Photo Coverage: Judith Light and Tony Danza Launch KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY 2015!November 4, 2014Tickets for the 2015 KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY are on sale for the public tomorrow, starting at 11:00am E.S.T. KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY, which will take place Friday, January 9th, 2015 to Thursday, January 15th, 2015, is an annual event when kids ages 6 to 18 can see participating Broadway shows for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult. A KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY ticket includes pre-theatre activities, restaurant discounts, parking discounts, educational programs, and more. JUDITH LIGHT a two-time Tony Award winner, will serve as the National Ambassador for the 19th KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY. This year KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY salutes Point Foundation, the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students of merit, an organization where Light remains a longtime board member.
This year's program launched earlier today and BroadwayWorld takes you inside the event with Light, her friend Tony Danza and more!
Photo Coverage: Kate Wetherhead, Barrett Wilbert Weed, Tituss Burgess & More Take Part in BROADWAY UNLOCKED Give Back ConcertNovember 4, 2014Pentatonix's Kirstin Maldonado and other outstanding artists from the worlds of Broadway, television, film and other mediums came together last night, November 3, 2014 for the fourth annual Broadway Unlocked Give Back Concert an interactive, livestreamed benefit concert celebrating the work of the Crime Victims Treatment Center (CVTC) of St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital. Performers included Kirstin Maldonado, Kate Wetherhead,Barrett Wilbert Weed, Tituss Burgess, Keala Settle, Nathan Tysen & Chris Miller, Kait Kerrigan & Brian Lowdermilk, Joey Contreras, Adam Gwon, Jeff Bowen, Georgia Stitt,Hunter Bell and more, with 5J Barrow returning as the Broadway Unlocked House Band. BroadwayWorld was there for the special night and you can check out photos below!
Photo Coverage: Second Stage's LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APART Company Celebrates Opening Night!October 30, 2014Second Stage Theatre's production of Terrence McNally's play, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, directed by Peter DuBois, officially opened last night, October 29, 2014. The production features Michael Chernus(Obie Award winner for In the Wake), Tracee Chimo (Lortel Award winner for Bad Jews, 2ST Uptown's Bachelorette), America Ferrera(Emmy Award winner for 'Ugly Betty') andAustin Lysy (2ST's The Water's Edge). BroadwayWorld was there for opening night and you can check out photos from the special night below!
Photo Coverage: On the Red Carpet for Opening Night of Second Stage's LIPS TOGETHER, TEETH APARTOctober 30, 2014Second Stage Theatre's production of Terrence McNally's play, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, directed by Peter DuBois, officially opened last night, October 29, 2014. The production features Michael Chernus(Obie Award winner for In the Wake), Tracee Chimo (Lortel Award winner for Bad Jews, 2ST Uptown's Bachelorette), America Ferrera(Emmy Award winner for 'Ugly Betty') andAustin Lysy (2ST's The Water's Edge). BroadwayWorld was there for opening night and you can check out photos from the star-studded theatre arrivals below!
Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS at the Public TheaterOctober 29, 2014Last night, October 28, The Public Theater officially opens FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WARS (PARTS 1, 2 & 3).The complete cast features Sterling K. Brown (Hero); Louis Cancelmi (Smith); Peter Jay Fernandez (Oldest Old Man); Jeremie Harris (Homer); Russell G. Jones (Leader, Runaway); Jenny Jules (Penny); Ken Marks (Colonel); Jacob Ming-Trent (Fourth, Odyssey Dog); Tonye Patano (Third Runaway); and Julian Rozzell Jr. (Second Runaway). BroadwayWorld brings you photos from opening night below!
