WICKED's Ginna Claire Mason Takes Over BroadwayWorld's Instagram Today
by Alan Henry - July 15, 2017 BroadwayWorld is excited to announce that WICKED on Tour's very own Ginna Claire Mason will be taking over BroadwayWorld on Instagram today to give our readers a behind the scenes look at life on tour and the Broadway blockbuster musical....
Welcome Back, Fantasia! Star to Return to Broadway's AFTER MIDNIGHT, May 13-June 8
by BWW News Desk - March 20, 2014 Fantasia, After Midnight's original Grammy Award-winning 'Special Guest Star,' will reprise her critically acclaimed performance in the smash hit Broadway musical, Tuesday, May 13 through Sunday, June 8, 2014. After Midnight will donate $5 from each ticket sold for the Tuesday, May 13th performance ...
BWW Interviews: JERSEY BOYS' Jason Kappus
by Heidi Scheuermann - January 07, 2013 Coming to the Mahalia Jackson Theater on January 8 is the national tour of the hit show JERSEY BOYS, which allows audiences a close up look at Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons' rise to stardom. The show features hit songs "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," and "Walk Like a Man." I recently spoke wit...
BWW Interviews: JOSH LAMON Lets His 'HAIR' Down
by Michael L. Quintos - February 03, 2011 Josh Lamon is truly living his dream. A self-admitted theater geek, Josh has spent the past few years making a name for himself on the boards, most recently in the Broadway cast of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. Originally from San Diego, Josh can currently be seen as crowd favorite Ma...
WICKED, LES MISERABLES, and A CHRISTMAS STORY Actors Talk Broadway Tours on This Week's THE ENSEMBLIST Podcast
by Sally Henry Fuller - March 08, 2015 ?Mo Brady and Nikka Graff Lanzarone announce the release of The Ensemblist's 44th episode: "Life On Tour."...
FAVOURITE SONGS: 'Solidarity', BILLY ELLIOT
by Tim Wright - May 15, 2017 So why have I picked 'Solidarity' as my favourite song from a musical? I mean, it's hardly the best known - you won't find people on Britain's Got The X Factor singing it or countless YouTube covers of it. It won't even be on Michael Ball's new album and he really must be running out of tunes now. I...
Adia Victoria Shares Poem In Honor of National Black Poetry Day, New LP SILENCES To Be Released 2/22
by Tori Hartshorn - October 17, 2018 Today marks National Black Poetry day and in honor of that Adia Victoria has shared her new poem, 'Liner Notes Blues.' She notes the piece 'flings far the lid of systemic silencing of women and lets the language pour forth in undulating heaps of madness.'...
On The Road with MAMMA MIA's Stephen Ecklemann & Kyra Belle Johnson
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 21, 2016 There's a lot to learn about the two actors - Kyra Belle Johnson, who's cast as Sophie, and Stephen Ecklemann, who takes on the role of her boyfriend Sky - playing the young leads in Mamma Mia!, the ABBA-inspired musical that lands at Nashville's Tennessee Performing Arts Center next Tuesday night f...
BWW Interviews: PIPPIN's Sam Lips
by Jillian Weimer - July 29, 2015 Sam Lips, star of the national tour PIPPIN talks about getting started in the business, life on tour, and how the role has changed his life....
Ben Howard Returns With NOONDAY DREAM Out June 1
by Macon Prickett - April 05, 2018 Noonday Dream, the highly anticipated new album from Ben Howard, is set for release June 1 on Republic Records. “A Boat To An Island On The Wall” is premiering worldwide today. Listen/share the song here:https://benhoward.lnk.to/boatPR. The seven-minute epic is the first piece of new music from Howa...
Adia Victoria Announces New Album Produced by Aaron Dessner
by Tori Hartshorn - October 16, 2018 Adia Victoria is proud to announce the forthcoming release of her second LP. Entitled Silences, the album will be released on February 22 via Canvasback Music. The first single, 'Dope Queen Blues,' was released last month, a day before before Adia and her band played NYC's Forest Hills Stadium as...
People's Light to Present THE ROAD: MY LIFE WITH JOHN DENVER
by BWW News Desk - December 03, 2016 Sing along with the greatest hits of a legendary folk musician in the regional premiere of The Road: My Life with John Denver, an intimate, insider's portrait of life on tour....
BWW Interviews: Betsy Morgan Talks LES MISERABLES, Fantine and Life on Tour
by David Clarke - October 28, 2012 Betsy Morgan is heading to Houston for the first time in the touring production of LES MISERABLES. She tells me she has "pseudo-family" in town, and she is looking forward to seeing those family and friends in addition to everything that Houston has to offer. One of her first big parts was originati...
