Broadway's Julie Halston (currently in rehearsals for Roundabout's Anything Goes) will host the Second Annual Broadway Belts! for PFF (Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation) Benefit on February 27, 2012 at 7:00pm at Birdland Jazz Club (315 West 44th Street).
Casting for the Los Angeles engagement of Follies has not yet been announced, and while it is presumed that at least some of the cast will be heading west, one star who will not make the trip is Bernadette Peters, who plays Sally Durant. A spokesperson for Peters tells BroadwayWorld that the star has concert obligations she must fulfill next spring, which will prevent her from continuing with the production. Peters will, of course, finish out the Broadway run through January 22.
Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW presented THE SHEWING-UP OF BLANCO POSNET - a cowboy comedy by George Bernard Shaw - on Monday, December 19 at The Players Club in Manhattan. David Staller produced and directed. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you photo coverage below!
Anthony Kearns, acclaimed as Ireland's Finest Tenor, announced his spring schedule, which takes him across America and back to Ireland singing opera, performing in concerts, and continuing his work for good.
The New York Pops orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Steven Reineke, celebrated the holidays with swinging seasonal favorites yesterday, with a second show playing tonight at 8 PM.
On December 16, 2011 International Tenor Karl Scully performed at St. Patrick Church, Bay Shore, NY. This concert was the 25th Anniversary Concert celebrating the founding of The Hibernian Festival Singers and was a benefit for the parish.
Leftfield Productions presented the annual All-Star Broadway Holiday Concert on Sunday, December 5th, 7:30PM, at The Irvington Town Hall Theater in Irvington, New York.
Erasing the Distance (ETD) has announced the opening production of our inaugural artistic season: the remount of FINDING PEACE IN THIS HOUSE, directed by ETD Founder/Executive Artistic Director Brighid O'Shaughnessy.
With the holiday season right around the corner, Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) hosts one the most highly anticipated live concert performances of the season: The Irish Tenors Reunion: 2011 Holiday Spectacular at the Bushnell's Mortensen Hall in Hartford. The event takes place on Sunday, December 11 at 6:30 p.m. BroadwayWorld brings you a photo preview of the event below!
With the seasonal splendor of the 'people's house' on full display, HGTV's popular coverage of the White House Christmas 2011 returns on Sunday, December 11, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
The Playhouse Creatures Theatre company closed out their 2011 season with a festival of original work featuring nine new short plays by nine different playwrights.
There's just a few weeks left to go in voting for the 2011 Baltimore Awards and here is the latest update! Have you voted yet, and helped to spread the word to support your favorites in the hopes that they will be the recipients of a 2011 BroadwayWorld Baltimore Award? There is no time to waste, click on the voting link and make your opinion count! Below are the stats so far as of Monday December 05, 2011.
Tony Award-nominee Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde, Les Misérables) and Helen Hayes Award-winner Natascia Diaz (Broadway's Man of La Mancha, The Capeman, Seussical, Carousel) will headline the November 30th at 7pm performance of JACQUES BREL RETURNS...The Music of Brel, Blau, Shuman and Jouannest. Joining them in the cast will be Jim Stanek (Lestat, Little Women, ...Forum), Rick Hip-Flores (who has performed in the pits of Billy Elliot, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and The Radio City Christmas Spectacular) and Ereni Sevasti (The Bacchae at The Public, Carnival at The Kennedy Center). Rick Hip-Flores will also serve as musical director.