Ben Gettinger News

Is This A Room, conceived and directed by Obie Award winner Tina Satter, just celebrated its opening night at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre (149 W 45th Street, New York, NY), where it will play on a rotating schedule with Dana H., by Obie Award winner Lucas Hnath and directed by Obie Award winner Les Waters.

RENT Live is asking Rentheads across the nation to submit their own renditions of the show's classic song, 'Seasons of Love' to #RentSingAlong for their chance to be featured in the official music video for the song and Frankie Grande featuring Ariana Grande have posted their own!

To date, Daniel Reichard has brought seven concerts to Birdland, the iconic music room that sits square in the heart of Manhattan's Theater District.

Broadway at Birdland is excited to welcome back Daniel Reichard for his new summertime club act, 'Mr. Blue Sky' on August 14th at 7pm.

The much anticipated, brand-new production of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical opened last night at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street). The show is set to run through May 6, 2017. BroadwayWorld is taking you inside opening night below!

Since 2009, Broadway South Africa has conducted empowerment through the arts programming in disadvantaged communities throughout South Africa. The organization has raised close to $500,000, helping to improve the lives and future's of student's dramatically affected by poverty, violence, abuse, and HIV/AIDS.

"THANK YOU…NEXT", a mockumentary web series that follows a disconcerting creative team as they attempt to cast a Broadway-bound musical of the 1999 film 'Boys Don't Cry', dominated the Mockumentary Category at the 2011 LA Web Series Festival with a total of six awards.

'THANK YOU...NEXT', a new web series created by Ben Gettinger and Raymond J. Lee, is proud to announce that it is among 30 new web series accepted into the Second Annual Los Angeles Web Series Festival, held in Los Angeles at Stage 52 between March 25 - 27, 2011. The web series has just launched a new trailer for the series, which can be viewed through their website at www.ThankYouNextSeries.com.

Daniel Reichard, original star of Broadway's "Jersey Boys" and the recent New York City Opera revival of "Candide", returned to the New York stage on December 10th at 9 P.M. at the Triad Theater for his annual Christmas concert.

Raymond J. Lee and Ben Gettinger recently released the first installment of their webisode titled, 'Thank You...Next.'

Members of the Broadway & NY Theater Community came together to share their stories that 'It Gets Better'

On September 13th, TheStage Repertory Company, in conjunction with The Palace Theatre in Danbury, presented Musical Mondays! featuring Bobby Cronin. The concert marked the first in an ongoing monthly series that will be produced by the Danbury-based theatre company at the historic downtown Danbury venue. The series will feature the music of contemporary musical theatre composers performed by some of Broadway's hottest talent.

Allison Case (Hair), Andrew Kober (Hair), Jared Gertner (Spelling Bee), LaQuet Sharnell (Memphis), Brad Simanski (Wicked), Jenn Furman (Wicked), BRETT TERESA (Bratt Camp), Brian Gallagher (Wonderland) set for Musical Mondays with Chris Lane, Danny Stone, Joshua Samuels and Bobby Cronin (all of whom play on Cronin's CD 'Reach The Sky' available on iTunes)

Allison Case (Hair), Andrew Kober (Hair), Jared Gertner (Spelling Bee), LaQuet Sharnell (Memphis), Brad Simanski (Wicked), Jenn Furman (Wicked), BRETT TERESA (Bratt Camp), Brian Gallagher (Wonderland) set for Musical Mondays with Chris Lane, Danny Stone, Joshua Samuels and Bobby Cronin (all of whom play on Cronin's CD 'Reach The Sky' available on iTunes)

ALLISON CASE (Hair), ANDREW KOBER (Hair), JARED GERTNER (Spelling Bee), LAQUET SHARNELL (Memphis), BRAD SIMANSKI (Wicked), JENN FURMAN (Wicked), BRETT TERESA (Bratt Camp), BRIAN GALLAGHER (Wonderland)

Last night, March 15, The Actor's Fund presented a one-night-only benefit performance of VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, a stage adaptation of the 1967 film, at the Gerald W. Lynch Theatre at John Jay College. The evening will benefit their programs and services.

Daniel Reichard, one of the original stars of Broadway's megahit JERSEY BOYS, returned to the New York City concert stage in his new show Daniel Reichard's Gettin' on the Good List at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theatre (405 West 55th Street).

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will welcome Patrick Boll, Alyse Alan Louis, David Andrew Macdonald and Eric William Morris to the Winter Garden Theatre on Tuesday, September 22, 2009.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! will welcome Patrick Boll, Alyse Alan Louis, David Andrew Macdonald and Eric William Morris to the Winter Garden Theatre on Tuesday, September 22, 2009.

Benny Andersson and Bj?rn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! welcomed Brandi Burkhardt to the Broadway cast as bride-to-be 'Sophie Sheridan' when she began performances at the Winter Garden Theatre on Tuesday, January 27th, 2009. Burkhardt was a guest on WGHT Radio's 'CURTAIN CALL with Teisha Bader'. Burkhardt made her Broadway debut earlier this season when she created the role of 'Lucie Manette' in the world premiere musical A Tale of Two Cities. She also starred as 'Daisy Mae' in Lil' Abner for the Los Angeles Reprise series and as 'Emma' in the international touring production of Jekyll & Hyde: Resurrection.