According to an Equity casting notice, FINDING NEVERLAND will have a New York City reading May 24-31, and will feature direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Rob Ashford. Auditions for the project will be held by Tara Rubin Casting on February 23-24 for the roles of Peter, George, Jack, and Michael.
Go backstage with Daniel Radcliffe at his photo shoot for his next role in the Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Radcliffe chats about everything from his Harry Potter past to dancing in public.
In an interesting piece in the New York Times, past Tony nominees get candid about the new shows they are excited about seeing this spring. Check out their responses below:
DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are pleased to announce that SHREK THE MUSICAL with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, directed by Jason Moore and Rob Ashford, will play at The Fox Theatre, for one week only, April 26-May 1, 2011, as part of the Broadway Across America - Atlanta 2010-2011 season.
Starring the multi award-winning international stage and film actor Daniel Radcliffe (Equus on Broadway, Harry Potter film series) and five-time Emmy® Award winner John Larroquette (Night Court, The Practice) in their Broadway musical debuts, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is the fable of executive dreams and office romance.
An entirely new musical, SHREK THE MUSICAL is based on the story and characters from William Steig's book Shrek!, as well as the Dreamworks Animation film Shrek, the first chapter of the Shrek movie series. SHREK THE MUSICAL tells the story of a swamp-dwelling ogre who goes on a life-changing adventure to reclaim the deed to his land. Joined by a wise-cracking donkey, this unlikely hero fights a fearsome dragon, rescues a feisty princess and learns that real friendship and true love aren't only found in fairy tales. Hear from SHREK stars Eric Peterson and Haven Burton in the video below!
Starring the multi award-winning international stage and film actor Daniel Radcliffe (Equus on Broadway, Harry Potter film series) and five-time Emmy® Award winner John Larroquette (Night Court, The Practice) in their Broadway musical debuts, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS is the pulitzer and Tony Award®-winning fable of executive dreams and office romance.
ROSE HEMINGWAY has appeared in the Donmar Warehouse's production of the musical Parade directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford at LA's Mark Taper Forum. Additionally Rose has toured North America as Sophie Sheridan in the tour of the hit musical Mamma Mia!
Sadler's Wells is pleased to announce the casting details for the West End opening of Richard Thomas and Stephen Mear's fabulously original musical, Shoes. Following the show's smash-hit world premiere at Sadler's Wells in September 2010, Shoes transfers to the West End's Peacock Theatre for a limited eight-week run from Tuesday 8 February - Sunday 3 April 2011.
La Jolla Playhouse announced the fifth production in its 2011/12 season: Finding Neverland, book by Allan Knee, with a score by the Grey Gardens writing team of Scott Frankel (music) and Michael Korie (lyrics), directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Rob Ashford (Cry-Baby, Thoroughly Modern Millie).
DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are pleased to announce that Shrek The Musical with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, directed by Jason Moore and Rob Ashford, will close at Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre February 6, 2011
DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are pleased to announce that SHREK THE MUSICAL with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, directed by Jason Moore and Rob Ashford, will play DeVos Performance Hall, for one week only, June 21-26, 2011.
DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are pleased to announce that SHREK THE MUSICAL with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, directed by Jason Moore and Rob Ashford, will play PlayhouseSquare, for two weeks only, March 1 - 13. Tickets are on sale NOW and are available at the PlayhouseSquare Ticket Office, via phone at 216-241-6000 or online at www.playhousesquare.org.
DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are pleased to announce that Shrek The Musical with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, directed by Jason Moore and Rob Ashford, will play Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre for one week only, February 1-6, 2011.
SHREK THE MUSICAL with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, directed by Jason Moore and Rob Ashford, will close at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on January 30.
Now onstage at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall through Sunday, Shrek the Musical could be dismissed by some as merely a theme park version of an animated film (which, I must confess, I've never seen), but if you approach it with your eyes wide open - and perhaps more importantly, your heart wide open - you're likely to see it for what is: A fast-paced, hugely entertaining homage to fairies, their tales and all the fairy dust that makes musical theater so completely transformative and exhilarating.
DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are pleased to announce that SHREK THE MUSICAL with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, directed by Jason Moore and Rob Ashford, will play Tennessee Performing Arts Center , January 25 through 30.
Today, an Equity Principle Casting notice reveals that previews will begin in March of 2012 in anticipation of an April 2012 opening. Rehearsals begin in February of that year.