The 40th Anniversary production and first-ever Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's rock musical GODSPELL is now in previews at The Circle in the Square Theatre and we've got a first look at the performance highlights! Want to see Hunter Parrish, Wallace Smith and company in an onstage preview? Click below!
The 40th Anniversary production and first-ever Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's landmark rock musical GODSPELL is now in preview performances at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre. Directed by Daniel Goldstein and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Christopher Gattelli (South Pacific), the show will open on Monday, November 7. Last night, the company visited Late Night with David Letterman and below, we bring you a clip of their performance!
Producers Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo (Lombardi) will next present MAGIC/BIRD on Broadway, reuniting with Tony-nominated director Thomas Kail (Lombardi, In The Heights) and Lombardi playwright and Oscar winner and Emmy Nominee Eric Simonson. The new play chronicles the intertwined life stories of two of the most influential figures in sports and pop culture of the past 25 years, basketball Hall of Famers Larry Bird and Earvin ‘Magic' Johnson. According to an audition notice out today, the production will go into rehearsal on January 23, 2012 and begin previews on February 27. An opening date and theater have yet to be announced.
Mac Wellman will present 3 2's; or AFAR on Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays, October 6-8, 13-15, 20-22, 27-29 at 7:30 pm at Dixon Place (161A Chrystie Street New York, NY 10002). Tickets cost $15 in advance and $18 at door. For more information, visit online at www.dixonplace.org or call 212 219-0736.
CoActive Content, Stacey Martino, Founder/Artistic Director, and American Latino Theatre Company, David Llauger-Meiselman, Artistic Director, will present a new co-production of the critically acclaimed play, 'The King of the Desert,' written by Stacey Martino, performed by René Rivera, and helmed by award-winning director, Sal Romeo, all Studio Lifetime Members of The Actors Studio.
Without a doubt - and even before they take to the stage in Lipscomb University Theatre's production of Hairspray - it's pretty clear that the production's cast members are truly 'the nicest kids in town.' Bringing the hit musical to life for local audiences, which will include a large contingent of alumni in town for homecoming at the Nashville university (Hairspray runs November 3-6 in Collins Auditorium on the Lipscomb campus), the large ensemble of more than 40 actors are hard at work, sharpening their skills, running lines and rehearsing like it's nobody's business. And their spirit and energy is palpable!
BWW had a chance to sit down with actress Joely Richardson and discuss her role in the movie ANONYMOUS, opening in theaters this Friday, October 28th, as well as her love of Broadway, her upcoming theater plans and her relationship with her mother, Vanessa Redgrave.
Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, opens its 37th season with the Chicago premiere of Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by David Stern.
Can a parent love a child just for him or herself alone? Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA will present the West Coast premiere of a darkly comic, yet poignant new play about childhood in America. Inspired by the unsolved murder of six-year old JonBenét Ramsey, House of Gold by Gregory Moss opens on October 22 at Atwater Village Theatre, with low-priced previews beginning October 15.
Whether you've been living under a rock for the past week, or you're just in the mood for a recap of everything theatre, BroadwayWorld's feature, 'This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy your end of the week fix. Take a look below to catch up on the latest happenings from the Great White Way to the West End (and everywhere in between) with coverage of press events, rehearsals, opening nights and more!
For last week's biggest events: visit THIS WEEK IN PICTURES: October 8-14.
The 40th Anniversary production and first-ever Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's landmark rock musical GODSPELL is now in preview performances at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre. Directed by Daniel Goldstein and choreographed by Tony Award nominee Christopher Gattelli (South Pacific), the show will open on Monday, November 7. Last week, we brought you a FIRST LOOK at the production and today, we bring you the newest production shots just released!
The Hyper Aware Theater Company presents its newest work, GUTTERDRUNK: The Poe Revisions, which brings viewers deep into the hallucinatory mind of famed writer, Edgar Allan Poe.
So how does a New York-based actor/dancer/choreographer/producer/arts administrator - okay, let's just say it loud and clear right now: Justin Boccitto is a multi-hyphenate - find himself in Nashville, directing and choreographing a production of Hairspray at a Christian university with a theater program that's making a big splash locally, regionally and nationally?
The revival of Godspell, which has long been expected to head to Broadway next season, will reportedly open at the Circle in the Square Theatre on November 7, 2011. according to a report in the New York Times. Performances will begin on October 13, 2011.
On Monday, October 10, five projects that offer innovative models for local arts journalism received funding and were named finalists of the Knight Foundation/National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Community Arts Journalism Challenge, founded this summer to find new ways to use technology to inform and engage people in the arts.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and The Centre for Education and Theater in Montreal (CETM) today announced the US Premiere Presentation of MA FEMME, MA BLONDE ET MA ROULOTTE, book by Betsy Kelso, music by David Nehls, French traslation by Stephen Pietrantoni, David Laurin and Patrick Olafson, choreographed by Lorna Wayne, musical directed by Maxime Begin, directed by Stephen Pietrantoni.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and The Centre for Education and Theater in Montreal (CETM) today announced the US Premiere Presentation of MA FEMME, MA BLONDE ET MA ROULOTTE, book by Betsy Kelso, music by David Nehls, French traslation by Stephen Pietrantoni, David Laurin and Patrick Olafson, choreographed by Lorna Wayne, musical directed by Maxime Begin, directed by Stephen Pietrantoni.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and The Centre for Education and Theater in Montreal (CETM) are pleased to announce the US Premiere Presentation of MA FEMME, MA BLONDE ET MA ROULOTTE, book by Betsy Kelso, music by David Nehls, French traslation by Stephen Pietrantoni, David Laurin and Patrick Olafson, choreographed by Lorna Wayne, musical directed by Maxime Begin, directed by Stephen Pietrantoni. MA FEMME, MA BLONDE ET MA ROULOTTE will perform two nights only at the TBG Theater (312 W 36th Street NY, NY).
According to the Daily Mail, Joely Richardson has signed on to star in Ibsen's THE LADY FROM THE SEA. Richardson's mother, Vanessa Redgrave, and sister, the late Natasha Richardson, have both played this leading role of Ellida, the lighouse keeper's daughter in Ibsen's drama. The play will be performed at the Rose Theatre in Kingston from February 23.