STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes with COLOSSAL Playwright Andrew HinderakerAugust 25, 2014Olney Theatre Center will present the National New Play Network (NNPN) Rolling World Premiere of Colossal by playwright Andrew Hinderaker, September 3 - 28, 2014 in the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab. Colossal is a recipient of a 2014 Edgerton Foundation New American Plays award and a winner of The Kennedy Center's Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award. Go behind the scenes with the playwright in the video below!
STAGE TUBE: Marco Antonio Rodriguez Talks Off-Broadway's BARCELO ON THE ROCKSAugust 25, 2014The new off-Broadway play, Barcelo Con Hielo (Barcelo On The Rocks), directed by Jose Zayas, is currently running at NYC's Repertorio Espagñol, performed in Spanish with English and Spanish subtitles. Playwright and actor Marco Antonio Rodriguez recently sat down with Lynda Baquero to talk about the play - watch the interview below!
STAGE TUBE: Starlight Theatre Takes on ALS Ice Bucket ChallengeAugust 21, 2014Less than 24 hours after being challenged by their staff, the executive management of Starlight Theatre accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and went feet first into the Shirley Bush Helzberg Fountain and Garden of the Stars on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 20. Watch them complete the challenge below!
STAGE TUBE: Go Backstage with MOTOWN's Josh Tower, Charl Brown and More!August 21, 2014PIX 11 News anchor Tamsen Fadal recently went 'Backstage on Broadway' at Motown the Musical. Stars Josh Tower, Charl Brown, Bryan Terrell Clark, Raymond Luke Jr., and Nathaniel Cullors were on hand to show her behind the scenes at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, while Music Director Joseph Joubert and Hair Department Supervisor Heather Wright revealed some of the details that take audiences back to the Motor City eight times a week. Click below to go backstage with the cast and creative team!
STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes with Hunter Foster and the Cast of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' at Bucks County PlayhouseAugust 21, 2014Bucks County Playhouse gets into full swing with the Tony Award-winning Best Musical AIN'T MISBEHAVIN', running now through September 7, 2014. Brother and sister team Aisha and Darius de Haas along with cast members, Adrienne Warren, Brandi Chavonne Massey, Max Kumangai, Alicia Lundgren, and Richard Riaz Yoder will have the audience snapping their fingers and tapping their toes to the songs of Fats Waller. Directed by Hunter Foster and choreographed by Lorin Lotarro. Below, get an inside look at the show with the director, choreographer and cast!
STAGE TUBE: Corey Cott and the Cast of NEWSIES Accept Ice Bucket Challenge from PIPPIN!August 20, 2014The national tour company of PIPPIN challenged the Broadway cast of NEWSIES to complete the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and the boys have taken them up on their dare. NEWSIES is now challenging Alan Cumming and the Broadway company of CABARET, the Broadway company of MATILDA, and James Iglehart and the cast of ALADDIN. Watch their submission below!
STAGE TUBE: Highlights from Marriott Theatre's ON THE TOWNAugust 19, 2014From the bustling streets of 'New York, New York' comes the first major Chicago production of the iconic musical comedy, ON THE TOWN, currently in previews and opening August 20, and running through October 12 at The Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, IL. Check out highlights from the show in the video below!
STAGE TUBE: Highlights from BROADWAY GETS GLAAD at Joe's Pub - Scott Alan, Natalie Weiss and More!August 11, 2014Broadway Gets GLAAD: A Benefit Concert was produced by Kayla Greenspan and August Laska. Music Direction by Mark Galinovsky. On Monday, August 4th, eleven emerging and established Broadway performers starred in Broadway Gets GLAAD, a concert to benefit GLAAD, the leading organization in support of a positive LGBT image in the entertainment industry. You can watch all of the performances below!
STAGE TUBE: Broadway Dancers Get 'Tappy' to Pharrell Williams' Hit SingleAugust 5, 2014Christopher Rice, of Broadway's Book of Mormon and last year's 'Cups: A Tap Dance', now brings you this tap dancing rendition of Pharrell William's hit song, 'Happy'. Featuring 11 of the hottest dancers from Broadway and Broadway tours performing in the stunning Brooklyn Lyceum to a toe-tapping, chart-topping hit, Rice has created a never before seen, unique, and thrilling dance video experience. Check it out below!
STAGE TUBE: See James Joyce's DUBLINERS in Quartet at The Greene SpaceAugust 4, 2014The Greene Space celebrated the centennial anniversary of DUBLINERS' publication with a presentation of a newly commissioned audio play written by award-winning playwright Arthur Yorinks and performed by an ensemble of noted actors and singers. Click below to watch the full performance of the play, recorded in The Greene Space on June 29, 2014!
STAGE TUBE: Highlights from Runaway Stage's NUNSENSE A-MENJuly 31, 2014The Runaway Stage Productions 2014 Broadway Stage season includes a West Sacrament Community Center Black Box Theatre production of Nunsense A-Men. The musical plays now through August 16. Check out highlights from the show below!