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JERSEY BOYS, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, is pleased to announce the return of John Lloyd Young who won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Frankie Valli in the original Broadway cast. Young will again perform the role of Frankie Valli on Broadway beginning Friday, January 11 for a limited engagement.
It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' round-up! Today's photos feature Annie star Lilla Crawford doing a dead-on (although red-headed) impersonation of President Lincoln, the casts of The Public Theater's GIANT, NEWSIES, EVITA, A CHRISTMAS STORY, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, SILENCE! THE MUSICAL, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, ONCE, SPIDER-MAN, CHAPLIN, CHICAGO, WICKED, SCANDALOUS, THE BOOK OF MORMON and many more joining together to support the third season of webseries 'Submissions Only', and quite a few pics from regional shows!
Broadway's elite gathered to honor Michael David, president of Dodger Properties, at UJA-Federation of New York's Theater Division's 2013 Excellence in Theater Award Dinner on Monday, November 26, 2012, at the St. Regis New York, New York City.
Broadway's elite gathered to honor Michael David, president of Dodger Properties, at UJA-Federation of New York's Theater Division's 2013 Excellence in Theater Award Dinner on Monday, November 26, 2012, at the St. Regis New York, New York City.
JERSEY BOYS, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical, celebrates its 7th Anniversary on Broadway today, Tuesday, November 6. Take a look back at the past 7 years below!
JERSEY BOYS Broadway cast members Matt Bogart (Nick Massi), Drew Gehling (Bob Gaudio), Jeremy Kushnier (Tommy DeVito), and Jarrod Spector (Frankie Valli) performed as part of ABC's 'Day of Giving' on Monday, November 5, 2012. Proceeds from the event benefited the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Check out their appearance below!
Broadway Ballyhoo has announced its cast for tonight, Thursday, November 1 at 11 PM.
The 15th Anniversary of the Canadian cast of RENT is upon us, and alums from the original production are getting together with Sheridan College students for a very special concert to raise money for Fife House and honour the spirit of the show. Thom Allison, currently a judge on CBC's Over the Rainbow, has recently been added to the growing list of alum coming back for this one special night. He spoke to BWW about the message of RENT and how it's changed for him over the years, as well as how it applies to the young girls vying for the role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.
Today in 1998, Footloose opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where it ran for 709 performances. Footloose is a 1998 musical based on the 1984 film of the same name. The music is by Tom Snow (among others), the lyrics by Dean Pitchford (with additional lyrics by Kenny Loggins), and the book by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie. It starred Jeremy Kushnier as Ren McCormack, Stephen Lee Anderson as Reverend Shaw Moore, Jennifer Laura Thompson as Ariel Moore, Tom Plotkin as Willard Hewitt, and Dee Hoty as Vi Moore.
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons: The One. The Only. The Original. opened on Broadway last night, October 19th and runs through Saturday, October 27, 2012. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you coverage from the opening night reception with Todd Fournier, Brian Brigham, Jeremy Kushnier, Brandon Brigham, Matt Bogart, Jarrod Spector, Landon Beard, Drew Gehling and, of course, Frankie Valli!
Tony Award nominees John Tartaglia (Avenue Q) and Chad Kimball (Memphis) and Tony Award winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal) along with Jeremy Kushnier (Jersey Boys) and Tituss Burgess (The Little Mermaid) appeared in last night's "ROCKERS ON BROADWAY - BEHIND THE MUSIC" concert at the newly re-designed Cutting Room. Rupert Holmes, Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher were honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the concert, and BroadwayWorld brings you photos below!
Tony Award nominees John Tartaglia (Avenue Q) and Chad Kimball (Memphis) and Tony Award winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal) along with Jeremy Kushnier (Jersey Boys) and Tituss Burgess (The Little Mermaid) appeared in last night's "ROCKERS ON BROADWAY - BEHIND THE MUSIC" concert at the newly re-designed Cutting Room. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the concert below!
Tony Award nominees John Tartaglia (Avenue Q) and Chad Kimball (Memphis) and Tony Award winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal) along with Jeremy Kushnier (Jersey Boys) and Tituss Burgess (The Little Mermaid) appeared in last night's "ROCKERS ON BROADWAY - BEHIND THE MUSIC" concert at the newly re-designed Cutting Room. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the concert arrivals below!
The Path Fund, Inc. has announced that Tony Award nominees John Tartaglia (Avenue Q) and Chad Kimball (Memphis) and Tony Award winner Alice Ripley (Next to Normal) along with Jeremy Kushnier (Jersey Boys) and Tituss Burgess (The Little Mermaid) will appear in the upcoming "ROCKERS ON BROADWAY - BEHIND THE MUSIC" concert scheduled to take place tonight, October 15th at the newly re-designed Cutting Room reopened at its new location (44 East 32nd Street, NYC) at 8:00PM.
Today we are talking to a breathtakingly gifted vocalist who premiered the first single from his brand new solo album COMFORTABLE right here in this very column on BroadwayWorld earlier this week - the one and only Tituss Burgess. In this career-spanning conversation, Burgess and I touch upon many of the Broadway entities which he has played a part in over the last decade or so - THE LITTLE MERMAID, JERSEY BOYS and GOOD VIBRATIONS included - as well as sharing some onset stories involving his stints on NBC's hit comedy 30 ROCK. Most of all, Burgess and I dissect the finer points of his sophomore solo album, COMFORTABLE, and he explains his songwriter process and progress, as well as the many influences and inspirations that have infused this passion project over the course of its years in writing, recording, and, now, finally, releasing. Plus, Burgess looks ahead to the future and clues us in on his late-night concert at New World Stages on Sunday night. All of that and much, much more!
Drew Gehling and Jarrod Spector have just returned to the Broadway company of JERSEY BOYS. Spector returned to the role of 'Frankie Valli' on Tuesday, October 2, following the final performance of Tony winner John Lloyd Young on Sunday, September 30. Gehling assumes the role of 'Bob Gaudio' joining Jeremy Kushnier as 'Tommy DeVito' tonight, October 9, following the departure of Quinn VanAntwerp and Andy Karl (respectively) after the Sunday, October 7 performance.
The spirit and generosity of the theatre community once again shined as brightly as the autumn sun as the 26th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction blew past all previous record totals to raise a spectacular $681,892 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
The producers of JERSEY BOYS just announced that Drew Gehling and Jarrod Spector will be returning to the Broadway company. Spector returns to the role of 'Frankie Valli' on Tuesday, October 2, following the final performance of Tony winner John Lloyd Young on Sunday, September 30. Gehling assumes the role of 'Bob Gaudio' joining Jeremy Kushnier as 'Tommy DeVito' on Tuesday, October 9, following the departure of current stars Quinn VanAntwerp and Andy Karl (respectively) after the Sunday, October 7 performance.
BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture all of the excitement of the day! Here are photos from backstage!
BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture all of the excitement of the day! Here are photos from the celebrity autograph tables!
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