On Monday, May 14th, six time Tony Award winning producer, Stewart F. Lane was inducted in to the Manhattan Jewish Hall of Fame. The Manhattan Jewish Historical Initiative (MJHI) honors the important and varied contributions of distinguished individuals who have lived and thrived in Manhattan. Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer hosted the event, which was held in the historic venue, the Library of The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York.
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) just presented an important conversation: Stream It and They Will Come: How Digital Capture Builds Audience Awareness.
The sixth annual J! International Symposium was held in Stockholm last weekend. The event was sold out at the 500 seat Stora Salongen Theater at The Berns Hotel. World renowned speakers, moderators and performers included: Sandee Brawarsky (Jewish Week), David Denby (The New Yorker), Agneta Furvik (Swedish Radio), Judy Gold (Comedian), Adam Gopnik (New Yorker), Stewart F. Lane (Broadway Producer & Author), Tony Michels (UWisconsin), Letty Cottin Pogrebin (Ms Magazine), Annie Polland (American Jewish History Association), Ricki Neuman (Swedish Daily News), Jody Rosen (New York Times), Rabbi Peter Rubinstein (92nd Street Y), Hilan Warshaw (Documentarian) & Bjorn Wiman (Swedish Daily News) with a special appearance by Johan Rabaeus (Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre), and a musical performance by Freudenthal Yiddish Orchestra.
The Drama League (Gabriel Stelian-Shanks, Executive Artistic Director) today announced the 2018 Drama League Awards Nominees for Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, and the much-coveted Distinguished Performance Award. The nominations were announced this morning by Tony® Award winners Harriet Harris and Julie White, and Tony® Award nominee Christopher Sieber at the official announcement event at Sardi's Restaurant, which was streamed live online right here at BroadwayWorld.com.
Click here for a full list of nominees and check out photos from inside the special event below!
BroadwayHD premiered The Toxic Avenger Musical at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) to a packed auditorium. The comic musical is based on the 1984 film created by Troma Entertainment. As with many cult films, the original release was not a critical success, but midnight screenings in NYC and around the country propelled the campy low budget movie to become a cult classic.
BroadwayHD Films Bright Colors And Bold Patterns
Bright Colors And Bold Patterns is a riotous new solo play that stormed the stage with ferocity and wit, deemed 'hilarious' and 'uproarious' by The New Yorker, 'fantastic' and 'pure magic' by Time Out New York, and 'side-splitting' and 'fresh' from The Huffington Post. It has also been hailed as 'raucous, witty and occasionally moving' by The Daily Beast, 'a very funny play' by The New York Post, 'outrageous and stinging' by Out Magazine and 'relentlessly funny' by Buzzfeed.
Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley, founders of BroadwayHD said, 'With all those great reviews, we believe that the production should be seen by a bigger audience', so they are filming it and adding it to the line up for streaming on BroadwayHD.
Bright Colors And Bold Patterns is written by and starring Drew Droege and directed for the stage by Michael Urie. The BroadwayHD production is produced by Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley and directed by David Horn.
The BroadwayHD multi-camera capture will deliver the live performance specifically for a streaming audience, bringing this unique performance to life for viewing to subscribers anytime, anywhere at www.BroadwayHD.com
Bright Colors And Bold Patterns - the Off Broadway hit hailed as 'scorchingly funny' by The New York Times - will celebrate the final week of its triumphant five-month run with the return of the show's author and original star Drew Droege from Thursday, April 5 through Monday, April 9. On the heels of its fourth extension, the final performances will be filmed by BroadwayHD.
BroadwayHD team members joined representatives from Disney Theatrical Group and Universal Theatrical Group at this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) conference for a panel.
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) offers an important conversation on Thursday, April 26, 2018: Stream It and They Will Come: How Digital Capture Builds Audience Awareness at 7:30pm (doors open for networking at 7pm) at The Playroom Theatre, 151 W. 46th Street, 8th fl., NYC.
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) offers an important conversation onThursday, April 26, 2018: Stream It and They Will Come: How Digital Capture Builds Audience Awareness at 7:30pm (doors open for networking at 7pm) at The Playroom Theatre, 151 W. 46th Street, 8th fl., NYC.
Bright Colors And Bold Patterns has announced its fourth and final extension as the show's author and original star Drew Droege returns to finish the triumphant five-month run Thursday, April 5 through Monday, April 9. The final performance will be filmed by BroadwayHD, the premiere streaming service that brings live theater productions to viewers all over the world, to be broadcast available on the platform later this season.
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Talk a walk down the blue carpet with the cast of Escape to Margaritaville! Escape to Margaritaville opened last night, March 15, at the Marquis Theatre, and BroadwayWorld is taking you inside the big night. Check out photos of the cast of the blue carpet last night!
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Jennifer Diamond has managed to balance married life in the country and a hectic city schedule, while pursuing that elusive first Broadway Show. Jen has earned her chevrons with productions of LES MISERABLES, EVITA, RUTHLESS!, INTO THE WOODS, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, among them, and has cut her cabaret teeth on previous club appearances at Joe's Pub and Feinstein's/54Below. Last night she brought her latest show with fresh material and continued 'Tales of Adventure' to midtown's hottest new room in the heart of Times Square, The Green Room 42.
Tony Award-winning Broadway producer, writer and performer Bonnie Comley - a UMass Lowell graduate returned to campus with her husband Stewart F. Lane to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 500 seat theater dedicated in their name. The event included a reception on the theater's stage with the couple and UMass Lowell VIPs and community arts leaders. The evening ended with a BroadwayHD screening.
As previously announced, there will be a 15th Anniversary Reunion Concert benefit celebration of the 2002 Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. The concert will star two-time Tony Award® winner Sutton Foster, Tony Award® winner Gavin Creel, Tony Award® winner Harriet Harris and other original cast members for a one-night-only benefit to raise funds for The Actors Fund. Last night, Sutton Foster shared a photo on Instagram of herself and Gavin Creel with the caption 'This sure feels good.'
BroadwayHD announces today that Thom Pain, the Geffen Playhouse's filmed adaptation of its stage production of Will Eno's lauded play Thom Pain (based on nothing) starring Rainn Wilson ('The Office,' founder of Soul Pancake), will be available on BroadwayHD beginning January 11, 2018.
The Actors Fund announced today a 15th Anniversary Reunion Concert benefit celebration of the 2002 Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Thoroughly Modern Millie.
Host Mario Batali and attendees Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Karolina Kurkova, and more created a one-of-a-king evening, merging theater and the culinary arts in support of healthy, equitable food access and youth-led food justice. The event was held November 27 at La Sirena by Mario Batali at the Maritime Hotel, 88 Ninth Avenue. Check out photos below!
