The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards took place Sunday, January 11 2009 at The Beverly Hilton with a live telecast that aired on NBC at 8 PM (EST) and produced by Dick Clark Productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
Minsky's is a big, racy, new musical comedy set in a time when entertainment was about legs and laughs, and you had to push the limits to keep the customers buying tickets. A rollicking backstage story, set in Prohibition Era New York City. Tony Award winning costume designer Gregg Barnes talked about his creations for MINSKY'S on the show's official site in a wonderful audio/video essay that we are excited to bring you here on BWW TV!
Former SNL genius, Celebrity Autobiography mainstay and gifted comic actress Rachel Dratch is a member of the cast of the currently in rehearsal musical Minsky's, she reveals her joy of working with composer Charles Strouse and her hope of it continuing to Broadway in the future to NYMag.com's Diana Scholl.
Minsky's is the second new musical playing the Ahmanson this season, boasting a book by Bob Martin and direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw, who both crafted the U.S. premiere of the musical The Drowsy Chaperone at the Ahmanson in 2005. Composer Charles Strouse (Bye Bye Birdie, Annie) will join lyricist Susan Birkenhead (Triumph of Love) on the musical, which begins performances January 21 through March 1, 2009.
Beyonce and co-star Adrien Brody were among those at the New York the premiere for their new film 'Cadillac Records.'
From Sept - Dec 2008 Joe's Pub is featuring many of the artists and series that have cemented their reputation as the most influential music venue in New York.
This September, Charles Strouse's year-long 80th birthday celebration continues in the United Kingdom. Following tributes at venues ranging from New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Paley Center for Media, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, Chicago's Theatre Building and Washington DC's The Library of Congress and The Kennedy Center, Strouse will cross the Atlantic where he will celebrate his 80th birthday, his 50 years of composing for the theatre, film and television and the release of his new book, Put On a Happy Face - A Broadway Memoir.
This week, Charles Strouse's year-long 80th birthday celebration continues in the United Kingdom. Following tributes at venues ranging from New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Paley Center for Media, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, Chicago's Theatre Building and Washington DC's The Library of Congress and The Kennedy Center, Strouse will cross the Atlantic where he will celebrate his 80th birthday, his 50 years of composing for the theatre, film and television and the release of his new book, Put On a Happy Face - A Broadway Memoir.
This September, Charles Strouse's year-long 80th birthday celebration continues in the United Kingdom. Following tributes at venues ranging from New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Paley Center for Media, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, Chicago's Theatre Building and Washington DC's The Library of Congress and The Kennedy Center, Strouse will cross the Atlantic where he will celebrate his 80th birthday, his 50 years of composing for the theatre, film and television and the release of his new book, Put On a Happy Face - A Broadway Memoir.
SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) will launch ABBA Radio, an exclusive channel dedicated to international pop supergroup, ABBA.
SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) will launch ABBA Radio, an exclusive channel dedicated to international pop supergroup, ABBA.
On Monday June 16th at the 21 Club there was a cocktail reception celebrating Charles Strouse, his 80th birthday, his 50-year career and the launch of his new book, Put on a Happy Face: A Broadway Memoir. The evening included a musical tribute, the reading of a proclamation from the city of New York, and a performance by Strouse from behind the piano.
After completing a national tour, HISTORY OF THE WORD will be presented at NY's famed Apollo Theatre on April 8th at 10am. HISTORY OF THE WORD is presented by TheaterFirst, KDF and The Apollo Theatre, written by Ben Snyder, directed by Monica Williams, and conceived by Orin Wolf & Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj.
The fourth IN THE HEIGHTS interactive character card features Seth Stewart as Sonny! Learn all about him here....
On June 7, 2008, Charles Strouse, the award winning composer of Annie, Bye Bye Birdie and some of the most popular music from the last 50 years of Broadway, film and television, turns 80. To mark the occasion, a year-long celebration of events including concerts, international tributes, revivals of popular favorites and premieres of new works will take place across the United States and around the world.
Academy Award-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) made it on the list of 'Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2007,' to air on ABC on Thursday, December 6.
The quintessentially New York cast of A Chorus Line will welcome the nationally-syndicated 'Ellen Degeneres Show' to The Big Apple with an on-air performance on Tuesday, November 21
The evening honored Charles Strouse, and was put on in order to raise monies for the Academy for New Musical Theatre.
Julius Caesar, opened on Sunday night April 3rd at the Belasco Theatre. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture some of the night's star-studded attendees.
