Symphony Space's 2015 gala will celebrate Broadway impresario Harold Prince with a star-studded musical tribute to the legendary 21 time Tony Award® winning producer/director at 6:30 on May 18 at Capitale.
The first Broadway production to star an all teenage cast is being staged in Perth as part of the FRINGE WORLD Festival 2015, focusing on the life of 13-year-olds.
92Y has announced its upcoming Broadway events for March, including Wolf Hall's Hilary Mantel & Jeremy Herrin, the creative team behind Honeymoon in Vegas, and the cast of the upcoming revival of The Heidi Chronicles, including Elisabeth Moss and Jason Biggs.
For over 25 years, stars of stage and screen have come out to bowl in support of Second Stage's award-winning seasons and to assist the theatre in its fund-raising efforts at its annual All-Star Bowling Classic. Last night, stars gathered at Lucky Strike Lanes and Lounge to bowl and BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the event below!
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) today announced that Jen Bender has been named as the new Director of Programming and Artist Services for the organization. Jen returns to NYMF after having served as a founding producer of the Festival in 2004.
PRiMA Theatre and headline sponsor Hagelgans & Veronis Law Firm will host Broadway's green witch, Shoshana Bean, as she lands in Lancaster for an exclusive solo concert and public master class. Best known for playing Elphaba in Wicked, Shoshana is one of Broadway composer (and 2014 PRiMA guest artist) Jason Robert Brown's favorite singers. From Hairspray to Godspell, singing with Michael Jackson to the Enchanted movie soundtrack, this powerhouse vocalist brings her vocal prowess and unique experience to the PRiMA stage.
El pasado sabado 31 de enero la actriz Audra McDonald ofrecio un concierto en el Teatro Real de Madrid en el que compartio con el publico temas de compositores conocidos del Teatro Musical Americano.
BroadwayWorld previously reported that the Tony Award-winning musical romance THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY will be presented by Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) next January. Now, TUTS has revealed more details regarding their full 2015/2016 season in Sarofim Hall at The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Filled with a spoonful of sugar, one small girl with extra big dreams and a show that will have you "dying" with laughter, this season is sure to hit everyone's "sweet" spot.
First spotted by eagle-eyed viewers on the BroadwayWorld.com Message Boards, a tour is shaping up as promised for a show that built up a large fan base but didn't have a long run on the Great White Way.
THE LAST FIVE YEARSDaemon Theatre, based in Toronto, Canada, and created by Carl Puci, a fourth-year Theatre Production student at Ryerson University, is presenting a reimagined production of Jason Robert Brown's THE LAST FIVE YEARS. The company just launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the show, and you can check out their teaser video below!
Now according to the New York Post, similar drama is going down at Broadway's Honeymoon in Vegas. Michael Riedel revealed that Miramontez's O&M will soon take over tor the musical, which has been recently struggling at the box office, after press firm Boneau/Bryan-Brown resigned from the project. He writes: 'It didn't take Miramontez long to recover from Harvey's lashing. This week he joined 'Honeymoon in Vegas' after the veteran p.r. firm Boneau/Bryan-Brown resigned.'
Hotel Nikko San Francisco and Michael Feinstein are honored to welcome Tony and Grammy Award-winning singer, composer, actor, playwright and director Billy Porter to Feinstein's at the Nikko for three performances only - tonight, January 30 (8 p.m.); Saturday, January 31 (7 p.m.) and Sunday, February 1 (7 p.m.). Porter will perform songs from his new critically acclaimed album, 'Billy's Back on Broadway,' as well some of his other favorites!
The Red Mountain Theatre Company (RMTC) has announced that Tony-award winner Jason Robert Brown will bring his highly acclaimed production of 'The Last Five Years' to the RMTC Cabaret for three nights this February.
54 Below just presented GEORGIA STITT: THE DANGER YEAR IN CONCERT on Saturday, January 24, 2015. A brand-new musical featuring the powerful and deeply human songs of one of the musical theater's most exciting songwriters, THE DANGER YEAR charts one year of calamity, upheaval and rebirth in the lives of five interconnected characters. Click below to watch Lindsay Mendez perform Georgia Stitt's 'Stop'!
54 BELOW just presented GEORGIA STITT: THE DANGER YEAR IN CONCERT on Saturday, January 24, 2015. A brand-new musical featuring the powerful and deeply human songs of one of the musical theater's most exciting songwriters, THE DANGER YEAR charts one year of calamity, upheaval and rebirth in the lives of five interconnected characters.
Check out highlights from the concert below!
Five plays - one about a young woman's coming of age at the intersection of the Jewish and American communities; one about the friendship between the actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson and Soviet Jews during WWII; one about a feisty, successful Yiddish actress who fiercely guards her agonizing secrets from a zealous director; one about love and scandal in the 1921 Yiddish Art Theater's production of Ansky's 'The Dybbuk'; and one which takes place during 1945 at the closing of WWII in the Jewish neighborhood of Saratoga Springs known as 'Gut' -- have been chosen as the finalists in first-ever National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's [NYTF] International David and Clare Rosen Memorial Play Contest.
SubCulture's scheduled Jason Robert Brown concert, featuring guest artist Sierra Boggess, has been cancelled tonight due to inclement weather, it was announced this afternoon.
Tonight, January 26, Jason Robert Brown will continue as 2015 Artist-In-Residence at SubCulture (45 Bleecker St.) with a special concert featuring guest artist Sierra Boggess. She'll appear alongside The Caucasian Rhythm Kings and another secret guest!