Summer Stages: BWW's Top Summer Theatre Picks - Omaha!
These are my top picks for summer theater in the Omaha area. So much to choose from!
Monty Python's Spamalot West End — Photo Coverage
Photo Flash: First Look at Steve Blanchard, Meredith Inglesby and More in Arts Center of Coastal Carolina's SPAMALOT
Monty Python's Spamalot is currently making it's Southeast Regional premiere at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina on Hilton Head Island. The show is directed by Casey Colgan with choreography by Nic Thompson, and musical direction by Jeffrey Bierling. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production photos below!
BWW Reviews: SPAMALOT Entertains with Killer Rabbits, Taunting Frenchmen and Show-Stopping Musical Numbers
Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, Monty Python's Spamalot tells the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table in 932AD as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail.
In The Spotlight Series: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE
Scroll below for photos of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike's Nicholas Martin, Genevieve Angelson, Billy Magnussen, Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce, in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride below!
BWW Reviews: Beloved Musical, MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT, Opens Brief Run at Orpheum
Monty Python's Spamalot is back to taunt Minneapolis for a second time at the Orpheum Theatre in a limited engagement, March 15-16.
Photo Flash: First Look at Concetta Tomei and Marjan Neshat in Berkeley Rep's FALLACI World Premiere
Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright premieres his new play at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. It is a fictional play about the last days of legendary journalist Oriana Fallaci. Don't miss this sizzling new script, which is directed by Oskar Eustis, stars Concetta Tomei and Marjan Neshat, and features an incredible team of designers. The 65th world premiere presented by Berkeley Rep, Fallaci is currently in previews in the Roda Theatre and opens March 13, running through April 21. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the actors onstage below!
Photo Blast from the Past: Jennifer Cody & Lisa Gajda
Today, we're featuring Jennifer Cody and Lisa Gajda circa 2003.
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at TUTS' SPAMALOT
Back by popular demand, Monty Python's Spamalot is the outrageous musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." With music and lyrics by the Grammy Award winning team of Eric Idle and John Du Prez and book by Mr. Idle, Spamalot tells the story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail. This three-time Tony Award winning show, including the 2005 Tony for Best Musical, also features a chorus line of dancing divas and knights, flatulent Frenchmen, flying cows, killer rabbits, one legless knight and several show-stopping musical numbers. With songs like "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" and "The Song That Goes Like This," the audience will eat up TUTS' presentation of Spamalot from May 14 - 26, 2013. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek below.
Photo Blast from the Past: Douglas Sills
Today, we're featuring Douglas Sills circa 1998. Sills made his Broadway debut in 1997's The Scarlet Pimpernel. Continuing the role in three other versions of the show, Sills received a Tony Award nomination. In 2004, Sills joined the Broadway-bound Chicago production of Monty Python's Spamalot. However, before the production began, Sills left on his own account due to reported 'major script changes.' In 2009, Sills starred opposite Kristin Chenoweth at the New York City Center production of Music in the Air.
Photo Coverage: ELF Contest Winner Melissa Marengo Preps for Broadway Debut!
Before the holidays, Broadway's ELF THE MUSICAL made one lucky winner's holiday wish come true with a walk-on role in the musical. Last night, the contest winner, Melissa Marengo, joined Buddy the Elf and the rest of the cast, including two-time Tony winner Beth Leavel and Wayne Knight of Seinfeld, on stage during the Macy's Santa Scene. Check out photos of Melissa prepping for her Broadway debut below!
Photo Flash: First Look at Nic Rouleau, Syesha Mercado & Ben Platt in BOOK OF MORMON in Chicago!
THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, just launched its Second National Tour in Chicago at the Bank of America Theatre (18 West Monroe), featuring Nic Rouleau as Elder Price, Syesha Mercado as Nabulungi & Ben Platt as Elder Cunningham. Check out just-released production shots below!
Photo Flash: SPAMALOT Celebrates Opening Night at Musical Theatre West
Musical Theatre West closes its 59th consecutive season with the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Monty Python's Spamalot. Monty Python's Spamalot opened this week and will run through July 15, 2012. Get a look at opening night below!
Photo Flash: Jon Culshaw & Eric Idle Gear Up for West-End SPAMALOT
Check out these pictures taken at BBC White City when TV impressionist Jon Culshaw met up with Monty Python's Eric Idle, who wrote and created 'Spamalot'. Jon Culshaw is playing the role of King Arthur in the all-new production of Monty Python's Spamalot at The Harold Pinter Theatre in London when the new version of the show returns to the West End.
Photo Flash: SPAMALOT Opens at Pantages Theatre!
Monty Python's Spamalot, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical of 2005, just returned to Los Angeles, playing a strictly limited one week engagement through March 4, 2012 at the Pantages Theatre. Tickets for Monty Python's Spamalot may be purchased online at www.BroadwayLA.org or by phone at 1-800-982-2787. Tickets may also be purchased in person at the Pantages Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets. Check out photos from opening night below!
Photo Flash: Lauren Kennedy Stars as EVITA in North Carolina
North Carolina Theatre, the region's premier producer of professional Broadway musical revivals is excited to produce the Andrew Lloyd Webber sensation Evita this Fall. The production will open on Saturday, October 22nd and run through Sunday, October 30th in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh.
Photo Flash: JERSEY BOYS Returns to National Theatre
The Washington, D.C., return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons is playing the National Theatre November 10, 2011, to January 7, 2012. The cast of JERSEY BOYS will be led by Preston Truman Boyd (Bob Gaudio), Joseph Leo Bwarie (returning to D.C. as Frankie Valli), John Gardiner (Tommy DeVito), and Michael Lomenda (Nick Massi) and as The Four Seasons, with Jonathan Hadley and Washington-area native, Joseph Siravo.
Photo Flash: West End's WICKED Celebrates 5th Birthday!
WICKED, the smash hit musical that tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz, just celebrated its landmark 5th birthday last week at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre. Check out photos from the celebration below!
