Stars Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Gwen Stewart reprise the roles they originated on Broadway in "RENT: The Broadway Tour," the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical written by Jonathan Larson.
RENT, considered by many the most exuberant and original American musical to come along in a decade, has single-handedly reinvigorated Broadway and is taking the country by storm. RENT captures the heart and spirit of multitude generations.
Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Gwen Stewart will reprise the roles they originated on Broadway in RENT, The Broadway Tour, which comes to Tempe's ASU Gammage, March 17-22, 2009.
Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Gwen Stewart originated the roles of Roger Davis, Mark Cohen and 'Seasons of Love' soloist, respectively, at New York Theatre Workshop and on Broadway. Justin Johnston (Angel), Michael McElroy (Collins) - who are also in the touring show -and Stewart were all members of the final company of RENT which played its last performance on Broadway September 7, 2008.
Adam Pascal received Obie and Theatre World awards and Tony and Drama Desk nominations for best actor for RENT. On Broadway he also originated the role of Radames in the hit musical Aida and starred as the Emcee in the long-running revival of Cabaret. His film credits include Rent, School of Rock, SLC Punk!, Temptation and Goyband.
An actor since the age of six, Anthony Rapp has appeared on Broadway in Precious Sons (Outer Critics Circle Award), Six Degrees of Separation, and the revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. His films include Adventures in Babysitting, School Ties, Dazed and Confused, Six Degrees of Separation, David Searching, Man of the Century, Road Trip, A Beautiful Mind, Open House, Winter Passing, Danny Roane: First Time Director and Scaring the Fish. His book, Without You: a Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent, about his experiences on and offstage, was published in 2006 by Simon & Schuster and became a national bestseller.
'the Columbine project' runs Friday's and Saturday's at 8pm April 18-May 9th 2009, with a preview Performance Friday April 17th 2009.
Broadway favorite Telly Leung is currently on the National Tour of RENT, as the cast travels across the country Telly has been serving up a wonderful series of webisodes detailing the adventures of 'life on the road'. We liked them so much that we asked the talented young actor if we could pick them up here on BWW TV STAGE TUBE to share with all of you, his answer was happily an excited 'YES'!
Eighth Annual Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest Presents Hundreds of Artist-Vendors and Bands for FREE
Saturday and Sunday, August 22-23, 2009 - Artist Applications Available April 1, 2009 -
The Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest (GAAF) is a free, weekend-long event that features artists, open studios and live entertainment on three outdoor stages. Experience art, theater, music, as well as food and drink, on the brick-laid streets of the Glenwood Avenue Arts District in Chicago's historic Rogers Park neighborhood.
Musical Theatre West is proud to announce their production of the Jonathan Larson Tony Award-Winning Broadway Smash, RENT. Rent will run December 11-20, 2009 at the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center located at 6200 Atherton Street, Long Beach, CA 90815.
Winners of the 2009 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater were announced today by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which administers the Rodgers Awards. They are:
Cheer Wars by Karlan Judd and Gordon Leary
Rosa Parks by Scott Ethier and Jeff Hughes
Former Spice Girl and RENT star Mel B is set to make her debut on the Las Vegas stage later this month as Peep Diva in Jerry Mitchell's burlesque extravaganza Peep Show.
Rent, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical about love, friendship and community starring original Broadway cast members Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Gwen Stewart, will play Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre March 25-29, 2009. This new touring production tells the unforgettable story of a group of young artists learning to survive, falling in love, finding their voices and living for today. Individual tickets are on sale now. Rent is presented by Hennepin Theatre Trust as a special addition to its 2008-09 M&I Bank Broadway Across America-Minneapolis season. Individual tickets for Rent are on sale now and range in price from $18-$70, subject to change. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit HennepinTheatreDistrict.org or call 1-800-982-2787.
The 2009 Festival of New American Musicals, a four-month musical theatre festival, will be held in April through July, 2009, throughout Southern California. Marcia Seligson, Bob Klein, and Linda Shusett are the Executive Producers of the second annual Festival.
