Justin Mendoza News

A panel of nationally recognized judges— include Broadway actress and musical theater professor Tory Ross Roman (Kinky Boots) and Broadway music director Justin Mendoza (The Book of Mormon)—announced the 2021 winners of The Rita Moreno California High School Musical Honors held virtually on Monday, May 24, 2021.

The complete creative team has been announced for Manhattan Concert Productions' 50th Anniversary Celebration of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center on February 17, 2020 at 8:00 pm.

Hendersonville Community Theatre will shake and shimmy when students from Henderson, Buncombe, Polk, and Transylvania counties perform Hairspray JR. opening July 20 and running through August 5 on the theatre's Main Stage. Tickets are $15 and are available online at HendersonvilleTheatre.org or by calling the Box Office at (828) 692-1082. Hairspray JR. is presented by Champion Comfort Experts of Hendersonville.

Hendersonville Community Theatre will shake and shimmy when students from Henderson, Buncombe, Polk, and Transylvania counties perform Hairspray JR. opening July 20 and running through August 5 on the theatre's Main Stage. Tickets are $15 and are available online at HendersonvilleTheatre.org or by calling the Box Office at (828) 692-1082. Hairspray JR. is presented by Champion Comfort Experts of Hendersonville.

Hendersonville Community Theatre will shake and shimmy when students from Henderson, Buncombe, Polk, and Transylvania counties perform Hairspray JR. opening July 20 and running through August 5 on the theatre's Main Stage. Tickets are $15 and are available online at HendersonvilleTheatre.org or by calling the Box Office at (828) 692-1082. Hairspray JR. is presented by Champion Comfort Experts of Hendersonville.

I'm so thrilled to say that on Thursday evening one of my biggest inspirations, Gavin Creel, along with Seth Rudetsky will be presenting a concert at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. I'm even more thrilled to say that I had the unique opportunity to hold him hostage on the phone for nearly half an hour to talk about his life, career, and some burning questions that I just had to have answered.

The Actors' Fund of Canada and members of the National Touring Companies of WICKED and THE BOOK OF MORMON will host DON'T STOP BELIEVIN', an evening of song and dance, at the Panasonic Theatre on Monday, October 27. The performance starts at 8:00 PM with the VIP Plus reception beginning at 6:30 PM. The Panasonic Theatre is located at 651 Yonge Street, Toronto. Net proceeds will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) and the Actors' Fund of Canada.

How do you take a devout, sacred religion like Mormonism, pack in a bunch of old, Ohio conservatives, and somehow manage to have them laughing in stitches on topics like female circumcision, rape, AIDS, and homosexuality? That's the genius of South Park writers, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, along with AVENUE Q co-creator Robert Lopez, who accomplished just that. With 9 Tony Awards under its belt (holding in the maggots), THE BOOK OF MORMON is a truly brilliant creation of musical comedy, combining shamelessly offensive language with a generous heartfelt story, uplifting songs, terrific choreography, and quick wit. Continuous tornado sirens on opening press night didn't stop Ohioans from cramming in the Ohio Theatre to worship this truly amazing production.

Vig27 presented UnTucked and UnCensored on Sunday April 17th with an all star Broadway lineup. Host Marti Gould Cummings welcomed Matt Doyle (War Horse, Bye Bye Birdie, Spring Awakening), Anna Ty Bergman (Fame), Will Van Dyke (The Addams Family), Justine Mendoza (In The Heights), Phil Putnam, and Katie Gassert to the stage.

There is so much heart and soul to be found in In The Heights, the Tony Award-winning musical now onstage at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, that you cannot help but fall in love with every character in the piece, so vibrantly created by Lin-Manuel Miranda (who did the music and lyrics; with a book by Quiara Alegria Hudes).

Brave, gutsy, passionate to volcanic proportions, singer/actress extraordinaire Natalie Toro brought her new cabaret show The Broken Road to the Inner Circle of the Magic Castle on Monday July 12 for one night only. She captured the focus of the wall-to-wall audience with her opening number 'Life of the Party' from Andrew Lippa's 'The Wild Party' and never lost control. Fiercely funny and fearless in her entire approach, Toro covered her career on the road - cruel and lonely - with an infectious sense of humor. Any actress who can share her negative reviews - actually read them aloud - has my respect and adoration. That takes courage with a capital C and Toro has it in spades.

Tony Award winning musical tour deserves an A++

[SoW] is a series of classes designed to give you the skills you need to get into auditions, book jobs, and maintain your career and lifestyle as an artist.

[SoW] is a series of classes designed to give you the skills you need to get into auditions, book jobs, and maintain your career and lifestyle as an artist. [SoW] will offer a wide range of classes taught by Broadway and Film & Television actors who experience this process on a daily basis and will expose you to all the tools you need to achieve your goals with confidence and endurance. [SoW] will serve as a community and a support system as you travel through a volatile industry.

Midtwenties: The Show; From composer and lyricistElliot Roth and the comic prowess of the riveting Jenn Lederer comes MidTwenties: The Show: a coming of age story in real time; it involves two twenty something friends both exploring their sexuality and artistry in an intimate and revealing setting. Songs range from a bright but firm resignation from The Lifeof a broke performer (Sugar Daddy), to safe alternatives to sexual desires (Champagne and Blowjobs), MidTwenties is an emotional and spiritual journey that taps in to all walks of life.

The premiere of Fugitive Songs, a new musical by the emerging team of composer Chris Miller and lyricist Nathan Tysen, will be presented by Off-Broadway's Dreamlight Theatre Company, from March 8 - 30 at the 45th Street Theatre

On Sunday, December 16, 2007 New York Theatre Barn will debut its new monthly cabaret series, NYTB at the Duplex, with two amazing artists, Ruthie Baker and Brad Bass.

New York Theatre Barn presents 'A Springboard for Writers and Performers' in the D-Lounge (101 East 15 Street) on Monday, October 22. The lounge opens at 7:30PM, first performance at 8PM.

Euan Morton, Tyler Maynard, Robert Cuccioli, Amanda Watkins and other stars performed the songs of composers Joe Drymala and Eric Svejcar in the concert Stuck in the Zipper on April 26th