New Your City Center's Encores! Off-Center series is back and better than ever! The series will kick off the 2016 season with Runaways from July 6-9th. RUNAWAYS is set in 1977 when Liz Swados spent several months observing and interviewing child Runaways before shaping their stories, fears, and fantasies into a musical. A deeply unconventional work in its day, Runaways feels like the funkiest, most heartbreaking mixtape ever to come out of a 1970s boom box, packed with reggae anthems, hip-hop, soul-food lullabies, and spoken-word poetry. The Encores! Off-Center production will honor a theater visionary who was ferocious, inspiring, and left us far too soon.
New York City Center today announced the cast of the Encores! Off-Center production of Runaways, Elizabeth Swados' landmark musical about the stories, fears, and fantasies of runaway children. Cast largely from an open call attended by over 300 teenagers of 'all ethnicities, body types, gender identification, and ability levels,' the 'wolfpack' of 25, as director Sam Pinkleton affectionately calls them, embody the ferocious kinetic energy of today's New York-just as the original cast reflected the New York of 1978.
Following their triumphant performances as 'Matilda' in the Broadway smash Matilda The Musical, 11 year old Paige Brady, 11 year old Gabriella Pizzolo, 11 year old Ripley Sobo and 9 year old Ava Ulloa (aka the 'Newtildas') perform some of their favorite songs from Broadway and beyond in their upcoming concert, 'When Children Rule The World' at 54 BELOW on Friday, October 10, 2014. BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you an exclusive sneak peek of the ladies in rehearsal below!
This week's event featured performances from the cast of MATILDA, featuring: Paige Brady, Gabby Pizzolo, Ripley Sobo, Ava Ulloa and Marisa Kennedy, Jennifer Bowles, Heather Tepe, Sean Montgomery, Alex Brightman, Geoff Packard, JohnArthur Greene, Timothy Cao, Grace Capeless, Ava DeMary, Jonah Halperin, Alexa Shae Niziak, Sofia Roma Rubino,Analise Scarpaci, Mitchell Sink, Chris Sumpter, Beatrice Tulchin and TEd Wilson. Check out clips from 'When I Grow Up,' 'Naughty,' and 'Revolting Children' below!
See the four girls sharing the title role in Broadway's MATILDA THE MUSICAL get crafty with Easter eggs on People.com. Click below ot see Ava Ulloa, Gabriella Pizzolo, Paige Brady and Ripley Sobo have fun with a damaged book, sparkles and paste!
The four girls sharing the title role in Broadway's MATILDA THE MUSICAL are featured in today's New York Times. In light of Warren Buffet and Quicken Loans' recent announcement of a billion dollar prize for correctly picking the winners of all 63 NCAA men's basketball tournament games, the Times consulted three pundits: a mathematician and his students who are using a linear algebra program to make their picks, a sportswriter with a coin to flip, and the four 'Matildas.' Follow the link for the video feature, where you can watch Ava Ulloa, Gabriella Pizzolo, Paige Brady and Ripley Sobo explain their bracket-picking methodology. Check out the video below!
Meet Broadway's newest MATILDAS in today's Wall Street Journal where Ava Ulloa, Gabriella Pizzolo, Paige Brady and Ripley Sobo talk to reporter Sophia Hollander about their experience joining the Broadway smash, MATILDA THE MUSICAL. Check out their interview below!
Warner Bros. Pictures will release WINTER'S TALE, written and directed by Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman ('A Beautiful Mind') and based on the novel by Mark Helprin, today, February 14, 2014. Watch the trailer below!
Warner Bros. Pictures will release WINTER'S TALE, written and directed by Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman ('A Beautiful Mind') and based on the novel by Mark Helprin, on February 14, 2014. Check out the new trailer below!
Warner Bros. Pictures will release WINTER'S TALE, written and directed by Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman ('A Beautiful Mind') and based on the novel by Mark Helprin, on February 14, 2014. Watch the new trailer below!
America's favorite holiday tradition, the 86th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, returns to dazzle and enchant millions nationwide today, Thursday, November 22. The festivities will be featured both on NBC and CBS, each providing performances from different Broadway companies. Check out a performance from the Tony Award-winning ONCE from the CBS parade broadcast!
Tony-nominated actress Cristin Milioti, who plays the role of 'Girl' in the musical ONCE appeared on NBC 4 NEW YORK yesterday to talk about the hit Broadway show. Milioti shared her belief that it is the play's honesty which has created such a strong response from audiences. 'It's not a fairytale,' explains the actress, 'that makes it very relatable.' Check out the appearance below!
The cast of ONCE appeared on NBC's 'America's Got Talent' last night. The cast of the eight-time Tony Award winning musical, including the award for Best New Musical, performed the Academy Award winning song "Falling Slowly," featuring Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti. Check out the video below!
Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti, the stars of Broadway's Tony Award-winning musical ONCE, appeared on 'CBS This Morning' yesterday, July 14, to perform 'Falling Slowly.' Watch the performance in the video below!
Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti, the stars of Broadway's ONCE, appeared on 'CBS This Morning' today and revealed that they appreciated the fact that the Tony Award winning musical doesn't have a Hollywood happy ending. Watch the entire interview below!
Steve Kazee stopped by NBC's NEW YORK LIVE to talk about his emotional Tony win and his starring role in the hit musical ONCE. The actor won the 2012 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical. Check out his appearance below!
Check out the second episode of 'Cool Kids Table,' guest-starring ONCE's Cristin Milioti with Taylor Gildersleeve as Blake and Juliette Monaco as Kenzie. In this episode, 'Milioti sits down with Kenzie and Blake after being nominated for a Tony award but does little to dispel their ideas about just how freaky theater geeks really are.' Watch the video below!
Steve Kazeeis this year's recipient of the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role of a Musical for ONCE. In his emotional post-Tony interview, Kazee shares his reasons for almost passing on what has become the opportunity of a lifetime and why this recognition is truely icing on a very bittersweet cake.
John Tiffany is this year's recipient of the 2012 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for ONCE. Click below to catch John's first moments as a Tony winner, and take a first 'spin' with his award!
ONCE's Martin Lowe is this year's recipient for the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations. After receiving his big honor, Lowe visited BroadwayWorld in the winners room for a sit down to discuss the win!