FREEZE FRAME: Meet the Company of CLINTON THE MUSICAL!
by Walter McBride
- Mar 4, 2015
Clinton The Musical has found its Bills. Yes, Bills plural - it takes two actors to play the larger than life 42nd President of The United States. Playing President 'WJ' Clinton is Tom Galantich (Tail! Spin!, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and Duke Lafoon (MONICA! The Musical, A Wonderful Life) will take on the role of 'Billy' Clinton. Additional casting includes John Treacy Egan (Nice Work if you Can Get It, Sister Act) as Newt Gingrich, Veronica Kuehn(Mamma Mia!, Avenue Q) as Monica Lewinsky, Kevin Zak (Silence! The Musical, My Life is a Musical) as Kenneth Starr with Kara Guy (National Tour: Footloose), Dale Hensley (La Cage aux Folles, The Drowsy Chaperone), Rob Richardson (Jekyll & Hyde, A Tale of Two Cities), and Gretchen Wylder(Bedbugs!!!, Til Divorce Do Us Part). They will join the previously announced Tony nominee, Kerry Butler as Hillary Clinton and Emmy Award winner, Judy Gold as Eleanor Roosevelt.
The cast just met the press and you can check out a photo preview from the festivities below!
Tom Galantich & Duke LaFoon Join Cast of CLINTON THE MUSICAL Off-Broadway; Full Company Set!
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 16, 2015
New York: Clinton The Musical has found its Bills. Yes, Bills plural - it takes two actors to play the larger than life 42nd President of The United States. Playing President 'WJ' Clinton is Tom Galantich (Tail! Spin!, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and Duke LaFoon (MONICA! The Musical, A Wonderful Life) will take on the role of 'Billy' Clinton.
PALIN THE MUSICAL to Play Laurie Beechman Theatre This Spring
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 10, 2015
'Girls just want to have fun,' you know it, I know it, but Erica Vlahinos is living it. Picking up her cues from power chicks from Tina Fey to Lena Dunham, Lil' Kim to Lily Allen, Vlahinos has set her laser sharp sights on the trail blazziest of unlikely trail blazzers - in a word, PALiN.
Lynn Nottage's RUINED Begins Tonight at Everyman Theatre
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 4, 2015
The Pulitzer Prize winning drama Ruined by Lynn Nottage makes its Baltimore premiere at Everyman Theatre this winter. The epic play features a cast of 17, led by Everyman Resident Company Member Dawn Ursula, who was seen last season as Vera Stark in Nottage's comedic drama By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. The production is directed by internationally acclaimed director Tazewell Thompson and will run from tonight, February 4th through March 8th.
New Zealand New Performance Festival to Run 3/12-29 at LaMaMa
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 2, 2015
The New Zealand based theatrical company, Playground NZ, under the Artistic Direction of Sam Trubridge, has announced that it will be staging NEW ZEALAND NEW PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL, a ten day showcase of contemporary performance featuring nine different works belonging to award winning and internationally respected artists from New Zealand from dance to standup comedy and physical theatre to installation, March 12th - March 29th at one of New York City's most exciting venues, LaMaMa.
VIDEO: J.K. Simmons and SNL Cast Unleash Annoying New Microsoft Gadget, "Pushie"
by Sally Henry Fuller
- Feb 1, 2015
J.K. Simmons hosted SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE this week and portrayed a variety of characters, including a curmudgeonly man just trying to figure out Microsoft Word. Watch as Simmons soon discovers that the simple program is not as easy as it seems, thanks to a new gadget called 'Pushie.' Check it out below!
VIDEO: J.K. Simmons Channels WHIPLASH Character in SNL Opening
by Sally Henry Fuller
- Feb 1, 2015
J.K. Simmons hosted Saturday Night Live this week and channeled his Oscar-nominated character from WHIPLASH, trash-talking famous drummers until a famous surprise guest arrives and throws him off. Check it out below!
La MaMa and Sheryl Lee Ralph Stages Richard E. Waits' MAMA ROSE, Now thru 2/8
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 30, 2015
LA MaMa Experimental Theatre Club and Sheryl Lee Ralph and The D.I.V.A. Foundation present MAMA ROSE (A Solo Musical). This show gives a glimpse of Mr. Waits' life growing up in Buffalo, New York with his own MAMA ROSE, Rose Waits. In this dark comedy you'll find out that this 'southern belle' could have ruled the world...if they had only let her.
Lynn Nottage's RUINED to Play Everyman Theatre, 2/4-3/8
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 24, 2015
The Pulitzer Prize winning drama Ruined by Lynn Nottage makes its Baltimore premiere at Everyman Theatre this winter. The epic play features a cast of 17, led by Everyman Resident Company Member Dawn Ursula, who was seen last season as Vera Stark in Nottage's comedic drama By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. The production is directed by internationally acclaimed director Tazewell Thompson and will run from February 4th through March 8th.
Justin Bieber Responds to SNL's Calvin Klein Ad Spoof
by Caryn Robbins
- Jan 19, 2015
On this week's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, cast member Kate McKinnon stripped down for a new set of Calvin Klein underwear ads, spoofing a recent ad campaign by pop singer Justin Bieber.
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