Flody Suarez News

Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: Escape to Margaritaville opens tonight, get a first look at photos from the production, plus watch a performance of 'Make it Rain' by Shoshana Bean at her album release concert!

Producers Flody Suarez and Jeffrey Seller announced today the design team for The Cher Show including legendary costume designer and longtime Cher collaborator Bob Mackie. The Cher Show, the new musical based on the life and career of the iconic singer and actress, will have its Pre-Broadway Premiere in Chicago with previews beginning on June 12, 2018 at Broadway In Chicago's Oriental Theatre (24 W. Randolph).

Watch highlights from the first episode of RISE, which aired last night on NBC. From Jason Katims, executive producer and showrunner of “Friday Night Lights” and “Parenthood,” and “Hamilton” producer Jeffrey Seller comes a heartening new drama about finding inspiration in unexpected places. When dedicated teacher Lou Mazzuchelli (Josh Radnor) sheds his own self-doubt and takes over the school's lackluster theater department, he galvanizes not only the faculty and students but the entire working-class town. 

Josh Radnor stops by The Today Show to discuss his role in the new NBC musical series RISE. In the new musical drama series “Rise,” Josh Radnor portrays an inspirational high school theater director. He tells TODAY's Hoda Kotb that he was “thrilled” to learn that Rosie Perez would co-star with him: “She's really fun to fake-fight with, but I wouldn't recommend a real fight with her.”

Listen to the cast of NBC's RISE sing a Spring Awakening Montage, along with 'I Believe' from Spring Awakening below! Each Friday, beginning, March 9, original cast recordings of the tracks featured in the following Tuesday's episode of “Rise” will be released at all DSPs and streaming services. The first musical offering highlights cast recordings included in the “Rise” series premiere, airing on Tuesday, March 13 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on NBC, immediately following the season finale of “This Is Us.” The weekly musical releases will culminate with a full album, entitled “RISE SEASON 1: THE ALBUM,” due Friday, May 11. The collection will highlight selected tracks released over the course of the season, alongside additional unreleased songs from the cast.

Atlantic Records has announced plans for a prolific slate of musical releases tied to "Rise," NBC's much anticipated new drama series from the producers of "Hamilton," "Friday Night Lights" and "Parenthood."

Atlantic Records has announced plans for a prolific slate of musical releases tied to “Rise,” NBC's much anticipated new drama series from the producers of “Hamilton,” “Friday Night Lights” and “Parenthood.”

In just days, NBC will premiere its newest drama, Rise, which airs Tuesday, March 13th at 10pm ET/PT following the season finale of 'This Is Us,' and debuts in its regular time period on Tuesday, March 20th at 9pm ET/PT on NBC.

 Fifty high schools have risen above 1,000 applicants to claim NBC's R.I.S.E. America grants. The program – inspired by the network's upcoming drama “Rise” about a high school theatre department and its effects on a small town – is awarding half million dollars to high school theatre programs across the country. 

In conjunction with its new theatre drama, RISE, NBC has created  R.I.S.E. America, a program that grants a half-million dollars to high school theatre programs across the country.

NBC has released the latest promo for the upcoming drama 'Rise.' The music video style promo, featuring the show's cast performing a new Tom Kitt arrangement of Macklemore's 'Glorious', will also preview on air during NBC's broadcast of the Super Bowl on Sunday. Check out the new promo below!

Jeffrey Seller's upcoming NBC Show 'Rise' is redefining the high school theatre TV-show template. The Hamilton producer's new show puts its focus on a small town in Pennsylvania where a dedicated teacher revolutionizes his school's theatre department. Each season will bring a new musical to the screen, following the ups and downs of high school drama on and off the stage. Of course, the question must then become: will viewers ever get the chance to see a rendition of Tony-award winning Hamilton?

Below, check out first look photos from the Series Premiere episode of NBC's new theater-themed drama RISE. The show premieres on Tuesday, March 13 at 10-11 p.m. ET on NBC

ed midseason drama series, RISE. The new series will launch Tuesday, March 13 at 10 p.m. with a preview episode immediately following the season finale of THIS IS US.

With its fall lineup on track to dominate the fourth quarter for a sixth consecutive year in the 18-49 demo, NBC is set to launch two of its highly anticipated midseason dramas, GOOD GIRLS and RISE with their debuts scheduled behind a pair of formidable lead-ins.

Broadway In Chicago has announced its 2018 season line-up set to feature two new Pre-Broadway musicals: PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL, based on the beloved Garry Marshall film, and THE CHER SHOW based on the life of the legendary Cher.

The Broadway-bound musical THE CHER SHOW, which celebrates the life and music of global superstar Cher, will premiere next June at Chicago's Oriental Theatre. The five-week pre-Broadway engagement will be from June 12 to July 15. The show will then arrive at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre in the fall of 2018

In honor of the announcement of a new Cher musical, on this Thursday we're throwing back to CHER... SPECIAL - which was recorded in California for ABC and was ranked was ranked among the Top 10 most-watched programs of the week it aired.

The Broadway-bound musical THE CHER SHOW, which celebrates the life and music of global superstar Cher, will premiere next June at Chicago's Oriental Theatre. The five-week pre-Broadway engagement will be from June 12 to July 15. The show will then arrive at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre in the fall of 2018

According to deadline.com, Stephanie J. Block and Mark Tallman are set to appear on the NBC drama series, RISE - in recurring roles.