The Theatre School at DePaul University is delighted to announce that this coming December 31, 2010, will mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Merle Reskin Theatre (formerly The Blackstone Theatre). The Beaux-Arts style Blackstone Theatre, which was designed by Chicago architects Marshall and Fox, opened its doors just off of Michigan Avenue in the South Loop on New Years' Eve of 1910. In the course of the past century it has changed owners, names, addresses, audiences, and has stayed a hub of theatrical arts in a changing neighborhood and city. It faced many noteworthy changes in entertainment, including the introduction of the radio, television and film industries.
Yesterday, July 18, the '2010 VH1 Do Something! Awards' were held at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California. The award show honors individual's 25 years of age and younger for their commitment to social change. This year's host was Jane Lynch from the hit television show GLEE. BroadwayWorld brings coverage of the event below.
Playwright Rajiv Joseph, Director Moisés Kaufman, Mia Barron, Dan Byrd, Ricardo Chavira, Monique Coleman, Christopher Duncan, Harry Groener, Omari Hardwick, Bryce Dallas Howard, James Immekus, Darryl Jones, Eriq La Salle, Harry Lennix, Kai Lennox, Bai Ling, Jodi Long, Randolph Mantooth, Logan Marshall-Green, Ben McKenzie, Omar Metwally, Nate Parker, Rich Sommer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Marisa Tomei, Rutina Wesley, Charlayne Woodard all attended the opening of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.
Original 'Dreamgirls' Loretta Devine, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jennifer Holliday were amongst the guests in attendance at the opening of the 'Dreamgirls' production at the Ahmanson Theater on March 2. The show will play thru April 4.
Who better to offer audiences a magical evening of entertainment than Barbara Eden, who will host the highly anticipated production of Ballroom with a Twist. A brilliant new dance production that rings in the New Year at the DuPont Theatre January 19-24, 2010.
Who better to offer audiences a magical evening of entertainment than Barbara Eden, who will host the highly anticipated production of Ballroom with a Twist. A brilliant new dance production that rings in the New Year at the DuPont Theatre January 19-24, 2010.
Who better to offer audiences a magical evening of entertainment than Barbara Eden, who will host the highly anticipated production of Ballroom with a Twist. A brilliant new dance production that rings in the New Year at the DuPont Theatre January 19-24, 2010.
Ashleigh and Ryan Di Lello from So You Think You Can Dance have joined the touring show of 'Ballroom with a Twist' already featuring the talent of the hit series 'Dancing With The Stars' Dmitry Chaplin, Chelsie Hightower, as well as the husband and wife team of Jonathan Roberts and Anna Trebunskaya.
Who better to offer audiences a magical evening of entertainment than Barbara Eden, who will host the highly anticipated production of Ballroom with a Twist. A brilliant new dance production that rings in the New Year at the DuPont Theatre January 19-24, 2010.
Who better to offer audiences a magical evening of entertainment than Barbara Eden, who will host the highly anticipated production of Ballroom with a Twist. A brilliant new dance production that rings in the New Year at the DuPont Theatre January 19-24, 2010.
High School Musical 3:Senior Year had an impressive $15M weekend for a new total of $61.8M, holding the top spot once again at the box office. The film will be debuting a 'sing- along' version in select markets including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Philadelphia on Friday, November 7.
Halloween is never a great day for the film industry, especially when it falls on a weekend. And as expected Friday's grosses were way down compared to a normal weekend reports DeadlineHollywood.com. In a shock Disney's High School Musical 3: Senior Year was down a whooping 90% from its historic opening a week ago. The film made $1.7 million Friday from 3,626 plays. But then Zac Efron, and those Wildcats staged an amazing comeback, jumping up nearly 400% to grab No. 1 with $8.2 million Saturday for a $15M weekend (including Sunday's estimate of $5.1 million) for a new total of $61.8M
The North American release of Disney's High School Musical 3 may have brought in even bigger numbers than originally anticipated- but the musical also ruled at the foreign box office beyond expectations.
The North American release of Disney's High School Musical 3 brought in even bigger numbers than originally anticipated. Variety reports that High School Musical 3 brought in $42 million domestically to top the box office and to make it the biggest musical bow ever.
The North American release of Disney's High School Musical 3 brought in even bigger numbers than originally anticipated. By Friday, the movie had already grossed 16.9 Million dollars in 3,623 theaters it was released in, bringing the anticipated total weekend numbers up to 60 million from the original 40 million.
Disney's High School Musical phenomenon leaps onto the big screen with High School Musical 3:Senior Year in which America's favorite high school students (Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman) hit senior year. BroadwayWorld brings you this special featurette on the making of this sure-to-be-a-hit movie!
