Bill Sherman News

IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards and the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Sunday, November 27 at 7:00 pm.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that individual tickets for IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, will go on sale this Friday, Nov. 11 at 10 am. IN THE HEIGHTS is coming to Chicago's Oriental Theatre from Jan. 10 - 15, 2012.

IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to the State Theatre in Easton, PA for one show only, Thursday, October 20 at 7:30 PM.

Exciting, passionate and historical. That's how Michael Balderrama, resident director and choreographer of In The Heights, has described the cast for the Second National Tour of the musical, who started rehearsals in New York last month. A brand new cast has been gathered to bring the award-winning show across the States. 'All of them are fresh, from top to bottom, there's no one who has been on the show before,' Balderrama explains. 'They're young, passionate and excited about being part of ‘In The Heights'. All of them are people who are just inspired by the show'

The Theatre School at DePaul University (John Culbert, Dean) is pleased to announce upcoming productions for its 2011-2012 Season.

IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to the State Theatre in Easton, PA for one show only, Thursday, October 20 at 7:30 PM.

The cast of the Second National Tour Of 'In The Heights' started rehearsals this month in New York City, and will kick off in Clemson on October 7th. BroadwayWorld was there to bring you a glimpse of this new tour and some comments from its director, Michael Balderrama!

The Theatre School at DePaul University (John Culbert, Dean) is pleased to announce upcoming productions for its 2011-2012 Season.

According to Variety, Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda and his free-style rap group Freestyle Love Supreme will be featured on a pilot for Adult Swim. Also starring Utkarsh Ambudkar, the pilot will be 'based on the stage show of the same name.'

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson are set to perform in Freestyle Love Supreme- a hip-hop comedy troupe, at Ars Nova on June 20. For more information, visit: http://www.freestylelovesupreme.com/

Amongst the winners were several with Broadway backgrounds: Bill Sherman (composer) and Chris Jackson (lyricist) for Sesame Street's original song 'What I Am' and Willie Reale as a co-executive producer of The Electric Company on PBS.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominees for the 38th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards. PBS led the nominations with 57, followed by ABC with 56. Amongst the most nominated shows were General Hospital (21), The Young and the Restless (20), Sesame Street (16), The Bold and the Beautiful (14), All My Children (13) and The Ellen DeGeneres Show and One Life to Live (12). Also amongst the nominations were Bill Sherman (composer) and Chris Jackson (lyricist) for Sesame Street's original song 'What I Am' and Chris Jackson on his own for Sesame Street's 'Rakhi Road'.

Last week The Creative Coalition and friends celebrated Broadway's romantic comedy Born Yesterday with an exclusive reception at the iconic 'Tobacconist to the World,' Nat Sherman. Jim Belushi along with the cast of Broadway's Born Yesterday enjoyed specialty cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and limited edition Nat Sherman cigars at the flagship store immediately following last night's show. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event and brings you photo coverage below.

The IN THE HEIGHTS National Tour will close tonight April 3, 2011 at the Arsht Center in Miami, Florida.

The 5th Avenue has announced the seven productions that make up its 2010-2011 Season, which includes a mix of premieres of new works, the hottest shows direct from Broadway and Golden Age classics featuring Seattle's favorite performers and artists.

IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County from March 29 - April 3. Tickets are on sale now and are available at the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www.arshtcenter.org.

Today, the word is that Universal Pictures has removed the planned IN THE HEIGHTS movie from its projects, according to Deadline.com. Though the project carries with it only a price tag of about $37 million, Universal didn't see any firm commitments on big names in the supporting roles.

IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville from March 22 through 27.

IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony Awards® and the 2008 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, is coming to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County from March 29 - April 3. Tickets are on sale now and are available at the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www.arshtcenter.org.