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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Come to the Fun Home! Tony-Nominated Musical Will Launch National Tour in 2016 by Ryan Gilbert

The Tony-nominated Best Musical Fun Home will welcome you to its house on Maple Avenue as the heartrending Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron musical launches a North American tour. The show will …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PM
Thursday, May 14, 2015

Tony Nominee Geneva Carr on Tempting Teen Boys in Hand to God & Trading Wall Street for Broadway by Ryan Gilbert

Age: 44 Hometown: Jackson, MS Current Role: A Tony-nominated Broadway debut as Margery, a barely-keeping-it-together widowed mother whose son's sock puppet might be possessed by the de…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:02PM

Queen of the Night! National Tour of The Bodyguard Musical, Starring Deborah Cox, Will Launch in 2016 by Ryan Gilbert

Oh yes, all the man musical that you need is coming to North America! The musical adaptation of the popular 1992 Whitney Houston film The Bodyguard will launch a national tour in the fall of…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:49AM
Thursday, May 7, 2015

Here She Goes...Again! Idina Menzel Will Reprise If/Then Performance on the Road by Ryan Gilbert

A Broadway supernova is soaring over the United States! Tony and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Idina Menzel will headline select stops on the If/Then national tour. The Frozen st…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:30PM

Wish Granted! Fiasco Theater’s Inventive Into the Woods Will Hit the Road in 2016 by Ryan Gilbert

Happy now and happy hence! Fiasco Theater's acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods will launch a national tour in 2016. Directed by Noah Brody and …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:47AM

Super Good Day! Tony-Nommed Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time to Launch National Tour in 2016 by Ryan Gilbert

His name is Christopher John Francis Boone, he knows all the countries of the world and he's going to be touring this one next fall. The 2015 Tony-nominated play The Curious Incident of …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:00AM
Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Gabey's Comin'! On the Town Will Launch National Tour, Starring Tony Nominee Tony Yazbeck by Ryan Gilbert

What a day! Fortune smiled and is coming our way! The new Tony-nominated Broadway revival of On the Town is taking its fun-loving sailors on the road next year. The production will soon laun…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PM
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Believe! Finding Neverland Will Launch National Tour in Fall 2016 by Ryan Gilbert

You might be asking yourself, "How do I get to Neverland?" No worries. Neverland is coming to you! The new Broadway musical Finding Neverland will sail its mighty and magical ship …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:05AM
Wednesday, April 1, 2015

There's a New Day Comin'! Bullets Over Broadway Musical Will Launch National Tour This Fall by Ryan Gilbert

Gee, baby, ain’t they good to us? The national tour of the musical comedy Bullets Over Broadway, written by Woody Allen and based on the screenplay by Allen and Douglas McGrath, will l…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:32AM
Thursday, March 19, 2015

Steven Boyer on Admiring Ferris Bueller, Mugging for Martin Scorsese & Playing Hand to God's Twisted Teen by Ryan Gilbert

Age: 35 Hometown: Columbus, OH Current Role: Religious teen Jason, whose foul-mouthed hand puppet, Tyrone, takes on a devlish life of its own in the Broadway premiere of Robert Askins&…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:26AM
Friday, March 13, 2015

Work It, Baby! Dirty Dancing—The Classic Story On Stage Does a Flash Mob 'Mash-Potato' by Ryan Gilbert

They can really shake 'em down in Beantown! Dirty Dancing—The Classic Story On Stage threw a helluva flash mob at the 2015 Boston Flower and Garden Show on March 13, featuring 20 l…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:43PM
Friday, February 27, 2015

Hotcha! Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Will Razzle Dazzle 'Em in Chicago at The Hippodrome by Ryan Gilbert

She’s trading in politics for all that jazz! Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will take the stage in an “unprecedented act of courage” when she joins the cast of th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:30AM
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Hot Shot! Oscar Nominees Ali MacGraw & Ryan O'Neal Get Ready to Read Love Letters on the Road by Ryan Gilbert

It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes!" They broke a million hearts with their Oscar-nominated performances in the 1970 romantic drama/weepfest Love Story and now Ali MacGraw…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:57AM
Thursday, January 29, 2015

New Book of Mormon Star Christopher John O'Neill on Making His Idols Laugh & Being an 'Obnoxious' Dad by Ryan Gilbert

Age: 32 Hometown: Stamford, CT Current Role: A boisterous Broadway debut as clownish missionary Elder Cunningham in the Tony-winning hit musical The Book of Mormon. Stage Cred: …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PM
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Great Scott! Tony-Winning Musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder to Launch National Tour by Ryan Gilbert

A warning to the audience: the D'Ysquith family is coming to a city near you! A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, the 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, will kick off i…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:15AM
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Perfectly Marvelous! Cabaret Revival to Launch National Tour in 2016 by Ryan Gilbert

