The 2013 Boston Pops season, May 8-June 15, under the direction of Keith Lockhart, will present a season-long tribute to the world of movie music, along with programs featuring a wide variety of American musical styles, including jazz, bluegrass, country, gospel, pop, classic standards from the 50s and 60s, and show-stopping songs of Broadway and the American Songbook. For the programs focusing on the season theme, 'Best of Hollywood Film Music,' audiences will hear their favorite music from classic movies and today's popular soundtracks performed live by the Boston Pops, while the accompanying movie clips are projected onto a giant screen suspended above the orchestra. Tickets to the 2013 Boston Pops season go on sale to the public on Wednesday, December 5, at 888-266-1200 or www.bostonpops.org.
Now one of the most successful movie musicals of all time, LES MISERABLES triumphantly arrives on DVD and Blu-ray today, so it is an exceptionally apropos time to assess the many vaunted virtues and the legendary history of this spectacular mega musical and pay tribute to some of the best versions of some of its famous anthems now that we can, well, bring it home.
Broadway veteran Matthew Morrison will soon release an album of Broadway standards, titled 'Where It All Began.' It will drop on June 4 as a part of Adam Levine's 222 Records. He told Billboard: 'I enjoyed the journey back to my roots on this new album. This is the album I've always wanted to make, and I am looking forward to sharing the experience with everyone.'
In celebration of the special concert, BroadwayWorld is counting down to the event with clips of our favorite Kristin performances. Below, Chenoweth sings 'One Less Bell To Answer / A House Is Not a Home' with Matthew Morrison. Check back tomorrow to find out what else made the list!
Elton John's 'The Bitch Is Back' to N Sync's 'Bye Bye Bye' to Nicki Minaj's 'Super Bass', last night's Glee was filled to the brim with attitude and - to crib a phrase from Stephen Sondheim in his score for GYPSY - 'fits, fights, feuds and egos.' And a whole lot more, amigos.
The claws come out on an all-new episode of FOX's GLEE. For the first time in Glee club history, the students give the teachers, Will and Finn, an assignment to hash out the tension between them. Below, get a first listen to all the songs featured in the episode!
On this week's episode of GLEE, for the first time in glee club history, the students give the teachers, Will and Finn, an assignment to hash out the tension between them. Meanwhile, Santana becomes increasingly suspicious of Brody's side job. Check out photos from the episode below!
Last night, one of the most significant theatre-related entities in the universe paid tribute to the game-changing film that re-introduced the movie musical to modern audiences back in 1999: Baz Luhrmann's musical masterpiece, MOULIN ROUGE. And, it more than merely delivered on the inherent promise presented by that seminal film.
Since its debut in 2009, FOX's Glee has been firmly committed to supporting and promoting music education in schools. Glee continues to give back with the celebration of their 500 th musical performance, an exhilarating rendition of 'Shout,' originally featured in the classic comedy Animal House. In honor of this monumental achievement, Columbia Records and Twentieth Century Fox Television will give 100% of their net proceeds from U.S. downloads of the single 'Shout' starting March 5 th through the end of the season to the GiveA Note Foundation. Glee is proud to work alongside this foundation, which serves to expand and increase music education opportunities for all children. For more information, visit http://giveanote.nafme.org/.
On the next episode of the FOX musical dramady Glee titled 'Girls (and Boys) On Film', the kids of New Directions go head-to-head in a boys vs. Girls mash-up competition using the music of the movies. Below, get a first listen to the songs from the episode!
F. Michael Haynie, currently playing Boq in Wicked on Broadway, meets with CAP21 first-year student, Eric Sumpter. Together they talk about some of F. Michael's favorite CAP21 memories and about the importance of always being a professional. Watch the interview below!
The 21st annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party hosted by Sir Elton John and David Furnish raised $6 million for the fight against HIV/AIDS.
From Kristin Chenoweth to Deborah Cox to Idina Menzel to Barbra Streisand to Michael Crawford to the Ladies of THE VIEW to Adam Pascal, Patti LuPone, Raul Esparza, Alan Menken, Lea Salonga, Bernadette Peters, Laura Osnes, Victoria Clark, GLEE and Everything in Between - It's the BroadwayWorld.com 2013 Valentine's Day Special - It's the Biggest Ever!
The CAP21 Theatre Company will kick off its 20th Anniversary Season tonight, February 4th with the opening of Unfinished Business starring Karen Mason (Wonderland, Mamma Mia!).
Last night, GLEE made its big Winter return on FOX with Episode 11 of Season Four, titled 'Sadie Hawkins' and a virtually (and sonically) dizzyingly plot-packed and music-bedecked episode written by Ross Maxwell and directed by Bradley Buecker. New characters were introduced, romances were born and furthered and a lot of songs were sung - all in all, a GLEE just right for the midway point of the year.
The CAP21 Theatre Company will kick off its 20th Anniversary Season on February 4th with the opening of Unfinished Business starring Karen Mason (Wonderland, Mamma Mia!).
Last night Marquee - The Star, Sydney was flooded with celebrities who flocked to the harbour city to celebrate the nightclub's first New Year's Eve. Owned by the same team behind Marquee Las Vegas and New York, Sydney's star power was seriously catapulted this New Year's Eve as the Tao Group's Noah Tepperberg and Jason Strauss invited celebrity friends to spend New Year's Eve in the harbour city, including Chace Crawford and Matthew Morrison.
BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of Boston in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!
Today we are featuring the second of two world exclusive song premieres from the brand new holiday music collection A VERY BROADWAY CHRISTMAS with GLEE star and Broadway notable Matthew Morrison lending his golden vocal tone and emotive delivery to the original John Glaudini/David Green song "Thankful". 'Tis the season, after all!
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