Laura Bell Bundy News

Musicals Tonight! continues its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys and Understudies with its next editions of At This Performance…™ to be held on Sunday, February 13th and Monday, February 14th at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway, (above the Promenade Theatre- Broadway at 76th Street), 3rd Floor at 8 PM.

You've seen her on Broadway. You've seen her light up the screen as Kristen Bell's costar in the largely unseen art film 'When In Rome.' You've seen her passed out in various gutters throughout New York City. Now, Natalie Joy Johnson conquers the filthiest gutter of them all - Joe's Pub. Under the micro-managing direction of has-beenthat-never-was, John Hill (her co-star in 'bare: a pop opera written in lowercase letters') Ms. Johnson is on a mission to corrupt you, touch you 'down there', melt your heart, and pretty much f**k you up.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), The Players Theatre and Back Stage present the industry panel Fifth Wheel or Engine? The Role of a Producer in Early Development of New Work on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 7:30pm at The Players Theatre, 3rd Floor Loft Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street (below W. 3rd Street), NYC.

First reported by BroadwayWorld.com back in December, the Hollywood Bowl has now officially confirmed that they have chosen their summer musical... Drum roll please... HAIRSPRAY! The Hollywood Bowl has been knocking these musicals out of the ballpark these last three years with LES MISERABLES, GUYS & DOLLS and RENT.

Laura Bell Bundy, country music and Broadway star of HAIRSPRAY and LEGALLY BLONDE fame, has been working on a sketch web series called Cooter County. Cooter County is home to some crazy people living inside the heads of John Hill and Tiffany and Brooke Egan - and of, course LBB!

2010 was a year filled with all sorts of exciting BroadwayWorld interviews - here's some of this year's highlights!

BroadwayWorld TV was bigger than ever in 2010, covering the world of theatre from GLEE to the Hollywood Bowl to Broadway to London and Beyond! Take a look back at some of 2010's most watched videos!

Laura Bell Bundy, country music and Broadway star of HAIRSPRAY and LEGALLY BLONDE fame, has been working on a sketch web series called Cooter County. Cooter County is home to some crazy people living inside the heads of John Hill and Tiffany and Brooke Egan - and of, course LBB!

We are hearing HUGE rumblings that the Hollywood Bowl has chosen their summer musical... Drum roll please... HAIRSPRAY! The Hollywood Bowl has been knocking these musicals out of the ballpark these last three years with LES MISERABLES, GUYS & DOLLS and RENT.

Broadway at Birdland is happy to announce that composer/writer Bobby Cronin, along with many Broadway performers, will perform a concert of his original music on Monday, November 29 at 7pm.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), The Players Theatre and Back Stage present the industry panel Merchandising: Secondary Revenue Stream and Promotional Tool on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 7:30pm at The Players Theatre, 3rd Floor Loft Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street (below W. 3rd Street), NYC.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU), The Players Theatre and Back Stage present the industry panel Merchandising: Secondary Revenue Stream and Promotional Tool on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 7:30pm at The Players Theatre, 3rd Floor Loft Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street (below W. 3rd Street), NYC.

Kid Rock arrives for the 44th Annual Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee on November 10, 2010.

The 2010 AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena Monday, Dec. 6 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EST live/PST tape-delayed) on FOX. The two-hour special will be the first and only country music awards show where fans determine every winner by voting for their favorite nominees in music and video categories.

Broadway at Birdland is happy to announce that composer/writer Bobby Cronin, along with many Broadway performers, will perform a concert of his original music on Monday, November 29 at 7pm.

In a podcast for the 'Baby Talk' episode of How I Met Your Mother, Broadway's Laura Bell Bundy discusses her past television experiences, Broadway mess-ups, and her appearance as Robyn's nemesis on the hit sitcom. Click below to listen to the podcast.

Laura Bell Bundy's major label debut album Achin' And Shakin' was released on April 13 on Mercury Nashville. The infectious lead single 'Giddy On Up' has been described as 'a breath of fresh air' and 'nothing short of a new female anthem' amongst industry critics since the premiere of the music video on January 18. Now, the former Legally Blonde star has been nominated for an ACA (American Country Awards) in the category of 'Breakthrough Artist Music Video of the Year' for 'Giddy On Up.'

This week we are taking a look at some down home country charm and crooning courtesy of Broadway leading lady - late of HAIRSPRAY, WICKED and LEGALLY BLONDE - the country/pop crossover chanteuse and comedienne known to friends and fans as LBB - but, to the world, three names barely even begin to say it all when it comes to her raw talent, vocal timbre and comic timing: Laura Bell Bundy. In this special FLASH FRIDAY in honor of LBB's nomination for 'Breakthough Artist Music Video of the Year' for her hit single 'Giddy On Up' from her double-disc debut solo album ACHIN' & SHAKIN' at the upcoming American Country Awards in November, we are gearing up for the hottest (and most hilarious) hay-ride of the Halloween season thanks to these risque and occasionally raunchy clips from LBB's self-made and self-starring YouTube channel Cooter County. All of this is in anticipation of the upcoming InDepth InterView: Laura Bell Bundy coming next week! For now, just a tiny taste of the whole peach pie!

Laura Bell Bundy's major label debut album Achin' And Shakin' was released on April 13 on Mercury Nashville. The infectious lead single 'Giddy On Up' has been described as 'a breath of fresh air' and 'nothing short of a new female anthem' amongst industry critics since the premiere of the music video on January 18. Now, the former Legally Blonde star has been nominated for an ACA (American Country Awards) in the category of 'Breakthrough Artist Music Video of the Year' for 'Giddy On Up.'

Musicals Tonight! continues its ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys and Understudies with its next editions of At This Performance…™ to be held on Sunday, October 17th and Monday, October 18th at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway, (above the Promenade Theatre- Broadway at 76th Street), 3rd Floor at 8 PM.