Page Six has reported that the cast of “That Thing You Do!” is reuniting to honor songwriter Adam Schlesinger — who passed away from coronavirus complications earlier this month — and raise funds for COVID-19 relief efforts.
SiriusXM and Pandora recently launched 'Seth Rudetsky's Back to School,' an original weekly entertainment podcast launches on March 24. On 'Back to School,' Broadway mainstay Seth Rudetsky, a longtime SiriusXM talk show host, interviews celebrities about their high school experiences-and how those experiences continue to shape them.
We here at BroadwayWorld know that sometimes social-distancing can get you down. With the theatre industry at a standstill, many of us are craving some trademark musical theatre merriment to keep our spirits up while keeping ourselves and others safe.
While the stages remain dark during the COVID-19 global pandemic, Milwaukee Rep is rallying its creative resources to bring the world-class theater audiences have come to know and love directly into homes. Over the next few weeks, Milwaukee Rep will bring theater from Our Home to Your Home in several unique ways.
Jeremy Jordan and Ashley Spencer will announce nominees for the 35th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards on Tuesday, April 14, at 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT. The Lortel Awards recognize Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway.
Obie, Lortel, and Drama Desk Award- winner Michael Urie (Grand Horizons, Torch Song) will reprise his role in a livestreamed one-night-only performance of Buyer & Cellar to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund. The site-specific performance will broadcast live from the living room of his apartment on Sunday, April 19 at 8pm. Watch live on Youtube!
Tiger King, the Netflix phenomenon that has taken the world by storm, has been musicalized... again! On Friday, BroadwayWorld brought you a song written by Andrew Lippa, featuring vocals from Kristin Chenoweth. Now Broadway veteran Jessica Vosk and Pentatonix's Scott Hoying take a stab at tiger-loving nemeses Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin. The song is written by Hoying, Brad Silnutzer and Joey Orton.
No word yet on a rescheduled air date, but Ray Hair, International President of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM), issued statement on AFM waiving all contractually required payments in connection with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit streaming of 'Disney on Broadway'
As theaters all over the country have been forced to temporarily shut their doors due to the ongoing health crisis, many have adjusted to the change by bringing their content online. Theaters are planning for future season by holding online video auditions!
Red Bull Theater today announced the launch of its special programming to provide an opportunity for its community of artists and theater lovers to gather in the virtual space during this unprecedented time of COVID-19.
The Early Night Show with Joshua Turchin- Virtual Edition (Corona Cabaret) continues with the release of a new episode featuring special guests: Eleanor Koski (Broadway - Les Miserables, God Friended Me/CBS), Christian Harmston (Broadway National Tour of Love Never Dies, Metropolitan Opera- Exterminating Angel), and Alex Vacchiano.
Westport Country Playhouse announced the randomly selected Fairfield County, Connecticut, high school students who will participate in 'Getting to Know You: A Celebration of Young Artists,' hosted by Tony Award®-winning Broadway star Kelli O'Hara, on Friday, April 17, at 7 p.m., on the Playhouse YouTube channel and Facebook Live.
12 Chinese musical actors covered 'Alexander Hamilton' with COVID-19 Quarantine lyrics to express frustration and determination in the fight against Covid-19.
On Friday, May 1, 2020, the Wet Ink Ensemble releases Glossolalia/Lines on Black on Carrier Records. The release features two extended works by Ensemble composers Sam Pluta and Alex Mincek: Mincek's Glossolalia and Pluta's Lines on Black.
In response to the COVID-19 crisis and the loss of employment of artists across the country, actors Olivia Valli and Fiona McIntyre have released What's Your Backup Plan? to highlight ways in which artists have found inspiration in between jobs, created their own businesses, and reimagined the path to a fulfilling career.
'Draw the Circle Wide,' a new, dynamic video series celebrating diversity and representation, premieres this Wednesday, April 15 on YouTube. Created by songwriters Tom Gualtieri & David Sisco, each episode features conversations with actors from Broadway, film, and television.
'Saturday Night Seder,' the star-studded virtual Passover Seder that premiered Saturday night on YouTube via www.SaturdayNightSeder.com and Buzzfeed's Tasty YouTube, has raised more than $2,350,000 for the CDC Foundation's Coronavirus (COVID-19) Emergency Response Fund, it was announced today.
Dee Roscioli speaks for all us in this hilarious new video for Orlando Shakespeare Theatre's Living Room Sessions. Putting a twist on a?oeDivas Lamenta?? from Spamalot, with alternate lyrics by newcomer composer Ben Clark (The Circus in Winter) Roscioli riffs on the downsides of quarantine, endless hours at home, and a world where everything is cancelled.
In response to the COVID-19 disruption, The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD), with support from the Ford Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and individual supporters, seeks to meet the urgent needs of the Black Dance community through the IABD Emergency Fund.
While live theater and entertainment has been put on pause due to the ongoing health crisis, many theaters, venues and more are bringing their content online!
Jazz at Lincoln Center's 2020 gala concert, Worldwide Concert for Our Culture, will feature culturedefining artists from Japan, Brazil, Russia, Pakistan, South Africa, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Cuba, and the United States joining the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis from remote locations.
The Houston Press has reported that Stafford High School Director of Theater, Blake Weir, has tasked all students to create a video of themselves interacting with an inanimate object.