Based on a novel by Bradford Ropes and the 1933 Warner Bros.
A big…bright…bold dance musical. It’s the ultimate backstage showbiz fairy tale when a stage struck understudy becomes an overnight star. Filled with a hit parade of songs like “Lullaby of Broadway,” “We’re in the Money,” “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” and of course, “42nd Street,” it will leave you tapping your toes, with a smile on your face and a song in your heart. This Tony Award winner for Best Musical is a song and dance extravaganza.
Ventura's new holiday tradition 'A RUBICON FAMILY CHRISTMAS'
Conceived and Directed by Brian McDonald
With Musical Arrangements by Steven Cahill
Opens Saturday, December 6th at the Rubicon Theater in Ventura!
Move over Scrooge...here comes Santa Claus! From December 4 through December 28, Rubicon Theatre Company swings and sings its way through the holidays with the delightful musical presentation of A Rubicon Family Christmas. Enjoy complementary warm cider and sweet treats as the stellar cast of Broadway performers and a choir of the region's brightest young stars serenade you with fanciful renditions of traditional Christmas classics and favorite holiday songs. This magical concert, framed in a glorious wintery wonderland is sure to bring a smile to the face and warmth to the heart.
'You Can't Stop the Beat' or the excitement as HAIRSPRAY hits Philly with a fresh new production.
The Walnut Street Theatre continues its landmark 200th anniversary season with HAIRSPRAY. This all-new production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway show explodes onto the Walnut stage with toe-tappin' hits including 'You Can't Stop the Beat' and 'Welcome to the 60s.' HAIRSPRAY brings big songs, big hair and even bigger dreams to life this holiday season.
Acclaimed British playwright Edward Bond, will reunite with acclaimed American director Robert Woodruff for Theatre for a New Audience's New York premiere production of Mr. Bond's Chair featuring Stephanie Roth Haberle beginning previews Friday, December 5, at 8:00pm for an opening Wednesday, December 11, at 8:00pm for a run through December 28 at The Duke on 42nd Street, a New 42nd Street® project, 229 West 42nd Street.
FoxNews.com columnist Roger Friedman is reporting this morning about Rosie O'Donnell's upcoming live variety show on Novermber 26, 2008 on NBC, noting that the show will play 'the Shubert.'
The New Group presents the U.S. premiere of Kevin Elyot's Mouth to Mouth directed by Mark Brokaw as the first production in its 2008-2009 season. Slated for a limited Off-Broadway engagement from October 21 - December 27, this production features New Group artist David Cale, Lisa Emery and Elizabeth Jasicki. Mouth to Mouth will have its Official Opening on Thursday, November 6 @ 7:00 PM at The New Group @ Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street).
The Walnut Street Theatre continues its landmark 200th anniversary season with HAIRSPRAY. This all-new production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway show explodes onto the Walnut stage with toe-tappin' hits including 'You Can't Stop the Beat' and 'Welcome to the 60s.' HAIRSPRAY brings big songs, big hair and even bigger dreams to life this holiday season.
The New Group presents the U.S. premiere of Kevin Elyot's Mouth to Mouth directed by Mark Brokaw as the first production in its 2008-2009 season. Slated for a limited Off-Broadway engagement from October 21 - December 27, this production features New Group artist David Cale, Lisa Emery and Elizabeth Jasicki. Mouth to Mouth will have its Official Opening on Thursday, November 6 @ 7:00 PM at The New Group @ Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street).
Keen Company (Artistic Director Carl Forsman, Producer Wayne Kelton) will kick off its 2008-2009 season with a revival of the 1952 Tony Award-winning comedy The Fourposter by Jan de Hartog, directed by Blake Lawrence. Starring Todd Weeks and Jessica Dickey, this production will begin performances on Tuesday, October 7 at The Clurman Theatre / Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues. Opening night is scheduled for Sunday, October 19. The Fourposter will run through November 22.
The New Group presents the U.S. premiere of Kevin Elyot's Mouth to Mouth directed by Mark Brokaw as the first production in its 2008-2009 season. Slated for a limited Off-Broadway engagement from October 21 - December 27, this production features New Group artist David Cale, Lisa Emery and Elizabeth Jasicki. Mouth to Mouth will have its Official Opening on Thursday, November 6 @ 7:00 PM at The New Group @ Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street).
