Miami's South Beach hosted its 13th annual Art Basel Show in December 2014 at the Miami Convention Center. The four-day spectacle attracted more than 70,000 visitors, including Kate Hudson, Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian, and Miley Cyrus. Works of international artists were showcased at 67 galleries from 31 countries as well as throughout the Miami Beach neighborhoods. At night, the city turned into a vibrating party hub, entertaining guests with live concerts, release events, dance parties, and Barbie-themed celebrations. Determined to stay close to the art as well as to the hottest nightlife spots, visitors flocked to the beautifully restored SBH South Beach Hotel to stay in the Art Deco gem located right in the center of all the festivities.
See the beauty that went into designing the full set of INTO THE WOODS in the all-new featurette below with Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick and the fairytale cast!
In an all new INTO THE WOODS featurette titled 'Stage to Screen', the cast and creative team of the Disney hit film discuss bringing Stephen Sondheim's masterful stage production to the big screen.
Disney's hit musical adaptation of INTO THE WOODS has been drawing in large chunks of change at the box office and has captured the attention of the world. Luckily for score enthusiasts, Walt Disney Records released 1 hour and 38 minutes worth of musical material across 2 discs, which has been broken into 50 palatable tracks.
The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Braodway. It's the Top Ten Hot Topix for the last half of 2014, and the BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards Celebration on Wednesday, January 7th, 2015!
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's fairy tale-themed musical INTO THE WOODS arrived in movie theaters on Christmas Day and blew the box office wide open. Now, Disney's film adaptation has shared yet another behind-the-scenes featurette (we're not complaining!) highlighting some of the movie musical's most lyrical moments. Watch it below!
It was a big year for Broadway newbies! From young newcomers to seasoned Hollywood stars, Broadway welcomed many new faces to the family in 2014. Many earned critical acclaim, a brand-new fanbase, and some even walked away with Tony nominations (and awards)!
Below, BroadwayWorld celebrates just a few of our favorite new stage stars!
According to the Hollywood Reporter, INTO THE WOODS will come in at $46.1 plus million for the 4 day weekend. This puts it in third for the weekend box office, behind THE HOBBIT at $54.5 million and UNBROKEN at $47.3 million.
This just in from Variety! INTO THE WOODS opened strong with midnight showings last night of $1.1 million dollars. By comparison, ANNIE opened with $360,000 last week. According to the paper, 'Box office trackers expect INTO THE WOODS to finish the four-day Christmas weekend with $26 million to $29 million domestically.'
INTO THE WOODS star, Tony winner and brand-new LATE LATE SHOW host James Corden can now add yet another accolade to his banner year. The actor will be made an OBE in the Queen's New Year honors list, according to reports.
In an all-new video from The New York Times, director Rob Marshall discusses a sequence from his upcoming film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical INTO THE WOODS.
The self-proclaimed theater geek shared her excitement over having Stephen Sondheim work specifically on the lyrics to a song that she would be performing in the film.
Anna Kendrick stopped by the clubhouse to talk about her new film INTO THE WOODS and dish on all her A-list co-stars as well as on everything that went down on set during production.
The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. 'Into The Woods' finally opens tomorrow! Plus Porchlight's Sondheim season continues, TMTC's 'Allegro' at Ravinia, Laura Osnes is coming to town, 'Galavant' and the BroadwayWorld Chicago Awards arrive in early January, followed by 'Tommy' in Aurora, 'First Date' at the Royal George, 'The Full Monty' at Theater Wit and more!
This holiday season is a great time to be a fan of musical theatre, even if you don't live in the New York tri-state area. Everyone knows that there is nothing like Christmastime in The Big Apple, and that there's nothing more magical to do in NYC than to see a Broadway show. However, this year, you don't have to brave Times Square to get your share of the magic, because with the release of musical movies, television events, and TV series, it's all coming to you. And as always, BroadwayWorld has everything you need to know about these special holiday treats in our brand-new Stage to Screen Guide.
In honor of INTO THE WOODS release in just two days (!!!) Masterworks Broadway Tweeted a Spotify playlist with songs recorded by the original Broadway cast of Stephen Sondheim's INTO THE WOODS, as well as covers of his tunes by Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin and more.
Hollywood's legendary El Capitan Theatre presents a special engagement of Disney's 'Into The Woods,' from Dec. 25, 2014 - Jan. 11, 2015. In addition, El Capitan guests have the opportunity to be among the first to see the film at a special advance screening tonight, Dec. 24 at 7 p.m., complete with prizes and giveaways. Scroll down for stills from the film!