The story of Pretty Woman enters on the down-on-her-luck Hollywood prostitute Vivian Ward (Roberts) who is hired by a wealthy businessman, Edward Lewis (Gere), to be his escort for several business and social functions, and their developing relationship over the course of Vivian's week-long stay with him.
Hillbarn Theatre, the Peninsula's premier theatre company, announced that it has added crowd-favorite musicals WEST SIDE STORY andMAMMA MIA! to its 2018-19 season. WEST SIDE STORY will open the season, runningAugust 30 - September 16, 2018, and MAMMA MIA! will replace the previously announced closing show, THE WEDDING SINGER, running May 9 - 26, 2019.
There are many, very obvious spectacular things that stand out while watching LOVE NEVER DIES, Andrew Lloyd Webber's infamously, uh, troubled 2010 musical follow-up to his long-running global hit THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, now continuing its two-week engagement at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through May 5, 2018. While, sure, the show is stunning in its visual artistry and musical performances, the rest is repetitively frustrating. Unless you're a huge PHANTOM fan already or are perhaps maybe morbidly curious as to what the fuss is all about---LOVE NEVER DIES, sadly, doesn't offer much else to audiences beyond its superficial surface beauty.
We've caught Tony fever here at BroadwayWorld, and it's spreading! Follow us throughout the day, as we'll bring you Tony nominee reactions, exclusive reports, surprises, behind the scenes coverage and oh, so much more!
As many of you know, Arena Stage's Artistic Director Molly Smith has been very active on a number of national social issues, including LGBT rights and gun control in addition to her exemplary artistic work. In this way, perhaps it's only natural that the headliner at this year's Arena Stage Gala on May 10th is not only a great singer/songwriter, but also an accomplished speaker and humanitarian.
The 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, announced the winners of its competition categories at the awards ceremony this evening, sponsored by Chloe Wine Collection, at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center. Top honors went to Diane for the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature, Smuggling Hendrix for Best International Narrative Feature, and Island of the Hungry Ghosts for Best Documentary Feature. The Festival awarded $145,000 in cash prizes. Tribeca runs through April 29, 2018.
Continuing a long tradition of presenting world-class performances to The University of Texas at Austin and the Central Texas community, Texas Performing Arts unveils the 2018-19 Essential Series season. This is the 10th since the renovation of Bass Concert and changing our name to Texas Performing Arts.
Michael Rubinoff, Producing Artistic Director of Sheridan College's Canadian Music Theatre Project (CMTP), is proud to announce the lineup of new musicals that will be workshopped in September by Sheridan's Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance Class of 2019.
The Playwrights' Center today announced the recipients of the 2018-19 McKnight National Residency and Commission and 2018-19 McKnight Fellowships in Playwriting.
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that they will present the 2018 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to three outstanding contributors to the Broadway industry - New York Times' culture photographer Sara Krulwich, costume beader, Bessie Nelson, and the Ernest Winzer Cleaners.
Playwrights Horizons (Tim Sanford, Artistic Director; Leslie Marcus, Managing Director) has announced complete casting for LOG CABIN, the world premiere of a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Jordan Harrison (Marjorie Prime, Maple and Vine, Doris to Darlene at Playwrights; "Orange Is the New Black"). Directed by Tony Award and Obie Award winner Pam MacKinnon (Clybourne Park, The Qualms at Playwrights; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Parisian Woman), LOG CABIN will be the sixth and final production of the theater company's current 2017/2018 Season.
A central force behind this year's midterm election campaign is neither a political party nor a candidate. It's Emily's List, which for the last three decades has worked to assist Democratic women in politics. Originally organized around fundraising - Emily is an acronym for Early Money Is Like Yeast - the group now recruits and trains as well as finances women candidates. Its only litmus-test issue is support for abortion rights. What makes the organization loom so large in 2018 is the combination of Hillary Clinton's 2016 defeat and Donald Trump's provocations from the White House. More than 300 women - a record - are now running for Congress. Thousands more have stepped forward for offices at all levels of government. That the emergent Me Too movement has also propelled women into the 2018 arena adds a special irony. Before becoming president of Emily's List, Stephanie Schriock managed the winning 2008 Senate campaign of Al Franken - whose resignation last year made him the highest-profile Democratic casualty of the movement. CNBC Editor at Large John Harwood talked with Schriock at Emily's List headquarters in downtown Washington about prospects for women fueling a Democratic takeover of Congress. A partial transcript from Speakeasy with John Harwood featuring Emily's List President Stephanie Schriock follows.
