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Friday, June 3, 2011

Pee-wee Herman Channels Oscar Winner Melissa Leo in Hopes of Emmy Glory by Broadway.com Staff

Pee-wee Herman (aka comedian Paul Reubens) may not have scored a Tony Award nomination for his Broadway extravaganza The Pee-wee Herman Show, but the lovable Playhouse host still has a chanc…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:59PM

A Month of Mormon Day 21: Trey Parker, Matt Stone & Robert Lopez on Creating 'A 100% Original Musical' by Broadway.com Staff

Ready for your daily dose of The Book of Mormon, courtesy of Broadway.com's monthlong video series tracing the show's journey to Broadway? Of course you are! In the latest video, the…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:57PM

Weekend Poll: What Should Be the Next Superhero Musical? by Broadway.com Staff

After a constantly buzzed about extended preview period, Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark's June 14 opening night is just around the corner. Spidey isn't the only superhero headed to th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:51PM

Sister Act Tapped to Raise Its Voice For Obama Re-Election Fundraiser by Broadway.com Staff

On June 23, the Tony-nominated musical Sister Act will welcome President Obama, whose 2012 re-election campaign has chosen the production as host for his first major Broadway fundraiser, acc…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PM

The Ladies of Baby It's You! Jump Five Decades to Croon Cee Lo Green's 'Forget You' by Broadway.com Staff

Baby, it’s Cee Lo Green! Well, sort of: It’s actually Baby It’s You!’s Shirelles (Kyra Da Costa, Christina Sajous, Crystal Starr and Erica Ash) giving their own spin …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:11PM

Tony Kushner's The Illusion Extends at Signature Theatre by Broadway.com Staff

Signature Theatre Company has announced a one-week extension of The Illusion, Tony Kushner’s adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s L'Illusion Comique. The play, which began previe…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AM

Video Flashback! Laura Benanti on the Goosebump-Inducing Tony Night Performance of Her Gypsy Co-Star Patti LuPone by Broadway.com Staff

In the final days leading up to the 2011 Tony telecast, Broadway.com is posting videos of favorite Tony memories of this year’s nominees, with their own commentary. Rather than toot he…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AM
Thursday, June 2, 2011

Muscles & Mascara with Priscilla's Nick Adams: Meet the Prom King and Queen of Broadway by Broadway.com Staff

He's back! Priscilla Queen of the Desert's Nick Adams has had quite the busy schedule lately and is eager to tell his fans all about it in his latest video blog. The actor recently r…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:03PM

Sutton Foster-Led Anything Goes to Release a De-Lovely Cast Recording in Summer 2011 by Broadway.com Staff

The Tony-nominated revival of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes, starring Tony winners Sutton Foster and Joel Grey, will get its very own cast album, to be released by Ghostlight Records. Th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:26PM

Michael Park Phones Home and Shares His Unlikely Backstage Passion at How to Succeed by Broadway.com Staff

Cribbage anyone? That’s the unlikely backstage passion of Emmy Award winner Michael Park, currently suiting up nightly as Mr. Bratt in the hit Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Bus…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:25PM

Squigs Bops to the Sound of the Shirelles and Salutes Beth Leavel in Baby It's You! by Broadway.com Staff

Fans of classic early 60s tunes are heading to the Broadhurst Theatre to see the new Broadway musical Baby It’s You! Starring 2011 Tony nominee Beth Leavel as Florence Greenberg, the p…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:17PM

American Idol Winner Scotty McCreery and Finalists Lauren Alaina and Haley Reinhart Swing Into Spider-Man by Broadway.com Staff

One week after Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark star Reeve Carney joined composers Bono and The Edge onstage at the star-filled American Idol finale, Idol winner Scotty McCreery and the ladies …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:05PM

Video Flashback! The Book of Mormon's Andrew Rannells Recalls Losing His Mind Over Spider Woman and More by Broadway.com Staff

In the final days leading up to the 2011 Tony telecast, Broadway.com is posting videos of favorite Tony memories of this year’s nominees, with their own commentary. Andrew Rannells, a …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PM

Get to Know A Minister's Wife and the Men Who Love Her by Broadway.com Staff

A musical about an intellectual love triangle? That’s the adventurous premise behind A Minister’s Wife, based on George Bernard Shaw’s Candida and now playing at Lincoln Ce…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:07PM

A Month of Mormon Day 20: Get Ready For a 'Spooky Mormon Hell Dream' by Broadway.com Staff

It's Mormon month at Broadway.com as we continue our daily video series following hit musical The Book of Mormon's road to Broadway. In today's entry, the creative team discusses…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:04PM

Tony Nominee Chat: How to Succeed's Tammy Blanchard on Celebrating Bayonne-Style by Broadway.com Staff

