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Tune in this Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 12:35 PM (ET) to join in the celebration with 'Mr. Showbusiness' on Jimmy Ferraro's THEATRE CHAT AND THIS 'N THAT, broadcasting live on WWJB -- regionally and nationally on the world wide web:www.wwjb.com/pages/4395150.php. This week's guests are Seth Grenleaf and Seth Rudetsky.
BroadwayWorld is thrilled to present a special overview of the many exciting theatre-related events and entertainment available to be enjoyed over the coming weeks and months onstage and onscreen as we enter into the most wonderful time of the year and anticipate the release of Disney's newest animated movie musical FROZEN, featuring a plethora of Broadway performers and songs by the composer behind two of Broadway's biggest recent hits, AVENUE Q and THE BOOK OF MORMON, Robert Lopez.
The series, which follows three friends who explore the fun and sometimes overwhelming options available to a new generation of gay men, also features Frankie J. Alvarez, Murray Bartlett, Russell Tovey, and Scott Bakula.
Walt Disney Animation Studios' “Frozen” kicks off a cross-country tour this week with Ore-Ida, serving free treats to “Frozen” fans from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. Featuring Ore-Ida hash browns and fries, activities, crafts, themed lunch boxes and other giveaways, the tour will be covered as it happens on the “Frozen” Fun Tour microsite (http://www.frozenfuntour.com), which will share pictures of the fun to friends and family nationwide. Directed by Chris Buck (“Tarzan,” “Surf's Up”) and Jennifer Lee (screenwriter, “Wreck-It Ralph”), who also wrote the screenplay, and produced by Peter Del Vecho (“Winnie the Pooh,” “The Princess and the Frog”) “Frozen” hits theaters in 3D on Nov. 27, 2013.
Current GLEE featured player and pop star Demi Lovato performs the spectacular new single from the forthcoming Disney animated musical feature film FROZEN, titled 'Let It Go', and the new music video for the song is available to view.
52nd Street Project Pal Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening, Hair, GLEE) is teaming up with music director Mary-Mitchell Campbell (Big Fish, The Addams Family, Company) for a one night only benefit concert -- 'GET BACK!' -- at Five Angels Theater in New York City on November 24, 2013.
Now in its 16th season, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook will continue to expand its scope celebrating the best in American singing and songwriting. New this year, the opening night concert will befree, in the David Rubenstein Atrium, on Wednesday, January 22, 2014. 'Live From Lincoln Center,' the Emmy Award-winning program broadcast nationally on PBS stations, will shoot four of the first week's American Songbook concerts in The Allen Room: by James Naughton, Lawrence Brownlee, Jason Isbell, and Patina Miller. These performances will be broadcast nationally beginning in Spring 2014. In addition, American Songbook concerts taking place in the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center will be live-streamed via http://watch.lincolncenter.org.
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A new behind-the-scenes peek of Walt Disney's FROZEN has been revealed, featuring Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, and Jonathan Groff in the recording studio - check it out below!
Best weekend getaway in San Fran with these boys:) JG and @SkylarAstin... So grateful for such amazing friends.
In celebration of the upcoming theatrical release of Walt Disney Animation Studios' 'Frozen,' Kmart announces the chance for one lucky Shop Your Way Bonus member to win a trip to attend a Disney Hollywood Movie Premiere and receive a tour of The Walt Disney Studios.
VISITNORWAY, Norway's national tourist board, officially joined forces with Disney to celebrate the upcoming big-screen comedy adventure "Frozen" and its stunning look and setting, inspired by Norway's beautiful landscape, culture and heritage. The unique collaboration and marketing initiative is designed to drive tourism to Norway, while boosting enthusiasm for the film, which opens in U.S. theaters Nov. 27, 2013.
USA Today has shared an exclusive sneak peek from Walt Disney Animation's FROZEN. In the clip, Olaf the Snowman (voiced by Josh Gad) meets Kristoff (voiced by Jonathan Groff) and explains why he's yearning for days of summer!
Walt Disney Animation Studios' 'Frozen' hits a high note this week with details of its dynamic soundtrack featuring eight original songs from Kristen Anderson-Lopez ('In Transit,' 'Winnie the Pooh') and Tony Award-winning songwriter Robert Lopez
A new trailer for Walt Disney's FROZEN has been released. The animated comedy adventure featuring the voices of Idina Menzel, Johathan Groff and Josh Gad, with music by Tony Award winner Robert Lopez, hits theaters on November 27, 2013. Get a first look below!
Disney has released a new Halloween TV spot for its upcoming animated adventure feature FROZEN. The animated comedy adventure featuring the voices of Idina Menzel, Johathan Groff and Josh Gad, with music by Tony Award winner Robert Lopez, hits theaters on November 27, 2013. Click below!
El Capitan Theatre moviegoers will kick off holiday celebrations early with an exclusive advance engagement of Walt Disney Animation Studios' 'Frozen,' beginning five days before the film's nationwide release. El Capitan isfrozen over this holiday season, welcoming guests into a snow-covered wonderland-complete with ice-capped opera boxes and a flurry of snowflakes. 'Frozen' showings, which will run Nov. 22, 2013, to Jan. 5, 2014, will be preceded by ice carving performance artists on stage, as well as 'Frozen' characters Anna and Elsa in their first live-on-stage appearances.
THE UNTOLD STORIES OF BROADWAY: Tales from the World's Most Famous Theaters, Volume 1 (Dress Circle Publishing. 350 pages, $19.99) by author and musical theater historian Jennifer Ashley Tepper is the first book to recount the backstage drama of Broadway's greatest shows at eight iconic theaters. Using firsthand accounts from some of the biggest names in Broadway history, the book provides a look behind the curtains of the Al Hirschfield, August Wilson, Lyceum, Mark Hellinger, Marquis, Neil Simon, Richard Rodgers, and Winter Garden Theaters.
The trip-planning specialists at Adventures by Disney, masters of creating family adventures, have teamed up with the pioneers of storytelling on the silver screen Walt Disney Animation Studios to offer a new, epic adventure to the land that inspired the look of the upcoming animated feature film Frozen. This tour of Norway allows adventure-seeking families to immerse themselves in the activities that inspired the comedic adventure of Anna, the film's fearless and optimistic protagonist who sets off on a heroic journey to find her sister Elsa and save her kingdom from eternal winter.
Mary J. Davis presents DISASTER!, written by Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick, at St. Luke's Theatre beginning today, October 14, and opening Monday, November 4. DISASTER! is a musical based on 1970's disaster movies with a score consisting of 1970's pop, rock and disco hit songs. Directed by Jack Plotnick, choreographed by Denis Jones and music direction by Larry Pressgrove. Disaster! previously ran in 2012. For more information, visit www.disastermusical.com.
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