Dada Life Release OUR NATION Album, Their First Full-Length LP in Six Years, Today
by Tori Hartshorn - May 04, 2018 DADA LIFE--the acclaimed Swedish headlining DJ duo of Olle Cornéer and Stefan Engblom--have released OUR NATION, their first full-length album in six years on a wave of praise (see below). The new 11-trackLP has something to offer fans on the full-dance music spectrum; from hard-edged bangers like t...
And Then There Was One: Talking with Spring Awakening's Blake Bashoff
by Kelly Cameron - April 08, 2009 The national tour of the Broadway smash hit musical Spring Awakening opened March 17th in Toronto to rave reviews. In one of the lead roles is former Broadway cast member Blake Bashoff, who was kind enough to talk with BWW about life on the road, the differences between touring and Broadway and wha...
BWW Guest Blog: The Toronto Symphony on being 'Eclectic in Amsterdam!'
by Toronto Newsdesk - August 26, 2014 Being on tour in the first violin section of the TSO , one might think I would be limited to the notes on a page, but I am also a jazz violinist and bluegrass fiddler and have no musical limits. Today's rare day off for the TSO tour means exploring the city and it's music. I hop in a taxi to meet u...
On The Road with MAMMA MIA's Stephen Ecklemann & Kyra Belle Johnson
by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2016 There's a lot to learn about the two actors - Kyra Belle Johnson, who's cast as Sophie, and Stephen Ecklemann, who takes on the role of her boyfriend Sky - playing the young leads in Mamma Mia!, the ABBA-inspired musical that lands at Nashville's Tennessee Performing Arts Center next Today night for...
InDepth InterView: Tommy Tune Talks Feinstein's Gig, Upcoming Projects, Broadway, Hollywood & A Career Retrospective
by Pat Cerasaro - November 14, 2012 Today we are thrilled to be talking to a nine-time Tony Award-winning performer/director/choreographer all about his illustrious career onstage and behind the scenes working on classic musicals such as THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS, NINE, GRAND HOTEL, THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES and many more as w...
BWW Interviews: TEANNA BERRY, From The OC to 'Hairspray'
by Michael L. Quintos - April 06, 2010 Like many boys and girls bit by the performing bug (just watch that giddy TV phenomenon Glee and you'll understand), Teanna Berry is living her dream. She currently stars as 'Peaches' in the latest national tour cycle of the multiple-Tony Award-winning musical HAIRSPRAY, which returns to the Orange ...
BWW Interview: Susannah Jones of A CHRISTMAS STORY at Waterbury's Palace Theatre
by Joseph Harrison - November 14, 2016 If the word Fragile (pronounced Frah-GEE-lay) or the phrase "You'll shoot your eye out, kid" bring a smile to your face, then you are likely one of the many people who love A CHRISTMAS STORY, the classic 1983 movie that has become required viewing for many families each Christmas season. And, while ...
STAGE TUBE: Miranda Sings HATERS BACK OFF Stills Revealed in New Vlog!
by A.A. Cristi - September 02, 2016 Collen Ballinger of MIRANDA SINGS fame has released a brand-new vlog in anticipation of her upcoming Netflix series, HATERS BACK OFF. Check out the video below to hear what Miranda herself has to say about the series, get a behind the scenes look at life on tour, and see some newly-released stills f...
BWW Interview: Theatre Life with Liam Mower
by Elliot Lanes - October 15, 2017 Today's subject Liam Mower is currently living his theatre life on tour with esteemed choreographer Matthew Bourne's production of The Red Shoes in the role of Ivan Boleslawsky. The production concludes a week-long engagement today at Kennedy Center's Opera House before continuing on to Charlotte, N...
NJ's bergenPAC Welcomes Pat Metheny and the Unity Band, 7/30
by BWW News Desk - July 13, 2012 See Pat Metheny and the Unity Band at bergenPAC located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey on Monday, July 30th at 8pm. One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s and today is still one of the most respected jazz ...
Straight No Chaser Share New Music Video For HOMEWARD BOUND
by Tori Hartshorn - October 25, 2018 Straight No Chaser has released their new music video for “Homeward Bound” off their new studio album, “One Shot,” out November 2nd. The touching visual shows footage of the group on tour mixed with some personal home videos of their families. The video had its premiere yesterday via USA Today. “One...
BWW Interviews: MARY POPPINS' Caroline Sheen
by Nick Orlando - April 06, 2010 Caroline Sheen, who played Mary Poppins in the original UK tour of the hit show, is currently reprising her role as the pitch-perfect nanny. She is starring in the show's North American tour, which opened to rave reviews in Denver, CO. Original London and Broadway star, Gavin Lee, is reprising his r... |