Streisand Biopic in the Works - Is Lea Michele in the Running?
by Caryn Robbins
- Jun 26, 2013
In an interview with Backlot.com, the writing and producing team of David A. Lee and Daniel Vaillancourt revealed details about an upcoming planned Barbra Streisand biopic based on William J. Mann's 2012 unauthorized biography, 'Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand.'
Museum of the Moving Image Welcomes Woodkid for 'Director's Studio' Series Today
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 15, 2013
Yoann Lemoine is an accomplished filmmaker and musician. He is best known for his music video collaborations with Lana Del Rey ('Born to Die'), Katy Perry ('Teenage Dream'), and Drake featuring Rihanna ('Take Care'). Under the stage name Woodkid, he has just released his first album, The Golden Age. Serving not just as a singer-songwriter, Lemoine directs all aspects of the music and image for the project. He will discuss his career and show highlights from his work.
Photo Flash: First Look at Pride Films and Plays' KILL YOUR BOYFRIENDS
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 13, 2013
Pride Films and Plays continues its exciting, award-winning development of new works for the stage with Kill Your Boyfriends, a world premiere fever dream of movement and text created, choreographed, and directed by PFP Artistic Associate Derek Van Barham. 'You must kill your boyfriends,' poet Alex Dimitrov tells us. 'You must kill what wants, like death, to keep you.' BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below!
Museum of the Moving Image to Welcome Woodkid for 'Director's Studio' Series, 6/15
by Tyler Peterson
- Jun 12, 2013
Yoann Lemoine is an accomplished filmmaker and musician. He is best known for his music video collaborations with Lana Del Rey ('Born to Die'), Katy Perry ('Teenage Dream'), and Drake featuring Rihanna ('Take Care'). Under the stage name Woodkid, he has just released his first album, The Golden Age. Serving not just as a singer-songwriter, Lemoine directs all aspects of the music and image for the project. He will discuss his career and show highlights from his work.
BWW Reviews: Lovely Laura Benanti Is A Dazzling 'Idiot's' Delight in Her New Show at 54 Below
by Stephen Hanks
- May 22, 2013
Halfway through her opening night at 54 Below on Monday, Laura Benanti unveiled the evening's showstopper, a multi pop-song mix titled 'Inappropriate Medley.' No, Benanti didn't faux strip her way through the songs as if she was replaying her past role as Gypsy Rose Lee, but she frantically ripped through eight songs, including Beyonce's 'All the Single Ladies,' 'Old Man River,' Sonny & Cher's 'I Got You Babe,' Aretha Franklin's 'Respect,' and culminated the riff by boogying like Tina Turner on 'Proud Mary,' and playing a tambourine tossed over by her Musical Director/pianist Todd Almond. As the audience commenced with raucous cheering, an almost out-of-breath Benanti quipped, 'I can't wait to read the review tomorrow that says Laura Benanti is an idiot.' Well, Laura Benanti may be a lot of things, but idiot is not one of them.
THE GREAT GATSBY Soundtrack Released; Film Opens in PH Today
by Oliver Oliveros
- May 17, 2013
MCA Music Inc./Universal Music Group has just released the movie soundtrack of Tony nominee and acclaimed filmmaker Baz Luhrmann's book-to-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel 'The Great Gatsby.'
InDepth InterView: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul Talk Tony Noms, DOGFIGHT Album, A CHRISTMAS STORY Coming Back, SMASH & More
by Pat Cerasaro
- May 12, 2013
Today we are talking to a terrifically talented twosome who are being touted as the next songwriting duo to take New York by storm - and, with DOGFIGHT appearing Off-Broadway at Second Stage last year and A CHRISTMAS STORY setting Broadway alight for a limited run this past holiday season, they are certainly on the fast-track to success - Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Revealing their reaction to last week's 2013 Tony Award nominations for their stupendous score for the screen-to-stage adaptation of A CHRISTMAS STORY as well as all about the creation and ultimate execution of the show itself, Pasek & Paul open up about their creative process and illustrate what makes their music work so well in a theatrical milieu. Most importantly, the songwriters discuss DOGFIGHT - the inspiration for it, writing of it, the recent Off-Broadway production directed by Joe Mantello, and, now, the absolutely spectacular cast album now available on Ghost light - to say nothing of next week's concert celebrating the album release. Additionally, Pasek & Paul share stories of the songs that make up their popular and frequently-produced EDGES, new and old, as well as their plans for future shows. Plus, all about the new material recently written by the duo for NBC's musical drama series SMASH, details about their stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's seminal children's book JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH as well as opinions on fellow songwriting teams and other influential musical theatre icons, as well as much, much more!
THE GREAT GATSBY Soundtrack Released; Film Opens in PH May 17
by Oliver Oliveros
- May 10, 2013
MCA Music Inc./Universal Music Group has just released the movie soundtrack of Tony nominee and acclaimed filmmaker Baz Luhrmann's book-to-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great American novel 'The Great Gatsby.'
The Recording Industry Association of America Adds Digital Streaming to Gold & Platinum Standards
by Kelsey Denette
- May 9, 2013
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today announced the integration of streams to its historic Gold & Platinum (G&P) Program, the industry's premier award for recognizing artistic achievement in the marketplace. On-demand audio and/or video song streams will now be counted towards the 500,000 (Gold), 1,000,000 (Platinum) and 2,000,000 plus (multi-Platinum) thresholds required for G&P's Digital Single Award certification.
Pen World Voices Festival, Leslie Kritzer and More Set for Joe's Pub, Now thru 5/5
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 29, 2013
This week at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, April 29 through May 5, 2013, performances will feature: The New Yorker, Leslie Kritzer, Paris Combo, Pen World Voices: McSweeney's, Pen World Voices: Monkey Business, Pen World Voices: Languages on the Edge, Lady Rizo, Pen World Voices: An Evening with Cabinet, Talavya, Jay Brannan, Pen World Voices: Watching the Meter, Pen World Voices: Lapham's Quarterly, Gianmaria Testa, Pen World Voices: Granta 2013, and Villalobos Brothers.
THE GREAT GATSBY Soundtrack to Be Released on Vinyl This Summer
by Caryn Robbins
- Apr 26, 2013
Third Man Records is proud to announce the worldwide release of the vinyl version of The Great Gatsby film Soundtrack. Anticipation is already high for this companion piece to Baz Luhrmann's groundbreaking film of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic.
Beyonce, Jay Z Among All-Star Line Up Featured on GREAT GATSBY Soundtrack
by Caryn Robbins
- Apr 4, 2013
THE GREAT GATSBY writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann and collaborators Shawn 'JAY Z' Carter, an executive producer on the film, and Anton Monsted, its executive music supervisor, revealed the lineup for the movie's soundtrack today, which encompasses the broad spectrum of musical styles represented in this energetic re-telling of the classic text.
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