Barbara Anselmi News

Great news for theaters across the globe! Theatrical licensor Musical Theatre International (MTI) has secured worldwide licensing rights to Broadway's IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU.

Actors' Equity Association today named It Shoulda Been You recipient of the 'Extraordinary Excellence in Diversity on Broadway' Award for the 2014-15 theatrical season. Presented by Equity's National Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Committee, the award honors shows that exemplify and promote the union's founding principles of diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity for all who work in the theatre. Accepting the award on behalf of the It Shoulda Been You producers and creative team was producer Daryl Roth. Also in attendance were cast members Edward Hibbert and Jillian Louis, director David Hyde Pierce, composer Barbara Anselmi, co-lyricist and librettist Brian Hargrove and the production's stage management team: Bess Marie Glorioso, Katherine Shea and Melanie Morgan.

STAGES St. Louis proudly announces its 30th Anniversary season! The celebratory season explores momentous personal transformations told through lighthearted and life-affirming musical comedies. It begins with a modern romantic musical comedy direct from Broadway and in its Mid-Western premiere, IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU, which features a mad-cap wedding celebration with unexpected twists and turns and a heartwarming message.

Ghostlight Records just released the Original Broadway Cast Recording of IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU - starring Tyne Daly, Harriet Harris, Sierra Boggess and Lisa Howard - in digital formats, with the physical CD online and in stores on Friday, October 9, 2015. Directed by Emmy and Tony Award-winner, David Hyde Pierce in his Broadway directorial debut, IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU features an original book and lyrics by Brian Hargrove and music by Barbara Anselmi. Below, check out an exclusive video of Lisa Howard performing 'Jenny's Blues'!

Ghostlight Records just released the Original Broadway Cast Recording of IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU - starring Tyne Daly, Harriet Harris, Sierra Boggess and Lisa Howard - in digital formats, with the physical CD online and in stores on Friday, October 9, 2015. Directed by Emmy and Tony Award-winner, David Hyde Pierce in his Broadway directorial debut, IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU features an original book and lyrics by Brian Hargrove and music by Barbara Anselmi. Below, go behind the scenes of the company's recording sessions!

Ghostlight Records releases the Original Broadway Cast Recording of IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU - starring Tyne Daly, Harriet Harris, Sierra Boggess and Lisa Howard - in digital formats today, August 21, with the physical CD online and in stores on Friday, October 9, 2015. 

Ghostlight Records will release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of It Shoulda Been You - starring Tyne Daly, Harriet Harris, Sierra Boggess and Lisa Howard - with a new release date. T

IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU has seen the most on-stage proposals and even weddings of any show this season. Given its subject matter, it makes sense. Where better to get engaged than a musical about marriage? Below, take a look back at some of those sweet moments in this highlights reel!

It Shoulda Been You plays its final performance on Broadway, today Sunday, August 9, 2015 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 W 47th Street). In honor of the show's journey, BroadwayWorld takes you a look back at its run on the Great White Way!

With just days left before the company takes their final bows, BroadwayWorld has asked them to reflect back on their Broadway journeys. Check out what they'll take from their experience below:

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) presented Women of Note, a one-night-only concert event celebrating the women writers who are changing the landscape of musical theatre. Women of Note took place at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 W. 42nd St.) on Monday, July 20 at 8:00 pm.

Social media savvy rescue pup Tinkerbelle the Dog (@tinkerbellethedog) is making her rounds this week in the Broadway Community and hoping to inspire everyone to #AdoptDontShop! Tinkerbelle stopped by It Shoulda Been You and got acquainted with Sierra Boggess, Harriet Harris, Montego Glover, Michael X. Martin and Josh Grisetti. Check out the adorable pics below!

The Original Broadway cast album for It Shoulda Been You was recorded by Ghostlight Records and will be available for purchase digitally on Friday, August 14, 2015 and physically on Friday, September 18, 2015. Licensing for future productions of the hilarious, crowd-pleasing musical will be available through Music Theatre International (MTI). The Wednesday, July 15, 2015 matinee performance of It Shoulda Been You will be filmed for the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts and preserved for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a look inside the recording studio!

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) is proud to announce the performer lineup for Women of Note, a one-night-only concert event celebrating the women writers who are changing the landscape of musical theatre. Women of Note will take place at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 W. 42nd St.) on Monday, July 20 at 8:00 pm. Tickets are available now at www.nymf.org/tickets.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) welcomes Tony Award-winner Jeanine Tesori (Fun Home) as the NYMF 2015 Honorary Chair. This year's event kicks off today, July 7.

Get ready to say goodbye to It Shoulda Been You!

BroadwayWorld has learned that It Shoulda Been You will play its final performance on Broadway, Sunday, August 9, 2015 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 W 47th Street).

Go inside the cast recording of It Shoulda Been You!

After the SCOTUS ruling on Friday legalizing gay marriage, many Broadway personalities took to varied platforms to share heartfelt messages about what the ruling means to them. One such was Tony Award-winner Tyne Daly, who addressed the theatre after Friday night's IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU performance. Check out her whole speech below!

Broadway has been celebrating Friday's Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage ever since the official announcement, and where better to celebrate than a musical about a wedding?