"Sex is in the Heel," a new single remix by Grammy® Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper, composer of the new Broadway-bound musical Kinky Boots, has hit the Top Ten (#6) position on the Billboard Dance/Club Play Top 200 chart this week. The energetic love letter to fancy footwear, which shares the Top Ten this week with Madonna, Usher and the Scissor Sisters, is the first single from a Broadway show to top the dance charts in more than 25 years.
At BroadwayWorld we pride ourselves in showcasing theater content from all corners of the globe. Our regional contributors do an amazing job each day of bringing you the latest theater news in their cities and countries and to acknowledge this, we have launched a new weekly column called 'Around BWW: Regional Highlights of the Week'. Check out what made news in our regional markets for the week of August 27!
Kinky Boots, the highly anticipated new musical that brings together four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy® Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Music & Lyrics), will begin preview performances on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, with an official opening night set for Thursday, April 4, 2013. The cast and creative team just gathered for their first rehearsal, and you can check out photos from the big event below!
Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that Kinky Boots, the highly anticipated new musical that brings together four-time Tony® Award-winner Harvey Fierstein (Book) and Grammy® Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper (Music & Lyrics), will begin preview performances on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street) on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, with an official opening night set for Thursday, April 4, 2013. Group tickets for Kinky Boots, directed and choreographed by Tony® Award-winner Jerry Mitchell, will go on sale Tuesday, August 21 to groups of 10 or more.
Watch the final episode #10 of CafeMom Studios "On Broadway: With Kids - Featuring the Parents of MAMMA MIA!" - the online series that opens a rare and personal window into the lives of the cast and crew of Broadway's hit musical who also happen to be parents.
Watch the latest episode #9 of CafeMom Studios "On Broadway: With Kids - Featuring the Parents of MAMMA MIA!" - the exclusive online series that opens a rare and personal window into the lives of the cast and crew of Broadway's hit musical who also happen to be parents. 'Daddy By Day, Mamma Mia! by Night,' follows David Beach, one of the stars of Broadway's Mamma Mia! He and his partner Russell share the responsibility of raising their 3-year-old daughter Sadie. Take a peak into David's life backstage at the theater, and a look at how he and Russell have created a great environment for Sadie.
Watch the latest episode #7 of CafeMom Studios "On Broadway: With Kids - Featuring the Parents of MAMMA MIA!" - the exclusive online series that opens a rare and personal window into the lives of the cast and crew of Broadway's hit musical who also happen to be parents. Episode 7 - 'Backstage at MAMM MIA! with Jennifer Perry': Jennifer Perry is one of the Stars of MAMMA MIA! on Broadway. In this episode, we follow her through her intense daily routine as she prepares to step on the Broadway stage.
CBS 2 entertainment reporter Katie McGee visited MAMMA MIA! 'super mom' Broadway cast members Jennifer Perry and Monica Kapoor at home and the theater to discuss raising their families while performing eight shows a week for a special segment that aired yesterday on Mother's Day. Watch the complete TV segment below!
Watch the special Mother's Day edition and latest episode #6 of CafeMom Studios "On Broadway: With Kids - Featuring the Parents of MAMMA MIA!" - the exclusive online series that opens a rare and personal window into the lives of the cast and crew of Broadway's hit musical who also happen to be parents.
Watch the latest episode #5 of CafeMom Studios 'On Broadway: With Kids - Featuring the Parents of MAMMA MIA!' - the online series that opens a rare and personal window into the lives of the cast and crew of Broadway's hit musical who also happen to be parents. Episode 5 is called 'One Mother of a Long Day.'
Watch the latest episode #4 of CafeMom Studios 'On Broadway: With Kids - Featuring the Parents of MAMMA MIA!' - the exclusive online series that opens a rare and personal window into the lives of the cast and crew of Broadway's hit musical who also happen to be parents. Episode 4 - 'A Supporting Cast' - When you work on Broadway, your co-workers become a second family. In this episode, David, Jennifer and Monica bring their kids together for a play-date and Irene shares how her Broadway Family helped her get through breast cancer. Watch the episode below!
Watch the latest episode #3 of CafeMom Studios 'On Broadway: With Kids - Featuring the Parents of MAMMA MIA!' - the exclusive online series that opens a rare and personal window into the lives of the cast and crew of Broadway's hit musical who also happen to be parents. BroadwayWorld has the video for you below!
Watch the latest episode #2 of CafeMom Studios 'On Broadway: With Kids - Featuring the Parents of MAMMA MIA!' - the exclusive online series that opens a rare and personal window into the lives of the cast and crew of Broadway's hit musical who also happen to be parents. BroadwayWorld has the video for you below!
Today CafeMom Studios debuts the first episode of 'On Broadway: With Kids - Featuring the Parents of MAMMA MIA!,' an exclusive online series that opens a rare and personal window into the lives of the cast and crew of Broadway's hit musical MAMMA MIA! who also happen to be parents.
From Nick Jonas and Michael Urie to the Ladies of THE VIEW to Adam Pascal, Raul Esparza, Barbra Streisand to Alan Menken, Bernadette Peters to Susan Boyle, Colin Quinn to GLEE and Everything in Between - It's the BroadwayWorld.com 2012 Valentine's Day Special - It's the Biggest Ever!
As the clock ticks towards 2012, BroadwayWorld caught up with 100 of your Broadway favorites and industry supporters about their hopes for themselves and those they love in the new year.
Christmas 2011 is just days away and in celebration of the holiday season, we reached out to the stars of Broadway to find out what traditions they like best about the holiday season. Between spending time with family and friends, blasting Christmas music and Christmas tree decorating, eating Chinese food and watching movies, the stars seem to love it all!
The Broadway stars of Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' smash hit musical MAMMA MIA!, "Dynamos" Lisa Brescia, Judy McLane and Jennifer Perry, will perform the ABBA mega hit "Dancing Queen" live on WOR Radio's star-studded annual "Red Kettle Day" radiothon broadcast tomorrow, Friday, December 9 at 5:40 p.m.
In celebration of the 10th anniversary milestone, the MAMMA MIA! company treated fans in Times Square to an encore performance in the streets following the curtain call, before heading to an exclusive after party. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the entire evening into the night and brings you photo coverage below!
This morning, THE MAMMA MIA! 'Dynamos' Lisa Brescia, Judy McLane, Jennifer Perry and MAMMA MIA! creator and stage & film producer Judy Craymer hosted a lighting ceremony at the Empire State Building, where the 'Dynamos' 'flipped the switch' and light the world-famous icon's tower lights blue, pink and white in celebration.
BroadwayWorld was there and brings you photo coverage below!
