Alton Fitzgerald White News

The king has landed in Raleigh... that is ALTON FITZGERALD WHITE. White was the longest running Mufasa in Disney's The Lion King, playing over 4300 shows. He sat down with me to discuss The Lion King, his book, My Pride, and his view about deriving happiness from commonplace achievements.

92nd Street Y's 48th season of Lyrics & Lyricists continues with a close-up and personal look at Lynn Ahrens' extraordinary body of work. Ahrens, who will serve as host at each performance, earned the “triple crown” of Broadway awards — Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle, and she received two Grammy nominations for the score of Ragtime. For the animated film Anastasia, she was nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globes. Ahrens is currently represented on Broadway by two hit shows — the revival of Once On This Island, for which she wrote both book and lyrics, and the stage adaptation of Anastasia — in a season which also marks the 35th anniversary of her collaboration with composer Stephen Flaherty. Other work on and off Broadway for which Ahrens is celebrated includes the musicals Seussical, My Favorite Year, Dessa Rose, The Glorious Ones, A Man of No Importance and more. And Lynn Ahrens' work is embedded in the national consciousness beyond the lights of Broadway from the writing for Schoolhouse Rock! that launched her career. 

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts is proud to announce that Tony Award and Drama Desk winner Beth Leavel ('The Drowsy Chaperone' and 'Mamma Mia!') and Tony Award nominated performer Emily Skinner ('Prince of Broadway' and 'Billy Elliot') will join Wade Preston, Alton Fitzgerald White and LaVon Fisher-Wilson in 'BROADWAY SPOTLIGHT' on Friday, April 13 at 8 p.m.,

Featuring five of Broadway's finest performers, BROADWAY SPOTLIGHT will allow the performers to display their great talents and versatility by singing some of your favorite Broadway tunes, share backstage behind-the-scenes anecdotes and conduct an enlightening and entertaining question and answer session with the audience.

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, the not-for-profit foundation of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), will honor acclaimed Director Julie Taymor with the distinguished 2018 'Mr. Abbott' Award for outstanding artistry and creativity over the course of her career. The Award will be presented at the Foundation's annual gala event on April 2, 2018 in New York City, at the Bohemian National Hall.

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Award-winning director and two-time Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers is on board as director for The Bobby Darin Story, the opening show of 92Y's American Songbook series Lyrics & Lyricists.

Alton Fitzgerald White, the charismatic, multi-talented singer/actor/dancer, and star of Broadway's phenomenal, long-running, The Lion King (2002-2015), was the very special guest of the Harlem School of the Arts, ARTMakers series.

Alton Fitzgerald White, the charismatic, multi-talented singer/actor/dancer, and star of Broadway's phenomenal, long-running, The Lion King will be the special guest of the ARTMakers series at the Harlem School of the Arts on Thursday, November 16 at 6:00 PM, 645 Saint Nicholas Avenue, NYC.

Last week marked the milestone 20th anniversary of Disney's The Lion King on Broadway, and to celebrate, Disney Books published three titles correlating to the musical today. One of them was a memoir, MY PRIDE: Mastering Life's Daily Performance by Alton Fitzgerald White, a hybrid memoir plus life lessons guide from the actor who played Mufasa for a record-breaking 4,000+ performances.

This week marks the milestone 20th anniversary of Disney's The Lion King on Broadway, and to celebrate, Disney Books is publishing three titles correlating to the musical today.

Award-winning director and two-time Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers is on board as director for The Bobby Darin Story, the opening show of 92Y's American Songbook series Lyrics & Lyricists.

Last night at the Minskoff Theatre, The Lion King celebrated a huge milestone- 20 years on Broadway. Creative team members Julie Taymor, Tim Rice, Garth Fagan, Lebo M., Mark Mancina, Roger Allers, and Irene Mecchi joined hundreds of alumni and others for a special performance of the show, culminating in a surprise performance by The Lion King's Tony-nominated composer Elton John.

'From Havana to Broadway: Dayramir Gonzalez & Alton Fitzgerald White' is set for tonight, September 14, 2017 at 6:30 PM at Queens Central Library.

'From Havana to Broadway: Dayramir Gonzalez & Alton Fitzgerald White' is set for September 14, 2017 at 6:30 PM at Queens Central Library.

Earlier this year, BroadwayHD captured several incredible Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including Holiday Inn, Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Gabriels - Election Year In The Life Of One Family, On the Exhale and most recently, If I Forget. Scroll down for three more titles being added to their collection of more than 170 productions available on-demand!

The Spotlight Shines on the Harbor Lights 'Kids' March 18, at 8:00 p.m. at the College of Staten Island's Williamson Theater during the ONE NIGHT ONLY benefit for The Harbor Lights Theater Company-BROADWAY SPOTLIGHT!

Alice Ripley, Best Actress Tony Award winner for Next to Normal, joins the cast of Broadway on Main Street, Today, March 10 at the Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street.

The sixth annual TEDxBroadway returns to New World Stages in New York City, on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, with a wide variety of speakers taking the stage.

Alice Ripley, Best Actress Tony Award winner for Next to Normal, joins the cast of Broadway on Main Street, Friday, March 10 at the Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street.