Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the success of the premiere concert reading of the first act of DreamWorks Theatricals new stage adaptation of The Prince of Egypt which was part of Bay Street Theater's 24th Annual Summer Gala which took place in Sag Harbor at the Long Wharf on July 11, 2015 to benefit Bay Street's educational and theatrical programs. ThePrince of Egypt features book by Philip LaZebnik (writer of Mulan, Pocahontas) and music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (composer of Wicked,Pippin, Godspell); both creators attended the Gala. Bay Street's Artistic Director Scott Schwartz directed the reading, Dominic Amendum was Musical Director, and casting was by Stewart/Whitley.
The Original Broadway cast album for It Shoulda Been You was recorded by Ghostlight Records and will be available for purchase digitally on Friday, August 14, 2015 and physically on Friday, September 18, 2015. Licensing for future productions of the hilarious, crowd-pleasing musical will be available through Music Theatre International (MTI). The Wednesday, July 15, 2015 matinee performance of It Shoulda Been You will be filmed for the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts and preserved for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a look inside the recording studio!
Pasadena Pops Conductor Michael Feinstein puts down the conducting baton and picks up the microphone for one night only to sing a full concert devoted to the legacy of Frank Sinatra.
The complete cast and creative team have been announced for The Comedy of Errors as The Old Globe's 2015 Summer Shakespeare Festival continues the Globe's 80th Anniversary festivities as part of the Balboa Park Centennial Celebration.
BroadwayWorld has learned that It Shoulda Been You will play its final performance on Broadway, Sunday, August 9, 2015 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 W 47th Street).
After the SCOTUS ruling on Friday legalizing gay marriage, many Broadway personalities took to varied platforms to share heartfelt messages about what the ruling means to them. One such was Tony Award-winner Tyne Daly, who addressed the theatre after Friday night's IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU performance. Check out her whole speech below!
Broadway has been celebrating Friday's Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage ever since the official announcement, and where better to celebrate than a musical about a wedding?
The Old Globe presents William Shakespeare's delightful and romantic Twelfth Night, directed by Rebecca Taichman, whose production of the time-traveling Time and the Conways fascinated audiences last April, as part of the 2015 Summer Shakespeare Festival. The Old Globe engagement runs through July 26, 2015, with opening night tonight, June 27 at 8:00 p.m., in the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre.
Equality rang through the United States this morning with the Supreme Court's historic decision - and Broadway's IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU is joining in on the celebration.
Rejoice! This morning the U.S Supreme Court ruled that Same-Sex Marriage is now legal in all 50 states. The new ruling states that refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples violates the Constitution.
Pitch Perfect actress Rebel Wilson recently attended a performance of Broadway's new musical, It Shoulda Been You. Backstage after the show Wilson greeted Lisa Howard and the cast and was reminded of her breakout film, Bridesmaids which also highlights the insanity that surrounds a wedding. Check out a look back below!
Ghostlight Records announced today the release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of It Shoulda Been You. Produced by Kurt Deutsch and Joel Moss, the album will be digitally released on Friday, August 14, 2015 with a physical release on Friday, September 18, 2015. For more information on the album, please visit: www.sh-k-boom.com/itshouldabeenyou.
Quick, name the best composer/lyricist in the history of the musical theatre. Did you say Stephen Sondheim? If not, you're wrong. We love Mr. Sondheim so much here at BroadwayWorld that we are giving away the six-DVD set THE STEPHEN SONDHEIM COLLECTION to one lucky fan.
This week's New York Times In Performance video features Sierra Boggess performing the number 'A Little Bit Less Than', from the new Broadway musical IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU
Academy Award winning actress Julianne Moore was honored on June 8, 2015 by the Alzheimer's Association, New York City Chapter at the annual 'Forget-Me-Not' Gala, An Evening to End Alzheimer's at The Pierre in Manhattan. Ms. Moore received the Chapter's Creative Leadership Award for her stunning portrayal of a college professor diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease in Still Alice. Tony Award winning actor David Hyde Pierce presented Ms. Moore with the award. Scroll down for photos from the event!
