The Tony-nominated musical Waitress by Sara Bareilles is now playing at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End. This week, Bareilles teamed up with the West End Jenna, SMASH star Katharine McPhee for a duet on the show's signature ballad, She Used To Be MIne. See their performance below!
WAITRESS is playing at Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma from March 19 to 24, 2019.
The next Waitress London Cast Album Karaoke Night will be held on Wednesday 10 April, hosts to be announced. Audience members can sign up before the show for the chance to sing one minute of any song from Waitress - live on stage at the Adelphi and accompanied by the show's musical director Katharine Woolley.
Opening up! Shoshana Bean has officially taken over the role of Jenna in Waitress! Bean had her first performance on March 18, and BroadwayWorld was there. Check out the photos below!
It's official! Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan will take over the role of Dr. Pomatter on April 8 and will perform opposite Shoshana Bean as Jenna through May 12. As previously announced, Joey McIntyre will play his final performances on April 7.
Waitress has released a not-so-subtle clue as to who its next Dr. Pomatter is! The show's Twitter account posted an audio snippet, asking the fans if they can guess the next Pomatter. The audio is of Jeremy Jordan singing She Used To Be Mine.
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Shoshana Bean has shared a first look at her in costume as Jenna in Waitress! She begins performances on March 18 and will be in the show through May 12, 2019. Check out the photo below!
The hosts of the next Waitress London Cast Album Karaoke Night have been announced today. 30 Rock star Jack McBrayer, who has made his West End debut as Ogie in the show, will host the post-show event alongside Heart Breakfast presenter Lucy Horobin on Monday 18 March. Audience members can sign up before the show for the chance to sing one minute of any song from Waitress - live on stage at the Adelphi and accompanied by the show's musical director Katharine Woolley.
Broadway Grand Rapids announces WAITRESS, the national Broadway tour coming to Grand Rapids in April 2019, will conduct a local search for the most creative pie recipe, like Jenna's signature pies. As pie is a key ingredient to the storytelling of the show, we are seeking creative pie recipes that mimic Jenna's whimsical recipes. Bakers may submit their most creative, whimsical pie recipe-the kind of recipe that expresses your hopes, dreams, fears or frustrations, something baked right from the heart. The top three finalist recipes will be chosen and notified on Friday, April 19. Celebrity judges will choose the winning recipe during a taste-testing conducted on EightWest on WOOD TV, Thursday, April 25. The Grand Prize winner's recipe will be featured as an insert in the official WAITRESS cookbook. The winner will also be featured on the Broadway Grand Rapids social channels and WAITRESS social channels as well as receive 4 tickets to opening night on Tuesday, April 30.
"Sugar. Butter. Flour" Waitress! Waitress has arrived at the Times Union and is blowing audiences away. The musical, based on Adrienne Shelley's movie of the same name, follows Jenna, a waitress at a small diner who is stuck in a loveless marriage. Jenna finds herself pregnant and is convinced it is time to chase her own dreams and build a better life for her and her unborn child. First, she must save enough money waitressing at the diner. Jenna meets her doctor, Dr. Pomatter, and things become very complicated. Waitress is filled with laughter, emotion, heartbreak, and pies!
Jessie Nelson penned the book of the musical, which is based on Adrienne Shelly's 2007 film. With the show now playing to audiences around the world, Jessie discusses honouring and adapting Shelly's story for the stage, and how audiences have responded.
On April 1, the celebrated Off-Broadway theater company The Civilians will host Civilian Disobedience, their annual spring benefit, which honors their Civilians of the Year: Emmy nominated, award-winning documentary filmmakers Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg (Reversing Roe, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work) as well as Marion Friedman Young for her longstanding support of The Civilians and her recent work as The Civilians partners for the Michael Friedman Legacy Fund.
Celebrity Attractions is pleased to announce that WAITRESS will make its Tulsa debut at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center for a limited eight performance engagement April 16-21. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 8.
The stage of the Brooks Atkinson Theatre was filled with the women working on WAITRESS last night as the show celebrated International Women's Day. Check out a photo below!
Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson's 2015 musical adaptation of Adrienne Shelly's film, about a small-town waitress who processes her feelings via her skilful baking, brings its sugar and spice mixture to the West End. The result is a tasty treat - albeit with the odd ill-mixed ingredient. Hollywood Handshakes all round.
The Tony-nominated musical Waitress by Sara Bareilles opened tonight at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End. Check out Bareilles and the creative team in the video below!
To celebrate International Women's Day tomorrow, the women of the West End production of Waitress, including the cast, creatives, front-of-house staff as well as the production, theatre management, marketing and PR teams, posed for a photo!
As previously announced, Shoshana Bean will return to Broadway in the role of Jenna in Waitress! Bean begins performances on March 18 and will be in the show through May 12, 2019. Waitress just announced its next Cast Album Karaoke night will be held on March 7, and hosted by Bean. Bean made the announcement on Instagram, which gave us a first look at her in the iconic blue Waitress uniform!
The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is offering more, more, more for entertainment fans next month: more shows, more stars, more music, more laughs, more fun for everybody.
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