADDIN's beautiful ladies Tia Altinay, Daisy Hobbs, Nikki Long, Rhea Patterson, Khori Michelle Petinaud, Ariel Reid, and Marisha Wallace. Check out a behind-the-scenes look at the photo shoot below!