Over the past few days, FOX's GREASE: LIVE has unveiled Vine audio previews for four songs from the musical, including clips from 'Hopelessly Devoted to You,' 'Summer Nights' 'We Go Together', and 'You're the One That I Want.' We reported earlier that it was the cast of GREASE: LIVE performing the tunes, but it turns out they are not featured in these clips. Either way, they're great and you can listen to them below!
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: Broadway stars hit the small screen!
Vanessa Hudgens, who will take on the iconic role of Rizzo in FOX's upcoming GREASE: LIVE, turned to Twitter to share a first listen to Aaron Tveit as Danny Zuko and the rest of the T-Birds recording 'Greased Lightnin'.
FOX has shared a new promo for GREASE: LIVE airing Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016 (7:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. Check it out below - including what the cast things of the show, a brief performance sneak peek and more!
As BroadwayWorld previously reported, GREASE: LIVE! director Thomas Kail and Production Designer David Korins joined BroadwayWorld and other media outlets on a conference call in which they revealed exciting details about the upcoming live broadcast. Among the big announcements, a live audience will not only be in attendance for the show, but will actually be participating in certain scenes!
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There's so much to look forward to every December in New York. The tree going up at Rockefeller Center; ice skating in Bryant Park; gorgeous window displays at Macy's and Bloomingdales. For many Broadway fans, the Gypsy of the Year concert and a new Carols for a Cure album mark the start of the holiday season. For me, it really feels like Christmas when I receive my favorite pre-holiday gift: the annual Broadway Cares snow globe. Behold, the 2015 globe:
North Carolina Theatre, the region's premiere nonprofit professional regional theatre producing Broadway musical revivals, is ready to electrify audiences this February with the world's favorite musical, Grease! Leading the cast is Broadway star John Arthur Greene who hails from Raleigh stepping into the role of teenage heartthrob, Danny Zuko. John Arthur joins Broadway couple Hunter Foster and Jennifer Cody, who will direct and choreograph the perennial favorite at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh, February 9-14, 2016.
THE COLOR PURPLE, which opened last night to ecstatic reviews, will record its official cast album this Monday, December 14, 2015. The new Broadway cast recording will be released by Broadway Records on January 29, 2016and can pre-ordered at Amazon.com and at www.BroadwayRecords.com. The album is being produced by six-time Grammy Award winner Frank Filipetti.
Sony Music Masterworks and Broadway Records release the original soundtrack of the NBC Television event 'The Wiz LIVE!' via all digital service providers (download and streaming) today, December 11, followed by the CD on December 18.
The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Details on the arrivals of 'Hamilton' and 'If/Then,' and Bill Pullinsi's and Michael Flatley's retirements mark the end of two eraa. 'Far From Heaven' and 'Heathers' will premiere locally, and 'Bel Canto' bows at the Lyric Opera. 'Daddy Long Legs' streams, 'Option Up!' debuts new works, and voting for the BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards heats up!
Go behind the scenes with the cast of FOX's GREASE: LIVE! More than one cast member from the production recently posted backstage photos -- featuring Aaron Tveit, Julianne Hough and more -- on Instagram, and you can check them out below!
As previously reported, Broadway blockbuster Wicked has launched the new studio session video series, OUT OF OZ, featuring former and current stars of the hit musical performing reimagined versions of songs from Stephen Schwartz's beloved score. The musical just unveiled its second installment - 'I'm Not That Girl' featuring current Elphaba, Rachel Tucker, and Glinda, Kara Lindsay. Watch the full performance below!
As previously reported, Broadway blockbuster WICKED has launched new studio session video series, OUT OF OZ, featuring former and current stars of the hit musical performing reimagined versions of songs from Stephen Schwartz's beloved score. Today, Rachel Tucker, currently starring as Elphaba on Broadway, has teased the next installment in the series, 'I'm Not That Girl,' with the full video set to drop when the behind-the-scenes clip gets 1,000 shares on Facebook. Check out the teaser below, and get to sharing!
The FOX network but their talent, including Keke Palmer, John Stamos and Jamie Lee Curtis to the test when and asked them to sing their favorite GREASE song - check out the results below!
North Carolina Theatre, the region's premiere nonprofit professional regional theatre producing Broadway musical revivals, is thrilled to announce Broadway couple Hunter Foster and Jennifer Cody will lead the February 2016 production of Grease as Director and Choreographer respectively. The power couple starred together in the 1994 Tony®-nominated Broadway revival of Grease for several years, during which the two were married. NC Theatre's production of Grease runs February 9-14, 2016 in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts.
The Jewish Channel will continue its second season of its popular theater-oriented monthly TV show, ROW J, with a new episode to begin airing on Tuesday, December 1. ROW J is hosted by TJC correspondent Meredith Ganzman. The executive producer is Brian Scott Lipton. Featured in this edition are theatre stars Danny Burstein, Alan Cumming, Jackie Hoffman, Aaron Tveit and more!
Roll call! The team for GREASE: LIVE is getting bigger. Joining previously announced Marc Platt and Thomas Kail, the one-night musical production of the massively popular crossover musical will also include Music Supervision by Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize winner TOM KITT, Production Design by Drama Desk Award winner DAVID KORINS and Costume Design by Tony Award winner WILLIAM IVEY LONG.
Thanksgiving is a time for families to gather together, to share a meal, and to count all of the wonderful blessings that they have received over the past year. That is, of course, unless your family is filled with monsters, ingrates, and malcontents. For BroadwayWorld's readers not fortunate enough to have a loving family, Thanksgiving can be a time of sibling rivalry, domestic disappointments, and turke-time tantrums.
Below, watch Julianne Hough, Carly Rae Jepson, Aaron Tveit, Keke Palmer and Vanessa Hudgens get their hand-jive on in a brand-new promo for GREASE: LIVE!, coming to FOX this January!
Sony Music Masterworks and Broadway Records will release the original soundtrack of the NBC Television event 'The Wiz LIVE!' Available now for preorder at Amazo
