Carrie Manolakos News

Composer Jonathan Reid Gealt's music is captured on his debut CD, Thirteen Stories Down,' by some of Broadway's brightest young stars, including Caissie Levy (Hair), Adam Chanler-Berat (Next to Normal), Tituss Burgess (Jersey Boys), Natalie Weiss (American Idol), Will Chase (Rent), Kate Baldwin (Finian's Rainbow), Lauren Kennedy (Spamalot), Capathia Jenkins and the Broadway Inspirational Voices, and more! The album, produced by Joel Moss and Lynne Shankel and featuring musical direction and arrangements by Shankel, will be released later this month and available for shipping on December 28. Pre-orders are being accepted on the Sh-K-Boom website.

Award winning composer/lyricist Bobby Cronin made his Birdland debut as part of Jim Caruso's Broadway at Birdland Series, last night, November 29th. BroadwayWorld was on hand and brings you photo coverage below.

Award winning composer/lyricist Bobby Cronin will make his Birdland debut as part of Jim Caruso's Broadway at Birdland Series, on Monday November 29th at 7pm

The Broadway community comes together to support Artists for Elephants with a benefit concert at Joe's Pub, December 6th at 9 p.m.

An all-star cast will sing a concert of music from JAWBREAKER, a new musical based on the cult-classic film, on Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 9pm at the Canal Room in New York City. Based on the 1999 film starring Rose McGowan, Julie Benz, Judy Greer and Rebecca Gayheart, JAWBREAKER: THE MUSICAL tells the Faustian tale of Satan-in-heels Courtney Shayne and her mean girl minions who play a nasty birthday prank on their picture-perfect bestie, asphyxiating her with a jawbreaker ball and accidentally killing her. When mousy Fern Mayo catches the flawless four tucking their dead friend back into bed, Courtney promises to make Fern popular in exchange for keeping their secret, implicating the innocent underling in their ill-fated cover up. With its mythic story, candy color fashions and bitch goddess role of Courtney Shayne, Jawbreaker was a natural to translate to the stage. At its core, Jawbreaker is about the lengths we go to belong, even if that means selling your soul for a taste of life with the beautiful ones. With a propulsive pop score that ranges from Lady Gaga-style synth pop to lush melodic ballads, Jawbreaker feels both timeless and today, presenting a mythic high school story that speaks to the teenager in us all.

18-year old Emily Kay Shrader and 2010 Roosevelt University graduate David Tomczak have been named the winners of The Rising Star Contest for Bobby Cronin's November 29, 2010 concert, as part of Jim Caruso's Broadway at Birdland Series.

Yesterday, November 1, Peter Lerman will presented his New York debut concert at the Laurie Beechman Theater with an evening of music from his original songbook. BroadwayWorld was on hand and brings you photo coverage below.

Producers Randy Taradash and Martian Entertainment announced plans for a private reading of a newly revised script of bare, the award-winning rock musical that has garnered a worldwide fan base since its 2000 Los Angeles premiere. The reading will take place on November 1 in New York City.

On Monday, Nov. 1, at 9:30pm, Peter Lerman will present his New York Debut concert at the Laurie Beechman Theater with an evening of music from his original songbook.

Award winning composer/lyricist BOBBY CRONIN will make his Birdland debut as part of Jim Caruso's Broadway at Birdland Series, on Monday November 29th at 7pm.

Producers Randy Taradash and Martian Entertainment announced plans for a private reading of a newly revised script of bare, the award-winning rock musical that has garnered a worldwide fan base since its 2000 Los Angeles premiere. The reading will take place on November 1 in New York City.

On Monday, Nov. 1, at 9:30pm, Peter Lerman will present his New York Debut concert at the Laurie Beechman Theater with an evening of music from his original songbook.

Sh-K-Boom Records is set to release composer and lyricist Will Van Dyke's debut album, 'Chasing The Day,' on October 19, featuring tracks performed by Stephanie J. Block, Matt Doyle, Katie Rose Clarke, and several other Broadway performers.

Sh-K-Boom Records is set to release composer and lyricist Will Van Dyke's debut album, 'Chasing The Day,' on October 19, featuring tracks performed by Stephanie J. Block, Matt Doyle, Katie Rose Clarke, and several other Broadway performers.

On October 14, as part of the If It Only Even Runs A Minute concert series, the Broadway musical Truckload will have a mini-reunion on stage at the American Theatre of Actors.

Joe's Pub has recently added Lynn Loosier (8/12), Lindsay Mendez & the Marco Paguia Trio (8/26), Kate Havnevik (8/27), Carrie Manolakos (8/30), Jennifer Knapp (8/31), Johnnyswim w/ Special Guest Maya Azucena (9/11), Man in Black Burlesque: Because You're Mine, I Bump 'n' Grind (9/11), Heathers: The Musical (9/13), Happy Ending Music and Reading Series featuring Darin Strauss, Matthew Sharpe, Kristin Hersh & musical guest Anni Rossi (9/15), Girls Like Us feat. Melissa Hammans, Elizabeth Stanley, Carey Anderson & more! (9/19), Abigail Washburn (9/24), Portico Quartet (9/28) & Kim Richey w/ special guest Hannah Schneider (10/11). For more information about any show, please visit JOESPUB.COM.

On October 14, as part of the If It Only Even Runs A Minute concert series, the Broadway musical Truckload will have a mini-reunion on stage at the American Theatre of Actors.

Will Blum (Grease), Anne Fraser Thomas (Disney's Aladdin), Morgan James (Addams Family), Carrie Manolakos (Mamma Mia!, Wicked), and singer/songwriter Pauline Pisano will sing for Rockin' Off-Mondays The Music Of Alanis Morissette. Pit orchestra musicians to rock on their day off under the musical direction of Will Van Dyke, presented by Thomas Honeck and Lisa Moss.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) has announced preliminary casting and final music directors for its 22nd Annual Festival of New Musicals taking place on Thursday, October 21 and Friday, October 22, 2010 at New World Stages in New York City.

BWW is excited to present a new blog, which will follow the Early Stages of CHIX 6, a new multi-genre rock musical written and composed by Lourds Lane (lead singer and multi-instrumentalist from the national touring band, LOURDS) and directed by DJ Salisbury which is now being workshopped...