Magnus Tonning Riise News

54 Below will present NexGen Youth Theatre in NexGen ReWind: Alumni in Concert this month. Join in as NexGen alumni return to the stage in roles they played way back when!

On Sunday April 30th at 7pm, Queer Norwegian/American artist Magnus Riise will release his debut EP, Until Tomorrow, with a blow-out concert at The Cutting Room in New York City.

Broadway Unlocked founder Jessica Ryan announced today the talent lineup for the seventh annual #giveback concert slated for Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 7.30pm at The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space (44 Charlton Street).  A VIP Reception begins at 6pm, doors open at 6.45pm.  The evening will feature new and original work, including a host of debut songs inspired by the writings of survivors who have found help at CVTC.

Erich Schuett and Olivia Hadad, who appeared  in the musical 'Zombie Prom' at the Vineyard Theatre in NYC, have  now  made their first recording together--Chip Deffaa's 'A Stage-Door Kind of Love,' being released March 30th.  The recording, which will be available Saturday from CDBaby, iTunes, Amazon, etc., may be pre-ordered here:  https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/erichschuett1.

Broadway Unlocked founder Jessica Ryan announced today that the seventh annual #giveback concert is slated for Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 7.30pm at WNYC's The Greene Space (44 Charlton Street).  A VIP Reception begins at 6pm, doors open at 6.45pm.  Theatre and technology collide for good at the concert, as theatre artists around the world connect, mobilize and amplify their voices to impact change in their communities. In New York, Broadway, TV, Film and YouTube stars come together to empower survivors of violence and fund the groundbreaking work of Crime Victims Treatment Center (CVTC), where anyone can receive life-saving treatment - completely free of charge. 

ASCAP Award-winning writer/producer Chip Deffaa's new CD, 'Gay Love'--being released June 29th--will features such  Broadway notables as Stephen Bogardus ('Bright Star'), Lee Roy Reams ('La Cage Aux Folles'), John Tartaglia ('Avenue Q'), Kristy Cates ('Charlie and the Chocolate Factory') and Jon Peterson ('Cabaret'), plus such top nightclub and cabaret stars as Seth Sikes,  Baby Jane Dexter, and Tom Andersen.

ASCAP Award-winning playwright/producer Chip Deffaa's latest album, 'Irving Berlin: Ragtime Rarities,' is out now. The CD, featuring an all-star New York cast performing two dozen rare--and, in many cases, never-before-recorded--ragtime numbers, is the 24th CD that Deffaa has produced and the tenth dealing with master songwriter Irving Berlin.

ASCAP Award-winning playwright/producer Chip Deffaa's latest album, 'Irving Berlin: Ragtime Rarities,' will be released on November 20th.

ASCAP Award-winning writer/producer Chip Deffaa's new CD, 'Irving Berlin Rediscovered' - being released today - features such Broadway notables as Stephen Bogardus ('Bright Star'), Giuseppe Bausilio ('Hello, Dolly!'), and Jon Peterson ('Cabaret'), plus such nightclub and cabaret stars as Seth Sikes and Natalie Douglas.

Mikki Sodergren joins the cast of NEXT in Concert: Bridge the Gap Volume 2 which is set for June 7th at Don't Tell Mama NYC at 7PM.

The NEXT concert series has run both in the US and in the UK as a platform for new musical theatre writers to share their work.

Inside rehearsals with Ariana Sepulveda and Stephanie Turci as they rehearse 'Give Words of Love' by Zoe Sarnak for NEXT in Concert: Bridge the Gap Volume 2.

The events of the past few days in Manchester have led Alicia Krakauer and Megan Minutillo to designate a portion of the proceeds to the account that the Manchester Evening News has set up in support of the families of those affected and killed in the Manchester Arena attack.

Mike Houston joins the cast of 'NEXT in Concert: Bridge the Gap Volume 2 - June 7th at Feinstein's/54 Below

The Internet appears live on stage at New York West Village venue, The Duplex, on Sunday, June 4th as award-winning comedy songwriter Mike Hadge hosts a debut showcase concert for his new musical, MUSICAL DOT COM: A NEW MUSICAL (DOT) COMEDY.

The Broadway at Birdland concert series was proud to present "DUETS with thewriteteachers.com Volume 4," in a special LGBTQ+ Edition. This one-night-only event benefitted the One Orlando Fund. BroadwayWorld has photos from the concert below!

Zia, who was last seen as Joanne in RENT at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, will join  DUETS with thewriteteachers.com: LGBTQ+ Edition', at Birdland Jazz on August 8th.

Ryan Andes, (Encores' Wild Party, NBC's Peter Pan LIVE!, Big Fish) joins the Broadway at Birdland concert series presentation of DUETS with thewriteteachers.com Volume 4,  the LGBTQ+ Edition.  This one-night-only event will benefit the One Orlando Fund.

Corey Mach (Hands on a Hardbody, Godspell, Invisible Thread), joins the Broadway at Birdland concert series presentation of DUETS with thewriteteachers.com Volume 4, the LGBTQ+ Edition. This one-night-only event will benefit the One Orlando Fund.

On Thursday June 23rd, Truth Slash Fiction, a television pilot about a group of high schoolers who write gay erotic fan fiction about their favorite boyband will make its premiere at SeriesFest in Denver. The pilot features original pop music, fantasy sequences and performances by Broadway favorites Matt Doyle, Daniel Quadrino and Tony-winner Cady Huffman, among others.