MCC Theatre has announced additions to their all-star line-up for the company's highly anticipated annual gala, to be held next Monday, March 1, 2010 at The Hammerstein Ballroom. Complementing the glittering, previously announced miscast will be Tony Award-winner David Miller (one of the original members of ‘Il Divo', Baz Luhrman's La Bohème), two time Tony Award-nominee Tom Wopat (Catch Me If You Can, A Catered Affair), Jordan Ballard (Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On, Hairspray), Jackie Burns (Hair), Kelsey Fowler (Sunday in the Park with George, Grey Gardens), Alison Horowitz (Sunday in the Park with George) and Anastacia McClesky (Catch Me If You Can, Tarzan).
At its annual awards ceremony GLAAD recognized Prop 8: The Musical, a video created for FunnyorDie.com in response to the passage of Proposition 8, a California ballot initiative which eliminated the right to marry for same-sex couples. Directed by Adam Shankman and written by Marc Shaiman, the video received over one million hits on its first day online. During the show, Miss Coco Peru and the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles performed the song live onstage. Shankman accepted the award on behalf of the team of creators.
Marc Shaiman's PROP 8-THE MUSICAL,a new music video satirizing the controversial ballot proposition that amended the California state Constitution to restrict the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a woman has hit the internet! The video has been all the rage on the internet, now take a look behind the scenes with the 'making of...' on FunnyOrDie.com.
Marc Shaiman's PROP 8-THE MUSICAL,a new music video satirizing the controversial ballot proposition that amended the California state Constitution to restrict the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a woman has hit the internet!
Bette Midler's 'The Showgirl Must Go On,' created in partnership with AEG Live exclusively for The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, premiered Wednesday, February 20 to a sold-out crowd of VIPs and celebrities.
Known for her incomparable humor, over-the-top imagination and captivating charisma, the Divine Miss M. has appropriately titled her new Las Vegas production 'Bette Midler The Showgirl Must Go On.' The show, which is created exclusively for The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, will make its highly anticipated debut on February 20, 2008.
