Broadway Across America News

Nickelodeon and Broadway Across America present Storytime Live!--the first-ever live family theatrical tour featuring characters from four of the current top-rated preschool television shows: Dora the Explorer, The Backyardigans, Wonder Pets! and Ni Hao, Kai-lan.

Robert Britton Lyons showed off his instruments while backstage at the Apollo with Million Dollar Quartet before the show heads to NYC.

On Tuesday, February 23, a limited number of on-stage seats will be made available for every performance of SPRING AWAKENING, playing the The Fabulous Fox Theatre from March 9-14, 2010. These seats offer theatergoers an exciting and unique way to experience the performance with the action of the show taking place all around them.

Jim Caruso will present Larson Award-winning songwriters Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk in concert at Birdland on Monday, March 1 at 7pm. The event is part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series, which showcases performers and songwriters from the Great White Way.

The stars and director of Broadway's critically acclaimed A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE: Liev Schreiber, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Hecht and Gregory Mosher, recently talked with National Public Radio's 'All Things Considered' about the production.

Producer John Breglio and Broadway Across America-Seattle announced today that tickets for the smash hit musical DREAMGIRLS will go on sale on Friday, February 19 at 9 am.

Despite rumors and talks that the show might extend or close and re-open, it's been announced that the critically acclaimed limited run of A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE starring Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson directed by Gregory Mosher must end Sunday, April 4. Only six weeks of the 14-week engagement remain. A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE is playing on Broadway at the Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street). Previews began December 28, 2009 and it opened January 24, 2010.

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE star Scarlett Johansson, will be featured on 'The Late Show with David Letterman,' tonight, Thursday, February 18. The show airs in the New York area on WCBS2 11:35PM - 12:35PM. Check listings for times outside the New York area

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Atlanta in February 2010 as a Broadway Across America - Atlanta season special. Performances begin on February 9 and run through February 14 at the The Fabulous Fox Theatre.

Nickelodeon and Broadway Across America present Storytime Live!--the first-ever live family theatrical tour featuring characters from four of the current top-rated preschool television shows: Dora the Explorer, The Backyardigans, Wonder Pets! and Ni Hao, Kai-lan.

The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE), a panel of critics from media outlets around the state of Massachusetts, have announced the nominees for the IRNE Awards honoring the best of the 2009 Theatre Season.

CIRQUE DREAMS ILLUMINATION and Gexa Energy Broadway Across America-Houston have teamed up to make one aspiring local performer's dream come true. On Saturday, February 6, local Houston contestants auditioned to 'Run Away with Cirque Dreams' during an open casting call held at the Houston Galleria Mall. Today, Neil Goldberg, the shows creator and director, surprised Kyle Cragle of Missouri City, Texas during a school assembly at Westbury Christian School, announcing he has been chosen to perform with CIRQUE DREAMS ILLUMINATION when the show plays at the Hobby Center in Houston, TX February 23rd - March 7th, 2010.

The first national tour of Legally Blonde the Musical is coming to Omaha's Orpheum Theater Tuesday, April 27 through Sunday, May 2.

Nickelodeon and Broadway Across America present Storytime Live!--the first-ever live family theatrical tour featuring characters from four of the current top-rated preschool television shows: Dora the Explorer, The Backyardigans, Wonder Pets! and Ni Hao, Kai-lan.

Due to the winter storm, the Tuesday, February 16, performance of DREAMGIRLS has been cancelled. Patrons holding tickets for the Tuesday night performance will be moved to an alternate performance date inside the Columbus run of the show. DREAMGIRLS will play seven performances at the Palace Theatre from Wednesday, February 17, through Sunday, February 21.

Producer John Breglio and Broadway Across America-Seattle announced today that tickets for the smash hit musical DREAMGIRLS will go on sale on Friday, February 19 at 9 am.

Jim Caruso is proud to present Larson Award-winning songwriters Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk in concert at Birdland on Monday, March 1 at 7pm. The event is part of the Broadway at Birdland concert series, which showcases performers and songwriters from the Great White Way.

Texas Performing Arts at the University of Texas at Austin and Broadway Across America announced an alliance with the Long Center for the Performing Arts. During the 2010-2011 season, the Long Center will host one of the five H-E-B Broadway Across America - Austin productions, plus a few additional non-subscription special engagements. The other four Broadway season productions and additional special engagements will remain at Texas Performing Arts' flagship venue Bass Concert Hall.

The Wizard of Oz, the magical stage production based on the Royal Shakespeare Company's celebration of the 1939 MGM film starring Judy Garland, debuts at Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre for a limited engagement of only five performances, March 26-28, 2010.

Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' Mamma Mia!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre, March 9-14, 2010.