STAGE TUBE: 2010 Olivier Awards Trailer
by Jessica Lewis - Mar 10, 2010
The 2010 Olivier Awards will take place on 21 March 2010 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, with Spring Awakening, Enron, Jerusalem and A Little Night Music among the standouts of the season with the most nominations. The Laurence Olivier Awards were established in 1976 as The Society of West End Theatre Awards, and Lord Olivier agreed to have his name associated with them in 1984. The Awards are run by The Society of London Theatre but are adjudicated by panels that are equally made up of members of the theatregoing public and experts chosen for their knowledge and professional experience. For more information and updates, visit www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/olivier_awards.
BWW Blogs: 'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for March 10th, 2010
by Paul W. Thompson - Mar 10, 2010
The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. 'The Fantasticks,' '13,' Three Missing Tours, 'Porgy And Bess,' 'Oh Coward!,' Sean Hayes, 'Million Dollar Quartet,' more.....
Photo Flash: SPRING AWAKENING Lands at Atlanta's Fox Theatre, 3/9-3/14
by BWW News Desk - Mar 9, 2010
Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award®-winner in years is coming to Atlanta. Spring Awakening, the 8-time Tony Award® winning Broadway musical, will play at The Fabulous Fox Theatre from March 9-14, 2010, and is presented by Broadway Across America - Atlanta as part of the 2009-2010 season.
TV: YANK! Cast Prepares for Splash Performance
by Robert Diamond - Mar 5, 2010
The York Theatre Company today announced that their hit production of David Zellnik and Joseph Zellnik's musical, Yank! A World War II Love Story, will be extended for an additional two weeks due to it's box office success. Performances began at the York Theatre at Saint Peter's on February 16 and will now continue through April 4, 2010. BroadwayWorld brings you a second inside look behind the scenes, as the cast readies to perform at Splash.
Kushnier, Bohmer, Clayton et al. Set for Neil Berg's THE 12 at Riverspace, 3/19-3/21
by BWW News Desk - Mar 4, 2010
First came Hair, then, Jesus Christ Superstar -- which led to Rent and Spring Awakening. Now comes "THE 12", an original rock musical written by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, ROBERT SCHENKKAN, with Music, Lyrics, and Story concept by award winning composer, NEIL BERG. The World Premiere preview performances will take place at Riverspace in Nyack, NY, March 19 - 21, 2010 before its World Premiere at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, April 1st (Ft. Lauderdale, FL).
TV: BAA Brings SPRING AWAKENING to Atlanta, 3/9; New Promotional Footage!
by Robert Diamond - Mar 4, 2010
Spring Awakening, the 8-time Tony Award® winning Broadway musical, will play at The Fabulous Fox Theatre from March 9-14, 2010, and is presented by Broadway Across America - Atlanta as part of the 2009-2010 season. BroadwayWorld brings you an inside look at the production!
Sydney Theatre Company's 2010 Season Tickets hit 20,000
by BWW News Desk - Mar 3, 2010
Sydney Theatre Company's box office today processed the 20,000th Season Ticket for the 2010 Main Stage Season. This is the highest number of Season Tickets (six-play minimum packages) that the Company has sold since 2005 and is more than 3000 above last year - an 18% increase.
Photo Flash: SPRING AWAKENING Lands at Atlanta's Fox Theatre, 3/9-3/14
by Jeff Dennhardt - Feb 24, 2010
Broadway's most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award®-winner in years is coming to Atlanta. Spring Awakening, the 8-time Tony Award® winning Broadway musical, will play at The Fabulous Fox Theatre from March 9-14, 2010, and is presented by Broadway Across America - Atlanta as part of the 2009-2010 season.
Michael Riseley Is The 2010 Principality Building Society Welsh Young Musical Theatre Singer of the Year
by Robert Gould - Feb 23, 2010
The eighth annual final of the Principality Building Society Welsh Young Musical Theatre Singer Of The Year contest was held at the Swansea Grand Theatre on Saturday February 20. The closely fought contest was adjudicated by an panel of judges consisting of eminent director and drama teacher Ken Caswell, vocal coach Tim Richards, Tim Rhys Evans (musical director of the internationally acclaimed male choir, Only Men Aloud, winners of BBC's Last Choir Standing) and Claire Hammacott (whose West End credits include Les Miserables and Christine in Phantom Of The Opera).
GREASE Starring IDOL Taylor Hicks to Hit the Marcus Center, 2/23-28, 2010
by BWW News Desk - Feb 23, 2010
The new Broadway production of the Tony Award nominated musical GREASE, opens in Milwaukee on February 23-28 presented by Broadway Across America-Milwaukee and the Marcus Center as part of the Time Warner Cable Broadway at the Marcus Center Series. Tickets will go on sale at NOON on December 6.
AMERICAN IDIOT Box Office Opens 2/22
by BWW News Desk - Feb 22, 2010
The St. James Theatre Box Office, 246 West 44 Street, will open on Monday, February 22, 2010 at 10a.m. for the Broadway production of AMERICAN IDIOT.
AMERICAN IDIOT Box Office Opens 2/22
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 19, 2010
The St. James Theatre Box Office, 246 West 44 Street, will open on Monday, February 22, 2010 at 10a.m. for the Broadway production of AMERICAN IDIOT.
On-Stage Seats On Sale Next Week for SPRING AWAKENING at Fox Theatre
by Samantha Jacobsen - Feb 19, 2010
On Tuesday, February 23, a limited number of on-stage seats will be made available for every performance of SPRING AWAKENING, playing the The Fabulous Fox Theatre from March 9-14, 2010. These seats offer theatergoers an exciting and unique way to experience the performance with the action of the show taking place all around them.
UP ON THE MARQUEE: AMERICAN IDIOT Going Up!
by Brian Estrada - Feb 12, 2010
AMERICAN IDIOT will begin previews on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 and open on Broadway Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at the ST. James Theatre (246 West 44 Street). The marquee is currently on it's way up!
'The Showtune Mosh Pit' for February 8th, 2010
by Paul W. Thompson - Feb 10, 2010
The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. 'The Lion King,' 'The Wild Party,' 'Rush Limbaugh,' 'The Ring Cycle,' '13,' Stephen Sondheim, more.....