STAGE TUBE: Raise You Up! Go Behind the Scenes with KINKY BOOTS in LondonAugust 18, 2015The upcoming UK premiere of Kinky Boots, Broadway's huge-hearted, high-heeled hit, will open at London's Adelphi Theatre on 15 September 2015, with previews from 21 August 2015. Click below to go behind the scenes with the cast and creative team as the prepare for their big West End opening!
STAGE TUBE: RENT Alumni Reunite for BROADWAY SINGS FOR PRIDEAugust 17, 2015On Monday, June 22, 2015, over 25 company members (Broadway, National, International, Asian World Tour, Regional) of the multiple Tony-award winning musical RENT helped celebrate LGBT pride with a special tribute to Jonathan Larson's contributions to the theater and LGBT communities. On hand were special guest speakers and original RENT creative team members Marlies Yearby (Tony nominee, original RENT choreographer) and Billy Aronson (original RENT collaborator). Watch the Broadway Sings for Pride performance below!
STAGE TUBE: Stage Stars Improv Supreme Court Ruling on Marriage Equality for World's Largest Scavenger HuntAugust 11, 2015Leeds Hill (Cabaret), Shannon Conley (Hedwig) and Daniel Edwards (Anything Goes) along with Lisa Ortiz (voice actress) and Mike Greco (musician) volunteered to do an improv performance of the Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality, as part of the world's largest scavenger hunt, GISHWHES, hosted by TV star Misha Collins (Supernatural). The two-minute skit, where Hill plays the majority opinion and Conley the dissenting opinion, both in drag for their roles, is below!
STAGE TUBE: Backstage at North Shore's SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER with SCHOOL'D Host Matthew RodinAugust 10, 2015Get out your 'Boogie Shoes' as Bill Hanney's award winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) presents a New England Regional Theatre Premiere that will leave you with 'Night Fever!' SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER The Musical is one high-energy musical featuring all the music from the film, the disco dancing that defined a decade, and those classic '70s fashions that may be better left forgotten! SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER The Musical begins tomorrow, August 11, and the company has been hard at work in rehearsals. BroadwayWorld SCHOOL'D host Matthew Rodin is part of the cast, and you can check out the first two episodes of his rehearsal vlog below!
STAGE TUBE: HAMILTON's Jon Rua Sets WEST SIDE STORY Gym Scene to 'Blurred Lines'August 3, 2015Ah, the togetherness! And the amazing dancing! HAMILTON ensemble member Jon Rua choreographed a reimagined version of the famed gym scene from WEST SIDE STORY, in which the Sharks and the Jets dance together instead of fighting. The whole dance is set to Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams' “Blurred Lines”. Check it out below!
STAGE TUBE: HAMILTON Stars Channel NEWSIES at Lottery ShowJuly 22, 2015HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda and company honored birthday boy Alan Menken with a tribute to Broadway's NEWSIES during tonight's lottery. Click below to watch them sing and dance (NEWSIES-style) to 'The World Will Know'!