Manhattan Concert Productions just announced television, film and Broadway star, Jeremy Jordan, has joined the cast of a one night only concert performance of the TONY Award-winning Broadway musical, Parade, on February 16, 2015, at 8:00 p.m. EST at Avery Fisher Hall Lincoln Center. Jordan will join the cast as Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-born Jewish factory manager accused and convicted of killing a thirteen-yearold employee in Atlanta, Georgia in 1913. Three-time TONY Award winner and original composer, Jason Robert Brown, will conduct this star-studded cast and full chorus alongside Oliver Award nominee Gary Griffin as Director and Tom Murray as Music Supervisor.
Tony Danza, Rob McClure and the cast of the new Broadway musical Honeymoon in Vegas performed the number 'When You Say Vegas,' at last Thursday's MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE.
Tony nominated actress Jessie Mueller, currently starring in the Tony Award-winning musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It, appeared on NBC's 'Today' this morning, May 9th in the 10:00 a.m. hour as part of Kathie Lee and Hoda's 'Everyone Has a Story' segment. Mueller sang 'For You', co-written by Lee for 7-year-old AJ Kelm, who is battling a rare form of epilepsy, and his mother. Click below to watch! Mueller's performance begins around the 4-minute mark.
Young Hollywood (hosted by Lesley Robins) went backstage to Broadway's production of the classic Gershwin musical NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT with Jeff Schecter, who plays Floyd. This behind-the-scenes peek looks at the show, its costume department, fun props and more. Plus, Schecter reveals what it's like to work with Matthew Broderick and what it was like taking over as the understudy for the Tony Award-winning role of Cookie, played by star Michael McGrath. Check out the video below!
Michael McGrath is the recipient of this year's Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical for NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT. Immediately following his big win, McGrath visited BroadwayWorld to talk about just how much a win like this means to him. Check it out below!
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, featuring music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro, stars two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick and three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara. The production is directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall. The official opening night is on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Broadway's Imperial Theatre.
Complete production highlights have been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a look below!
The official opening night is on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Broadway's Imperial Theatre and we've got a first look at a montage of scenes from the new production!
The team behind the new musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT recently sat down to talk about the process of bringing some of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's most beloved standards back to Broadway for contemporary audiences. Click below to meet music supervisor David Chase and orchestrator Bill Elliott.
Two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick and three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara in NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, featuring music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, will begin performances on Broadway on Thursday, March 29, 2012 and officially open on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street). The production is directed & choreographed by three-time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall and features a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro.
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT is featured in the April 2012 issue of Vanity Fair in a story written by Jim Kelly. In the video below, go behind-the-scenes at the photo shoot with photographer Annie Leibovitz!
Earlier this month, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC's new ladies, Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch met the press in anticipation of their July 13th debut in Trevor Nunn's acclaimed production at the Walter Kerr Theatre, which is currently on hiatus while the new leads rehearse. Broadway Beat was there to talk to the show's new stars...
Today, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC's new ladies, Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch met the press in anticipation of their July 13th debut in Trevor Nunn's acclaimed production at the Walter Kerr Theatre, which is currently on hiatus while the new leads rehearse. Broadway Beat was there to talk to the show's new stars...
Catherine Zeta-Jones, star of Broadway's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, sat down with the ladies of ABC's 'The View' last week to talk all things NIGHT MUSIC and Desiree.
Performances began on Tuesday, November 24th, for the first Broadway revival of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC starring Academy Award-winner Catherine Zeta-Jones, five-time Tony Award®-winner Angela Lansbury and Olivier Award-nominee Alexander Hanson. Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning masterpiece A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, directed by Tony Award®-winner Trevor Nunn, opens on Sunday, December 13, 2009 at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
Tickets went on sale Saturday, October 17th to the general public and the Walter Kerr Theatre box office opened on Monday, October 19th for the first Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning masterpiece A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.
The production stars Academy Award-winner Catherine Zeta-Jones and five-time Tony Award®-winner Angela Lansbury, and is directed by Tony Award®-winner Trevor Nunn. The production begins previews on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 and opens on Sunday, December 13, 2009 at the Walter Kerr Theatre. Rehearsals began on Monday, October 19th.
Tickets went on sale Saturday, October 17th to the general public and the Walter Kerr Theatre box office opened on Monday, October 19th for the first Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony Award-winning masterpiece A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.
London's Donmar Warehouse production of PARADE, presented by the Center Theatre Group at the Los Angeles Music Center, had its U.S. premiere Sunday, October 4, 2009 at the Mark Taper Forum.