If you've ever understudied, you know that nothing can make your heart skip a beat like receiving a call from stage management two hours before your call time. And if you are, indeed, receiving news that you're on, you very professionally utter expletives, then say "Great, I'll be ready" before diving into your tracking sheets. That's exactly what happened this past Wednesday, when the cast cold finally claimed the voice of our incredible Sonny, Tommy Bracco - Big shoes to fill! But it was a fun challenge transforming from geek to greaser, and thankfully I got some laughs as the pint-sized Staten Island lady-killer.
The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center announced today casting for the 2014 National Playwrights Conference. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Wendy C. Goldberg, who celebrates her 10th season leading the Conference in 2014, the Conference runs from July 2 to July 19, and will be instrumental in the development of six new plays.
Less than twenty four hours after celebrating the opening of Grease at Paper Mill, we found ourselves back in tech! This time, our sleepy cast was standing on the deck of the sparkling Skirball Center, preparing to honor Pat Birch at this year's Fred and Adele Astaire Awards. Birch is, of course, the five-time Tony Award nominee and two-time Emmy Award-winning choreographer who staged the musical numbers for original Broadway production of Grease, and both subsequent films. At the Astaire Awards, she was being honored with the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award.
Hey there Broadway World readers, this is Sean Patrick Doyle. I'm playing Rydell High valedictorian Eugene Florczyk in Paper Mill Playhouse's production of Grease, running in Millburn, New Jersey, through June 29th. The last time I had the pleasure of guest blogging for BWW, I was in rehearsals for the 2010 revival of La Cage Aux Folles; I've since traded the lipstick and high heels for thick eyeglasses and argyle sweaters. Voila!
The 49th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, Country Music's Party of the Year, honoring country music's superstars and hottest emerging talent, will air tonight, April 6, 2014.
Nominations were announced today for the 49th ANNUAL ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, Country Music's Party of the Year®, honoring country music's superstars and hottest emerging talent.
Beloved stage and screen star Debra Monk will be 'totally hot and a little dirty' as she celebrates her 65th birthday February 24, 2014, in a free-wheeling rock 'n' roll concert produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Allegiance - A New American Musical, has been eyeing a Broadway run since it premiered at San Diego's Old Globe last fall. Since then, a New York City reading was held, led by Lea Salonga, George Takei and Telly Leung, all of whom starred in the San Diego production, as well as a recent backers screening in Austin. A production source told BroadwayWorld that ALLEGIANCE is aiming for Broadway, possibly in the spring of 2014, but there are numerous variables including star schedules and theatre availability that need to line up, so there is yet no official plan.
Grammy-nominated, multiplatinum band Fall Out Boy is teaming up with hot country trio The Band Perry for an all-new episode of CMT CROSSROADS, airing at a new time on Friday, November 29 at 11 p.m., ET/PT only on CMT.
The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards will welcome Platinum-selling international trio, The Band Perry, on the live broadcast in Edmonton tonight, September 8, 2013.
The band was just nominated for a second Teen Choice Award in the 'Choice Break-Up Song Category,' in addition to a nomination for 'Choice Country Group.'
What to TEXTPECT while you are SEXTING! In a world where a single text can change your life, and the man of your dreams goes by @freshmeat37, hopefully AT&T has you covered...Can you hear me now? If so, hear this: The Magic Mirror Theater will host an array of new ten-minute plays that will check you in to our world as we log you out of yours in 'Till Tech Do Us Part.'
What to TEXTPECT while you are SEXTING! In a world where a single text can change your life, and the man of your dreams goes by @freshmeat37, hopefully AT&T has you covered...Can you hear me now? If so, hear this: The Magic Mirror Theater will host an array of new ten-minute plays that will check you in to our world as we log you out of yours in 'Till Tech Do Us Part.'
What to TEXTPECT while you are SEXTING! In a world where a single text can change your life, and the man of your dreams goes by @freshmeat37, hopefully AT&T has you covered...Can you hear me now? If so, hear this: The Magic Mirror Theater will host an array of new ten-minute plays that will check you in to our world as we log you out of yours in "Till Tech Do Us Part."
The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced today that due to inclement weather, The Public Theater Gala performance of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE will now happen on the rain date, Tuesday, June 11 at 8:00 p.m. at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. A stand-by line for tomorrow's concert performance will start forming at 6:00 p.m. with any available tickets given out just prior to curtain.
The Broadway-bound show is in the midst of a New York City developmental lab through May 17, and a production source tells BroadwayWorld.com that ALLEGIANCE is aiming for Broadway, possibly in the spring of 2014. The source cautions that there's numerous variables including star schedules and theatre availability that need to line up, so there is yet no official plan.
