That roar you heard in Chicago's Loop Monday evening, June 30th, was the enthusiastic opening night audience at the Goodman Theatre, where the volcanic excitement generated by a summertime, homegrown production of the 'Fats' Waller musical 'Ain't Misbehavin' will very nearly blow the roof off the place for the next month or so.
Thirty years after its Tony Award-winning world premiere, Ain't Misbehavin'comes to Goodman Theatre in a brand new production.
It's finally here! The jam-packed end-of-season roundup of CDs from our very own Naomi Plume (so big, it had to be put into two parts)...The good, the bad, the ugly...or to quote from the ad for the upcoming musical A TALE OF A TWO CITIES... 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' We're so glad that we got to use that line first! So enjoy this very special two-parter - happy reading, happy listening, happy buying (or not) and good luck to everyone at the TONY Awards on Sunday night from all of us at BroadwayWorld.com.
The summer-stock theater in Matunuck, RI opened it 75th season with a rollicking production of the Fats Waller musical
A New York return after 22 years! The Alloy Theater Company presents 'Tell Me On A Sunday' with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black and Richard Maltby, Jr. and stars 2007 MAC award nominee Maxine Linehan. The show will run on Sundays from now through May 18th at The Laurie Beechman Theater @The West Bank Café 407 W42nd Street.
Bay Street Theatre, a not-for-profit professional regional theatre located in the Hamptons on the Long Wharf in Sag Harbor, recently announced its revised 2008 Target Mainstage Season and special performances by Betty Buckley over Memorial Day Weekend May 23, 24 and 25.
Los Angeles' Center Theatre Group has announced that two world premiere musicals, 9 to 5: The Musical and Minky's will be part of the 2008-2009 Ahmanson season, along with Spring Awakening and Frost/Nixon...
BroadwayWorld's own James Sims stopped by the Pasadena Playhouse during Mask's last minute rehearsals and talked with cast members Michelle Duffy, Greg Evigan and Allen Read, along with director Richard Maltby, Jr., discovering how this heartbreaking story of family and love made its way onto the stage, in musical form, more than 20 years after debuting on the big screen...
Michael Kadin Craig will take over the role of Matthew in Altar Boyz, succeeding Chad Doreck.
The Paper Mill Playhouse Board of Trustees is proud to announce that Mark S. Hoebee, Paper Mill's Acting Artistic Director since March of 2007 has been promoted to Artistic Director effective immediately.
Ruben Studdard, notable as the winner of 'American Idol' Season 2, will reportedly star in the 30th Anniversary national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Ain't Misbehavin' with Frenchie Davis.
Bay Street Theatre, a not-for-profit professional regional theatre located in the Hamptons on the Long Wharf in Sag Harbor, recently announced its 2008 Target Mainstage Season. Charles Busch and Julie Halston will star in the revival of Shanghai Moon, by Charles Busch, June 3 - June 29.
Bay Street Theatre announces its 2008 Mainstage Season with productions including the talents of Charles Busch, Alec Baldwin and Kate Burton.
Marc Kudisch soars in The Glorious Ones, as does Liz Callaway at The Metropolitian Room. Also, an update on The Iron Maiden of Broadway.
Producer Michael Sterling is pleased to announce that Fox Television star Eric Millegan will make his west coast cabaret singing debut at Sterling's Upstairs at Vitello's Sunday, December 2, 2007. December 9, 2007 - Asunta Fleming: Life in the entertainment field began for Asunta Fleming with a tour portraying Maria in West Side Story throughout New England.
Tony Award-winning musical performer Melba Moore will bring her famous four octave voice to the intimate Prince Music Theater when their Holiday production of Ain't Misbehavin' takes to the stage on December 4. Rounding out the headliners will be Broadway performers Eugene Fleming and Ken Prymus.
Jack Lewin will present Our Sinatra: A Musical Celebration with previews beginning Friday, November 16 and an official opening on Tuesday, November 20. The production is slated for an open-ended run at The Songbook Theater at Broadway Comedy Club
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) and Executive Director Kathy Evans announced the casts and directors of the eight musicals for its 19th Annual Festival of New Musicals to be held at New World Stages (340 West 50th St between 8th and 9th Avenues) on Sunday, October 7 and Monday, October 8, 2007.
Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy prepares to close season three with plenty of heat and lots of rhythm. The award-winning musical revue, Ain't Misbehavin', takes the Kennedy Theatre stage with a lively cast, crew and ensemble of musicians that is sure to share the infectious energy known as Harlem Renaissance era
Today, July 3rd, Masterworks Broadway releases the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's epic new musical The Pirate Queen
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