There was a happening on West 44th Street! For a week, Chita Rivera brought her joyful, razzle-dazzling nightclub act to Birdland, which she calls her favorite room in the city. “These walls are filled with the best music! Playing Birdland just makes me feel cool,” she proclaimed. As if her iconic Broadway career wasn't cool enough, “Chita's Back” was a concert for the history books – with the ever-youthful legend in fine fettle; singing, dancing and telling some of the best insider stories any theater-lover could hope for. Material from Bye Bye Birdie, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman, West Side Story and The Visitwere included, as well as a James Taylor duet with daughter, Lisa Mordente. The swinging was band led by guitarist/percussionist Michael Croiter, with Michael Patrick Walker on piano, Jim Donica on bass, and Dan Willis on saxophone.
A great, big Broadway season is on its way, with fourteen productions already slated to open in the next few months. With several weeks until the craziness begins, there is still plenty of time to catch up on what's been going on at Broadway's already occupied theaters .
BroadwayWorld will be profiling the hits of the Great White Way that continue to draw crowds after months, years, and (in some cases) decades. Meet the current cast of Broadway's KINKY BOOTS below!
Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!, a luscious, modern-day mix tape of sensual sights and sounds featuring 170 of New York's sexiest dancers, celebrated its move to a new home on June 22 by raising $1,386,105 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The opening number found Matthew Saldivar and Joey Taranto as dads escorting their preteen daughters to a One Direction concert. Longing for the rock concerts of their youth, the pair stepped into a dream world of hard rockers with ripped abs, voluptuous divas and randy roadies. The opening was written by Matthew Sklar and Amanda Green. Director Nick Kenkel, Paula Caselton and Sidney Erik Wright choreographed the number.
Check out the full number below!
Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!, a luscious, modern-day mix tape of sensual sights and sounds featuring 170 of New York's sexiest dancers, celebrated its move to a new home on Sunday, June 22 by raising $1,386,105 to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Broadway's SEXIEST night, just blasted the roof off of its brand new home at NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom yesterday, as they honored the best of rock and pop music in Broadway Bares: Rock Hard! Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the hardest rocking portion of the evening- a Metallica number!
Broadway's SEXIEST night, just blasted the roof off of its brand new home at NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom yesterday, as they honored the best of rock and pop music in Broadway Bares: Rock Hard! In the SEXY photos below, get an inside look at the special Michael Jackson number!
Broadway's SEXIEST night, just blasted the roof off of its brand new home at NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom yesterday, as they honored the best of rock and pop music in Broadway Bares: Rock Hard! In the SEXY photos below, get an inside look at Brandon Rubendall as he channels the King himself in a special Elvis number!
Broadway's SEXIEST night, just blasted the roof off of its brand new home at NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom last night as they honored the best of rock and pop music in Broadway Bares: Rock Hard! Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the steamy opening number!
Broadway's SEXIEST night is here! A bevy of sexy special guests from stage, screen and fashion runways will help Broadway Bares blast the roof off of its brand new home at NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom tonight as they honor the best of rock and pop music in Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!.
A bevy of sexy special guests from stage, screen and fashion runways will help Broadway Bares blast the roof off of its new home at NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom this Sunday as they honor the best of rock and pop music in Broadway Bares: Rock Hard!.
Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots will celebrate its 500th Performance on Thursday, June 19th with a social media contest for fans. Beginning today, fans can enter to win tickets to the 500th Performance by using a Do-It-Yourself Kinky Boots Card to add the show's iconic red boots to their photos, and sharing those photos online using hashtag #Kinky500.. On Tuesday, June 17th, the five most creative photos will be selected, and the winners will be given a pair of tickets to celebrate with the cast on June 19th at the Hirschfeld Theatre.
These Boots Were Made for Rockin', two concerts organized by Mark Fisher Fitness and featuring Kinky cast members, took place on Monday at 54 Below, to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS in support of Broadway Bares: Rock Hard. BroadwayWorld wa sthere for the special concert and you can check out photos below!
Coming up next week at, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com or call (646) 476-3551.
Craving a show after the show? 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, is expanding its popular late-night series with fresh faces and hot new performances to keep the party buzzing into the wee hours. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com or call (646) 476-3551. 54 BELOW welcomes you to loosen your tie and embrace the night at its upcoming events:
THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR ROCKIN', a pair of one-night-only, sexy cabaret concerts organized by MARK FISHER FITNESS and featuring company members from the 2013 Tony Award-winning Best Musical KINKY BOOTS, will play 54 BELOW (254 West 54th Street) on the evening of Monday, May 26 at 9:30 PM and 11:30 PM. All proceeds from the evening will benefit BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS in support of BROADWAY BARES: ROCK HARD! (#bwaybares).
The cast and crew of Kinky Boots celebrated the show's one year anniversary on Broadway by filming their own music video for the hit song #Selfie by The Chainsmokers. Check it out here!
MCC Theater's annual Miscast gala, one of the most exciting and unique theater events in town, was held last night at the Hammerstein Ballroom. At the event, Broadway's hottest stars performed songs from roles in which they would never be cast. This year's event was hosted by award-winning actress Allison Janney.
BroadwayWorld was there for the special event and you can check out photos from the star-studded red carpet below!
Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that Kinky Boots, the Tony Award-winning musical, will celebrate its 100,000th fan 'Like' on Facebook by offering free tickets to lottery entrants for the week of March 18-23, 2014. For this week only, the production will offer 10 pairs of free tickets to each performance, in place of the regular $37 lottery price.
Broadway's smash hit musical Kinky Boots has a new cast treading the boards at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre: Andy Kelso, who previously played 'Harry', takes over the role of 'Charlie Price', Jeanna de Waal joins the cast as 'Lauren'; Jake Odmark is now playing the ensemble in the roles previously played by Andy Kelso; and Cortney Wolfson has taken over as 'Nicola.' BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the new cast in action below!
