You can feel the standing ovation building the second they start working their way through 30 hit songs that the audience sings along with gleefully. I saw the production the second weekend, and already audience members were proclaiming to others 'This is my THIRD time!'
Tickets are now on sale for the 2nd-annual Voices for the Voiceless: Stars for Foster Kids concert on Monday, September 12th at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. This special event, presented by Beachbody.com, Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, brings together the brightest stars of stage and screen to raise awareness about the plight of kids in foster care, particularly those aged 13 to 21 whom many consider "unadoptable" because of their age.
Not all the characters made it out alive in last season's hilarious Broadway musical comedy DISASTER!, but you knew that the disco queen cruise ship entertainer played by Rachel York would somehow survive because, well, she sang Gloria Gaynor's 1978 hit 'I Will Survive.'
Nominated for eight Tony® Awards, Smokey Joe's Cafe is a musical revue showcasing 39 pop standards from the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's, including rock and roll and rhythm and blues songs written by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The Original Broadway cast recording, Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs Of Leiber And Stoller, won a Grammy Award in 1996. After a Los Angeles tryout, the revue opened on Broadway in 1995, running for 2,036 performances, making it the longest -running musical revue in Broadway history. It also had a London run in 1996. The show will open at Jacksonville's Alhambra Theatre & Dining on August 3, 2016.
On Thursday 18 August the ACTORS BENEVOLENT FUND of NSW are asking you to be a 'drag' - get frocked up and come along to the Chauvel Cinema and sing-a- long with Abba, Village People, Gloria Gaynor and more at the world's first interactive screening of the iconic Aussie classic THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT.
On Thursday 18 August the ACTORS BENEVOLENT FUND of NSW are asking you to be a 'drag' - get frocked up and come along to the Chauvel Cinema and sing-a-long with Abba, Village People, Gloria Gaynor and more at the world's first interactive screening of the iconic Aussie classic THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT.
On Thursday 18 August the ACTORS BENEVOLENT FUND of NSW are asking you to be a 'drag' - get frocked up and come along to the Chauvel Cinema and sing-a-long with Abba, Village People, Gloria Gaynor and more at the world's first interactive screening of the iconic Aussie classic THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT.
On Thursday, August 18th, the ACTORS BENEVOLENT FUND of NSW are asking you to be a 'drag' - get frocked up and come along to the Chauvel Cinema and sing-a-long with Abba, Village People, Gloria Gaynor and more at the world's first interactive screening of the iconic Aussie classic THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT.
'The Angry Birds Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)' is officially out everywhere today via Atlantic Records, and as a treat to fans, you can stream Demi Lovato's fantastic new cover of Gloria Gaynor's indelible classic 'I Will Survive'
Women of the World unite for Milwaukee Rep's poetic, powerful world premiere titled Sirens of Song featuring the musical history through a women's perspective sung through familiar melodies of the 20th century. While the music begins in December 1901 with the Daughters of Freedom, the Stackner Cabaret provides the ultimate setting for Scenic Designer Scott Davis' abandoned clothing shop filled with manikins dressed in period costumes-all surrounded by a grand, gilt broken picture frame where these three actors make their Rep debuts. A revue written by Kevin Ramsey and his niece Pearl Ramsey, the two collaborators weave world events through a century worth of popular music. Woo a women's heart at Milwaukee Rep's poetic, powerful world premiere titled Sirens of Song featuring history tuned to a women's perspective and sung through familiar melodies of the 20th century. While the music begins in December 1901 with the 'Daughters of Freedom', the Stackner Cabaret provides the ultimate setting for Scenic Designer Scott Davis' abandoned clothing shop filled with manikins dressed in period costumes-all surrounded by a grand, gilt fragmented picture frame where these three actresses open their Rep debuts. A world premiere revue written by Kevin Ramsey and his niece Pearl Ramsey, the two collaborators weave world events through a century worth of popular music.
Broadway's new musical comedy DISASTER!, directed by Jack Plotnick with a book by three-time Emmy Award nominee and Grammy Award nominee Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick, officially opened last night, March 8, 2016, for a limited engagement through Sunday, July 3, 2016. BroadwayWorld was there for the special night and you can check out photos from the red carpet arrivals below!
For Black History Month, introducing a new dramatic and musical telling of the African-American experience narrated by Allan Harris and accompanied by a trio of the country's finest musicians. The Bridge 'Bringing America Together' is set for 8:30 PM at (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York, 158 Bleeker St.
Today, the talented actress speaks exclusively with BWW about surviving the greatest DISASTER musical to ever hit the Great White Way!
For Black History Month, introducing a new dramatic and musical telling of the African-American experience narrated by Allan Harris and accompanied by a trio of the country's finest musicians. The Bridge 'Bringing America Together' is set for 8:30 PM at (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York, 158 Bleeker St.
Naples Philharmonic presents symphony siren and Broadway diva N'Kenge (Motown: The Musical and Sondheim and Sondheim) in their Classic FM - Four Decades of Radio Hits show.
Dancing Queens and Disco Kings will have the chance to relive the music and magic of the 1970s when the Waterbury Palace Theater throws the ultimate Disco Dance Party in celebration of the venue's Webster Broadway Series presentation of Saturday Night Fever: The Musical, Feb. 19-20, 2016. Tickets to all three performances are $65, $57, and $50 and can be purchased online at www.palacetheaterct.org, by phone at 203-346-2000, or in person at the Box Office, 100 East Main St.
Rockwell Table & Stage's favorite Jersey girl, singer/songwriter/actress Margaret M. Spirito, is returning to the acclaimed Los Feliz concert venue with her show THE SOUNDS OF DIRTY JERSEY. This one-night-only return engagement features the songs of New Jersey's finest with a Spirito twist! The concert will take place tonight, Dec. 1, 2015 at 8:00pm.
Rockwell Table & Stage's favorite Jersey girl, singer/songwriter/actress Margaret M. Spirito, is returning to the acclaimed Los Feliz concert venue with her show THE SOUNDS OF DIRTY JERSEY. This one-night-only return engagement features the songs of New Jersey's finest with a Spirito twist! The concert will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 at 8:00pm.
Known for her powerful and riveting vocals, Broadway's Darling N'Kenge (Motown: The Musical and Sondheim on Sondheim) will grace the stage in Classic FM's Four Decades of Radio Hits show with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of conductor, Jack Everly for two days dedicated to the best-of-the best from the FM radio dial, Today, November 20 (11:00am/8:00pm) and Saturday, November 21 (8:00pm), 2015.
Five-time Emmy Award winner Kelsey Grammer will return to NBC as the celebrity guest announcer for the season finale of 'Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris' on Tuesday, Nov. 3 (8 p.m. ET/PT). Grammer will lend his incomparable voice to the show as he previews what's to come throughout the episode.
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