Rachel York News

For summer of 2021 The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre will present the most anticipated show of the 2020 Season!  

Today's Theater Stories features the Hudson Theatre! Learn about shows to have graced the stage of the theatre including Sunday in the Park With George, Head Over Heels, Burn This, American Utopia and more!

Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, April 3-4, 2021.

AMOUR: transports audiences to Paris’ iconic and beautiful Montmartre neighborhood. Complete with scenic elements, costumes, and props, this production isn’t just a Zoom performance with backdrops added in. The digital experience evokes—to the best of its ability—a live performance on a Broadway stage with a cast of Broadway veterans.

Today (April 2) in live streaming: it's Game Night on Stars in the House, Lauren Patten in concert, Bringing You Broadway, and more!

Robert J. Eagle of Waltham, Mass., founder and producing artistic director of Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, has announced he will retire on June 30, 2021.

Amour is set in picturesque Montmartre, in the city of Paris. Dusoleil (Drew Gehling) is a nerdy civil servant but also a dreamer who discovers that he can walk through walls, which allows him to give bread and jewels to the deserving bourgeoisie. As he gains confidence to win over the beautiful Isabelle (Christiani Pitts) from her unhappy marriage, Dusoleil's magical approach to life makes the world better for his co-workers and other Parisian locals.

The anniversary episode broke the single-show fundraising record, raising over $28,300 (including a $10,000 matching grant from the Frances Lear Foundation).  Now, after over 375 episodes, “Stars In The House” has raised over $751,842 for The Actors Fund & $200,000 for other charity organizations who have needed support throughout the pandemic.   

Today (March 17) in live streaming: a Head Over Heals reunion on Stars in the House, Irish Rep goes to The Aran Islands, and more!

Today's top stories: Shakespeare in the Park returns this summer, The Office! A Musical Parody resumes off-Broadway next month, Lin-Manuel Miranda announces new book on In the Heights, and more!

Head Over Heels opened at the Hudson Theatre on July 26, 2018 and ran for 188 performances. In the kingdom of Arcadia, the 'beat' is divine. But when an oracle's prophecy of doom threatens its beloved beat, it propels the king and his royal family through a journey of mistaken identities, jealous lovers, secret rendezvouses and sexual awakening - where everything (and everyone) is not what it seems.

On March 16, 2020, Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley launched “Stars In The House” in response to what they knew would be an immediate need for funds in light of the Broadway shutdown.  Now, one year and over 375 episodes later, “Stars In The House” has raised over $715,000 for The Actors Fund & an additional $200,000 for other charity organizations.

Disaster! features a showstopping score including some of the most memorable pop, rock and disco hits of the 1970s, including 'Hot Stuff,' 'I Am Woman,' 'Knock On Wood,' 'Daybreak' and more.

The trailer is now available for the upcoming virtual Broadway musical revival of Amour. Featuring the song “The Street Vendors' Waltz,” you can now get a first look at this innovative streaming production, created entirely remotely.

If you haven’t heard of the game Six Degrees of Separation, you’re missing out BIG TIME. Six Degrees is the kind of game you play on a road trip in hour 7 out of 12, when everything else has become boring. 

Art Lab and ShowTown Productions have announced complete casting and performance information for the upcoming virtual Broadway musical revival of Amour. The cast of Amour will feature Derrick Baskin, Drew Gehling, Kara Lindsay, Kevin Massey, Adam Pascal, Christiani Pitts, Jennifer Saìnchez, Thom Sesma, Vishal Vaidya, and Rachel York.

Two new versions of the hit holiday pop classic JERSEY CHRISTMAS, written by Marlboro, NJ native and American Songwriting Award Winner Ben Rauch are being released to YouTube this week. An adult choir version of the song was released today, and a kids/teen choir version will also be released in the coming days.

This week's Theater Stories features the Nederlander Theatre! Learn about the theatre's longest-running show - Rent; recent shows to have been performed at the theatre, including War Paint, and Pretty Woman, plus much more!

Stars in the House continues tonight (8pm) with Greater Orlando Performing Arts Relief with Orlando natives Wayne Brady, Andrea Canny, Norm Lewis, Justin Sargent, Wesley Taylor, Paul Vogt and Rachel York benefitting GOPAR.  Donate here.

Today (December 18) in live streaming: A Swinging Birdland Christmas, and so much more!