Julie Taymor News

Composer RYAN SCOTT OLIVER (35mm, Mrs. Sharp) will offer a talkback for audiences following the Saturday September 8 matinee performance of the multi-composer musical Hot Mess in Manhattan currently running at American Theatre of Actors. Oliver is the composer of the show's opening number, "The Mess."

Just last month, Olympian Danell Leyva visited Broadway's SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK, where he met with leading man Reeve Carney and the 9 Spider-Men from the show. Now according to the New York Post, he is in talks to join the production. An insider told NYP that 'the producers are excited about the idea of Danell joining the show.'

Disney today announced that the touring production of THE LION KING will play the Birmingham Hippodrome from Saturday 29th June 2013 as part of its first-ever UK tour. The legendary musical, which premiered in Bristol on Friday 31st August will visit Birmingham for a three-month season, giving audiences the opportunity to experience the global phenomenon in their local theatre.

El próximo 23 de septiembre Julie Taymor, ganadora de un Premio Tony por la dirección de El Rey León en Broadway, participará en las conversaciones TimesTalks que se celebrarán los días 21, 22 y 23 en la Sala Guirau del Teatro Fernán Gómez.

Pioneer Theatre Company presents the Regional Premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, September 14 through September 29, 2012, at Simmons Pioneer Memorial Theatre. In the Heights, winner of the 2008 Tonys for Best Musical and Best Score, was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The UK Tour of Disney's musical THE LION KING will begin preview performances at The Bristol Hippodrome tonight, in advance of its official opening night on Thursday 6th September. This will mark the first time that Julie Taymor's internationally celebrated production will have toured in the United Kingdom.

According to the Associated Press, ex-Spidey director Julie Taymor just today reached a tentative settlement regarding her lawsuit against the producers of Broadway's SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK. Details of the deal have not been released to the public.

Robert Cuccioli is no stranger to playing complicated characters, but the Green Goblin has unusual challenges, starting with his slithery green exterior.

On Thursday, August 23rd, cast members from SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark (Matt Wilkas, Elizabeth Judd, Jodi McFadden, and Kristen Oei) performed at JFK airport to celebrate American Airlines as the new official airline of SPIDER-MAN. Check out photos from the big event below!

Broadway's landmark musical event THE LION KING, which recently became the fifth longest-running show in Broadway history, is pleased to welcome ANDILE GUMBI as Simba, beginning performances tonight.

Just last night, Olympian Danell Leyva visited Broadway's SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK, where he met with leading man Reeve Carney and the 9 Spider-Men from the show. BroadwayWorld was there to catch some photos of the gymnast with the cast, and you can check them out below!

Translating an animated feature to the musical stage is a daunting challenge. Really, any film, even with actors who are drawn onto cells, usually makes a rocky transition. That's what makes THE LION KING so disarming and dazzling in its conception and execution. The techniques and ideas pioneered here in the Tony Award-winning show have since been used elsewhere, but they still manage to excite and enthrall an audience, and that's a credit to all the skilled technicians and actors who make these characters come to life. The current production playing the Fox is a magical ride that must be taken, and it's easily an "E" ticket (if you remember those days at the Disney fun parks).

On Tuesday, August 21, families will once again experience Kids' Night on Broadway (KNOB) with the musical THE LION KING at The Fabulous Fox. Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation (FPACF) presents this evening of interactive events which begins at 6pm with African drumming and dance by Afriky Lolo's young dancer group Yele and a Craft Alliance activity tent in Strauss Park. Events move to The Fox lobby across the street at 6:30pm where kids will be able to create their own African storybook and headdress, watch a mini-musical about what it takes to put on a Broadway show and learn about area performing arts classes. A Q&A with cast and crew from The Lion King will take place in the theatre after the performance.

Disney's landmark musical event, THE LION KING, will play its 6138th performance this Wednesday, August 15th at 2:00pm, becoming the fifth longest-running show in Broadway history. THE LION KING will surpass the original Broadway production of A Chorus Line (with 6137 performances).

The Cabaret at The Columbia Club presents Carol Woods: Singin' the Blues on Broadway on August 10th and 11th.

Jared Zirilli (Lysistrata Jones, Fat Camp) and DJ Bucciarelli (Jesus Christ Superstar, National Tour) will join conceiver/co-librettist Cait Doyle (San Francisco Premiere The Last 5 Years, MAC Award Winner) in The Araca Project's upcoming production of Hot Mess In Manhattan scheduled to play the American Theatre of Actors later this summer.

Sonnet Repertory Theatre celebrates a decade of producing classic theatre for the modern planet with a world-premiere adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Michael Raver, directed by Quin Gordon. The Picture of Dorian Gray will begin performances tonight, August 9, with an official opening slated for Friday, August 10, at The Studio Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center.

On Saturday afternoon, Steve St. Bernard, who in June caught a 7-year-old autistic girl who fell three stories, brought his family to see SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark. View photos below!

Broadway star Robert Cuccioli took a few moments during a rehearsal for The Actor's Fund benefit concert of CHESS to talk with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge about prepping to play the 'Green Goblin' in SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK. Watch the video below to see Cuccioli's thoughts on getting into character and donning the green suit!

According to the Daily Mail, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark producers Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris have been scouting London venues for the musical but have yet to find any solid possibilites due to the physical size of the show.