Casey Nicholaw News

If you know what I mean when I say things such as "Are you telling me cocoanuts migrate?!?" "She's got huge tracks of land!" and "Ni!" then you're my kind of nerd who understands the joy that is "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". And while musical theater nerds are aware, I was surprised to find out how many others didn't know that the genius of Holy Grail was giddily translated into the musical "Monty Python's Spamalot" which ran off with the Tony for best musical in 2005. And now the 5th Avenue Theatre presents an all local production of the smash hit and with the talent and design at their disposal, it's about as close to the Broadway show as you're going to get (without Jews, of course).

The producers of the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, Broadway in Columbus, and CAPA announced today that single tickets will go on sale today, February 6, at 10am. Tickets will be available at the CAPA Ticket Center (39 E. State St.), all Ticketmaster outlets, by visiting ticketmaster.com, or by calling 614.469.0939. Group orders of 10 or more may be placed by calling 614.719.6900.

The producers of the national tour of the THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and Broadway in Indianapolis announced today that single tickets will go on sale Saturday, February 8 at 8:00 am. Tickets will be available by visiting www.ticketmaster.com. Beginning at 10:00 am, tickets will be available by calling 800-982-2787 or in-person at the Old National Centre box office (502 N Jersey St), Clowes Hall box office (4602 Sunset Ave) and all Ticketmaster outlets. Group orders of 15 or more may be placed by calling 317-632-5182 ext. 103.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has broken the house record in Cincinnati, OH for the week ending January 26 at the Aronoff Center for the Arts grossing $1,645,275.00.

The producers of the First National Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta announced today that all remaining tickets will go on sale for the newly added Monday, February 3, 7:00 p.m. performance on Friday, January 31 at 5:00 p.m. Tickets will be available at the Fox Theatre box office (660 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308), by visiting www.FoxAtlTix.com or by calling 1-855-285-8499.

The 2013-2014 Broadway season is particularly notable for its preponderance of screen-to-stage adaptations, ranging from ALADDIN to ROCKY to BULLETS OVER BROADWAY and more - not to mention this week's big announcement of KING KING: THE MUSICAL coming to Broadway soon, as well as BACK TO THE FUTURE hitting the West End - so today we are looking at some of the reasons why these properties in particular are perfect for the boards, and, hopefully, the box office.

Tony nominee Daniel Breaker just announced via Twitter that he will soon join the cast of THE BOOK OF MORMON as tribal chief 'Mafala.' He writes: I'm pleased to join the @BookofMormon this Feb on B'way!!! Come see me play Mafala in this absolutely hilarious show!!! #LoveMormon'. Breaker will replace original cast member Michael Potts.

Adam Jacobs, star of Disney's upcoming Aladdin, and his wife of seven years, actress Kelly Jacobs, just announced the birth of twin boys Jack Loren Jacobs and Alex Gregory Jacobs. The twins were born early Monday morning, January 27, after a 25-hour labor, weighing in at 5 lbs, 12 oz and 4 lbs, 11 oz, respectively. Scroll down for a photo of the happy family!

Manhattan Theatre Club will present its annual Winter Benefit, an evening of cocktails and dinner followed by a special one-night-only cabaret-style show featuring Broadway's brightest stars on Monday, February 3, 2014 at The Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Fredrick P. Rose Hall (Broadway & 60th Street).

The producers of the First National Tour of the THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and Wharton Center announced today that single tickets will go on sale Friday, January 31 at 10:00am. THE BOOK OF MORMON comes to Wharton Center as part of the MSU Federal Credit Union Broadway at Wharton Center Series for eight performances only; June 10-15. Tickets will be available online at whartoncenter.com, at the Auto-Owners Ticket Office at Wharton Center, or by calling 1-800-WHARTON.

THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, has announced a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins January 28 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta as part of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Atlanta 2013/2014 season. The show plays a limited two week engagement through February 9. In Atlanta, the production will conduct a pre-show lottery at the box office, making a limited number of tickets available at $25 apiece. For more information, visit www.broadwayinatlanta.com.

The Book of Mormon's return engagement at the Hollywood Pantages begins today, January 21 at Theatre and continues through March 16, 2014.

Disney's Aladdin, a new musical comedy based on the Academy Award®-winning animated film, begins performances at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre on February 26th, 2014 for a March 20 opening. In anticipation of the big Broadway opening, we're getting acquainted with the company. In the video below, meet book writer Chad Beguelin!

Disney's Aladdin, a new musical comedy based on the Academy Award®-winning animated film, begins performances at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre on February 26th, 2014 for a March 20 opening. Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions, the show features music by Tony Award® and eight-time Oscar® winner Alan Menken(Beauty and the Beast, Newsies, Sister Act), lyrics by two-time Oscar winner Howard Ashman(Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid), three-time Tony Award and three-time Oscar winner Tim Rice (Evita, Aida) and two-time Tony Award nominee Chad Beguelin (The Wedding Singer), with a book by Beguelin, and is directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw(The Book of Mormon). In the video below, watch the full marquee installation at the New Amsterdam Theatre!

Disney's Aladdin, a new musical comedy based on the Academy Award®-winning animated film, begins performances at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre on February 26th, 2014 for a March 20 opening. In anticipation of the big Broadway opening, we're getting acquainted with the company. In the video below, meet director Casey Nicholaw!