And now presenting the Cabaret Girls and the Kit Kat Boys...across the country! The Roundabout Theatre Company’s Tony-winning production of Cabaret will kick off a national tour in Jan…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PM
Thursday, November 20, 2014

This Is Our Youth's Tavi Gevinson on Her Theater Kid Past, Being a Rookie & Her Pal Taylor Swift by Ryan Gilbert

Age: 18 Hometown: Oak Park, IL Current Role: A Broadway debut as opinionated and jittery fashion student Jessica, who's the object of Warren's (Michael Cera) affection in Kenne…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:15PM
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Sneak Peek! Learn How to Become a Motown The Musical Supreme on Broadway Balances America by Ryan Gilbert

Stop! In the name of Diana Ross! Broadway Balances America, the special six-part series airing on The Balancing Act on Lifetime Television, returned on November 18 with a behind-the-scenes l…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:30AM
Friday, November 14, 2014

Broadway Balances America Invites You to 'Get Ready' for the National Tour of Motown The Musical by Ryan Gilbert

Signed, sealed, delivered—this episode is yours! Broadway Balances America, a special six-part series airing on The Balancing Act on Lifetime Television, returns on November 18 with an…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:05AM
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Ready? Let’s Start! Broadway Balances America Shines the Spotlight on Broadway Classroom by Ryan Gilbert

Take out your notebooks and pencils! Broadway Balances America, the special six-part series airing on The Balancing Act on Lifetime Television, returned on November 12 with an exciting …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:00AM
Thursday, November 6, 2014

Sneak Peek! Learn How to Do the Rip-Roaring Newsies Newspaper Dance on Broadway Balances America by Ryan Gilbert

It's time to seize the day! Broadway Balances America, the special six-part series airing on The Balancing Act on Lifetime Television, returned on November 6 with a behind-the-scenes loo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:40AM
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

New Oz Couple Alert! Carrie St. Louis & O-Town's Ashley Parker Angel Join Wicked Tour as Glinda & Fiyero by Ryan Gilbert

A new popular pair is coming to Oz! Broadway veteran Carrie St. Louis (Rock of Ages) and former O-Town member Ashley Parker Angel will star as Glinda and Fiyero, respectively, in the North A…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:00PM
Thursday, October 30, 2014

Broadway Balances America Invites You to 'Get Up & Go' Behind the Scenes of Disney's Newsies by Ryan Gilbert

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Broadway Balances America, a special six-part series airing on Lifetime Television’s The Balancing Act, returns on November 6 with an exclusive look at…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:30AM
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

The Voice's Chris Mann & More Join the National Tour Cast of The Phantom of the Opera by Ryan Gilbert

He may not have won NBC's The Voice but Chris Mann will soon be bringing you the "music of the night!" Mann will play the man behind the mask, The Phantom, in the national tour…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:25AM
Thursday, September 11, 2014

The Hills Are Alive! Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music Will Do-Re-Mi Across the Country by Ryan Gilbert

Take down those old drapes and make some playclothes, boys and girls, because a brand new production of The Sound of Music, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien, will to…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:30PM
Thursday, September 4, 2014

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Star Alexander Sharp on Rats, Beer & New York City by Ryan Gilbert

Age: 25 Hometown: London, England Current Role: A Broadway debut as Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old boy with Asperger syndrome who investigates the murder of his neighbor's p…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Star Alex Sharp on Rats, Beer & New York City by Ryan Gilbert

Age: 25 Hometown: London, England Current Role: A Broadway debut as Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old boy with Asperger syndrome who investigates the murder of his neighbor's p…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Watch Me Now! National Tour of Dirty Dancing Leaps on Stage for Broadway Balances America by Ryan Gilbert

Keep those "hungry eyes" peeled! Broadway Balances America, a special six-part series airing on Lifetime Television’s The Balancing Act, returns on September 9 with an exclus…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:00AM
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Leapin' Lizards! Casting Complete for the National Tour of Annie by Ryan Gilbert

Full casting has been announced for the national tour of Annie, which will launch on September 26 at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit before continuing to cities across the country. The title r…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:00AM
Thursday, August 7, 2014

We Got Annie! Casting for the Upcoming Tour to Be Announced on Premiere of Broadway Balances America by Ryan Gilbert

We know you're gonna like it here! Broadway Balances America, a special six-part series airing on Lifetime Television’s The Balancing Act, kicks off on August 12 with an exclusive …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:01AM
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Set Your DVRs! Lifetime's Six-Part Miniseries Broadway Balances America Will Launch in August by Ryan Gilbert

Grab an extra cup of coffee because your mornings are about to get a Great White Way-sized makeover! Lifetime Channel's award-winning morning show The Balancing Act will present its new …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:13PM

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