As previously reported, Roundabout Theatre Company recently announced a new block of tickets now on-sale through April 29th, 2012 for their Tony-winning production of Anything Goes. It was originally scheduled to run through Sunday, July 31st, 2011. The production currently stars 2011 Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as 'Reno Sweeney' and Tony and Academy Award winner Joel Grey as 'Moonface Martin,' and is directed and choreographed by 2011 Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall. Recently, BroadwayWorld checked in with the production to scope out the backstage scene. Click below for a tour of Anything Goes, guided by the show's resident funnyman, Adam Godley, as the company preps for curtain!
Houston's Theatre Under the Stars' (TUTS) season opens with an uninspiring production of Guys and Dolls plagued by lackluster performances by two of the show's leads. However, gorgeous male harmonies and a brilliant performance by Jennifer Cody as Miss Adelaide elevate the production.
Whether you've been living under a rock for the past week, or you're just in the mood for a recap of everything theatre, BroadwayWorld's feature, 'This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy your end of the week fix. Take a look below to catch up on the latest happenings from the Great White Way to the West End (and everywhere in between) with coverage of press events, rehearsals, opening nights and more!
For last week's biggest events: visit THIS WEEK IN PICTURES: September 17-23!
Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the full cast of the New York premiere of Stephen Karam's new play Sons of the Prophet, directed by Peter DuBois. The cast will feature Yusef Bulos (Bill), Jonathan Louis Dent (Vin), Santino Fontana (Joseph), Joanna Gleason (Gloria), Lizbeth Mackay (Mrs. McAndrew), Dee Nelson (Dr. Manor), Chris Perfetti (Charles), Charles Socarides (Timothy).
The New York Musical Theatre Festival, Steven Cunningham with associate producer John Von Herget present the world premiere of JUST LIKE MAGIC Christopher T. Magician's Zany Magical Musical Extravaganza!!! with music by Ryan Mercy, lyrics by Christopher W. Barnes and book by Mr. Barnes and Cameron Cole and directed by Elizabeth Lucas, as a special event in the 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival at TBG Theater (312 West 36th Street) in Manhattan, with performances on Friday, Oct. 7 at 8:00pm; Saturday, Oct. 8 at 10:30pm and Thursday, Oct. 13 at 8:00pm. Associate producer for JUST LIKE MAGIC is John Von Herget.
Roundabout Theatre Company's Anything Goes celebrated their new cast album with an in-store performance and CD signing yesterday, September 27th. Director Kathleen Marshall and stars Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Colin Donnell, Adam Godley and Laura Osnes will perform classics from the show and greet fans. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you photo coverage below!
On September 27, Roundabout Theatre Company celebrated their new cast album with an in-store performance and CD signing. Director Kathleen Marshall was on hand to introducer performers and stars Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Colin Donnell, Adam Godley and Laura Osnes, who performed classics from the show and greet fans. Want to see the live performances? Click below!
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Broadway favorite Sutton Foster is set to star in a new pilot on ABC Family titled, Bunheads. Foster will star as Michelle, 'a Las Vegas showgirl who impulsively marries a man and moves to his sleepy coastal town, taking a role at her mother-in-law's dance school.'
Ghostlight Records' new Broadway cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony-Award winning production Anything Goes will debut at #1 on BILLBOARD's Cast Album Chart!
Anything Goes' Colin Donnell ('Billy Crocker') will be interviewed on WAMC radio's 'The Roundtable' on Wednesday, September 28th at 11:35AM. For WAMC station information: http://www.wamc.org/prog-roundtable.html
Ghostlight Records' new Broadway cast recording of Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony-Award winning production Anything Goes was released on September 20th and will be followed today by a Barnes & Noble In-Store performance and CD signing, featuring Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Colin Donnell, Adam Godley and Laura Osnes, as well as an introduction by Kathleen Marshall. The celebrated album features the stellar cast of this year's best musical revival, and is available here.
Master class à Montréal presents its new masterclass directed by the american musical director, vocal coach to the Broadway stars and Sirius Radio star Seth Rudetsky, which will take place on
Saturday November 26 2011 in Montréal.
Theatre fans opened their hearts and wallets Sunday at the 25th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, propelling the unrivaled outdoor event to raise an astonishing $547,658 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
The 2011 Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Flea Market ran on Sunday, September 25th from 10 AM - 7 PM on West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, and, for the first time, extended into Times Square, between 43rd and 44th Streets. Check out Photo Coverage below of the celebrity area backstage, where food was graciously donated by Tony's DiNapoli. !
The 2011 Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Flea Market ran on Sunday, September 25th from 10 AM - 7 PM on West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, and, for the first time, extended into Times Square, between 43rd and 44th Streets. Check out Part One of our Photo Coverage below.
The creative team behind the new musical JUST LIKE MAGIC continue OPERATION: SUTTON, their online video campaign to persuade two-time Tony Award winner (and Broadway darling) Sutton Foster to accompany JUST LIKE MAGIC star Christopher T. Magician to the New York Musical Theatre Festival gala on September 26, 2011, with the release of Operation: Sutton 7 and Operation: Sutton 8 - which can now be seen on YouTube channel JustLikeMagicMusical http://www.youtube.com/user/JustLikeMagicMusical.
Broadway's brightest stars, more than 60 theatre-themed tables and exciting, on-the-spot 'flash auction' experiences will help Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and tens of thousands of theatre fans celebrate the 25th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction today, September 25. Be sure to check into BroadwayWorld for the famed Grand Auction as we stream it LIVE right here beginning at 4:30pm!