Michael Arden News

Anita Procedure, LA's premiere singing drag queen, is set to bring her show Adult Performer: A Musical Tale of One Queen's Journey from Twinkdom to (Semi) Stardom to the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City. There will be two performances only, today, August 16 and Friday, August 17, both at 7pm.

Anita Procedure, LA's premiere singing drag queen, is set to bring her show Adult Performer: A Musical Tale of One Queen's Journey from Twinkdom to (Semi) Stardom to the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City. There will be two performances only, on Thursday, August 16 and Friday, August 17, both at 7pm.

Actors' Equity Association has announced that Once on This Island will receive the eleventh annual Extraordinary Excellence in Diversity on Broadway Award for the 2017-2018 season. Presented by Equity's National Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, the Extraordinary Excellence in Diversity on Broadway Award honors shows that exemplify and promote the union's founding principles of diversity, inclusion, non-traditional casting and equal opportunity for all who work in the theatre.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce Bobby Conte Thornton: Blame It on My Youth on Monday, August 20 at 8 pm as part of Bay Street Theater's Music Mondays concert series. Tickets range from $69 - $125 and are on sale now at baystreet.org and through the Box Office at 631-725-9500.

BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature ANNIE, TITANIC, PIPPIN and More!

Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: the full cast has been announced for the National Tour of Come From Away, we took you on the red carpet at the premiere of Freaky Friday, and more!

The Broadway classic ANNIE was featured at the Hollywood Bowl this past weekend, helmed by Tony Award-nominated director Michael Arden, conducted by Todd Ellison, and choreographed by Eamon Foley. Check out video from the concert below!

ANNIE composer Charles Strouse and ANNIE lyricist (and director of the original 1977 Broadway production) Martin Charnin paid a visit backstage at Saturday night's performance of ANNIE at the Hollywood Bowl.  Check out photos from the special visit below!

Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: Bobby Lopez, John Tartaglia, and more original cast members of Avenue Q will reunite tonight for the show's 15th Anniversary Concert, and more!

Featured at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend (July 27-29) is Annie, helmed by Tony Award-nominated director Michael Arden, conducted by Todd Ellison, and choreographed by Eamon Foley.

Even if you have seen it before, I cannot stress enough how miraculous the current production of ANNIE is at the Hollywood Bowl, directed with creative ingenuity by Michael Arden. Featured in the cast of incredibly talented triple-threat (acting, singing, dancing) performers are Ana Gasteyer as the ruthless headmistress Miss Agatha Hannigan, David Alan Grier as the refined, generous billionaire Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks, Lea Salonga as his dedicated and caring assistant Grace Farrell, with newcomer Kaylin Hedges as Annie, who won the role over hundreds of other young girls from across the country who submitted video auditions to win role. Miss Hedges is the cornerstone of the production and her soaring, pitch-perfect voice and effervescent stage presence setting the jubilant tone for the entire ensemble.

Quite possibly the most popular family-friendly stage musical of all time, ANNIE---the classic 1977 Tony Award winner for Best Musical based on Harold Gray's 'Little Orphan Annie' comic strip---seems like a no-brainer choice to appear as the annual all-star summer musical at the world-famous Hollywood Bowl. So it's actually not a surprise that this plucky, unabashedly charming production---now causing giddy bursts of laughter and collective choruses of 'awwww's' at Hollywood's iconic 18,000-seat outdoor arena for two more performances this weekend---is such a perfect fit. And judging by its marvelous opening night performance this past Friday, July 27, the production itself is sure to win over anyone in attendance of its remaining shows.

ANNIE, this year's Hollywood Bowl Summer Musical, will be performed by an all-star cast July 27, 28 and 29. Each year, a condensed version of a full-length Broadway musical corrals name performers from theatre, television and music with crazy, busy schedules that normally wouldn't be available for a full musical schedule commitment. We have the opportunity to chat with Tony Award winner Lea Salonga, who will be playing Grace Farrell in this production.

Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: This Ain't No Disco officially opens tonight, and more!

Featured at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend (July 27-29) is Annie, helmed by Tony Award-nominated director Michael Arden, conducted by Todd Ellison, and choreographed by Eamon Foley.

Original company member Loren Lott will take over the role of Ti Moune while Hailey Kilgore recovers from a foot injury.