On this episode of BroadwayRadio's 'Tell Me More,' host Matt Tamanini talks to one of the funniest women on Broadway, Ellyn Marie Marsh. Fresh off of her sixish years with KINKY BOOTS, Ellyn recently returned to New York following the out-of-town tryout of the new musical adaptation of PRETTY WOMAN. However, while they discuss the new show, and the all-female concept album of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR on which Ellyn is featured, they lead off with her recent breakup and the harrowing ordeal that followed.
The new Amy Schumer-led comedy I FEEL PRETTY rolls into movie theaters tomorrow! The film centers around Amy's character who falls victim to a head injury, and in turn gains a new sense of security with unending confidence. The movie also stars Michelle Williams, Aidy Bryant, Emily Ratajkowski, Rory Scovel, Busy Philipps, and Tom Hopper.
Comedy Central today released its 2018-2019 development slate, including two series pick-ups and five pilot orders. The slate is headlined by orders for sketch series Alternatino with Arturo Castro and stand-up series This Week at the Comedy Cellar and was announced by Sarah Babineau and Jonas Larsen, executive vice presidents and co-heads of talent and development, Comedy Central.
FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents 54 Sings One Direction on May 11th, 2018, at 9:30pm. Are you a self-proclaimed Directioner? Are you still hoping that our favorite British boys are just 'on a break'? Then,baby, this concert is perfect for you!
WGN America announced today it is expanding its slate to include the popular family sitcom 'Last Man Standing.' The network will be adding the Tim Allen ('Home Improvement,' Toy Story) comedy to its programming schedule, starting Monday, April 30, 2018.
Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: Katharine McPhee discusses her upcoming debut in Waitress, see what the critics had to say about Pretty Woman's out of town tryout, and more!
WGN America announced today it is expanding its slate to include the popular family sitcom 'Last Man Standing.' The network will be adding the Tim Allen ('Home Improvement,' Toy Story) comedy to its programming schedule, starting Monday, April 30, 2018.
Telemundo announced today an impressive line-up of music stars to perform at the 2018 Billboard Latin Music Awards. Sinaloa's top Norteño group Calibre 50, International pop superstar Chayanne, Regional Mexican phenomenon Christian Nodal, millenial pop sensation CNCO, Colombian icon Maluma, leading reggaeton singer Nicky Jam, urban Latin music phenomenon Ozuna, and up-and-coming Mexican pop singer Sofia Reyes to perform at the coveted awards ceremony. Hosted this year by TV personalities Gaby Espino and Marco Antonio Regil, the most prestigious awards show in Latin music is celebrating 20 years of uninterrupted broadcast on Telemundo. The grand event will broadcast live on Telemundo Thursday, April 26 at 7pm/6c starting with the arrival of the stars on the red carpet at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show will also air simultaneously on Spanish-language entertainment cable network, Universo. Tickets to the Billboard Latin Music Awards are now on sale at AXS.com, the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino box offices or by calling (702) 632-7777.
The out of town tryout of PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL opens officially tonight in Chicago, and BroadwayWorld is taking you behind the scenes on opening night!
The out of town tryout of PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL opened last night in Chicago! Let's see what the critics have to say!
Good morning BroadwayWorld! Today's top stories: Three Tall Women opens tonight and Travesties begins previews!
The out of town tryout of PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL opens officially tonight in Chicago, and BroadwayWorld is taking you behind the scenes on opening night!
The out of town tryout of PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL has already begun performances in Chicago, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the show's stars, Samantha Barks and Steve Kazee in their iconic new roles. Check out a first look at the duo in action in a clip from 'You and I.'
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra hosts its 2018 Spring into Music Gala on Saturday, April 14, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. Tony Award-winning Broadway, film and television star Jason Alexander-world renowned as the iconic George Costanza on "Seinfeld"-headlines a performance of song and comedy at an event that includes cocktails, dinner and a silent auction. The gala's honoree is Merck & Co., Inc., Chairman of the Board and CEO Kenneth C. Frazier.
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