The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. Divas on parade: Menzel, Cook, Hudson, Luker and Mazzie, plus the new year's offerings from Broadway In Chicago and local productions of 'Fame,' 'Little Shop' and more!....
Children's Playhouse of Maryland, Inc. (CPM), in residence at the Community College of Baltimore County, Essex, performs FAME Jr. 1 p.m., Saturday and Sunday today, May 5 and May 6, 12,-13, 19- 20 and 4 p.m. March 13 in the J Building Lecture Hall (J-137) at CCBC Essex, 7201 Rossville Boulevard. The 4 p.m. show will be sign-language interpreted by students from the CCBC Catonsville Interpreter Preparation Program. Tickets are $10 general admission and $8 for birthday parties or scout troops. Tickets can be ordered in advance through the Box Office, 443-840-ARTS, and are available at the door, space permitting.
Children's Playhouse of Maryland, Inc. (CPM), in residence at the Community College of Baltimore County, Essex, will perform FAME Jr. 1 p.m., Saturday and Sunday May 5,-6, 12,-13, 19- 20 and 4 p.m. March 13 in the J Building Lecture Hall (J-137) at CCBC Essex, 7201 Rossville Boulevard. The 4 p.m. show will be sign-language interpreted by students from the CCBC Catonsville Interpreter Preparation Program. Tickets are $10 general admission and $8 for birthday parties or scout troops. Tickets can be ordered in advance through the Box Office, 443-840-ARTS, and are available at the door, space permitting.
Monday, January 23 was the Aquarius New Moon AND Chinese New Year (year of the Dragon) - it was also the 80th birthday of one of our national treasures - James Rado - co-author of the legendary musical HAIR. Rado celebrated this milestone at The Copacabana, with a crowd of over 125 - family and friends - including original Broadway HAIR cast members - Natalie Mosco, Marjorie LiPari, Robert I. Rubinsky (aka Bobby The Middle-Aged Celebrity); HAIR alumni including Heather MacRae, André De Shields, Ula Hedwig, Zora Rasmussen, Dale Soules. Other guests included Luther Creek (SPIDER-MAN, 25th Anniversary tour of HAIR, RENT) who performed excerpts from Rado's latest musical AMERICAN SOLDIER (written with brother Ted Rado) at the party along with Rosalind Brown, A.D. Coughlan, Ula Hedwig, Sean Jenness, Marjorie LiPari, Michael Lynch, Natalie Mosco, Cheryl Pepsii Riley, Gordon Ramsey, Robert I. Rubinsky, Sam Underwood and Alex York.
Born Forever, a new ballet featuring music from Fame - The Musical and its sequel, Fame Forever - Talent Springs Eternal, will make its television debut this Friday, January 6, 2012 on CUNY TV.
Born Forever, a new ballet featuring music from Fame - The Musical and its sequel, Fame Forever - Talent Springs Eternal, will make its television debut this Friday, January 6, 2012 on CUNY TV.
SOUL DOCTOR, the exhilarating, riveting and hilarious new Broadway-bound musical, tells the true story of the beloved and controversial father of popular Jewish music, Shlomo Carlebach.
SOUL DOCTOR, the exhilarating, riveting and hilarious new Broadway-bound musical, tells the true story of the beloved and controversial father of popular Jewish music, Shlomo Carlebach. Deemed a "CERTIFIABLE HIT" by Larry King and examiner.com, the pre-Broadway premier debuts in South Florida on December 24, with shows first in Miami Beach, then Fort Lauderdale.
New York's renowned Children's Acting Academy & Company will present its new stage production, FAME - THE MUSICAL at The Theatre at Saint Peters, 619 Lexington Avenue (54th Street, just east of Lexington), starting tonight (Thursday, December 8) for six performances through Sunday, December 11, 2011. To reach the theater, enter through the glass door and take the elevator to "LL2 Theater."
New York's renowned Children's Acting Academy & Company will present its new stage production, FAME - THE MUSICAL at The Theatre at Saint Peters, 619 Lexington Avenue (54th Street, just east of Lexington), starting tonight (Thursday, December 8) for six performances through Sunday, December 11, 2011. To reach the theater, enter through the glass door and take the elevator to "LL2 Theater."
