A NIGHT AT THE OPERETTA on July 14th featured the sounds of Broadway music one rarely gets to hear anymore - Operetta - including music by Sigmund Romberg, Rudolph Friml and Victor Herbert. A NIGHT AT THE OPERETTA featured Alexander Gemignani, Lisa Howard, William Michals, Jennifer Hope Wills, Christine Andreas, Bill Daugherty, Brian Charles Rooney, Karen Murphy, John Easterlin, Jason Graae and Milla Ilieva. The show featured the dance talents of Eric Sean Fogel, J. Austin Eyer, Billy Harrigan Tighe, and Ben Franklin. The show is under the direction of Dan Foster with musical direction by Fred Barton
On May 15th David Brendan Hopes play 'Edward The King' kicked off Gayfest NYC. The play features Jo Ann Cunningham, Chad Hoeppner, Megan McQuillan, Patrick Porter and Brian Charles Rooney. It is directed by Sidney J. Burgoyne and runs at the TBG Arts Center, 312 West 36th Street, 3rd Floor through May 24th.
Ragtime, a brand new concert staging of the epic Tony Award-winning musical and the inaugural production of the Broadway in Concert series at the White Plains Performing Arts Center, performs February 1-3, 2008.
BroadwayWorld.com's New and Updated Who's Who Entries for the Week of 1/22/2008. Updates include:
Erika Amato, Jonathan Castillo, George Costacos, Igor Goldin, Ciarán Hinds, Randy Jones, Ralph Lampkin, Jr., Scott Nevins, Dave Pierce, Joe Aaron Reid, David Andrews Rogers, Brian Charles Rooney, Stephanie St. James, Kate Swan, Max von Essen, David Weitzer.
BroadwayWorld.com's New and Updated Who's Who Entries for the Week of 1/15/2008. Updates include:
Randy Blair, Ryan Duncan, Stephanie Burkett Gerson, Marissa O'Donnell, Dave Pierce, David Andrews Rogers, Brian Charles Rooney, Kate Swan, Max von Essen, Anthony Wayne.
UNSUNG 2007: 'TIS THE SEASON TO BE NAUGHTY is a one night only, special event. The performance is Monday, December 10, 2007 at 8PM. Tickets are available at the door for $20 at the Lucille Lortel Theater the night of the performance.
The Emelin Theatre, a non-profit performing arts center in Mamaroneck, NY, announced that on Thursday, December 6 at 8PM - for one night only - Emelin's fall 'Theatre in Concert Festival' will culminate with an on-stage gathering of the Festival's entire all-star line up of Broadway luminaries for the Emelin's Broadway Holiday Cabaret.
The third annual production of 'Unsung: A Night of Original Songs by New and Established Composers' is back at Lucille Lortel Theater this December with a cast of fifteen young performers and five special guests, including Spring Awakening's Lea Michele and Xanadu's Marty Thomas. This year's edition, 'Tis the Season to Be Naughty - will once again be directed by Phillip George (Shout! A Mod Musical, Forbidden Broadway), with musical direction by Tracy Stark and Michael Rider.
The Emelin Theatre, a non-profit performing arts center in Mamaroneck, NY, today announced that it has partnered with Nashville's renowned Bluebird Cafe to bring Grammy Award winners Marcus Hummon and Don Henry - along with country music stars Sherrie Austin and Roxie Dean - to the Emelin for two performances of A Tribute to the Bluebird Cafe: the Sounds of Nashville.
Kate Shindle, Erin Davie, Austin Miller, Dee Hoty and Mara Davi have joined 'Broadway Sings the Phone Book,' a concert fundraiser for The Make-A-Wish-Foundation. Hosted by Tony Award-winner Julie White 'Broadway Sings the Phone Book' takes place at the legendary Studio 54 on Monday November 12 at 7PM.
The Emelin Theatre, a non-profit performing arts center in Mamaroneck, NY, today announced its new theatre program for the 2007-2008 season, including the fall 'Theatre in Concert Festival' featuring Emmy Award-winner Penny Fuller, Tony Award-winner Gretha Boston and Grammy Award-winner Marcus Hummon.
BroadwayWorld.com's New and Updated Who's Who Entries for the Week of 9/18/2007. Updates include:
Ryan Duncan, Adriana Gaviria, Halley Wegryn Gross, Matthew Gumley, Jeffrey Landman, Troy Magino, Brian Charles Rooney, Dante Russo, Carole Shelley, Ben Vereen.
BroadwayWorld presents another original digital portrait by Norm Cutson, 'Brian Charles Rooney: Turn Me On… Turn Me Up… One More Time' at The Zipper Factory.
Brian Charles Rooney, who made his Broadway debut last season as the fabled 'Lucy Brown' in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of The Threepenny Opera, will perform his first New York solo show on April 30