As BroadwayWorld reported earlier today, DREAMGIRLS' original Effie White, Jennifer Holliday, will return to the role for which she won a 1982 Tony Award this summer at the Muny in St. Louis. Take a look back at Holliday channeling DREAMGIRLS - all the way from her stellar 1982 Tony performance through a concert at the Apollo this month - below!
Broadway In Chicago today announced that Emerald City Theatre's 2010 hit PINKALICIOUS: THE MUSICAL continues to stay pretty in pink and celebrates that "Pink Is Love" for exclusive performances on Valentine's Day Weekend on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 and Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, playing at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place (175 E. Chestnut St). Individual tickets are on sale now.
George Gershwin's 'American folk opera,' Porgy and Bess, premiered in New York City in the fall of 1935, one year after the opening of The Apollo Theater. Both the play, and the theater, became icons within African-American culture. So it's only fitting, and perhaps overdue, that they would eventually join forces.
Two Muses, a new non-profit professional theatre in West Bloomfield, is presenting Same Time Next Year by Bernard Slade.
Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Damian Arnold, has announced casting for the Broadway premiere of Marc Camoletti's classic farce Don't Dress For Dinner, starring Ben Daniels as "Robert," Melora Hardin as "Jacqueline," Adam James as "Bernard" and Jennifer Tilly as "Suzanne" with Spencer Kayden as "Suzette." Don't Dress For Dinner is adapted by Robin Hawdon and directed by John Tillinger.
Rose Theatre Kingston has announced its' Spring 2012 season. Joely Richardson makes a welcome return to the London stage for the major revival of Ibsen's The Lady from the Sea, in a new translation by Stephen Unwin.
The Rose Theatre announces upcoming productions.
The Rose Theatre announces upcoming productions.
James William Productions and Stephenie Skyllas will present Kurt Peterson and Victoria Mallory in When Everything Was Possible, A Concert (with comments), for one night only, Sunday April 29th (7:30pm) at New York City Center (131 West 55th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues), as a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. They will be joined by a thirteen-piece band (Michael Rafter, Music Director), playing new orchestrations by Tony Award winner Jonathan Tunick. Larry Moss directs, with musical staging by Joshua Bergasse ("Smash"). Carolyn Wong will provide lighting design, with sound design by Leon Rothenberg and projection design by Telegraphicmedia.
A huge hit at The Joyce in 2010, Camille A. Brown & Dancers return to The Joyce Theater from January 27-29, 2012 with 'The Groove To Nobody's Business' and 'Been There, Done That,' a duet filled with 'Brown's considerable and effortless humor (The Boston Globe),' among other works.
VY HIGGINSEN'S GOSPEL FOR TEENS, recently profiled on CBS' "60 Minutes," will be holding auditions for new students next month at The Mama Foundation for the Arts, located at 149 West 126th Street in Manhattan. Auditions for this acclaimed, no-cost music program will take place on Saturday, February 18th from 1 - 3 p.m. and Friday, February 24th from 6 - 8 p.m.
On Monday, January 23, 2012, Behind the Scenes: Music on Stage & Screen, a free panel discussion highlighting careers in music, will take place at the Apollo Theater, presented by the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, the Apollo Theater Education Program, and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, (ASCAP), as part of the "Made in NY" Industry Series.
Don't miss KIMMY SCHWIMMY Live at the Bryant Park in New York City Saturday January 21 and Sunday January 22, 2012 at 11:00am and 1:00pm at the KIDS FOOD FESTIVAL. KIMMY SCHWIMMY'S educational and entertaining musical style exposes a broad age spectrum to Rock, R&B, New Orleans style funk, Latin, African and Jazz rhythms.
President Obama appeared at a fundraising event at the legendary Apollo Theater last night and treated his supporters to a few bars from the classic Al Green hit 'Let's Stay Together'.
The national tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet will make its Fox Cities Performing Arts Center debut February 7-12.
The national tour of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the international smash hit musical inspired by the true story of four rock ‘n' roll icons will make its Grand Rapids premiere January 17-22, 2012 at DeVos Performance Hall as part of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway Grand Rapids Series.
Two Muses, a new non-profit professional theatre in West Bloomfield, is presenting Same Time Next Year by Bernard Slade.
On Monday, January 23, 2012, Behind the Scenes: Music on Stage & Screen, a free panel discussion highlighting careers in music, will take place at the Apollo Theater, presented by the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, the Apollo Theater Education Program, and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, (ASCAP), as part of the "Made in NY" Industry Series.
VY HIGGINSEN'S GOSPEL FOR TEENS, recently profiled on CBS' "60 Minutes," will be holding auditions for new students next month at The Mama Foundation for the Arts, located at 149 West 126th Street in Manhattan. Auditions for this acclaimed, no-cost music program will take place on Saturday, February 18th from 1 - 3 p.m. and Friday, February 24th from 6 - 8 p.m.
Million Dollar Quartet, now in its third year, announces a new block of tickets on sale for performances through December 31, 2011. The Tony-nominated musical inspired by the famed 1956 recording session that brought together legendary rock ‘n' roll icons Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, celebrates its long run in Chicago, a multiple Tony-nominated New York run and a long-running London production.
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