Video: First Look at EVITA at San Francisco Playhouse
by Joshua Wright
- 07/09/2024
Get a first look at the final production of San Francisco Playhouse’s 2023-24 season - Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Evita. Check out the cast in action in this all-new video!
VIDEO: Watch Ali Ewoldt, Nic Rouleau & More Unite to Sing FOLLIES!
by Nicole Rosky
- 11/30/2020
Broadway stars are uniting yet again to sing in separation- this time to Follies. Watch below as Ali Ewoldt (Young Sally), Shoba Narayan (Young Phyllis), Zach Piser (Young Buddy), and Nic Rouleau (Young Ben) sing 'You're Gonna Love Tomorrow.'
VIDEO: Elaine Paige Revisits Her EVITA Rehearsal Room
by Stephi Wild
- 11/23/2018
Tomorrow, BBC Two will air Evita: The Making Of A Superstar. An all new clip has been released from the special, showing Elaine Paige back in the rehearsal room where she first began to learn the role that would make her a star.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 4/4/16- FOLLIES
by Nicole Rosky
- 04/04/2016
Today in 1971, Follies opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, where it ran for 522 performances. Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The story concerns a reunion in a crumbling Broadway theatre, scheduled for demolition, of the past performers of the 'Weismann's Follies,' a musical revue (based on the Ziegfeld Follies), that played in that theatre between the World Wars. The musical was nominated for eleven Tony Awards and won seven. The piece has enjoyed a number of major revivals, and several of its songs have become standards, including 'Broadway Baby', 'I'm Still Here', 'Too Many Mornings', 'Could I Leave You?', and 'Losing My Mind'.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 3/5/16- Elaine Paige
by Nicole Rosky
- 03/05/2016
Happy Birthday, Elaine Paige! Paige was selected to play Eva Peron in the first production of Evita in 1978, which brought her to the attention of the broader public. She went on to originate the role of Grizabella in Cats and had a Top 10 hit with 'Memory', a song from the show. She then appeared in the original stage production of Chess, followed by a starring role in Anything Goes which she also co-produced. Paige made her Broadway debut in Sunset Boulevard in 1996, playing the lead role of Norma Desmond, to critical acclaim. She appeared in The King and I from 2000 to 2001, and six years later she returned to the West End stage in The Drowsy Chaperone. Most recently, she starred in Follies on Broadway.
VIDEO: Madonna Sings PIAF's 'La Vie En Rose' on Rebel Heart Tour
by Sally Henry Fuller
- 09/20/2015
Madonna launched her highly anticipated Rebel Heart Tour with a sold-out show at the Bell Centre in Montreal just less than two weeks ago, and BroadwayWorld has obtained a performance video! Below, watch as Madonna sings 'La Vie En Rose'- signature song of Edith Piaf, the subject of the Broadway musical PIAF- with just a ukelele as accompaniment!
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 9/12/15- FOLLIES
by Nicole Rosky
- 09/12/2015
Today in 2011, Follies opened at the Marquis Theatre, where it ran for 152 performances. Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The story concerns a reunion in a crumbling Broadway theatre, scheduled for demolition, of the past performers of the 'Weismann's Follies,' a musical revue (based on the Ziegfeld Follies), that played in that theatre between the World Wars. The musical was nominated for eleven Tony Awards and won seven. The piece has enjoyed a number of major revivals, and several of its songs have become standards, including 'Broadway Baby', 'I'm Still Here', 'Too Many Mornings', 'Could I Leave You?', and 'Losing My Mind'.
TV Exclusive: She's Still Here! Elaine Paige Teases Farewell Concert- Hits Theatres on 5/12!
by Nicole Rosky
- 05/09/2015
Opening nationwide May 12, 2015 (May 20 in Canada), ScreenLive will present a unique and ground-breaking evening in cinemas when the incomparable Elaine Paige (Olivier Award winner, Grammy nominee) brings her sellout 50th Anniversary Farewell Concert I'm Still Here, filmed at the Royal Albert Hall, to the big screen across America and Canada. For participating theaters go to www.Screenlive.com . Below, watch as Elaine chats with BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge about what to expect from the big concert event!
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