Richard Jay-Alexander News

In a stroke of good-timing for Broadway fans, Reba McEntire, who's new 'Reba Duets' album just hit #1 on the Billboard Charts, will be joining Brian Stokes Mitchell for his debut concert at Carnegie Hall on October 15. Click in for the scoop on what audiences can expect from this almost-sold out event!

Hundreds of Broadway, TV and film stars crowded the sidewalks of Shubert Alley at the 21st Annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Flea Market and Grand Auction on Sunday, September 23.

The Actors Fund announced today that Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will take to the stage at Carnegie Hall for the very first time as a solo artist on October 15th, 2007.

The Actors Fund announced today that Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will take to the stage at Carnegie Hall for the very first time as a solo artist on October 15th, 2007.

BroadwayWorld is proud to present (as promised) an update from Barbra Streisand's Broadway guys. They have indeed 'phoned home,' and we've got the pictures to prove it, in an exclusive SCRAPBOOK commemorating stage, screen and music legend Barbra Streisand's historic European tour, which marks her first time ever touring the Continent!

Coincidence and a few days off from the Streisand European Tour, found actor Michael Arden and director Richard Jay-Alexander in London and invited by producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron to the splashy London premiere of the musical film version of HAIRSPRAY. The primary color carpet opening of the film was at the famed Odeon West End Cinema in Leicester Square. Richard, luckily for BWW, had his camera and snapped some pictures at the party at Studio Valbonne.

Hairspray, New Line Cinema's upcoming film version of the Broadway smash, premiered in the UK at the Odeon West End in central London on July 5th!

Broadway is being represented by 4 of its favorite guys appearing alongside the iconic star on her European concert tour. For this very special 'Upstairs at Sardi's' we sat down for a live interview just before they left town.

Broadway is being represented 'in the house' by 4 of Broadway's favorite guys appearing alongside the iconic Barbra Streisand on her European concert tour which kicked off in Zurich on June 18th. We sat down at Sardi's for a live interview, just a few days before they left for Europe.

On Wednesday, June 6th before a matinee, producer/director Richard Jay-Alexander (who's currently in Europe with the Barbra Streisand Tour) interviewed Spring Awakening's breakout star - Lea Michele, 4 days before the TONY Awards and its fateful sweep as Best Musical for the 2006/2007 theatre season.

Broadway will be represented 'in the house' by 4 of Broadway's favorite guys and the iconic Barbra Streisand when her European concert tour kicks off in Zurich on June 18th. We sat down at Sardi's on Wednesday, June 6th, for a live interview, which will air on BroadwayWorld.com TV on the night that the European tour opens. You won't want to miss it...and here are some photos from Walter McBride who was there to capture the interview and the antics.

Broadway performers and award-winning television stars, Jill Eikenberry and Michael Tucker, have opened a new chapter to their life by working on the other side of the camera. The couple have produced an acclaimed documentary about the extraordinary life of artist Emile Norman.

UPRIGHT Cabaret celebrates two years of providing vibrant entertainment in West Hollywood. Producers Chris Isaacson, Shane Scheel and music director Trapper Felides walk down memory lane, along with Sean McDermott, Stephen Spinella and Tracie Thoms who pick their favorite memories from the show.

It was announced earlier today that the much 'rumored about' European concert tour of the star became 'official.' Talk of this trans-Atlantic tour had been circulating ever since Streisand's enormously successful 2006 concert tour ended. The other rumor that's been buzzing, mostly among the Broadway community, and as far as L.A., was that four Broadway actor/singers would be going with her. We've spoken to them all...

Sony Masterworks' reissues of the original Broadway cast recordings of Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday In The Park With George and Into The Woods feature heightened vibrancy and clarity.

On March 29th, the Metropolitan Room hosted a star-studded edition of 'Jamie deRoy & friends,' as well as a performance by Marilyn Maye

On May 8th, Columbia Records will release a two-CD set of Barbra Streisand's recent concert tour.

New CD editions of four classic Stephen Sondheim musicals will be released by Masterworks Broadway this month.

Masterworks Broadway, a label born out of the SONY/BMG merger, has gathered together collection of these 'sleeper' hits sung by some of the theater's most talented performers in its new release, 'Broadway Scene Stealers,' featuring songs sung by supporting characters in musicals.

Lately, it's been Spring (Awakening) Fever on Broadway with fans, celebrities and more coming to see the new show - not to mention that it received the best reviews of the 2006/2007 theatre season. In this first of a three part series, we check in with the second of the show's talented young stars - Lea Michele, who created the role of Wendla in Spring Awakening - 7 years ago!