STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes of Huntington's GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNERSeptember 9, 2014Huntington Theatre Company welcomes Julia Duffy, Tony Award winner Adriane Lenox, and Boston favorite Will Lyman alongside Malcolm-Jamal Warner in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, the opening production of the 2014 Best of Boston's 33rd season. Adapted for the stage from the William Rose's Academy Award-winning screenplay by Todd Kreidler (Holler If Ya Hear Me on Broadway, August Wilson's longtime dramaturg) and directed by David Esbjornson (All My Sons at the Huntington and Driving Miss Daisy on Broadway), this funny and poignant stage adaptation of the award-winning 1967 film opens tomorrow, September 10. Click below to go behind the scenes with the cast and creative team, plus watch an invite from Warner to see the show!
STAGE TUBE: Barbra Steisand Talks PARTNERS Album and More!September 8, 2014PARTNERS is Barbra Streisand's new album, featuring 12 inimitable new Streisand duets with the world's greatest male vocalists. This is the legendary artist's first duets album in more than a decade, and debuts new studio recordings of Streisand classics and others songs. In the interview below, Streisand shares memories from the stage and screen and talks about the release of her new album. Click to watch!
STAGE TUBE: Stephen Schwartz Talks 'UPRISING OF LOVE' BenefitSeptember 8, 2014Click below to watch a special moment from 'In Focus' with Eden Lane's one-on-one with composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz during the PIPPIN National Tour launch in Denver. Schwartz discusses a special one-night-only event he is executive producing. 'Uprising of Love: A Benefit Concert for Global Equality' will be hosted by Jane Lynch and features Sting, Patti LuPone, Celina Jaitly, Greg Louganis, Billy Porter, Chely Wright, and the casts of WICKED, ONCE, I AM HARVEY MILK, and more!
STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes of Broadway's SIDE SHOW Photo Shoot!September 8, 2014The upcoming Broadway reimagining of SIDE SHOW revealed the production's key artwork last month, featuring leading ladies Erin Davie and Emily Padgett. Directed by Academy Award-winner Bill Condon (Chicago, Dreamgirls, Twilight Breaking Dawn Parts 1 & 2), who will be making his theatrical directorial debut with the production, Side Show opens on Broadway this fall. Go behind the scenes at the photo shoot below!
STAGE TUBE: Clips - 50th Anniversary Edition of Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA Out on DVD TodaySeptember 9, 2014Samuel Goldwyn Films has entered an agreement with Shout! Factory to release the classic Lesley Ann Warren version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella on home video. Cinderella comes to life in this 50th Anniversary Edition of the most beloved fairy tale of all time, available on DVD from Shout! Factory today, September 9, 2014. Click below to watch the Prince duet with Cinderella in '10 Minutes Ago', plus 'Impossible' and more!
STAGE TUBE: Taylor Louderman, Jason Gotay, Nic Rouleau and More Sing in 'sMASHed UP' at 54 Below!September 5, 2014A cast of Broadway's brightest young talent, led by musical director Benjamin Rauhala, came together for an evening of wild mash-ups in 'sMASHed UP' on September 1st at 54 Below. Below, watch more than a dozen videos from the concert, featuring Taylor Louderman, Jason Gotay, Nic Rouleau, and more!
STAGE TUBE: Cast of 'REVOLUTION IN THE ELBOW' Gets Doused for ALS!September 4, 2014The company of 'REVOLUTION IN THE ELBOW' was challenged by the company of 50 SHADES! THE MUSICAL to take on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. They completed the feat after the August 28th show, in front of an enthusiastic audience, in turn challenging their Icelandic artistic directors, Josh Sassanella and the entire company of ROCK OF AGES on Broadway. AND Robert Redford. You'll have to see Revolution to understand why... Watch them get wet below!
STAGE TUBE: MIGHTY REAL: A FABULOUS SYLVESTER MUSICAL Begins Off-Broadway TonightSeptember 5, 2014The highly anticipated Off-Broadway premiere of MIGHTY REAL: A FABULOUS SYLVESTER MUSICAL - the brand new musical that celebrates the life of the original 1970s disco queen SYLVESTER, with songs like '(You Make Me Feel) Mighty Real', 'Can't Stop Dancing' and 'You Are My Friend' begins at Theatre at St. Clement's tonight, September 5th, 2014 with an opening set for September 14th, 2014. Check out a commercial for the show below! (Voice over by Sheryl Lee Ralph.)
STAGE TUBE: BUYER & CELLAR's Michael Urie Comes Home to DallasSeptember 3, 2014Michael Urie is in Dallas, his hometown, to present his show BUYER & CELLAR tonight, September 3rd! John Garcia's THE COLUMN is set to host a special homecoming/VIP reception following the performance this evening. To prep for Urie's appearance, check out a video interview with the star below!
STAGE TUBE: New Promo for Signature Theatre's THE WAYSIDE MOTOR INN, Opening This WeekSeptember 2, 2014Signature Theatre presents The Wayside Motor Inn by A.R. Gurney, directed by Lila Neugebauer. The production will now play through Sunday, September 28, 2014. The Wayside Motor Inn began performances on August 12 and opens this Thursday, September 4 in The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 West 42nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues). BroadwayWorld has a new trailer for the production below!
STAGE TUBE: Mark Haddon and Simon Stephens Talk Adapting 'CURIOUS INCIDENT' and Moving to Broadway!September 2, 2014Join Mark Haddon and Simon Stephens as they talk about bringing the National Theatre production of THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME to Broadway. In the second, third and fourth segments in a six-part series, Haddon and Stephens continue their discussions about adapting the best-selling book into a stage play and bringing the play from the West End to Broadway. Watch below!
STAGE TUBE: PIPPIN's Broadway Cast Gets Drenched for ALS!August 29, 2014The Broadway cast of PIPPIN accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from Broadway's ONCE - check out their acrobatic submission below! PIPPIN has nominated the company of IT'S ONLY A PLAY, PIPPIN team member Gypsy Snider, and the cast of a show in Montreal.
STAGE TUBE: The Muny's HELLO, DOLLY! Behind-the-Scenes RemixAugust 25, 2014The Muny's seventh and final show of its 96th season, HELLO, DOLLY!, directed by Rob Ruggiero, choreographed by Ralph Perkins, with music direction by James Moore, ran through August 17, 2014. Below, check out a fun behind-the-scenes remix from the company, featuring Beth Leavel, John O'Hurley, Rob McClure, Mamie Parris, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Eloise Kropp and more!