L.A.'s famed Upright Cabaret kicked off their 2nd Season of star-studded poolside concert events at the new Ace Hotel & Swim Club with two sold out evenings with the stars under the stars! Featuring Broadway stars Eden Espinosa (Broadway: Wicked, Brooklyn, Hair, L.A. cast of Wicked), Shoshana Bean (Broadway: Wicked, Hairspray), Daniel Reichard (Broadway: Jersey Boys, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), Tim Draxl (Australian Cabaret star), Leslie Odom, Jr. (Broadway: Rent, CSI, star of new George Lucas film 'Red Tails'), Audra Mae (singer/songwriter, FX's Sons of Anarchy), Jake Simpson (2x Star Search Grand Champion) with special guest Michael Sherwood (son of Legendary Band Leader Bobby Sherwood).
CMT Mainstage continues its 41st season with RENT, school edition playing 2 weeks, March 6-15, 2009. All performances will be held at the Montgomery Theater, downtown San Jose (corner of Market and San Carlos streets). Tickets are on sale now, ranging from $16-$23.
Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director of The Public Theater, has announced the 26-member Broadway cast of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. Newcomers to the cast include Gavin Creel, Caissie Levy and Sasha Allen, who join the rest of the tribe, who are reprising their roles from Central Park last summer. HAIR begins preview performances on Friday, March 6 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre (302 West 45th Street, NYC) with an Opening Night set for Tuesday, March 31, 2009.
Constantine Maroulis, ('American Idol' Season 4, Broadway's The Wedding Singer, RENT) reprising his critically acclaimed role as 'Drew', Amy Spanger (The Wedding Singer, Kiss Me Kate) as 'Sherrie' and James Carpinello (Saturday Night Fever, VH1's 'So NoTORIous') as 'Stacee Jaxx' head up ROCK OF AGES, the cast met the press at the New 42nd Street Studios on March 3, 2009 and BroadwayWorld's cameras were there!
Constantine Maroulis, ('American Idol' Season 4, Broadway's The Wedding Singer, RENT) reprising his critically acclaimed role as 'Drew', Amy Spanger (The Wedding Singer, Kiss Me Kate) as 'Sherrie' and James Carpinello (Saturday Night Fever, VH1's 'So NoTORIous') as 'Stacee Jaxx' head up ROCK OF AGES, the leads 'rocked' the first day of rehearsal at the New 42nd Street Studios on March 3, 2009 and BroadwayWorld's cameras were there!
On Friday, March 27, multi award-winning composer and lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver will bring sexy
schoolteachers, provocative rent-boys, obsessive homicidal teenagers, and fairy dust to The Theatre at Boston Court.
Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to present the Chicago engagement of RENT, produced by Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum, and Allan S. Gordon, for a limited engagement March 31 to April 12, 2009. Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, and Gwen Stewart will reprise the roles they originated on Broadway in RENT at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre.
RENT will be performed at Corona del Mar High School beginning April 23rd in a happy ending to a sticky and drama filled lead up to rehearsals. The production was halted by Principal Fal Asrani because of 'homosexual' content. Last week, she replaced RENT with You're A Good Man Charlie Brown as the school's upcoming spring musical.
Twenty-eight seats in the front two rows of the orchestra will be made available for $20.00 for every performance of Rent, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award?-winning musical, at the San Diego Civic Theatre March 10 - 15, 2009. The $20 tickets go on sale at the Civic Theatre Ticket Office, on the day of performance only, two hours prior to the show. They are available to anyone, cash only, in person on a first come, first serve basis; with a limit of two tickets per person. Line Up time is 12 noon on weekdays; 10AM Saturday & Sunday. In fairness to all: no list making; no space holding; no line jumping.
EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE, Paul Adams, Artistic Director, and Derek Jamison, Associate Artistic Director, present the 2009 Spring EATFest, for a two-week limited engagement at TADA Theatre. Performances begin Monday, February 23, 2009, and run through Sunday, March 8, 2009.
