Bridget Carpenter Headshot

Bridget Carpenter News

Get Bridget Carpenter Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

VIDEO: Watch the Official Trailer for Disney's FREAKY FRIDAY, Starring Heidi Blickenstaff and Cozi Zuehlsdorff
by Stephi Wild - Jun 24, 2018


Disney's new musical adaptation of FREAKY FRIDAY will be coming to the Disney Channel this summer! The TV movie stars Broadway's Heidi Blickenstaff as one half of the mother-daughter duo at the center of the body-swapping story. She will be joined by Cozi Zuehlsdorff as the other half of the pair.

Disney's FREAKY FRIDAY Movie Musical Gets August 10th Premiere Date
by Macon Prickett - Jun 13, 2018


Disney Channel's Freaky Friday musical movie finally has a premiere date! The film starring Heidi Blickenstaff and Cozi Zuehlsdorff will be hitting the small screen August 10 at 8 p.m. ET.

Disney, Dolly And Dancing! Lyric Theatre Returns To OKC Civic Center For Summer Season
by Julie Musbach - May 14, 2018


Disney, Dolly and Dancing will highlight Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma's 2018 Summer at the Civic season, which begins June 26 in downtown Oklahoma City.

VIDEO: Get a First Look at Disney Channel's Adaptation of FREAKY FRIDAY THE MUSICAL Starring Heidi Blickenstaff and Cozi Zuehlsdorff
by Matt Tamanini - May 12, 2018


After a mini-tour around the United States beginning in 2016, the new musical adaptation of FREAKY FRIDAY will be coming to the Disney Channel over the summer. As it did on stage, the TV movie will star Broadway favorite Heidi Blickenstaff as one half of the mother-daughter duo at the center of the body-swapping story. She will be joined by Cozi Zuehlsdorff as the other half of the pair. Check out the first look at the film below!

Just Announced: The Cast Of PERFECT WEDDING!
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2018


Pittsburgh CLO is proud to announce the cast of the Pittsburgh CLO premiere of PERFECT WEDDING by Robin Hawdon, May 10 - August 12, 2018 at the CLO Cabaret. Tickets for this international hit farce are now available online at CLOCabaret.com, by phone at 412-456-6666 or in person at the Theater Square Box Office.

Hale Centre Theatre Announces 2019 Season; FREAKY FRIDAY, A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE, and More
by Julie Musbach - Apr 25, 2018


Hale Centre Theatre's new 2019 Season of Shows to be performed in the new Mountain America Performing Arts Centre in Sandy is packed with exciting regional premieres of Broadway favorites including A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder and the breathtaking classic, An American in Paris.

Just Announced: The Cast Of PERFECT WEDDING!
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 10, 2018


Pittsburgh CLO is proud to announce the cast of the Pittsburgh CLO premiere of PERFECT WEDDING by Robin Hawdon, May 10 - August 12, 2018 at the CLO Cabaret. Tickets for this international hit farce are now available online at CLOCabaret.com, by phone at 412-456-6666 or in person at the Theater Square Box Office.

Three Shows Join FREAKY FRIDAY in Horizon's 2018 New Season
by Stephi Wild - Mar 30, 2018


Horizon has shared the incredible plays that you can see. between now and October. Check out the full lineup below!

BWW Review: UP at University Of Utah Department Of Theatre
by Blair Howell - Mar 21, 2018


Bridget Carpenter's UP (THE MAN IN THE FLYING CHAIR) is a curiosity of a play, with its tone alternating between humor and pathos. It is largely a meandering tale of one man's dismal attempt to recapture a former glory, but there's an emotional payoff in the final scene.

Music Theatre Kansas City Presents Pilot Production of Disney's FREAKY FRIDAY
by Julie Musbach - Mar 2, 2018


In September 2017 Disney Theatricals announced that a new musical version of the classic film - Freaky Friday - was in production. Music Theatre Kansas City is honored and excited to be a part of the Disney Theatrical Productions Pilot Program.

Video: Heidi Blickenstaff and Cozi Zuehlsdorff Body Swap in FREAKY FRIDAY Musical on Disney Channel
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 16, 2018


Actresses Heidi Blickenstaff ('The Little Mermaid' and 'Something Rotten!' on Broadway and the stage production of 'Freaky Friday') and Cozi Zuehlsdorff ('Dolphin Tale,' 'Liv and Maddie') will STAR in an update of the American classic 'Freaky Friday,' a Disney Channel musical comedy set to begin production this fall for a 2018 debut as part of the Disney Channel Original Movie franchise. See the brand-new trailer below!

BWW Review: DISNEY'S FREAKY FRIDAY Gets The Chaffin's Barn Musical Treatment
by Jeffrey Ellis - Feb 3, 2018


Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre, Nashville's iconic professional theater, opens its 2018 season - its 52nd! - with an entertaining, if somewhat overly long, production of Disney's Freaky Friday, the new musical with a starry musical theater pedigree.

Finalists Selected for the 2018 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 29, 2018


The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced 10 Finalists for its prestigious playwriting award, the oldest and largest prize awarded to women playwrights writing in the English language. Chosen from over 150 nominated plays, the Finalists are:

Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma Introduces 2018 Season
by Julie Musbach - Jan 9, 2018


As Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma embarks upon its 56th season, audiences will have a chance revisit some of their favorite gospel hymns, follow the antics of Broadway's most recognizable matchmaker and dance in the aisles to a bevy of hits from music sensation ABBA.

McDaniel College Announces Spring 2018 Theatre Performances
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 5, 2018


McDaniel College students perform Eve Ensler's iconic play, The Vagina Monologues. Directed by McDaniel senior Megan Smith of Federalsburg, Md., the performance is in association with V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls.

New FREAKY FRIDAY Musical to Launch PCPA's 54th Season This Fall
by BWW News Desk - Nov 9, 2017


Launching PCPA's 54th season on November 9, and playing through December 23, in the Marian Theatre is the new Disney musical Freaky Friday.

New FREAKY FRIDAY Musical to Launch PCPA's 54th Season This Fall
by BWW News Desk - Oct 16, 2017


Launching PCPA's 54th season on November 9, and playing through December 23, in the Marian Theatre is the new Disney musical Freaky Friday.

Heidi Blickenstaff and Cozi Zuehlsdorff to Body Swap in FREAKY FRIDAY Musical on Disney Channel
by BWW News Desk - Sep 29, 2017


Actresses Heidi Blickenstaff ('The Little Mermaid' and 'Something Rotten!' on Broadway and the stage production of 'Freaky Friday') and Cozi Zuehlsdorff ('Dolphin Tale,' 'Liv and Maddie') will star in an update of the American classic 'Freaky Friday,' a Disney Channel musical comedy set to begin production this fall for a 2018 debut as part of the Disney Channel Original Movie franchise.

Custom Made Theatre Co. Stages Paula Vogel's HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE
by BWW News Desk - Aug 25, 2017


Custom Made Theatre Company opens its 2017-2018 season with Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-Winning How I Learned to Drive, a wildly funny, surprising and devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship between a young girl and an older man.

VIDEO: Emma Hunton Performs 'No More Fear' from FREAKY FRIDAY
by Julie Musbach - Jun 25, 2017


Freaky Friday is one amongst the many musicals based on movies spearheading its way across the country to Broadway. Check out a preview of the show as star Emma Hunton belts out 'No More Fear' on Great Day Houston.

        4       …    

Get Bridget Carpenter Email Alerts

Be the first to get news, photos, videos & more.

Videos