Heidi Blickenstaff News

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS is pleased to announce Tyne Daly and Jonathan Hadary, the hosts of the first GYPSY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION, will return to help kick off the 20th Anniversary of the all-singing, all-dancing, all-dishing Broadway spectacular that has become the must see event for the New York theatrical community.

The Broadway production of THE LITTLE MERMAID, based on the animated Disney film and the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, welcomes new cast members to the company: Rogelio Douglas, Jr. (?Sebastian?), Eric LaJuan Summers (?Jetsam?), Robert Creighton (?Chef Louis?) and Heidi Blickenstaff (?Ursula?).

Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS, a new musical stage reinvention of the cherished classic film, arrived on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre for 65 performances only - guaranteeing New York a very 'white' Christmas! BroadwayWorld.com sent our cameras on their 'merry' way to join in on all the holiday fun of Opening Night!

SRT hosted its seventh annual benefit and cabaret event on November 17th at Birdland Jazz in Manhattan.

SRT's Annual Benefit features Tony, Academy and Grammy Award-winning artists in 'Sonnet Sings: The Bard, An Evening of Original Songs Inspired by the Work of William Shakespeare.' 11/17

THE NEW YORK CITY GAY MEN'S CHORUS launches its 29th season with a time-honored New York tradition: under the Artistic Direction of Charles Beale, NYCGMC presents The New York City Gay Men's Chorus Holiday Spectacular 'Celebrate Me Home' at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday December 9th, 8:00PM.

Composer-lyricist Scott Alan's new CD, Keys: The Music of Scott Alan, is NOW AVAILABLE on CDBaby.com as a CD disc or as a full length mp3.

SRT's Annual Benefit features Tony, Academy and Grammy Award-winning artists in 'Sonnet Sings: The Bard, An Evening of Original Songs Inspired by the Work of William Shakespeare.' 11/17

It has been confirmed that [title of show] star Heidi Blickenstaff will be replacing Sheri Rene Scott as 'Ursula' in the Disney musical THE LITTLE MERMAID on Broadway.

The New York Musical Theater Festival honored producer Robyn Goodman at its Fifth Anniversary Season Awards Gala on Sunday, November 2nd at The Hudson Theatre.

92YTribeca Theater has added new events to the Fall 2008 schedule, including 'Dance-a-Raoke,' Naked Angels First Mondays: BEND and An Evening with [title of show].

The former leading ladies of [title of show], Susan Blackwell and Heidi Blickenstaff stopped by Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab to watch themselves be spoofed.

92YTribeca Theater has added new events to the Fall 2008 schedule, including 'Dance-a-Raoke,' Naked Angels First Mondays: BEND and An Evening with [title of show].

Supertossers has created a special video tribute to The Cast of [title of show], using their song 'Nine People's Favorite Thing.' People from all across the world, including theater, television and film stars Jonathan Groff, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Neil Patrick Harris, Jimmy Kimmel, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mara Davi, T.R. Knight, Andrea Martin, Seth Rudetsky and more participated.

[title of show] -- the original new musical that began previews on July 5 and opened at the Lyceum Theatre (149 W. 45 St.) on July 17 -- will conclude its critically acclaimed run at the Lyceum tonight, Sunday October 12th.

Tonight on 'That's Kentertainment!,' host Ken Kleiber brings you the cast of [title of show] in an encore airing celebrating their run on Broadway which concludes October 12.

On Sunday October 5, 2008 Gypsy star and Tony Award winner Laura Benanti and her husband, stage and screen star Steven Pasquale caught a performance of [title of show]. Also visiting that night was actress Katie Finneran, a Tony Winner herself for 'Noises Off' as well as cast members from the new musical 'A Tale of Two Cities', after the performance the whole gang stopped by backstage to visit the cast and crew.

On Thursday September 25th, as part of The ASCAP Foundation's NYMF Seminar Series, the cast of [title of show] discussed the highs and lows of guiding their musical from the New York Musical Theatre Festival to Broadway, there was also a performance and cd sigining as part of the evening. The event took place at Barnes & Noble at Lincoln Square which is located at 1972 Broadway at 66th Street.

Composer and Lyricist Scott Alan is currently back in the recording studio recording his follow up CD to his successful debut, 'Dreaming Wide Awake.'

The creators of [title of show] talk about creating an original Broadway musical.