Spring EATFest 2009
TADA Theatre 15 West 28th St, 2nd Floor Mon Feb 23rd - Sun Mar 8th
CMT Mainstage continues its 41st season with RENT, school edition playing 2 weeks, March 6-15, 2009. All performances will be held at the Montgomery Theater, downtown San Jose (corner of Market and San Carlos streets). Tickets are on sale now, ranging from $16-$23.
The producers of ROCK OF AGES announced the complete, awesome cast for Broadway's new, smash hit musical today. Constantine Maroulis, ('American Idol' Season 4, Broadway's The Wedding Singer, RENT) reprising his critically acclaimed role as 'Drew', is now joined by Broadway's best 1970's & 1980's period actors Amy Spanger (The Wedding Singer, Kiss Me Kate) as 'Sherrie' and James Carpinello (Saturday Night Fever, VH1's 'So NoTORIous') as 'Stacee Jaxx'.
Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation, is announce its 33rd Season of great theatre. This year, more importantly than ever, theatre lives up to its promise to take us away and teach us about life, love and other cultures whether they are in Africa, uptown Manhattan, the Ivy League or fantastic & funny alternate realities! Take an ?Escapation/PLAYcation? with the entire family and discover the theatrical royalty the 2009-2010 Season offers.
Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp and Gwen Stewart reprise the roles they originated on Broadway in Rent, The Broadway Tour, coming to Detroit for a limited one-week engagement with performances at the Detroit Opera House February 17-22, 2009. Tickets are available for purchase at the Fisher Theatre box office, the Detroit Opera House box office, all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at1-800-745-3000, and online at www.ticketmaster.com or www.broadwayindetroit.com.
Joining Pascal and Rapp who reprise their award-winning roles, and Stewart, are Nicolette Hart (Maureen Johnson), Justin Johnston (Angel Schunard), Lexi Lawson (Mimi Marquez), Michael McElroy (Tom Collins), Jacques C. Smith (Benjamin Coffin III), and Haneefah Wood (Joanne Jefferson). The ensemble is rounded out by Karmine Alers, Toby Blackwell, Adam Halpin, Trisha Jeffrey, Telly Leung, Caren Lyn Manuel, Cary Shields, Jed Resnick, Andy Senor, Yuka Takara, and John Watson.
Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, and Gwen Stewart originated the roles of Roger Davis, Mark Cohen, and 'Seasons of Love' soloist, respectively, at New York Theatre Workshop and on Broadway. Justin Johnston (Angel), Michael McElroy (Collins), and Stewart were all members of the final company of Rent,which played its last performance on Broadway September 7, 2008.
LIFE'S CHANGING TIDE: The music and lyrics of Bobby Cronin will be presented on Monday, February 16, 2009 from 7:00pm - 8:30pm at the Laurie Beechman Theatre at The West Bank Cafe on 42nd and 9th.
A night of Bobby Cronin's music featuring a bunch of his insanely talented friends...some of whom are heading out on tour for a while and some of whom just got back from tour!
The cast includes:
CARRIE MANOLAKOS (Mamma Mia, Wicked)
JESSICA PATTY (9 to 5, A Chorus Line)
ANNE BRUMMEL (Wicked)
BEN CAMERON (Aida, B'way Sessions)
STEPHEN BIENSKIE (Emmett Otter, Silence)
JENNY DINOIA (Wicked, We Will Rock You)
JARED GERTNER (Spelling Bee)
KATE PAZAKIS (Jerry Springer)
STANLEY BAHOREK (Spelling Bee)
SEAN BRADFORD (The Lion King)
JENN FURMAN (Wicked)
TRACY MCDOWELL (Rent)
BRIAN GALLAGHER (Tommy Euro tour)
ROBYN LEE (Children of Eden)
ERIC MICHAEL KROP
The American Theatre Wing today announced the recipients of the 2009 Jonathan Larson? Grants. The grants, given annually to honor emerging composers, lyricists and book writers, help to continue Tony Award-winning composer Jonathan Larson's dream of infusing musical theatre with a contemporary, joyful, urban vitality.
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