Morgan James News

The original 'rock-opera' comes to life on the Music Mountain Theatre stage; this time, as you have never seen it - with an all-female cast. In this powerful rendition of the passion play, the messiah is not a divine figure but a cultural phenomenon.

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Broadway is a tough industry, and if you're going to pursue a career in theatre you've got to be prepared to face rejection fairly regularly. Though performers will often take to social media to share exciting news like booking a gig, very few will openly talk about jobs they didn't book. Check out some of the highlights from stars like Kelli O'Hara, Idina Menzel, Rachel Bloom, Patti Murin, Morgan James and more below...

Individual tickets for most shows in Wharton Center's 2018-2019 season go on sale to the general public Monday, August 20, at 10:00am. The public on-sale includes most of the MSU Federal Credit Union Broadway at Wharton Center Series: Love Never Dies; Fiddler on the Roof; Anastasia; and Miss Saigon. School of Rock is already on sale, and Hamilton tickets will go on sale to the general public at a later date.

Stephen DeAngelis continues his ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys, Understudies and Alternates with its next edition of  AT THIS PERFORMANCE… to be held on Monday, August  20th at The Green Room 42, Green Fig, Fourth Floor, Yotel NYC, 570 Tenth Avenue (at 42nd Street), New York, NY 10036 at 7 PM.

Desperate Measures, the new musical comedy gone wild with music by David Friedman (Listen To My Heart), book and lyrics by Peter Kellogg (Anna Karenina),and directed by Bill Castellino (Cagney, Marry Harry) has announced a new block of tickets, now on sale through October 28 for the open ended run.  

Morgan James and Ellyn Marie Marsh present 'Gettin Peggy Wit It'! Peggy took time out of her busy schedule to check in with six green girls of Broadway past (Eden Espinosa, Caroline Bowman, Julia Murney, Saycon Sengbloh, Christine Dwyer and Lilli Cooper) to chat all things Elphaba. 

Irish Repertory Theatre announced today that Ben Davis (Violet, A Little Night Music) will join the cast of ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER in the role of "Dr. Mark Bruckner" beginning Thursday, August 9.

Mamma Mia has brought sunshine and denim shorts to Melbourne this winter, along with a bevy of well known, reimagined, classic ABBA songs.

The 2018 Helpmann Awards was a star-studded ceremony in front of a full house at the Capitol Theatre Sydney on the set of Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical. Hosts for this stellar evening were music writer Glenn A Baker AM, acclaimed choreographer Rafael Bonachela, celebrated musical theatre star and TV host David Campbell, multiple Helpmann Award winning mezzo soprano Jacqueline Dark, comedian Anne Edmonds and Olivier and Tony Award Nominee Tony Sheldon.

Stephen DeAngelis continues his ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys, Understudies and Alternates with its next edition of  AT THIS PERFORMANCE… to be held on Monday, July 16th  at The Green Room 42, Green Fig, Fourth Floor, Yotel NYC, 570 Tenth Avenue (at 42nd Street), New York, NY 10036 at 7 PM.

Irish Repertory Theatre announces an extension for ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER, which features music by Burton Lane and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.

Ravinia Festival has announced casting for its July 28 production of Leonard Bernstein'sMass. Conductor Marin Alsop has resurrected this overlooked work with performances around the world. This production reunites her with director Kevin Newbury (who recently won raves for directing the opera Fellow Travelers and the spectaculars as New York's Park Avenue Armory) after earning a Grammy nomination for their recording of Mass, which the New York Times praised as 'one of the best events of the year.'

UnsungMusicalsCo. and The York Theatre Company announced today a partnership for the next three years for UMC's Show Time! Trilogy. UnsungMusicalsCo. (UMC) focuses on researching and developing prescient projects that explore the vibrancy of the American musical theatre canon, and how past works influence the artists and repertoire of today and tomorrow.

Morgan James and Ellyn Marie Marsh present 'Getting Peggy Wit It'! Peggy took time out of her busy schedule to stop by Broadway Bares and chat with some of this year's performers, including Jay Armstrong Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Wesley Taylor and more!

Parker Arts has announced the 2018/2019 Season! Featuring national touring acts like Tracy Byrd and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, hilarious comedy acts like Howie Mandel and Ryan Hamilton, theater performances like The Fully Monty and Tennessee William's A Streetcar Named Desire, and so much more! Whether you want to discover new music with our Uncharted Series or explore the arts with the whole family in our Family Discovery Series, there is something for everyone to enjoy!

David Friedman and Peter Kellogg may be billed, respectively, as composer and bookwriter/lyricists of the rollickingly fun new musical comedy DESPERATE MEASURES, which has just moved from the intimate York Theatre to more spacious digs at New World Stages, but they can also add 'problem-solver' to their resumes.