Nick Dalton News

Tracie Thoms (Cold Case, Rent), Jenna Leigh Green (Wicked), and Alexa Green (Wicked) have been added to the all-star lineup of Broadway stars performing at the upcoming concert of music from Jawbreaker, a new musical based on the cult-classic film, on Sunday, December 12th, 2010 at 9pm at the Canal Room in New York City. They join the previously announced cast, which includes Shoshana Bean (Wicked), Morgan James (Addams Family), Carrie Manolakos (Mamma Mia), and Deborah S. Craig (Spelling Bee).

An all-star cast will sing a concert of music from JAWBREAKER, a new musical based on the cult-classic film, on Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 9pm at the Canal Room in New York City. Based on the 1999 film starring Rose McGowan, Julie Benz, Judy Greer and Rebecca Gayheart, JAWBREAKER: THE MUSICAL tells the Faustian tale of Satan-in-heels Courtney Shayne and her mean girl minions who play a nasty birthday prank on their picture-perfect bestie, asphyxiating her with a jawbreaker ball and accidentally killing her. When mousy Fern Mayo catches the flawless four tucking their dead friend back into bed, Courtney promises to make Fern popular in exchange for keeping their secret, implicating the innocent underling in their ill-fated cover up. With its mythic story, candy color fashions and bitch goddess role of Courtney Shayne, Jawbreaker was a natural to translate to the stage. At its core, Jawbreaker is about the lengths we go to belong, even if that means selling your soul for a taste of life with the beautiful ones. With a propulsive pop score that ranges from Lady Gaga-style synth pop to lush melodic ballads, Jawbreaker feels both timeless and today, presenting a mythic high school story that speaks to the teenager in us all.

Bebe Neuwirth, Anthony Rapp, Christine Pedi, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Michael Arden, Joshua Henry and the award-winning NYMF 2010 shows Frog Kiss, The Great Unknown, I Got Fired, My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding, Trails, and Without You will perform at The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) Awards Gala on Sunday, November 14th at The Hudson Theatre (145 W. 44th Street) beginning at 6:00pm.

Treasure Island, A New Musical will hold a backers' audition in November of 2010. BroadwayWorld.com has learned that in the workshop will be....

TRAILS, starring Nick Dalton (Legally Blonde National Tour, Hairspray Las Vegas), Matt Lutz (Bringing Down the Housestarring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah, A Walk to Remember starring Mandy Moore), and Broadway's Vanessa Ray (the recentTony-Award winning revival of HAIR) begins its 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival run at the Barrow Group Theatretoday and will run thru October 16th .

After last month's debut, TheStage Repertory Company and The Palace Theatre in Danbury, CT will continue the new monthly series, Musical Mondays!, by featuring the music of Robert Rokicki. The concert is scheduled to play at The Palace Theatre on Monday, October 11, 2010 at 8:00pm.

TRAILS, starring Nick Dalton (Legally Blonde National Tour, Hairspray Las Vegas), Matt Lutz (Bringing Down the House starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah, A Walk to Remember starring Mandy Moore), and Broadway's Vanessa Ray (the recent Tony-Award winning revival of HAIR) begins its 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival run at the Barrow Group Theatre today and will run thru October 16th.

Nick Dalton (Legally Blonde National Tour, Hairspray Las Vegas), Matt Lutz (Bringing Down the House starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah, A Walk to Remember starring Mandy Moore), and Broadway's Vanessa Ray (the recent Tony-Award winning revival of HAIR) are set to star in the 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival production of TRAILS - A New Musical, which will run at the Barrow Group Theatre from October 8th thru October 16th.

Tonight, October 4, 2010, the following people were honored with Barrymore Awards at the 16th Annual Barrymore Awards Ceremony at the Walnut Street Theatre.

After last month's debut, TheStage Repertory Company and The Palace Theatre in Danbury, CT will continue the new monthly series, Musical Mondays!, by featuring the music of Robert Rokicki. The concert is scheduled to play at The Palace Theatre on Monday, October 11, 2010 at 8:00pm.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced casting for the 2010 festival. Some of Broadway's and Off-Broadway's favorites are participating in the three week festival including Adinah Alexander (The Wedding Singer), Farah Alvin (Nine)

Nick Dalton (Legally Blonde National Tour, Hairspray Las Vegas), Matt Lutz (Bringing Down the House starring Steve Martin and Queen Latifah, A Walk to Remember starring Mandy Moore), and Broadway's Vanessa Ray (the recent Tony-Award winning revival of HAIR) are set to star in the 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival production of TRAILS - A New Musical, which will run at the Barrow Group Theatre from October 8th thru October 16th.

The 2010 Barrymore nominees have been announced! Created in 1994, The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre are the Greater Philadelphia region's only comprehensive theatre awards program, recognizing artists for excellence and innovation while serving to increase awareness of the richness of the local theatre community. The Barrymore Awards are a nationally recognized symbol of excellence for theatre in this region, raising the bar for the work produced by local theatres and individual artists, and generating significant coverage in all the local newspapers and in national trade publications.Each year, over 120 shows produced by the region's professional theatres are reviewed by the Barrymore Voters. At the annual awards presentation each Fall, the Barrymore Awards are presented to honor the community's collective achievement. For more information, please visit http://www.theatrealliance.org/barrymore-awards.

Fiddler on the Roof is one of those shows that almost everyone has experienced as some point in their lives - be it the film or a production locally, in NYC or on the high school level. It is for this reason that I feel no need to summarize its plot. It is a great challenge to make such a classic show fresh. With the Walnut's current production, Bruce Lumpkin manages to do just that - balancing presenting the well-known, beloved material with thoughtful directorial choices.

The Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 201st season with its long-awaited new staging of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. Filled with a powerful and heartwarming score including 'Tradition;' 'Matchmaker, Matchmaker;' 'If I Were A Rich Man' and 'Sunrise, Sunset;' FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is a timeless classic. Helmed by Barrymore Award-Winning Director Bruce Lumpkin and featuring Walnut vets Mark Jacoby and Mary Martello, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF opened on May 26 and runs through July 18 on the WST Mainstage.

THE FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OF LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will end performances in Milwaukee on April 18, 2010 presented by Broadway Across America-Milwaukee and the Marcus Center as part of the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center Series.

THE FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OF LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will begin performances in Milwaukee on April 13-18, 2010 presented by Broadway Across America-Milwaukee and the Marcus Center as part of the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center Series. Tickets will go on sale at NOON on December 13.

The first National Tour of LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL will end its run at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts on March 21st.

Broadway San Jose presents THE FIRST NATIONAL TOUR OF LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL March 16-21, 2010 at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.

Tifft Productions LLC and La Vie Productions LLC present industry only staged readings of the new musical comedy THE SPHINX WINX, with book by Phillip Capice, Bob Keuch & Anne Hitchner; Music & Lyrics by Kenneth Hitchner, Jr.; Music Direction and Arrangements by Jeffrey Lodin; and Directed by Matthew Hamel, on Monday, March 15 at the Snapple Theater Center (1627 Broadway @ West 50th Street), in Manhattan.