Jessica has worked in theater for nearly ten years. She has worked in theatrical production for the producers of STOMP, DAMN YANKEES, NUNSENSE, DINNER WITH FRIENDS and more, and for over 5 years has been involved in the Whoopi Goldberg-produced White Noise, having discovered the production at the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival. She has since helped foster its growth through multiple large-scale workshops and two major commercial productions as an Associate Producer. After dedicating many years to theatrical and live entertainment production work that has taken her all over the world in 2009 she assumed the post of Senior Managing Editor at BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater site on the net, for which she controls operations, routinely interviews Broadway's A-list talent and films/edits a bulk of the sites popular BWW TV content. She is a graduate of Brown University and has worked professionally in production for the Brown University Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance, Rights and Reasons Theatre, the New York Theatre Workshop and more.
May 4, 2011
National Corporate Theatre Fund (NCTF) held its Annual Chairman's Awards Gala and benefit last night (Monday, May 2) at the St. Regis New York hotel, raising more than $320,000 for new American theatre. This year, NCTF Chairman James S Turley, Chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young, honored Oscar and Tony Award-winner Joel Grey (on Broadway this season in Anything Goes and director of Broadway's The Normal Heart), recipient of the Theater Artist Award, presented to Mr. Grey by Anything Goes director/choreographer Kathleen Marshall; Charles Dillingham (Managing Director, Center Theatre Group, Los Angeles), recipient of the Theater Professional Award, presented by Benjamin Moore (Managing Director of Seattle Repertory Theatre) and Richard Thomas (Race on Broadway and The Public's Timon of Athens); and BNY Mellon, recipient of the Corporate Leadership Award, presented by Tony Award-winning stage and film actress Anika Noni Rose. All net proceeds of the event will be distributed as the NCTF/BNY MELLON FUND FOR NEW AMERICAN THEATRE.
May 4, 2011
The box office for the off-Broadway revival of the landmark musical Rent will open Friday, May 6, at 1pm at New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street, Between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. The first 100 people in line at the box office will receive an exclusive Rent gift pack.
May 6, 2011
Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced that The Old Globe will produce the World Premieres of four new plays and musicals in its 2011-12 Winter Season. The season will feature the World Premiere musicals Some Lovers by music legend Burt Bacharach and Tony Award winner Steven Sater and Nobody Loves You by Gaby Alter and Itamar Moses, as well as the West Coast Premiere of John Kander and Fred Ebb's The Scottsboro Boys, recently nominated for 12 Tony Awards including Best Musical, directed and choreographed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman. The two plays receiving World Premiere productions are Somewhere by Globe Playwright-in-Residence Matthew Lopez and The Recommendation by Jonathan Caren. The new season also includes revivals of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show and the Eugene O'Neill classic Anna Christie directed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner David Auburn. Special events include the World Premiere of Odyssey by Todd Almond, a music theater event conceived and directed by Lear deBessonet celebrating the Globe's 75th Anniversary, The Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program production of Twelfth Night and Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, which returns for its 14th consecutive year.
May 4, 2011
According to an announcement on her website, Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara is set to perform at this year's 'A Capitol Fourth' in Washington D.C. The event will air on July 4 on PBS, Additional performers have not yet been announced.
May 4, 2011
Yesterday, May 3, 2011 The Film Society of Lincoln Center hosted its gala presentation of the 38th Annual Chaplin Award at Alice Tully Hall in New York City. Sidney Poitier was the evening's recipient of the honor. BroadwayWorld brings you red carpet below.
May 4, 2011
Yesterday, May 3, 2011 Rob Lowe promoted his new autobiography, 'Stories I Only Tell My Friends' at Barnes and Noble in New York. BroadwayWorld brings you coverage of the appearance below.
May 4, 2011
Yesterday, May 3, Jennifer Lopez celebrated her new album, 'All You Need Is Love?' in Los Angeles. It is her first album under her new record label, and was released on April 19, 2011. Her first single, 'On The Floor' has charted worldwide.
May 3, 2011
Feature film Harvest, written and directed by Marc Meyers and starring Broadway's Victoria Clark will be released in New York City at the Quad Cinema starting on Friday, May 6.
May 3, 2011
Previews for Born Yesterday began March 31, at Broadway's Cort Theatre. Directed by Doug Hughes, this revival of Garson Kanin's award-winning comedy about sex and politics opened Easter Sunday, April 24. BroadwayWorld was there to speak with the stars on their big night and takes you inside the party press room below!
