Dogfight, a musical based on the 1991 movie starring Lili Taylor and River Pheoniz, is the product of young brilliant minds who are up and comers in the theatre industry. The show follows the story of three marine's who have a 'Dogfight' - a competition to see who can bring the ugliest girl to a party. But, when 18-year-old Birdlace (Derek Klena ) asks out Rose (Lindsay Mendez), a plain-jane waitress, in efforts to win the competition, he ends up getting not at all what he expected.
USA Network today announced a sneak preview of GRACELAND, the network's provocative new original series, available beginning on April 29 for a limited two-week period for free on video-on-demand.
Aaron Tveit's sold out concerts in May at New York's 54 BELOW will be recorded and released by Broadway Records. 'The Radio In My Head: Live At 54 BELOW' will be released digitally on September 6th and on CD on September 10, 2013. The CD is now available for pre-order at http://amzn.com/B00CDB2T1C.
Due to overwhelming demand, 54 Below has added two new dates to the upcoming 54 Below debut of LES MISERABLES Breakout star and Broadway marquee name Aaron Tveit.
Continuing its streak of dominating the summer TV landscape, USA Network announced today a powerful line-up of new originals and fan favorite returning series.
This April and May, 54 BELOW, the performance venue in the grand tradition of New York City nightlife, presents an exciting lineup of Broadway's brightest talent. Located just below legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street, 54 Below continues to present its special series: 'Backstage' with Susie Mosher will be joined by '54 Piano Bar,' a new vocal competition - 'The Callback,' and more.
While certainly a fun, buoyant little show---featuring some enjoyable music from HAIRSPRAY composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, as well as a very likable, extremely talented young actor, Stephen Anthony, at the center of its semi-autobiographical tale of successful grifting---CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: THE MUSICAL focuses much of its creative raison d'etre on its eye-catching razzle dazzle, and not enough on the fascinating story that's bubbling underneath. The non-Equity touring version of the short-lived 2011 four-time Tony nominated show, is now on a two-week layover at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles through March 24.
The 'deluxe', 2 CD soundtrack version of Tom Hooper's film adaptation of the stage musical LES MISERABLES will be released today, March 18. See the track list below!
In this week's edition, we caught up with Jay Armstrong Johnson, who is starring as 'Greg Wilhote' in Hands on a Hardbody- currently in previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Opening night is set for March 21, 2013.
In a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter at South by Southwest, Broadway favorite Aaron Tveit chatted about his upcoming USA series, 'Graceland.' On crossing over from stage to screen, Tveit commented: 'Today, there's a lot of crossover with film actors doing television, which never happened before, so those lines are a little bit more blurred than they used to be. One thing that I wanted to try to do was try to keep my musical stage work separate from my onscreen work at first. I know I did the Les Mis film, but I had also done a lot of television and movie work that had nothing to do with singing. I wanted to try and do that first.'
An extended look at the action-packed new USA drama series GRACELAND has just been released, featuring LES MISERABLES star Aaron Tveit and current SMASH guest star Daniel Sunjata in lead roles - two actors who effortlessly move between the realms of Hollywood and Broadway.
Following its recent Oscar wins, LES MISERABLES has officially surpassed the $400 million mark in worldwide sales, making it the second highest-grossing movie musical of all time.
The performance from the cast of LES MISERABLES began with Hugh Jackman taking the stage to perform the new original song 'Suddenly' from Tom Hooper's adaptation, where he was then joined by Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Samantha Barks, Aaron Tveit, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen and Eddie Redmayne - as well as numerous members from the show's various productions - to perform the Act One Finale 'One Day More', while Anne Hathaway will sing a section of 'I Dreamed A Dream'. Can this happen every year? Check out the clip below!
Below, check out 2013 best actress winner Jennifer Lawrence as she brushes off questions about tripping up during the ceremony with the funniest interview of the night!
Didn't have a chance to catch the fabulous musical numbers on last night's 85th Annual Academy Awards? No worries - BWW brings you a one minute recap including performances by Adele, Anne Hathaway, Barbara Streisand, Daniel Radcliff and much more - check out the video below!
The early results are in and it appears that ABC's Seth MacFarlane-hosted broadcast of the 85th Academy Awards is the highest rated Oscar show since 2007.
Seth MacFarlane hosted 'The 85th Annual Academy Awards broadcast live on Oscar SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 on the ABC Television Network. The star-studded event included a celebration of movie musicals featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones performing 'All That Jazz' from the Academy Award film 'Chicago'. Check out the show-stopping number below!
Seth MacFarlane hosted 'The 85th Annual Academy Awards broadcast live on Oscar SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 on the ABC Television Network. The star-studded event included a celebration of movie musicals featuring Jennifer Hudson performing 'You're Gonna Love Me' from 'Dreamgirls'. Check out the show-stopping number below!
