In the Heights Tour 2011 - Articles Page 18

It's that time of year again. Time to make your voices heard for your favorite shows and performances from the 2011 Seattle Theater Season. Last year's inaugural Seattle awards were so much fun that we just had to bring them back.

It's that time of year again! Nominations are now open for the 2011 Boston BroadwayWorld.com Awards. This is your chance to put your favorite stars and shows in the spotlight by submitting them on the new, streamlined nomination form.

The Coterie will present a Broadway star-studded lineup tonight to help break in their new space in the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel & Spa. Drama Desk nominee James Barbour (A Tale of Two Cities), Todd Buonopane (...Spelling Bee), David Burnham (Wicked, A Light in the Piazza), Arielle Jacobs (In the Heights), Tom Lenk (Rock of Ages), Jennifer Malenke (Into the Woods), Haviland Stillwell (Les Miserables, Fiddler on the Roof), Brooke Tansley (Beauty & the Beast), and more will be performing popular songs 'With a Twist'.

The Coterie will present a Broadway star-studded lineup on October 6th to help break in their new space in the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel & Spa. Drama Desk nominee James Barbour (A Tale of Two Cities), Todd Buonopane (...Spelling Bee), David Burnham (Wicked, A Light in the Piazza), Arielle Jacobs (In the Heights), Tom Lenk (Rock of Ages), Jennifer Malenke (Into the Woods), Haviland Stillwell (Les Miserables, Fiddler on the Roof), Brooke Tansley (Beauty & the Beast), and more will be performing popular songs 'With a Twist'.

The Fabulous Fox Theatre continues its tradition of bringing the best of Broadway to St. Louis audiences since 1982.

Center Theatre Group begins its 2011-2012 season at the Ahmanson Theatre on a high-octane energy note with the West Coast premiere of 'Bring It On: The Musical,' an original musical comedy presented October 30 through December 10, 2011. (Opening is set for November 11.)

The cast of the Second National Tour Of 'In The Heights' started rehearsals this month in New York City, and will kick off in Clemson on October 7th. BroadwayWorld was there to bring you a glimpse of this new tour and some comments from its director, Michael Balderrama!

With over 170 million combined album, singles and videos sold worldwide during her career with Arista Records, Whitney Houston has established a benchmark for superstardom. It had been speculated that Houston would star opposite IN THE HEIGHTS alum Jordin Sparks in an upcoming remake of 1976's 'Sparkle,' and today Showbiz411 confirmed the rumor.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the complete 2012 Spring Season Series. The upcoming spring season will include THE BOOK OF MORMON, AMERICAN IDIOT, SOUTH PACIFIC, BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL, FELA! and JERSEY BOYS. Off-season specials include IN THE HEIGHTS, MAMMA MIA, RIVERDANCE and CATS.

The Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall announces a 2011-2012 Season rife with star-studded talent.

Atlantis Productions Inc., the theater company that recently brought to Manila smash rock musicals NEXT TO NORMAL and AIDA, breaks new ground again with the first licensed production of IN THE HEIGHTS in Asia (Its next feat is Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID). IN THE HEIGHTS, a Broadway musical that presents a portrait of the Hispanic community in Washington Heights, Manhattan, runs at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza in Makati City until Sunday, September 18.

Tony Award-winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman delighted students as their special surprise guests during the Broadway Artists Alliance 2011 Summer Intensive Session One. Shaiman and Wittman lent their talents for a surprise Q&A with the students of Broadway Artists Alliance. Following the Q&A, they led a Song Interpretation master class.

The theme of this year's event, the Magic of Broadway, takes its cue from such beloved musicals as Chicago, Oklahoma and South Pacific. Tunes from hits like Hair will fill the air as the hotel's ballroom is transformed into Times Square south for a show-stopping extravaganza of music, dancing and live performances -- all in an effort to raise critical funds for music and opera educational programs including professional children's opera performances which are presented to over 45,000 elementary school students annually, a Girl Scout Workshop for more than 200 Girl Scouts and an annual Teachers' Workshop which offers continuing education credits for 150 Miami-Dade County teachers on opera education in the classroom.

Center Theatre Group begins its 2011-2012 season at the Ahmanson Theatre on a high-octane energy note with the West Coast premiere of 'Bring It On: The Musical,' an original musical comedy presented October 30 through December 10, 2011. (Opening is set for November 11.)

Producers Jeffrey Finn, Jill Furman and Smuggler Films announced today that Tony Award nominee and two-time Drama Desk Award nominee Lily Rabe (The Merchant of Venice, Steel Magnolias, this summer's lauded A Doll's House at Williamstown) and Obie Award winner and Drama Desk nominee Hamish Linklater (The School for Lies, Twelfth Night, 'The New Adventures of Old Christine') have joined two-time Tony Award nominee, Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Alan Rickman (Private Lives, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the Harry Potter franchise) in the World Premiere of SEMINAR, a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Peabody Award winner Theresa Rebeck (Mauritius, The Understudy, Omnium Gatherum, The Family of Mann, Spike Heels, NBC's upcoming 'Smash').

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Writers Guild of America and screenwriter Jessica Bendinger filed a claim last week against BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL, which is to launch a national tour in October. Bendinger seeks damages from Beacon Communications Corp. for 'exploiting Bendinger's dramatic rights in the cheerleader-themed Bring It On without her consent, in violation of the guild agreement's 'separated rights' provisions.'

IN THE HEIGHTS will play the Flynn's Mainstage on November 1, 2011 at 7:30 PM.

Tony Award-winning actress Nikki M. James delighted students as their special surprise guest during the Broadway Artists Alliance 2011 Summer Workshop. Ms. James (currently starring the the Tony Award-winning The Book of Mormon) lent her talents for a surprise Q&A with the students of Broadway Artists Alliance.

The NYC Dance Alliance Foundation held its 1st Annual Bright Lights, Shining Stars Gala at the Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU and clearly delivered on its promise of a star studded evening of music & dance with one show-stopping number after another. Following cocktails hosted by Honorary Co-Chairs Cassandra Seidenfeld Lyster and Robin Cofer, eager guests flooded into the elegant theater for an evening of unforgettable moments.

Bright Lights! Shining Stars!, a gala event to benefit the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation, will honor the legendary Roberta Flack with the NYCDAF's First Ambassador for the Arts Award on August 1, 2011 at the Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU. 566 LaGuardia Place, New York. The star studded evening of song and dance directed by renowned choreographer, dancer and instructor Joe Lanteri will also feature the awarding of $50,000+ in college scholarships to promising young dancers.

Led by the two most recent Tony® Award winners for Broadway's Best Musical, the 2010/11 Duke Energy Broadway Lights Series presented by the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center features a fantastic lineup of Broadway's most popular and critically acclaimed shows.

Show At Barre will launch its FOURTH installment in the 'For The Record' series which showcases signature songs and iconic scenes from Hollywood's most legendary directors.

Show At Barre will launch its FOURTH installment in the 'For The Record' series which showcases signature songs and iconic scenes from Hollywood's most legendary directors.

50 solo singers have been chosen to compete in the fourth annual 'MetroStar Talent Challenge,' an eight-week, jury and audience-voted elimination-round competition that begins on Monday, July 11, at 7pm at The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street.

Bright Lights! Shining Stars!, a gala event to benefit the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation, will honor the legendary Roberta Flack with the NYCDAF's First Ambassador for the Arts Award on August 1, 2011 at the Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU. 566 LaGuardia Place, New York. The star studded evening of song and dance directed by renowned choreographer, dancer and instructor Joe Lanteri will also feature the awarding of $50,000+ in college scholarships to promising young dancers.