Photo Coverage: Welcome to Vegas! Meet the Cast of Broadway-Bound HONEYMOON IN VEGAS!October 28, 2014Honeymoon in Vegas, the eagerly anticipated new musical with book by Blazing Saddles and Fletch writer Andrew Bergman and score by three-time Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, will begin previews on Tuesday, November 18, 2014 for a Thursday, January 15, 2015 opening night at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street). The cast for Honeymoon in Vegas includes Tony Award nominee Rob McClure, Brynn O'Malley, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Tony Danza, David Josefsberg, Nancy Opel, Matthew Saldivar,Matt Allen, Tracee Beazer, Grady McLeod Bowman, Barry Busby, Leslie Donna Flesner, Gaelen Gilliland, Albert Guerzon, Raymond J. Lee, George Merrick, Jessica Naimy, Zachary Prince, Catherine Ricafort, Jonalyn Saxer, Brendon Stimson, Erica Sweany, Cary Tedder and Katie Webber.
The company met the press earlier today and BroadwayWorld was there for the big event. Check out complete photo coverage below!
Photo Coverage: Abingdon Theatre Company Honors Dick Cavett at WHERE THE STARS ALIGN GalaOctober 22, 2014Abingdon Theatre Company - which has produced more than 83 new American plays in its 22-year history - just celebrated its 2014-2015 Season with ABINGDON: WHERE THE STARS ALIGN, its annual benefit gala and dinner,on October 20 at Espace (635 West 42nd Street in Manhattan). The entertaining evening honored Emmy Award-winning talk show host and actor Dick Cavett, star of Hellman v. McCarthy at Abingdon last season, and philanthropist Dr. Vijay K. Anand, a world-renowned endoscopic sinus surgeon and avid supporter of the arts.
Photo Coverage: FOUND Cast Takes Opening Night Bows at Atlantic Theater Company!October 15, 2014Atlantic Theater Company presents the first production of its 2014-2015 season - the world premiere new musical FOUND, directed by Lee Overtree, featuring a book by Tony Award nominee Hunter Bell ([title of show]) and Lee Overtree and original music and lyrics by Eli Bolin. FOUND officially opened last night, October 14 for a limited, eight-week engagement through Sunday, November 9, 2014 Off Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company at the Linda Gross Theater (336 West 20th Street). BroadwayWorld brings you photos from opening night below!
Photo Coverage: Ars Nova Celebrates Opening Night of JACUZZIOctober 14, 2014Premier development hub and acclaimed new work producer Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Renee Blinkwolt, Managing Director) presents as part of its 2014 season the world premiere of Jacuzzi, a new play by Ars Nova's Company-in-Residence The Debate Society, written byHannah Bos and Paul Thureen and directed by Obie Award-winner Oliver Butler. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from opening night below!
Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of MONEY GRUBBIN' WHORES at Theatre RowOctober 1, 2014The new dark comedy MONEY GRUBBIN' WHORES, written by Sean J. Quinn and directed by Brian Cichocki, makes its world premiere. The play's four-week limited Off-Broadway engagement at The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street) opened last night, September 30, and is scheduled to run through October 19. BroadayWorld brings you photos from insode opening night below!
Photo Coverage: Company of New Group's STICKS AND BONES Meets the PressSeptember 30, 2014David Rabe's Sticks and Bones, the production launching The New Group's 20th Anniversary Season, will feature Richard Chamberlain, Nadia Gan, Holly Hunter, Morocco Omari, Bill Pullman, Ben Schnetzer and Raviv Ullman. Previews begin Tuesday, October 21 in advance of an Official Opening Night on Thursday, November 6. A limited Off-Broadway engagement plays through December 14 at The New Group at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street). The cast just met the press and you can check out photos from inside the special event below!
Photo Coverage: Paige Faure and William Ivey Long Prepare for CINDERELLA TourSeptember 25, 2014Cinderella launches its First National Tour in Providence, RI, at the Providence Performing Arts Center on Friday October 10, 2014, and the cast and creative team is hard at work making final preparations. In the exclusive photos below, BroadwayWorld takes you inside the fitting room with six-time Tony Award winner William Ivey Long and Cinderella herself, Paige Faure. Go behind the scenes of the magical costume fitting below!
Photo Coverage: Aretha Franklin Visits ALADDINSeptember 24, 2014The LEGENDARY Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, was in the house last night at Disney's hit production of ALADDIN on Broadway and after the show posed with the excited cast -- and BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the magic moment (no lamp required!).