After a sold-out debut performance last year, Ann Harada will once again resurrect her character "Christmas Eve" from the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q for a one-night-only holiday cabaret entitled CHRISTMAS EVE WITH CHRISTMAS EVE.
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Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) will present private readings of ROCKET SCIENCE: The Musical, a new musical based on the 2007 HBO film Rocket Science.
Producer Daryl Roth announced today that Margaret Colin ("Gossip Girl"), Anita Gillette ("30 Rock"), Ann Harada (Avenue Q), Mary Testa (Eat Pray Love; Xanadu), and Pauletta Washington ("The Parkers") will join upcoming NYC casts of Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Wore, which has just entered its second smash year at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43 Street).
Broadway stars responded in song to the LGBT suicides by recording 'It Gets Better' by Jay Kuo and Blair Shepard.
Raymond J. Lee (Mamma Mia!) has joined the cast of the benefit concert performance of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical INTO THE WOODS on October 11 at the Engelman Recital Hall at Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Ave.) in Manhattan.
Raymond J. Lee (Mamma Mia!) has joined the cast of the benefit concert performance of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical INTO THE WOODS on October 11 at the Engelman Recital Hall at Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Ave.) in Manhattan.
My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding 30 Days to NYMF by By David Hein
The New York Musical Theatre Festival, in association with Horseshoe Productions, will present the US premiere of MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING, the new musical comedy by David Hein and Irene Sankoff, with songs by David Hein.
On November 9th, 2006, the opening night of Broadway's Les Miserables, BroadwayWorld introduced the artwork of Christine Jimenez. Recently, the talented artist created more caricatures and portraits of Les Miz stars in honor of the show's 25th Anniversary, and is one again pleased to share them with BWW readers.
A very scientific princess meets a frog she is determined to turn into a prince - with the assistance of a troupe of Celestial Tap-Dancing Taoist Masters. In this saucy 'n' swingin' new musical, will Clementine get the Prince of her dreams, or will she find herself in bed with just another horny toad? It's a bedtime story with a bawdy twist! Based on the Stephen Mitchell novella The Frog Prince.
A very scientific princess meets a frog she is determined to turn into a prince - with the assistance of a troupe of Celestial Tap-Dancing Taoist Masters. In this saucy 'n' swingin' new musical, will Clementine get the Prince of her dreams, or will she find herself in bed with just another horny toad? It's a bedtime story with a bawdy twist! Based on the Stephen Mitchell novella The Frog Prince.
Last night, September 27, the 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival celebrated its official opening night, hosted by Baz Lurhmann. Some of the many guests on hand to celebrate were Claire Danes ('Romeo + Juliet', 'The Hours'), Anthony Rapp (Rent), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent), Tamara Tunie (Law and Order: SVU), Kerry Butler (Xanadu), Liz Larsen (The Most Happy Fella), Liz McCartney (Taboo), Ann Harada (Avenue Q), Tom Hewitt (The Rocky Horror Show), Max Von Essen (Les Miserables), Curtis Holbrook (West Side Story), Chip Zien (Into the Woods), Diedre Goodwin (Chicago), and many more.
THE BROADWAY CHALLENGE, a new and unique app for theatre trivia, was launched through the Apple App Store this weekend. Created by Dramatic Forces, the App functions on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. THE BROADWAY CHALLENGE is a must have app for every theatre fan. It's a multi-layered, multi game, all theatre trivia immersion with gorgeous graphics and sound effects. Play against yourself, your friends, the rest of the world. With 10 challenge games, eight unique question categories, and over 4000 original questions, you can play non-stop for an entire Broadway season and still not hit every question. The Broadway Challenge App will be updated with special new trivia packages throughout the year.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival, in association with Horseshoe Productions, will present the US premiere of MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING, the new musical comedy by David Hein and Irene Sankoff, with songs by David Hein.
The 24th Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS $476,917, beating the 2009 total of $403,929. This year's top booths were WICKED, Broadway Beat, TDF, American Idiot, The Phantom of the Opera, United Scenic Artists Local 829, Maddie's Corner, Next to Normal, The Addams Family, Triton Gallery and Billy Elliot!
Theatre and TV stars came out to support Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS at the 24TH ANNUAL Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction yesterday, September 26!
Theatre and TV stars are coming out to support Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS at the 24TH ANNUAL Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction to be held on Sunday, September 26 from 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM in Shubert Alley (Shubert Alley & West 44th Street). BroadwayWorld.com will be there as always streaming live video throughout the day including the grand auction and more! Come say hi if you're in the area and check back here for the video!
The History Of War is spun from the imagination of a 12 year old boy - a megalomaniac in training. As he struggles with homework assignments and peculiar visions, he conjures up seven of the most famous tyrants of all time. They did horrible things. He wants to do horrible things. His parents are worried. ...and everybody sings! ... well, almost everybody. Reality and pathology neatly converge in this terrifyingly subversive new musical.
Aspiring writer Keith has been a temp in a wacky office's soul crushing cubicle for six years. When an evil nemesis emerges to squash his coffee-stained hopes and dreams, Keith makes a decision that causes him to get summarily fired… with security escorts and everything! Naturally he retaliates by writing a musical. Based on a true-ish story. Some names have been changed to protect the guilty.
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