The the stars of the upcoming national tour of The Donmar Warehouse production of Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan, met the press on Friday, September 19th at the New 42nd Street Studios. Award-winning stage and screen actor Stacy Keach takes on the role of President Richard Nixon and is joined by Alan Cox as David Frost. BroadwayWorld TV had the opportunity to chat with the play's celebrated leads.
The full cast for the upcoming national tour of The Donmar Warehouse production of Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan, met the press on Friday, September 19th at the New 42nd Street Studios. Award-winning stage and screen actor Stacy Keach takes on the role of President Richard Nixon joined by Alan Cox as David Frost. BroadwayWorld.com was invited to share the afternoon with the cast and creative team as they took a break from rehearsals and posed for the media cameras!
Keen Company (Artistic Director Carl Forsman, Producer Wayne Kelton) will kick off its 2008-2009 season with a revival of the 1952 Tony Award-winning comedy The Fourposter by Jan de Hartog, directed by Blake Lawrence. Starring Todd Weeks and Jessica Dickey, this production will begin performances on Tuesday, October 7 at The Clurman Theatre / Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues. Opening night is scheduled for Sunday, October 19. The Fourposter will run through November 22.
Broadway performers Jeffry Denman and Erin Crouch will be married on August 17th in NYC. Erin Virginia Crouch, the daughter of Victoria Crouch and John Crouch of Fallbrook, California will marry Jeffry Andrew Denman, the son of Marguerite Ellen Denman and Robert D. Denman of Buffalo, NY. Pastor Phil Trzynka will officiate at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Manhattan.
Previews begin tomorrow, Tuesday May 6th, for Signature Theatre Company's world premiere production of Edward Albee's 'Occupant' starring Mercedes Ruehl and Larry Bryggman.
On Friday January 18, 'The After Party' welcomed Arbender Robinson of The Little Mermaid and 2002 Miss Fire Island Ariel Sinclair to the weekly bash at the West Bank Café
Tonight, Friday January 18, 'The After Party' welcomes Arbender Robinson of The Little Mermaid and 2002 Miss Fire Island Ariel Sinclair to the weekly bash at the West Bank Café
The fearless French-Canadian circus arts troupe, 7 Fingers, hits New York with their critically acclaimed show, Traces, which will run at The New Victory Theater from February 8 through March 2, 2008.
By popular demand, an additional performance has just been added to the New York engagement of AntiGravity: The 2007 Tour at Manhattan Center's Hammerstein Ballroom
After playing to sold-out houses across the U.S. this spring, Performance Art Group AntiGravity is returning from a U.S. Spring Tour to play a weeklong engagement of AntiGravity: The 2007 Tour at Manhattan Center's Hammerstein Ballroom from Wednesday, June 27 through Sunday, July 1, 2007.
After playing to sold-out houses across the U.S. this spring, Performance Art Group AntiGravity is returning from a U.S. Spring Tour to play a weeklong engagement of AntiGravity: The 2007 Tour at Manhattan Center's Hammerstein Ballroom (311 West 34th Street), from Wednesday, June 27 through Sunday, July 1, 2007.
A memorial service will be held on Tuesday March 27 at 2 PM at the Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street) for Darlene Wilson, Spamalot's Associate Choreographer.
Signature Theatre Company (James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director; Kathryn M. Lipuma, Executive Director) announced today that it would extend August Wilson's KING HEDLEY II one additional week since the originally scheduled run has been sold-out for weeks.
After five years as the Cadillac Winter Garden, the historic theatre on 50th Street is once again the Winter Garden
Life imitated art on the '42nd Street' tour for Cara, who's now an expert at last-minute understudying.
1980 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
1983 | US Tour |
1st National Tour US Tour |
1984 | US Tour |
2nd National Tour US Tour |
1984 | West End |
London Production West End |
1991 | West End |
Return Engagement [West End] West End |
2001 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2002 | US Tour |
National Tour US Tour |
2006 | Pittsburgh, PA (Regional) |
Pittsburgh CLO Revival Pittsburgh, PA (Regional) |
2015 | US Tour |
Non-Equity National Tour US Tour |
2017 | West End |
West End Revival West End |
2020 | Chicago |
Lyric Opera of Chicago Production Chicago |
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