SOUL DOCTOR, the exhilarating, riveting and hilarious new Broadway-bound musical, tells the true story of the beloved and controversial father of popular Jewish music, Shlomo Carlebach. Deemed a "CERTIFIABLE HIT" by Larry King and examiner.com, the pre-Broadway premier debuts in South Florida on December 24, with shows first in Miami Beach, then Fort Lauderdale.
SOUL DOCTOR, the exhilarating, riveting and hilarious new Broadway-bound musical, tells the true story of the beloved and controversial father of popular Jewish music, Shlomo Carlebach.
New York's renowned Children's Acting Academy will present its new stage production, FAME - THE MUSICAL at The York Theater, 619 Lexington Avenue between Lexington and 3rd Avenue, for six performances between Thursday, December 8, and Sunday, December 11, 2011.
HOWL! Arts Project 2011, The Actors Fund, and Jim Rado's In the Dark Theater present SUN (AUDIO MOVIE) - the only full-length musical, other than HAIR, written by Tony Award-nominees James Rado and Gerome Ragni, with music by Steve Margoshes, composer of FAME: THE MUSICAL -- on Saturday, October 22 at 8:00 p.m. at Theatre 80 (80 St. Marks Place).
HOWL! Arts Project 2011, The Actors Fund, and Jim Rado's In the Dark Theater present SUN (AUDIO MOVIE) - the only full-length musical, other than HAIR, written by Tony Award-nominees James Rado and Gerome Ragni, with music by Steve Margoshes, composer of FAME: THE MUSICAL -- on Saturday, October 22 at 8:00 p.m. at Theatre 80 (80 St. Marks Place).
David De Silva, the man behind the creation of one of pop culture's most enduring tales of the individual's creative struggle for self-expression - known the world over as the film and stage musical, Fame - arrives in Tennessee today for the opening of Circle Players' regional premiere of Fame Forever: Talent Springs Eternal, which opens at Middle Tennessee State University's Tucker Theatre for a one-weekend run.
Dance of the Vampires (or Tanz der Vampire as the original German language version is named) is a musical remake of a 1967 Roman Polanski film of the same name (called The Fearless Vampire Killers in the USA). Polanski also directed the original German production of this musical. Music was composed by Jim Steinman and orchestrated by Steve Margoshes, and original German book and lyrics were written by Michael Kunze. The following photos are from the movie premiere in Stuttgart.
Choreographer Jacqulyn Buglisi, with members of the Buglisi Dance Theatre company, is creating a new ballet entitled Born Forever, an original dance piece with music inspired by Fame The Musical and its sequel Fame Forever.
Rock tenor Rob Evan is perhaps most famous for his essaying of the dual title roles in Frank Wildhorn's JEKYLL & HYDE ten years ago on Broadway - and playing the leads in the new rock reinterpretation of the score known as JEKYLL & HYDE: RESURRECTION - but since that time he has appeared in entertainment entities as diverse as LES MISERABLES, Disney's TARZAN, Alan Menken & Howard Ashman's LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, concert performances of CHESS, THE MUSIC OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, The Dream Engine and, of course, his muse-like work for Paul O'Neill, creator and composer of the international phenomenon known as the Trans Siberian Orchestra, as well as the Lord of Excess himself and a rock god like none other, BAT OUT OF HELL visionary Jim Steinman. There's a lot more to the story of Evan, Steinman and DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES than may seem at first bite. In this exclusive conversation, Evan and I discuss his many stage and concert appearances, as well as his extensive studio work - including BATMAN and many new, unheard compositions - with the resplendent and reclusive rock icon known to friends as just Jimmy. Here's a big bloody bite of my conversation with Rob Evan, who can be seen in a number of upcoming appearances on concert stages across the world, including his upcoming ROCK TENOR series of shows. More information is available at his official site here.
SOUL DOCTOR: The Shlomo Musical, the new Broadway-bound musical celebrating the life and music of Shlomo Carlebach, will be in New Orleans for its pre-Broadway tour at the same time as the 2010 General Assembly and International Lion of Judah Conference.
Videos
