STAGE TUBE: Watch Highlights from CTG's WHAT THE BUTLER SAWNovember 25, 2014Award-winning British playwright Joe Orton's riotous farce 'What the Butler Saw' opened last weekend on November 23 at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum. 'What the Butler Saw' continues through December 21. Click below to watch a fun montage of scenes from the show!
STAGE TUBE: Sherri Shepherd Gets Dirty in THE LUKE AND JEFF SHOW's 'A Very Sherri Thanksgiving'November 25, 2014THE LUKE AND JEFF SHOW is a new, original web series featuring the zany and foolish exploits of Broadway performers Luke Hawkins and Jeff Pew as they gallivant frivolously through New York City. Below, check out the latest episode featuring Broadway's CINDERELLA and talk show star Sherri Shepherd stripping down some sexy turkeys in 'A Very Sherry Thanksgiving'!
STAGE TUBE: David Byrne and Jaygee Macapugay Talk HERE LIES LOVENovember 21, 2014USA Today just posted an interview with Here Lies Love creator David Byrne and the show's star, Jaygee Macapugay. The pair talks about the interactive nature of the musical, Byrne's transition to writing 'popier' songs and more. Watch below!
STAGE TUBE: JERSEY BOYS Cast and More Perform at ROCK LIKE A MAN Benefit for BC/EFANovember 18, 2014The Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids benefit concert 'Rock Like a Man' was recently held in Sacramento, CA, at the Sacramento Theatre Company's cabaret space. The concert featured artists from the touring company of Jersey Boys, plus special guest Stephan Stubbins from Transcendence Theatre Company in Sonoma. Click below to watch some of the performances!
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - BIRDS WITH SKYMIRRORS Plays Tonight at BAMNovember 19, 2014Samoan director and choreographer Lemi Ponifasio and his New Zealand-based company MAU make their BAM debut with the US premiere of Birds With Skymirrors, a haunting reflection on our relationship with the world in a time of climate change. Featuring concept, set design, choreography, and direction by Lemi Ponifasio and lighting design by Helen Todd, the show runs tonight, November 19, through November 22, 2014 at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave). Click below for a sneak peek at the piece!
STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS, Coming to PBS This FridayNovember 17, 2014Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, the second longest-running Broadway musical (only surpassed by Lloyd Webber's own 'The Phantom of the Opera'), and fourth longest-running West End musical, returns in high definition and digital sound to Great Performances where it had its 1998 world television premiere. Get a sneak peek at the musical below!
STAGE TUBE: Former BWW Contributor Sings 'Vive La Cafe Edison' LES MIS ParodyNovember 14, 2014Last Thursday, November 6th, it was announced that Cafe Edison in Times Square has been denied a new lease by The Hotel Edison management. The diner, which has served as a hub for the Broadway community for more than 30 years, is expected to close at the end of the year. The story has sparked an outpouring of support, including a song from former BWW contributor Melanie Bowditch to the tune of LES MISERABLES' 'Do You Hear the People Sing'. Check it out below!
STAGE TUBE: Christopher Rice on the Making of '#TappyTroops'November 14, 2014?Tim Grady and Shayla Benoit (of ShadyTheatrics.com and TimGradyFilms.com) teamed up with Christopher Rice (The Book of Mormon) to give viewers an inside look on the creation of his new '#TappyTroops' veteran tribute, which was filmed on the Intrepid Museum earlier this month. Check out the behind-the-scenes video below!
STAGE TUBE: Dancers Comment on LGBT 'Public Displays' of AffectionNovember 12, 2014Unique New York Productions and Mike Kirsch put together a dance piece titled 'Public Displays' to draw attention to public displays of affection in the LGBT community and how often LGBT individuals have to censor or question showing affection to the ones they love. Watch below!
STAGE TUBE: THE LUKE AND JEFF SHOW - Face OffNovember 11, 2014THE LUKE AND JEFF SHOW is a new, original web series featuring the zany and foolish exploits of Broadway performers Luke Hawkins and Jeff Pew as they gallivant frivolously through New York City. Below, check out the latest episode - Face Off!
STAGE TUBE: Watch Episode 2 of 'PUPPY TALES' - On the Road with THE GRINCH Tour's Andreas WyderNovember 7, 2014PUPPY TALES is back! Travel along with Andreas Wyder, currently starring as 'Young Max' in the 2014 National Tour of How The Grinch Stole Christmas: The Musical, and get a backstage peek at a Halloween-filled week on the GRINCH tour including all you want to know about Young Max's costume/makeup process in Episode 2 of PUPPY TALES, a backstage video blog. Click below!
STAGE TUBE: New Trailer for THE RAILWAY CHILDREN at King's Cross TheatreNovember 6, 2014Jeremy Swift will play Mr Perks and Caroline Harker will be recreating the role of Mother in the Olivier Award-winning production of Mike Kenny's stage adaptation of E. Nesbit's novel The Railway Children when it returns to London on 16 December 2014 in its new home, the King's Cross Theatre. There will be a press night on 14 January 2015 and the production is currently booking until 1 March 2015. Click below to watch a new trailer for the production!