Bill T. Jones News

Ruth & Stephen Hendel and Roy Gabay present the world premiere of Fela!, a new musical based on the life of groundbreaking African composer, performer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

The Talking Band will present the New York Premiere of FLIP SIDE, written by Ellen Maddow and directed by Paul Zimet, Friday, September 26 - October 19, 2008 at The Connelly Theatre (220 East 4th Street).

The producers of the groundbreaking Broadway musical Spring Awakening have announced that Kyle Riabko and Blake Bashoff, currently starring in Spring Awakening on Broadway, will lead the cast of the national tour when it launches on the West Coast this fall.

Richard Parsons, Chairman, Time Warner; Timothy Greenfield-Sanders director and portrait photographer; Elvis Mitchell, award-winning journalist and producer; Sheila Nevins, president, HBO Documentary Films, special guests including Rev. Al Sharpton, Martha Stewart, Graydon Carter, Gayle King, Bill T. Jones, Faye Wattleton, Alan Cumming and Phylicia Rashad amongst many others.

BroadwayWorld.com is giving one lucky Spring Awakening fan the opportunity to interview Hunter Parrish. At the end of the contest one lucky fan will get to interview Hunter live via telephone.

Hunter Parrish joined the Broadway cast of Spring Awakening last night, August 11th- a week earlier than planned.

The producers of Spring Awakening, the winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical, are proud to announce the cast of the First National Touring Company.

On August 8th, 2008 original cast members John Gallagher Jr. (Tony Award Winner) and Lauren Pritchard, current cast member Alexandra Socha, upcoming cast member Hunter Parrish (TV's Weeds), and special guest Duncan Sheik performed songs from SPRING AWAKENING Live from the Apple Store SoHo.

The producers of Spring Awakening, Broadway's groundbreaking musical hit, are pleased to announce that Gerard Canonico will be stepping into the role of Moritz, beginning tonight, August 4. He will be replacing Blake Bashoff who played his final performance on Broadway August 2, prior to joining Kyle Riabko for the show's National Tour.

Arena Stage presents the world premiere of Daniel Beaty's Resurrection, a drama with a unique blend of music, poetry and dance. A co-production with Connecticut's Hartford Stage, Resurrection explores the interwoven lives of six African-American men struggling to make a living and to make their lives worth living. Beaty dazzled Arena audiences last summer with sold-out performances of his award-winning solo show Emergency (formerly Emergence-SEE!). He now returns to Arena with his first ensemble production-a talented cast of six actors led by director Oz Scott (director of Broadway's original for colored girls... and the Goodman Theatre's recent premiere The Ballad of Emmett Till). The production harmonizes with an innovative score by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), a Haitian-American composer who blends classical violin with piano and bass. To keep the interplay between text and score dynamic, Roumain's original score will be musically styled live each performance by his collaborator Elan Vytal a.k.a. DJ Scientific. Resurrection runs August 29-October 5, 2008 at Arena Stage in Crystal City. The press opening performance is Thursday, September 4 at 8:00pm.

The German-language adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, will open in Duesseldorf, Germany.

Award-winning producers, Michael & Barbara Ross, will present the 2008 Back Stage Bistro Award Winning GREG PURNHAGEN in BABALU-CY - the art of Desi Arnaz, Off-Broadway, at the Actors Temple Theater, beginning August 23rd.

Spring Awakening welcomed several new cast members to the Tony-winning production at Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Theatre.

Tickets for SPRING AWAKENING, a new rock musical and winner of eight 2007 Tony Awards, will go on sale Sunday, July 20th.

Tickets for SPRING AWAKENING, a new rock musical and winner of eight 2007 Tony Awards, will go on sale Sunday, July 20th.

Cast members from Broadway's Tony Award-Winning Spring Awakening join with Volunteers of America's Operation Backpack (OBP) in an appearance at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Wednesday, July 9th, as a kick-off for this year's campaign, helping school-aged children all over NYC. The show's cast members will appear in an OBP public awareness campaign about the needs of homeless children that will appear on bus-sides and phone kiosks all around the city, starting later this month. Cast members will be signing 'limited-edition' poster-sized copies of the ads, for a $20 donation to OBP. Coldstone Creamery also joins the event, providing tasty ice cream creations, to the first 100 who participate, as supplies last.

Cast members from Broadway's Tony Award-Winning Spring Awakening join with Volunteers of America's Operation Backpack (OBP) in an appearance at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Wednesday, July 9th, as a kick-off for this year's campaign, helping school-aged children all over NYC. The show's cast members will appear in an OBP public awareness campaign about the needs of homeless children that will appear on bus-sides and phone kiosks all around the city, starting later this month. Cast members will be signing 'limited-edition' poster-sized copies of the ads, for a $20 donation to OBP. Coldstone Creamery also joins the event, providing tasty ice cream creations, to the first 100 who participate, as supplies last.

The producers of Spring Awakening announce 'Weeds' Star Hunter Parrish will join Broadway's groundbreaking musical hit in the central role of Melchior, the brilliant young radical, on August 18.

The producers of the groundbreaking Broadway musical Spring Awakening have announced that Kyle Riabko and Blake Bashoff, currently starring in Spring Awakening on Broadway, will lead the cast of the national tour when it launches on the West Coast this fall.

Ruth & Stephen Hendel and Roy Gabay present the world premiere of Fela!, a new musical based on the life of groundbreaking African composer, performer and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Directed and choreographed by Tony® Award winner Bill T. Jones (Spring Awakening) with a book by Jim Lewis and Bill T. Jones, Fela! will feature Kuti's rousing music performed live onstage by Antibalas and other members of the New York Afrobeat community.