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Friday, April 8, 2016

VIDEOS: CHICAGO's Jason Danieley Holds A Note For Longer Than It Takes Danny Kaye To Sing Tchaikovsky by Michael Dale

A lot can happen in 35.5 seconds, whether it's one note or an entire song.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:07PM[SHARE]

FLASH FRIDAY: Broadway Meets Baseball When Willie Mays Visits WHAT'S MY LINE by Michael Dale

Can you guess which Broadway star was a big fan of the New York Giants' great center fielder

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:33PM[SHARE]

TWITTER WATCH: Ready For A Good Cry? Lin-Manuel Miranda Posts HAMILTON's Final Love Letter To Elizabeth by Michael Dale

Columbia University preserves the letter that was meant to be delivered only if he was killed in his duel.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PM[SHARE]

VIDEOS: Celebrate Michael Bennett's Birthday With Peeks at His Early Career by Michael Dale

Before A CHORUS LINE and DREAMGIRLS, Michael Bennett got his big break dancing on the TV show Hullabaloo.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PM[SHARE]

Thursday, April 7, 2016

VIDEO: DISASTER! Introduces Celebrity Disasters! First Up, Bob Saget by Michael Dale

The comedian and Full House star tells of being caught in the middle of an earthquake with his grandmother.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51PM[SHARE]

FAN ART: If 1776 Can Go Modern, Why Not THE KING AND I? by Michael Dale

Check out hipster couple Lun Thaand Tuptim, a preppy Prince Chulalongkorn and a very chic Lady Thiang.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: They're In The Band! Highlights From First School Production of SCHOOL OF ROCK by Michael Dale

In an unprecedented move, performance rights for SCHOOL OF ROCK are available for schools and youth theatres while the Broadway hit is only months old.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PM[SHARE]

British Poll Says 48% Disapprove of a Female Hamlet, 15% Approve by Michael Dale

Women have played the Prince of Denmark for centuries, but only 15 of those recently polled approved.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: Guthrie Theater's Cheeky Tribute To Audience Complaint Emails by Michael Dale

A fun video has actors reading some of the more colorful emails delivered to the company's inbox.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:22PM[SHARE]

Healing Arts Initiative Bookkeeper Arrested For Embezzlement, Chemical Attack Of Executive Director by Michael Dale

An August attack of the non-profit's new executive director has been discovered to be part of a plot to steal over 750,000.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:20AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Senior Citizen Actors Play Teenage Lovers in St. Paul THE FANTASTICKS by Michael Dale

Young love is a distant memory when Matt is 64 and Louisa is 72.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: Lin-Manuel Miranda Reveals HAMILTON Secret To Bronx Theatre HS Students by Michael Dale

Next week, the first of 20,000 New York City public school students will see HAMILTON, thanks to a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: Stephen Sondheim Discusses His Early Career, Creative Process and More at London's National by Michael Dale

Being mentored by Oscar Hammerstein and the working process with his playwright collaborators are among the topics.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PM[SHARE]

TWITTER WATCH: New York's Mayor Bill de Blasio Introduces Broadway's 'Emergency Alert System' by Michael Dale

A funny tweet from the mayor features a color-coded ranking of Broadway emergencies.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:03PM[SHARE]

Star Gayzing Endorses Liza Minnelli For President: 'Kick Ball Change We Can Believe In' by Michael Dale

With politics more and more resembling show business, we need a leader who knows how to work a room.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PM[SHARE]

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Bid To Meet SHUFFLE ALONG's Audra McDonald and Support Covenant House by Michael Dale

Have a backstage visit with Audra McDonald after enjoying SHUFFLE ALONG from house seats.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:34PM[SHARE]

FUN HOME's Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron Among League of Professional Theatre Women 2016 Award Winners by Michael Dale

The FUN HOME author's join Micki Grant, Jane Cox, Ari Laura Kreith, Lear deBessonet, and Elsa Rael as honorees.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:52PM[SHARE]

VIDEO FLASHBACK: 1965 Peter Sellers Mimics Laurence Olivier's Richard III Reciting The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night by Michael Dale

Ten years after Laurence Olivier's Richard III was released on film, Peter Seller's highlighted a LennonMcCartney tribute with this spoof.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:33PM[SHARE]

How American Musicals Changed The Fortunes of Paris' Struggling Th?atre du Ch?telet by Michael Dale

He was ridiculed for bringing American musicals to the historic Paris venue, but Jean-Luc Choplin's vision turned the struggling theatre's fortunes around.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40PM[SHARE]

Eliza Transitions To Elijah In Transgender Themed PYGMALION, Staged by Always Love Lucy Theatre by Michael Dale

The company's producing artistic director Saima Huq will take on the role of ElizaElijah.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PM[SHARE]

Producer Jeffrey Seller Confirms HAMILTON Plans For London, Europe, Australia by Michael Dale

Soon there may be as many as seven HAMILTON companies playing in the U.S. and internationally, in addition to Broadway.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:41PM[SHARE]

Producer Jeffrey Stark Confirms HAMILTON Plans For London, Europe, Australia by Michael Dale

Soon there may be as many as seven HAMILTON companies playing in the U.S. and internationally, in addition to Broadway.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:07PM[SHARE]

VIDEOS: A Scene By Scene, Song By Song Synopsis of the Original 1921 SHUFFLE ALONG by Michael Dale

There were no original cast albums in 1921, so this scene by scene synopsis of the original SHUFFLE ALONG is augmented by various recordings of songs from the score.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:45AM[SHARE]

Monday, April 4, 2016

Bid To Meet Lin-Manuel Miranda When He Signs Your Advance Copy of The HAMILTON Vinyl Box Set, Support The Morris-Jumel Mansion by Michael Dale

Meet the HAMILTON authorstar at the Richard Rodgers Theatre when he personalizes a signature for your vinyl set.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:57PM[SHARE]

How The Silent Treatment Inspired Anne Washburn's New Play, ANTLIA PNEUMATICA by Michael Dale

Her new play's first draft was created at a ten-day silent playwriting retreat.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43PM[SHARE]

The Kilroys Proving Effective In Increasing Number Of Women-Authored Plays Produced by Michael Dale

The organizations list of recommended new plays by women is helping to decrease the lack of gender parity in American theatre.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:58PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: ECLIPSED's Lupita Nyong'o Pulls April Fools Day Prank on Cast-Mates by Michael Dale

The Oscar-winner has a little fun with the other members of ECLIPSED's superb acting ensemble.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PM[SHARE]

VIDEO FLASHBACK: How THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA Changed The Careers of Its Authors, Stars and Director by Michael Dale

Barrtlett Sher and Adam Guettel made their Broadway debuts with this complex romantic musical.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: Amy Schumer Performs Her Own Revolutionary Hip-Hop Musical For HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda by Michael Dale

The brilliant social satirist doesn't exactly have the HAMILTON authorstar in stitches over her new bio-musical.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:51AM[SHARE]

Sunday, April 3, 2016

BWW Review: Much-Improved Bio-Musical CAGNEY Returns Off-Broadway In A Flashy Producton by Michael Dale

It was ten months ago when composerlyricist Robert Creighton buck and winged it to the York Theatre with a spirited and gutsy performance as the screen's greatest tough guy song and dance ma…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:46PM[SHARE]

Friday, April 1, 2016