STAGE TUBE: Laura Benanti Leads Surprise Radio City Tour in New Episode of WORKIN' ITApril 3, 2015Laura Benanti is joining a Radio City Stage Door Tour as a surprise celebrity tour guide. However, the tourists aren't quite as excited as Laura, and she leads them on a meandering, improvised and mostly erroneous tour of the Great Hall. Spoiler alert: they make it out... eventually. Below, watch as Benanti takes on the city in her latest episode of 'Workin' It'!
STAGE TUBE: Watch Highlights from 'BROWNSVILLE SONG' at Long Wharf TheatreApril 2, 2015Long Wharf Theatre presents brownsville song (b-side for tray) by Kimber Lee, directed by Associate Artistic Director Eric Ting. The production runs now through April 19, 2015 on the Claire Tow Stage in the C. Newton Schenck III Theatre. Press night was April 1. Click below to watch highlights from the production!
STAGE TUBE: Broadway-Bound George Takei to Star in YouTube Reality Series Premiering 4/7April 2, 2015In this "reality"-series, actor and activist George Takei (Star Trek's Sulu) and husband Brad Takei navigate their daily lives, from the internet and Broadway to jetpacks and human hamster balls. With a recipe that is one part optimism and one part pragmatism, this dynamic duo overcomes life's obstacles, reminding us that any great enterprise Takeis Two.
STAGE TUBE: Young Love Grows in New Trailer for BEAUTIFUL THING UK TourApril 2, 2015Nikolai Foster's celebrated anniversary production of Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing will return to the West End in 2015, playing a limited season at the Arts Theatre where it originally enjoyed sell-out success, from 3 June - 11 July. This London season will be part of an 18 week UK tour, opening in Canterbury last month, then visiting Birmingham, Manchester, Guildford, Nottingham, Northampton, Leicester, Cardiff and Brighton. Click below to watch a trailer for the show!
STAGE TUBE: Timelapse! THE SOUND OF MUSIC Tour Set Goes Up at WimbledonApril 2, 2015One of the greatest musicals of all time, The Sound of Music, returns to the stage in a magnificent new production, which opened at New Wimbledon Theatre on Monday 30 March and will run until Saturday 11 April. Click below to watch a timelapse video of The Sound of Music set being built in Wimbledon!
STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes with Hunter Foster and Bucks County Playhouse's NATIONAL PASTIMEMarch 26, 2015Bucks County Playhouse (BCP) As the bats crack for the start of the baseball season next month, BUCKS COUNTY PLAYHOUSE begins its season with NATIONAL PASTIME, a new musical comedy about baseball and romance, playing April 2 to 19 at Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, PA. Below, go behind the scenes with the cast and creative team in rehearsal in New York City!
STAGE TUBE: Fran Drescher and More Celebrate CINDERELLA's Opening at the AhmansonMarch 26, 2015Two-time Emmy Award- and Golden Globe-nominee Fran Drescher joined the cast of 'Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella' for the Los Angeles engagement of the 2013 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Drescher reprises the role of the wicked stepmother, 'Madame', a role she played in 2014, making her Broadway debut. At the opening night performance, Drescher and the company took time to celebrate the show's LA opening! Click below to watch interviews, footage and opening night festivites!
STAGE TUBE: Joey Contreras Releases New Music Video for "Ohio"March 26, 2015Award winning songwriter Joey Contreras releases new music video for Ohio, his ode to midwestern boys. The single is taken from the iTunes Pop charting album, Young Kind of Love - which features collaborations with The Voice contestant Loren Allred, DCD2 Records recording artist LOLO, and a host of exciting Broadway talent.
STAGE TUBE: DISENCHANTED! Cast Performs Post-Show Pop MedleyMarch 20, 2015The original 'princess posse' of last fall's sold-out, NY premiere limited engagement of DISENCHANTED! just returned off-Broadway to Westside Theatre Upstairs (407 West 43rd Street) for an open-ended run. Below, watch them go 'pitch perfect' after a recent performance with an a cappella medley of some of their favorite pop hits!
STAGE TUBE: Promo for Arena Stage's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKEMarch 19, 2015Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents the Washington, D.C. premiere of Christopher Durang's Tony Award-winning comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike runs April 3-May 3, 2015 in the Fichandler Stage. Click below to watch a fun promo for the show!
STAGE TUBE: Goin' Vlogging with SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS Tour - Episode 7March 19, 2015We're goin' courting! Take a look backstage with Carver Duncan (Caleb) and Corinne Munsch (Sarah) of the National Tour of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers!' In Episode 7 of Goin' Vlogging, 'Crew Load-In & More!,' Carver and Corinne give you an exclusive look of what it takes to load the show in, shot by the fantastic crew! They also answer another Twitter question and give you an interview of our favorite child actress, Hannah Pontipee! (Make sure you watch all the way to the end!)