Mirvish Productions celebrates fifty years of producing and presenting theatre in Toronto with their ambitious and diverse 2013-2014, which includes the return of Les Miserables, the tour of the Tony Award Winning Once and the World Premiere of Aladdin. David Mirvish spoke to BWW about bringing Les Miserables back to the city, diversity in programming and building a new generation of theatre goers.
Mirvish Productions is celebrating fifty years of producing in Toronto with their largest and most ambitious subscription seasons to date, starting with the return of the smash-hit LES MISERABLES with hometown boy Ramin Karimloo in the lead role of Jean Valjean. Toronto will also see the World Premiere of ALADDIN, the Tony Award Winning musical ONCE, the World Premiere of Sergio Trujillo's ARRABAL, the North American Premiere of HEARTBEAT OF HOME, critical favourite METAMORPHOSIS and the North American Premiere of THE LAST CONFESSION. They have also announced four exciting bonus shows and their sophomore Off-Mirvish season. BWW is thrilled to bring readers coverage of all the new season has to offer, including feature interviews with many key players throughout the remainder of the week.
MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical, opens at Bass Performance Hall tonight, Feb. 12 for a limited, eight-performance engagement through Feb. 17. The show is presented by Performing Arts Fort Worth, as part of its 2012-2013 Broadway at the Bass Supported by Sewell series.
Broadway Across America - Fort Lauderdale has announced their subscription series presented by Florida Theatrical Association in partnership with the Broward Center for the Performing Arts sponsored by Bank of America. From the creators of South Park and winner of nine Tony Awards, The Book of Mormon will play a limited three-week engagement November 26 - December 22, 2013. Season Subscribers receive priority ticket opportunities to shows so a season subscription is the only way to guarantee seats to The Book of Mormon.
The Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical Jersey Boys last night played its 3,000th performance on Broadway. Jersey Boys is the 18th longest-running show in Broadway history, having surpassed the record previously held by Hello, Dolly!. Check out photos from the celebration below!
The 2013/2014 National Tour of the new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its San Antonio premiere for eight performances, May 7-12 at the Majestic Theatre as part of the Cadillac Broadway in San Antonio series. Individual tickets for THE ADDAMS FAMILY go on sale at 10 a.m., today, February 8.
FLASHDANCE - THE MUSICAL, the stage adaptation of the 1983 hit film that defined a generation, will make its Segerstrom Center premiere May 7 - 19, 2013.
MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical, opens at the Fisher Theatre on April 9 for a limited engagement! Tickets will go on sale Sunday, February 17 at 12 p.m. at the Fisher Theatre box office, all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at 1-800-982-2787, and online at www.ticketmaster.com or www.broadwayindetroit.com.
The Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS will play its 3,000th performance on Broadway today, Thursday, February 7. JERSEY BOYS is the 18th longest-running show in Broadway history, having surpassed the record previously held by Hello, Dolly!.
Starring Bryan Fenkart and Felicia Boswell, the Memphis the Musical tour makes its way across the country and opens in Fayetteville, Arkansas tonight, February 5. In honor of this, the Memphis team put together a promo for their performance, with an introduction by cast member Bree Branker.
Based on the hit DreamWorks film and the incredible true story that inspired it, the first national tour of the high-flying Broadway musical CATCH ME IF YOU CAN will land in Dallas, Texas, presented by Dallas Summer Musicals at the Music Hall at Fair Park for a limited engagement February 12-24, 2013. Single tickets will be priced from $15-$85 at The Box Office, 5959 Royal Lane, and all Ticketmaster locations, or online at www.ticketmaster.com. For groups of 15 or more, call 214-426-GROUP (4768).
The 2013/2014 National Tour of the new musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will make its San Antonio premiere for eight performances, May 7-12 at the Majestic Theatre as part of the Cadillac Broadway in San Antonio series. Individual tickets for THE ADDAMS FAMILY go on sale at 10 a.m., Friday, February 8.
The La Jolla Playhouse production of the new American musical Hands on a Hardbody will open Thursday, March 21, 2013 at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 West 47th Street), following a preview period that begins Saturday, February 23, 2013. See Hands on a Hardbody's Broadway marquee below!
The 2013 national tour of the new musical The Addams Family, based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams, will play the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center February 26 - March 3, 2013 as part of the Kimberly-Clark Broadway Across America - Fox Cities Series.
LIVING FOR TODAY. LIVING FOR TODAY: Back to the Drawing Board just played a one-night-only engagement at Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street). BroadwayWorld was there for the concert, and you can check out full coverage below!
The producers of JERSEY BOYS are pleased to announce that Andy Karl will be returning to the Broadway company on Tuesday, February 12. Karl assumes the role of ‘Tommy DeVito' following the departure of current star Jeremy Kushnier after the Sunday, February 10 performance.
MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical, opens at Bass Performance Hall on Feb. 12 for a limited, eight-performance engagement through Feb. 17.
It's a bit disconcerting when you see a play or musical that's set in an era you lived through. Kind of makes you feel a little older than you'd like to feel. In this case, it's the midwest premier of FLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL. I remember when director Adrian Lyne's film came out in 1983, and it was at a time when I was purchasing lots of cassettes (remember them?). So, I'm very familiar with the tunes that made up that soundtrack, and it's a little bit weird for me to be sitting through a new musical version of that movie. In some ways, it has a perfect plot for a musical, but unfortunately the characterizations are just too thin, and the musical itself too long, to be completely successful.
