The Early Night Show with Joshua Turchin- Virtual Edition (Corona Cabaret) continues with the release of a new episode featuring special guests: Sydney Chan (A Christmas Story Broadway National Tour, The King and I Broadway National Tour), Emily Jewel Hoder (Les Miserables Broadway National Tour) and Amanda Kopleman.
GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS has announced that Broadway Bounty Hunter - Original Cast Recording is now available on digital and streaming formats, today Friday, April 24. The new musical comedy features music and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Joe Iconis who also co-wrote the book with Lance Rubin, and Jason SweetTooth Williams.
Viewers were treated with performances from Hollywood actors Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List, Harry Potter), Lea DeLaria(Orange is the New Black) and John Ventimigia (The Sopranos, Blue Bloods), to Broadway Stars Cady Huffman (TONY winner, The Producers) and Daphne Rubin-Vega (TONY nominee Original Mimi in Rent), to musicians Rufus Wainwright and Kenyon Phillips, to principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre James Whiteside and more.
When you're stuck with a day that's gray and lonely, just stick up your chin, grin, and sing 'Tomorrow'! Watch below as stars of stage, screen and more unite to sing the beloved anthem in celebration of our incredible health care providers.
Starting today, St. George Theatre is launching their virtual Flashback Friday Concert Series, bringing great performances to your home each week. The series will highlight classic performances from our upcoming headline artists, partnered with virtual 'opening acts' to help brighten your day.
New York City Center is presenting the #EncoresArchives series! They will be posting daily highlights from their musical theater vault from Encores!, Encores! Off-Center, and Gala productions. The most recent video features Santino Fontana singing a?oeThirty Miles From the Banks of the Ohio/Look Who's Herea??.
Watch the video below!
Just last night, GLAAD presented 'Together in Pride: You are Not Alone,' highlighting the LGBTQ response to COVID-19 and amplifiying messages of acceptance and affirmation to the LGBTQ community and people living with HIV during this unprecedented time. The livestream raises funds for LGBTQ community centers that are members of CenterLink.
The cast and members of the creative team of the West End's Bat out of Hell have come together to create a cover of Out Of The Frying Pan, bringing music to us all while we remain at home.
This Saturday, April 25th at 2pm, a reading will be held for Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man, as part of Plays in the House! The reading will be led by Daniel Davis, Santino Fontana, Alison Fraser, Tom Hewitt, Daniel Jenkins, Lauren Molina, and Phillipa Soo. It will be narrated and directed by David Staller.
Just last night, the stars came out to celebrate Stephen Sondheim's 90th Birthday with 'Take Me To The World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration'. The free online event, hosted by Raúl Esparza, on the exact 50th anniversary of the opening night of Sondheim's musical Company (the original production debuted on Broadway on April 26, 1970).
The cancellation of this year's Eurovision Song Contest left a continentally huge cultural gap but comedian and Eurovizh fan Tom Taylor has big plans to fill that gap with the very first Isolation Song Contest.
The Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre in Marietta is temporarily closed due to the current health crisis. However, the theatre is hosting watch parties online on Friday and Saturday nights.
Mathew Anchel will be a special guest on Faithful Friday with Angel Blue today, Friday, April 24 at 12:00 p.m. ET. A popular bass with Stuttgart Opera, American-born Anchel also runs his own successful voice studio, teaching a range of styles from pop to opera. In a new development for 'Faithful Fridays', Mr Anchel will also perform.
New York Theatre Barn will host a free live stream of its New Works Series on Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 at 7PM EDT, featuring excerpts from the new musicals Sam's Room and Small Town Story. The 30-minute presentation will also feature the creators of the two new musicals, and an opening performance from Chad Burris (Mean Girls, Frozen).
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will commemorate Anzac Day with a free streaming of its performance with soprano Madeleine Pierard of New Zealand composer Ross Harris' acclaimed Symphony No. 2.
In this time of social distancing and remaining responsibly indoors, we are all looking for ways to brighten our days and get moving any way we can! In the spirit of celebrating theater and providing motivation to get up and get shakin', we're taking a look back and paying tribute to some of the greatest dance numbers in musical theater history! Today's number, 'Turkey Lurkey Time' from Promises, Promises!
Wheeler In The Sky presents a pre-recorded benefit performance of Booth's Ghost to raise money for Twin Cities' theatre artists and organizations, April 24th a?" May 3rd, 2020.
As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Beat by Beat Press has introduced the world's first virtual children's musical, The Show Must Go Online!, created in less than three weeks with the goal of helping theatre groups continue to perform in these times of social distance.