It’s a time-honored Broadway tradition: the day after the Tony nominations are announced, the lucky nominees get gussied up to meet the press. Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontore…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:15PM

David Beach, John Hemphill, Jordan Dean & Jacob Pinion to Join Mamma Mia! by Broadway.com Staff

David Beach, John Hemphill, Jordan Dean and Jacob Pinion will join the cast of the long-running hit musical Mamma Mia! on June 6 at the Winter Garden Theatre. Beach (Urinetown) returns to th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:10PM

What Inspired Country Darling Taylor Swift’s ‘Speak Now’ Tour? Broadway! by Broadway.com Staff

Taylor Swift, country sweetheart and singing-songwriting hit machine, is on the road in her second world tour tied to her latest hit CD, Speak Now, with an ambitious and theatrical performan…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM

Oscar Nominee Jesse Eisenberg to Star in Self-Penned Play Asuncion by Broadway.com Staff

Academy Award nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg will star in a self-penned play, Asuncion, as part of the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater's 2011-2012 season. Directed by Kip Fagan, the pro…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:43PM

John Lloyd Young to Perform at Theatre World Awards Ceremony; Presenters Include Jonathan Groff by Broadway.com Staff

Presenters and performers have been announced for the 2011 Theatre World Awards ceremony, which will be held on June 7 at the August Wilson Theatre. John Lloyd Young, a 2006 winner, will ret…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:37PM

All-Star Cast of Company to Join Neil Patrick Harris on 2011 Tony Telecast by Broadway.com Staff

Tony Awards host Neil Patrick Harris will reunite with his starry castmates from the recent New York Philharmonic concerts of Company to perform live on the 2011 awards show telecast. Harris…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AM
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Jordan Harrison's Maple & Vine Completes Playwrights Horizons' 2011-2012 Season by Broadway.com Staff

Playwrights Horizons has announced that Jordan Harrison’s Maple & Vine will complete the company’s 2011-2012 season. The play will be presented on the Mainstage Theater as th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:26PM

Tony Nominee Chat: The People in the Picture Star Donna Murphy is ‘Wearing My Own Damn Hair!’ on The Red Carpet by Broadway.com Staff

It’s a time-honored Broadway tradition: the day after the Tony nominations are announced, the lucky nominees get gussied up to meet the press. Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontore…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:25PM

Photo Preview of Oscar Nominee Carey Mulligan Traveling Through a Glass Darkly by Broadway.com Staff

Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan (An Education) is getting back to her stage roots in the Atlantic Theater Company's off-Broadway production of Through a Glass Darkly. Based on the Ingmar Be…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PM

Yo, Andy Karl! Stage Vet Plays Lead in Reading of Broadway-Bound Rocky Musical by Broadway.com Staff

Rocky Balboa is headed to Broadway in a new musical adaptation of the beloved Sylvester Stallone film. After a recent reading of the show, starring Andy Karl (Legally Blonde, Wicked) in the …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:30PM

Video Flashback! Sutton Foster Recalls the Tony-Night Tambourine Hats of The Will Rogers Follies by Broadway.com Staff

In the final days leading up to the 2011 Tony telecast, Broadway.com is posting videos of favorite Tony memories of this year’s nominees, with their own commentary. To kick off the ser…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:44PM

So You Think You Can Stomp? Feel the Rhythm of a Unique Off-Broadway Open Call by Broadway.com Staff

The streets of New York’s East Village flooded with movers and shakers when off-Broadway hit Stomp, which has called the Orpheum Theatre home since 1994, held an open call for new tale…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PM

Shakespeare in the Park Sneak Peek! Take a Look Inside All’s Well That Ends Well by Broadway.com Staff

Rising temperatures in New York City mean one thing to theater fans: Shakespeare in the Park season is almost here! The annual free Public Theater series, performed at the Delacorte Theatre …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:04PM

Casting Set for Seattle Premiere of Disney's Aladdin by Broadway.com Staff

Casting has been set for the Seattle premiere of Disney’s Aladdin, a new stage adaptation of the hit musical featuring a score by Oscar winners Alan Menken, the late Howard Ashman and …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:35PM

Rock On! British Comedian Justin Lee Collins Will Wail in West End’s Rock of Ages by Broadway.com Staff

Casting has begun for the upcoming West End production of '80s tuner Rock of Ages! British TV and radio personality Justin Lee Collins has signed on to play Dennis Dupree, the aging rock…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:19PM

Check Out Footage of The Book of Mormon as Trey Parker and Matt Stone Sit Down With Sunday Morning by Broadway.com Staff

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are Broadway's newest golden boys thanks to their smash hit Tony-nominated musical, The Book of Mormon. The hilarious duo recently sat down…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:14PM

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