Lilli Cooper News

R&B singer, songwriter and actress Deborah Cox will headline Broadway in South Africa's second annual benefit concert on Monday, October 5th, at 7:30 PM at New York City's Peter Norton Symphony Space.

TADA! Youth Ensemble has been invited to perform along side Broadway and recording star Shoshana Bean at the 2nd Annual Benefit for Broadway in South Africa. Together they will perform an original song written by Ms. Bean entitled 'A Little Hope.' The event will take place at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th Street) on Monday, October 5th at 7:30pm.

Choice Theatricals, in association with T. Schreiber Studio will present an industry reading of Elizabeth S. Davis's new play, Crazy Head Space, directed by Gabriel Barre. Presentations will be on Thursday, August 20th at 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM, and Friday, August 21st at 1:00 PM at The Gloria Maddox Theater (151 W. 26th St., 7th Floor).

Choice Theatricals, in association with T. Schreiber Studio will present an industry reading of Elizabeth S. Davis's new play, Crazy Head Space, directed by Gabriel Barre. Presentations will be on Thursday, August 20th at 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM, and Friday, August 21st at 1:00 PM at The Gloria Maddox Theater (151 W. 26th St., 7th Floor).

Choice Theatricals, in association with T. Schreiber Studio will present an industry reading of Elizabeth S. Davis's new play, Crazy Head Space, directed by Gabriel Barre. Presentations will be on Thursday, August 20th at 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM, and Friday, August 21st at 1:00 PM at The Gloria Maddox Theater (151 W. 26th St., 7th Floor).

Mark Indelicato, Philadelphia native and star of the smash hit ABC Television series 'Ugly Betty,' returned to his hometown when he joined the faculty of THE BROADWAY DREAMS FOUNDATION'S (BDF) Summer Performing Arts Intensive Program. The 15 year old actor, who is best known as fashion-obsessed Justin Suarez on the Emmy nominated series, spent the day at the program participating in a Q&A session and performing alongside the students in the final concert. BDF's Summer Performing Arts Intensive Program was held at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts (300 South Broad Street) Tuesday, August 4 through Saturday, August 9, 2009.

Josh Young presented the concert Cutting-Edge Composers, A New Generation of Musical Theater Songwriters on Monday, July 27th. Directed by Laura Pietropinto with Music Direction by Julie McBride, Cutting-Edge Composers took place at the West Bank Cafe's Laurie Beechman Theater (407 W. 42nd street).

Do you have a dream of a career on Broadway? Well the Broadway Dreams Foundation can help you achieve that dream. The Broadway Dreams Foundation, which produces the premiere workshop for anyone who aspires to succeed on Broadway is bringing its Summer Performing Arts Intensive to Philadelphia. This Intensive will bring Broadway stars Eden Espinosa, Billy Porter, Paul Canaan, Blake Daniel, Lilli Cooper, Carlos Encinias and Dave Barrus, songwriter Jeremy Schonfeld, along with Broadway casting directors Craig Burns and Rachel Hoffman, to the Kimmel Center for a week-long intensive where students will develop their skills (voice, acting and dance), perform with their idols in a revue style show, and audition before the casting directors.

Do you have a dream of a career on Broadway? Well the Broadway Dreams Foundation can help you achieve that dream. The Broadway Dreams Foundation, which produces the premiere workshop for anyone who aspires to succeed on Broadway is bringing its Summer Performing Arts Intensive to Philadelphia. This Intensive will bring Broadway stars Eden Espinosa, Billy Porter, Paul Canaan, Blake Daniel, Lilli Cooper, Carlos Encinias and Dave Barrus, songwriter Jeremy Schonfeld, along with Broadway casting directors Craig Burns and Rachel Hoffman, to the Kimmel Center for a week-long intensive where students will develop their skills (voice, acting and dance), perform with their idols in a revue style show, and audition before the casting directors.

Josh Young presents Cutting-Edge Composers, A New Generation of Musical Theater Songwriters

Josh Young presents Cutting-Edge Composers, A New Generation of Musical Theater Songwriters

After an amazing run from Off-Broadway sleeper to Tony Award winning Best Musical Spring Awakening ended its run on Broadway last night, Sunday, January 18, following the 7pm performance. After the cast gave the final bows, it was time to celebrate the music, memories and magic that was Spring Awakening. Current cast members, show alumni and the creative team headed to Bond 45 on 45th St. to get the bittersweet yet joyous festivites started and 'not do sadness', BroadwayWorld tagged along to join in the emotional closing night party. When Spring Awakening closed, it had played 859 performances and 29 previews. Its eight 2007 Tony? Awards, including Best Musical, made Spring Awakening one of the biggest Tony winners in the past decade. In addition to the Tony Award wins, Spring Awakening won four Drama Desk Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, and the NY Drama Critics Award for Best Musical, the Drama League award for Distinguished Production of a Musical, and the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album, among other notable citations.

Ghostlight Records presented, by popular demand, a second Spring Awakening Christmas Concert, on December 29th, 2008. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the festive fun, and share in the holiday celebration with the very talented young cast.

SPRING AWAKENING, Broadway's Tony Award-winning musical is returning to Joe's Pub for an encore of the sold out Holiday Celebration benefit concert. The December 29th concert will feature the current cast of the Broadway show 'Spring Awakening' as well as OBC member Lilli Cooper.

SPRING AWAKENING, Broadway's Tony Award-winning musical is returning to Joe's Pub for an encore of the sold out Holiday Celebration benefit concert. The December 29th concert will feature the current cast of the Broadway show 'Spring Awakening' as well as OBC member Lilli Cooper.

Spring Awakening: In The Flesh , arrives in bookstores this month and to celebrate the arrival, the books author David Cote was joined by the show's Tony Award-Winners Steven Sater (Book & Lyrics) and Duncan Sheik (Music) on Monday, September 15 and had an informative 'conversation' - on the show, the music and its long-running success at The Barnes & Noble Store at the Lincoln Triangle (1972 Broadway @ 66th Street). In addition, cast members from Spring Awakening including Hunter Parrish and Alexandra Socha performed select numbers from the show. Following the presentation the cast and creative team signed copies of the new book, and the Spring Awakening original cast recording.

Nearly one hundred years after German playwright Frank Wedekind's death, his daring 1891 play, Spring Awakening, was adapted by playwright-poet Steven Sater, scored by pop singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik, and guided by visionary director Michael Mayer.

Spring Awakening welcomed several new cast members to the Tony-winning production at Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Theatre.

'Broadway Backwards 3,' the gender-bending (and nearly sold-out) event of the season, launches its one-night-only concert at American Airlines Theatre tonight February 4, 2008!