With no less than 8 major musicals opening in Fall 2006 in London, which ones are steaming ahead and which ones lagging behind? Jake takes a look and finds out..
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Toronto welcomes Monty Python's SPAMALOT.
Python fans will be in heaven, and musical comedy buffs with love all the inside jokes. This is the big hit the city has been waiting for.
Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that SHAUN TAYLOR-CORBETT will take over the role as JUAN in the award-winning musical comedy, beginning July 3rd. Original Juan, Ryan Duncan leaves the show July 2nd.
Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that ALTAR BOYZ, the award-winning musical comedy, will kick off a 30-week National Tour with a three-week engagement at the LaSalle Theatre (4901 W. Irving Park Road) in Chicago beginning October 10th.
This year's Broadway Bares is being held on Sunday June 18th and is promising to be one of the best yet - celebrating New York's 'colorful characters and interesting places.' Of course, we can also expect a lot of heat! I checked in with director Denis Jones and one of the choreographers, Dontee Kiehn to get the full scoop on what the always-fun night has in store for audiences this year.
Casting is now complete for the highly anticipated world premiere of the Kander and Ebb musical Curtains, which will begin previews at Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre on July 25th, open on August 9th and run through September 10th
Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that ALTAR BOYZ will play its 500th performance on Friday, May 12th.
Broadway Barks 8!, the latest celebrity-filled installment in the series of fundraising for New York City animal shelters, will take place in Shubert Alley on July 8th
Broadway's Tony Award wining Best Musical can now add another laurel to its many honors: MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT won the Grammy Award today for Best Musical Show album. The Grammys take place tonight, Wed. Feb. 8 in Los Angeles at the Staples Center.
Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba and Edward Hibbert will join David Hyde Pierce in the pre-Broadway world premiere of Kander and Ebb's Curtains at the Ahmanson Theatre in LA this summer
Carla Collins, a model and actress from Botswana, is sueing the producer of Spamalot for putting a sexy photo of her on one of the Shubert Theatre's billboards without her authorization
John Lithgow played his last performance on January 15 in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and BroadwayWorld was there to cover the fun. Next up? Jonathan Pryce.