Imagine there’s a musical biography of John Lennon with very little of the Beatles in it. You may say I’m a dreamer, but not only is that pretty much the case with “Lennon” — the Broadway-bound world premiere that opened Tuesday at the Orpheum Theatre in the Best of Broadway series — but it scarcely […]
Charlotte d’Amboise, who was playing the title character in Broadway’s Sweet Charity just two days ago, will return to the role of Roxie Hart in Chicago on April 18, according to a production spokesperson. Even though she is employed at the Ambassador Theatre, d’Amboise will continue to serve as Christina Applegate’s standby for Sweet Charity.
D’Amboise […]
The Broadway production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast — based on the Oscar-nominated animated film — celebrates its 11th anniversary on The Great White Way April 18.
The musical, which is the sixth longest-running show in Broadway history, originally opened at the Palace Theatre — now the home of All Shook Up — April 18, […]
Passing along a note from Kyle, one of the stars of Chico Cabaret’s production of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (previously mentioned):
Hello everyone, first of all, thanks to everyone who came to see the show, “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” I hope you had a fabulous time. I know […]
Spamalot is bringing a new group of consumers to Broadway — the “kinds of teenagers and 20-somethings who find jokes about fish, flatulence and the French absolutely sidesplitting and who normally wouldn’t be headed to the theater unless dragged by a girlfriend, school trip, or court order.”
Mike Nichols, Spamalot’s director, is quoted as saying “They […]
Once in a while, it is the chorus girl who gets the big break. “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” which tours to Salt Lake City’s Capitol Theatre this week, offers a couple of examples.
A little-known understudy named Sutton Foster took over the starring role of Millie during the show’s tryouts at La Jolla Theatre in San Diego […]
Summer of ‘42, the coming-of-age musical based on the book and film of the same name, will finally get a recording following Off-Broadway and regional productions, composer-lyricist David Kirshenbaum told Playbill.com.
The show will be heard in a May 23 benefit concert for The York Theatre Company and be recorded the next day for JAY Records, […]
The UnCommon Theatre Company continues it’s 25th season by presenting the Broadway Musical version of Mark Twain’s semi-biographical and classic story, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”.
Filled with foot-stomping, toe-tapping songs by Don Schiltz (writer of music for such stars as Alison Krauss, Lee Ann Womack, Randy Travis and Reba McEntire), and a warm, funny book […]
New Line Cinema, the studio behind the romantic comedy “Wedding Singer” starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, is teaming up with Margo Lion, Tony-winning producer of the hit Broadway adaptation of Hairspray, to launch a musical stage version of The Wedding Singer.
The stage production will hold its world premiere at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre […]
When Patti LuPone launches into Stephen Sondheim’s “Being Alive,” you know you’re in for a grand ride.
How many singers can perfect this ecstatic, swooping and soaring ode from the musical “Company” with the authority of Ms. LuPone? And with her ineffable blend of vocal plangency and dramatic force?
In her one-woman show “Matters of the Heart” […]
Hal Holbrook will star in his acclaimed one-man show Mark Twain Tonight! in a limited engagement at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Performances will start on June 6th, and play six performances a week for three weeks.
One of the most popular one-person shows of all time, Mark Twain Tonight! was first conceived in 1966 as a […]