Five Emmy Awards and a Tony Award make multi-talented Neil Patrick Harris the perfect star for this live one-hour show that is unlike any other on American television. Anything can happen on 'Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris,' which will feature appearances by A-list stars, stunts, comedy skits, incredible performances, mini game shows, audience giveaways and hidden camera pranks. Based on the wildly popular British hit 'Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway,' this genre-busting format and its fearless star will make for one of the best nights ever on TV, week after week. Emmy Award winner Alec Baldwin serves as this week's celebrity guest announcer.
Tune in tonight (10pm ET on NBC), to catch the episode, and read on to find out what Neil Patrick Harris is up to for the second installment!
Crying over HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH closing? Still trying to win the #Ham4Ham lottery? Didn't have time to check in on your favorite Broadway stars? Well don't worry BroadwayWorld has rounded up some of the biggest stories from this week from Broadway and beyond with BroadwayWorld's 'This Week in Pictures.'
If there's one thing we can all agree on, it's this: there's very little that Neil Patrick Harris cannot do. Whether it's swinging from a giant Tony Award at Radio City Music Hall, penning a best selling memoir, or suiting up as everyone's favorite eternal bachelor, it's safe to say Mr. Harris is a man of many talents. So when it was announced he would be starring in his own variety hour this fall, there was little doubt he'd be able to pull it off. That being said, there were also expectations. Large expectations. But more on that later.
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER reunites in concert and LES MIZ honors its fallen comrade, Kyle Jean-Baptiste, this afternoon.
Following the adorable addition of 'Little NPH' to Neil Patrick Harris's upcoming NBC variety show BEST TIME EVER, the host just took to Twitter to announce the latest member of the team: CATS star and Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger!
As previously announced, Beverley Knight is to star in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats to play the role of Grizabella. Returning to the London Palladium from 23 October 2015, Lloyd Webber's acclaimed new production of Cats will run for a strictly limited 11 week season until 2 January 2016. Check out the video below of Beverley Knight rehearsing and discussing her role as 'Grizabella.'
The Hollywood Bowl's production of Monty Python's SPAMALOT, the parody of the Arthurian Legend which won the Tony for Best Musical in 2005, begins tonight, July 31.
The much anticipated 2005 Tony Award-winning Best Musical - Monty Python's Spamalot - has finally arrived and is in rehearsal in Los Angeles for its July 31 - August 2, 2015 run at the historic Hollywood Bowl; and BroadwayWorld TV's own Michael Sterling was on hand to talk to the cast.
On the heels of their sold out 2014 tour, superstar siblings Julianne and Derek Hough will team up once again, dancing their way across stages all over the country in their new MOVE LIVE ON TOUR 2015. The pair stopped by Good Morning America to announce MOVE LIVE ON TOUR 2015 which kicked off on June 12th in Phoenix, AZ and will hit over 40 cities including the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis tonight, July 24 at 8:00 p.m.
ESPN's global coverage of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles, the largest sporting and humanitarian event in 2015, begins this week with live coverage of the Games' star-studded Opening Ceremony
BroadwayWorld has just confirmed the final casting for the Hollywood Bowl's upcoming production of Monty Python's Spamalot, the parody of the Arthurian Legend which won the Tony for Best Musical in 2005. Those joining the starry company are Broadway vets Kevin Chamberlin as Sir Bedevere, Tom Deckman as Not Dead Fred, and Rick Holmes as Sir Lancelot.
After being asked daily to perform at weddings all over the world, Dan Finnerty decided it was time to give back and let people spice up their receptions with a new album from The Dan Band.
Today the Producers of Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS announced the incredible and exciting news that DELTA GOODREM is performing with the all-Australian cast when the acclaimed West End revival production of CATS tours Australia from October this year. Delta is confirmed to play the coveted role of Grizabella in Sydney, Hobart & Melbourne and will sing Memory, one of the most well-known songs of all time.
Today the Producers of Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS announced the all-Australian cast for the acclaimed West End revival production, which tours Australia from October this year. This much-loved record-breaking musical opens in Sydney on 30 October and is then touring to Hobart, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide finishing in Perth in April 2016.
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: The original cast of 'SPELLING BEE' reunites in concert, HOLIDAY INN begins at The Muny and more!
Just announced, household-name 70s dance group, KC and The Sunshine Band, will help to celebrate America's 239th birthday by performing their top-selling, multi-platinum dance hits like '(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty,' 'Get Down Tonight,' 'That's The Way (I Like It)' and more as part of A CAPITOL FOURTH, broadcast LIVE on PBS from the U.S. Capitol tonight, July 4, 2015 from 8 to 9:30 p.m. ET.
The Dan Band, known from its appearances in both THE HANGOVER and OLD SCHOOL, is set to release its upcoming album 'The Wedding Album,' on July 10. On it, the always-in-demand group gets a little help from pop-turned-West End star Nicole Scherzinger on its cover of 'Making Love Out Of Nothing At All'. Click here to check it out at A.V. Club!
