STAGE TUBE: Mack is Back! Promo for Signature Theatre's THE THREEPENNY OPERAApril 16, 2014Virginia's Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre presents The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's cutting and enduring critique of capitalism and corruption. Directed by Signature Theatre's Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner (Tender Napalm, Dreamgirls, Really Really), the production stars Mitchell Jarvis (Broadway's Rock of Ages) as the charismatic Macheath, known to popular culture as Mack the Knife. Click below to watch a foreboding promo for the show!
STAGE TUBE: Trailer for The Baron's Men's ROMEO AND JULIETApril 15, 2014The Baron's Men are proud to contribute to Shakespeare's enduring legacy by bringing the tragic tale of ROMEO AND JULIET to Richard Garriott's Curtain Theater, with the riveting performance and stunning period costumes that have become trademarks of Baron's Men productions. Audiences will be entranced as the story of the Montague/Capulet feud unfolds, and as Romeo and Juliet's passion evolves, and the intensity of their struggle to be together incites a feverous storm impacting friends and family alike, with tragic consequences. Click below to watch a trailer for the show!
STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes - THE FIGARO PLAYS in Rep at the McCarter Theatre CenterApril 11, 2014The McCarter Theatre Center presents two all-new adaptations of Pierre Beaumarchais' comic masterpieces that inspired Rossini and Mozart's operas: The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. Filled with material rarely seen by modern theatregoers (due to being cut by censors for the operas), The Figaro Plays will contain fresh surprises, unexpected laughs, and new insight for 21st century audiences. Click below to go behind the scenes with the cast and creative team!
STAGE TUBE: First TV Spot for Baz Luhrmann's STRICTLY BALLROOM THE MUSICAL in Sydney!April 9, 2014Baz Luhrmann's exciting, action packed STRICTLY BALLROOM THE MUSICAL, presented by Global Creatures, is currently in previews in Australia. STRICTLY BALLROOM THE MUSICAL is the inspiring story of a championship ballroom dancer who defies all the rules to follow his heart. This uplifting and courageous tale will open on Saturday, April 12 at Sydney's Lyric Theatre, Star City. Click below to watch a colorful TV spot, featuring highlights from the show!
STAGE TUBE: SISTER ACT Tour Performs 'Let It Go' Sunday Intermission CoverApril 7, 2014Cast members from the First National Tour of Sister Act the Musical have started a series called 'Sunday Intermission Covers' aka #SIC. During their 15-minute Sunday intermission, the actors race to a dressing room and record a quick cover before the Places call… in costume. Below, check out their first cover 'Let It Go' from FROZEN, featuring Ashley Moniz (Sister Mary Robert), Chris Cooke (Ensemble), and Tad Wilson (Joey)!
STAGE TUBE: Teal Wicks, Alex Brightman and More in 'PAST IS PRESENT' at the Met RoomApril 7, 2014Everything old is new again--and vice versa-at PAST IS PRESENT, up-and-coming lyricist SARAH REBELL's Metropolitan Room debut, which took place on March 24, 2014. Watch the videos below, featuring performances by Teal Wicks (Jekyll & Hyde, Wicked), Autumn Hurlbert (NBC's Sound of Music Live!), Alex Brightman (Big Fish, Wicked), Samantha Massell (Encores! Little Me, Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme) and more!
STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes with Huntington's BECOMING CUBAApril 7, 2014Huntington Theatre Company continues its 2013-2014 Season with playwright-in-residence Melinda Lopez's latest play, the stirring new drama Becoming Cuba. Huntington Associate Producer M. Bevin O'Gara makes her Huntington directorial debut of the Huntington's playwright-in-residence's latest work. Performances of Becoming Cuba began at the South End / Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA on March 28. Due to popular demand, the run has been extended to May 3, 2014. Click below to go behind the scenes with the cast and creative team!
STAGE TUBE: PHANTOM's Norm Lewis Is 'Person of the Week' on ABC World News!April 4, 2014The Phantom of the Opera, now in its 26th year on Broadway, will welcome former 'LITTLE MERMAID' co-stars Norm Lewis and Sierra Boggess to the cast on Monday, May 12, at the Majestic Theater. Lewis is already hard at work preparing for his new role, and ABC World News just featured him as its 'Person of the Week'. Check out the interview below!
STAGE TUBE: Highlights from Marriott Theatre's CATS, Opening Tonight!April 2, 2014The Marriott Theatre will present one of the biggest blockbuster musical hits of our time, Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS. Based on the poems of T.S. Eliot, CATS opens tonight, April 2 and runs through May 25 at 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL. CATS is directed and choreographed by multiple Jeff Award-winner Marc Robin with musical direction by Ryan T. Nelson. Click below to watch highlights from the show!
STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes with Walnut Street Theatre's ARSENIC AND OLD LACEApril 1, 2014Walnut Street Theatre continues its landmark 205th season with Broadway's classic madcap comedy, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE. Directed by Charles Abbott, this 75th Anniversary production runs through April 27th on the Walnut's Mainstage. You'll feel right at home with the Brewsters in the behind-the-scenes tour of the set of 'Arsenic and Old Lace' below!
STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes with END OF THE RAINBOW at the Arvada CenterMarch 31, 2014The Arvada Center is making a bold move with its current main-stage production. The regional premiere of END OF THE RAINBOW follows Judy Garland during a six week run in London six months before her tragic death. While it includes many of Judy's actual arrangements of some of her most loved songs, it isn't a musical. It is a play with music. This week, 'In Focus' host Eden Lane takes viewers behind the scenes for some of the early rehearsals to meet the creative team and the cast. Click below!
STAGE TUBE: Clips from Abingdon's HELLMAN v. MCCARTHY Off-BroadwayMarch 31, 2014HELLMAN v.McCARTHY by Brian Richard Mori continues through April 13 in
Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex's June Havoc Theatre (312 West 36th
Street). Jan Buttram, Artistic Director of Abingdon Theatre Company
directs this world-premiere production, starring Dick Cavett, Roberta
HELLMAN v.McCARTHY by Brian Richard Mori continues through April 13 in Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex's June Havoc Theatre (312 West 36th Street). Jan Buttram, Artistic Director of Abingdon Theatre Company directs this world-premiere production, starring Dick Cavett, Roberta Maxwell and Marcia Rodd. Click below to watch clips from the show!