May 2, 2011
The John F. Kennedy Center's revival production of Follies includes principal casting includes Bernadette Peters as Sally Durant Plummer, Jan Maxwell as Phyllis Rogers Stone, Danny Burstein as Buddy Plummer, Ron Raines as Benjamin Stone, and Elaine Paige as Carlotta Campion. The production will also star Terrence Currier as Theodore Whitman, Christian Delcroix as Young Buddy, Rosalind Elias as Heidi Schiller, Colleen Fitzpatrick as Dee Dee West, Lora Lee Gayer as Young Sally, Michael Hayes as Roscoe, Florence Lacey as Sandra Crane, Linda Lavin as Hattie Walker, Régine as Solange LaFitte, David Sabin as Dimitri Weismann, Kirsten Scott as Young Phyllis, Frederick Strother as Max Deems, Nick Verina as Young Ben, Susan Watson as Emily Whitman and Terri White as Stella Deems. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you the first promo shot of featured cast members.
April 29, 2011
You asked...and she answered! Yesterday, April 28, Wonderland's Mad Hatter Kate Shindle candidly answered fan questions about all things Wonderland, Broadway and more! Click below for the scoop from her dressing room backstage.
April 29, 2011
Last night, April 18, the company of LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE celebrated the newest cast members Minka Kelly and Susan Sullivan. Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's Off Broadway hit Love, Loss, and What I Wore, is now in its second smash year at the Westside Theatre and also features Conchata Ferrell ('Two and a Half Men'), AnnaLynne McCord ('90210'), Anne Meara ('Sex and the City') and B. Smith (lifestyle expert and restaurateur).
April 28, 2011
On Monday, April 25, the cast of White Noise were the featured performers at the famed 'Musical Monday's' concert series presented at Sidetracks in Chicago. Click below to check out 'Blood Brothas' Rodney Hicks and Wallace Smith in performance!
April 28, 2011
In celebration of the Royal Wedding, and all things British, English chocolatier Charbonnel et Walker has teamed up with another British export, Billy Elliott the musical to create a delicious and unique dessert; Billy Elliott's Butterscotch Bread & Butter Pudding, to be sold exclusively and for a limited time at the Charbonnel et Walker Chocolate Café, Saks Fifth Avenue, New York. BroadwayWorld brings you photo coverage below!
April 28, 2011
This morning, the legendary Aretha Franklin appeared on The View to promote her new album, A Woman Falling Out of Love, discuss her dramatic weight loss as a result of surgery and the new biopic of her life, now in the works, among other topics. While reporting on the status of the film based on her life, the songbird revealed that in addition to picks such as Fantasia and Jennifer Hudson, SISTER ACT's Patina Miller is now being considered to channel her.
April 28, 2011
The new Broadway musical Baby It's You! tells the inspiring story of Florence Greenberg, the woman who changed the recording world forever when she discovered The Shirelles and created Scepter Records, becoming the music industry's first female powerhouse. Starring Tony Award winner Beth Leavel as Greenberg, conceived by Floyd Mutrux, directed by Floyd Mutruxand Sheldon Epps, and written by Tony nominated book writers Mutrux and Colin Escott, the team behind Broadway's Million Dollar Quartet, Baby It's You! began performances at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) Saturday, March 26, 2011, and opened last night, April 27, 2011, at 6:30pm. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the curtain call and brings you photo coverage below!
April 28, 2011
Roundabout Theatre Company is presenting the new Broadway musical THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE, starring two time Tony® Award-winner Donna Murphy, directed by Leonard Foglia. THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE features book & lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart and music by Mike Stoller and Artie Butler. Click below for a performance preview!
April 27, 2011
On Monday, Norbert Leo Butz and Kathleen Chalfant announced the nominations for The 77th Annual Drama League Awards in the categories of Distinguished Production of Play, Distinguished Production of a Musical, Distinguished Revival of a Play, Distinguished Revival of a Musical and the Distinguished Performance Award. Both actors are previous winners of The Drama League's Distinguished Performance Award.
April 27, 2011
Yesterday, April 26, the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala took place at the Time Warner Center in New York City. Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Elton John and Neil Patrick Harris were among the honorees on this year's list.
April 27, 2011
The Stella Adler Studio of Acting will hold the Sixth Annual Stella by Starlight Benefit Gala on May 2nd at the home of songwriter and philanthropist, Denise Rich. This year's honorees include Annette Bening, Liza Minnelli, Muriel 'Mickie' Siebert and Donald Katz.
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