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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

VIDEO: Public Art Fund Installation Has Singer Targeting Pedestrians In City Hall Park by Michael Dale

Artist Tino Sehgal's piece has a singer specifying her songs to those who pass her by.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:43AM[SHARE]
Monday, August 15, 2016

VIDEO: Four Seasons Meets Nine Lives as CATS Serenades JERSEY BOYS by Michael Dale

After JERSEY BOYS welcomed their new neighbors with a Doo-Wop arrangement of 'Memory,' the Nine Lives set returned the favor.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES' Director Josie Rourke: Two Sharks In A Pool of Innocence by Michael Dale

Rourke's acclaimed production of Christopher Hampton's sardonic drama of sex and revenge comes to Broadway's Booth Theatrre.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44PM[SHARE]

VIDEOS: Watch 1,000 Singers Perform THE PUBLIC DOMAIN at Lincoln Center Plaza by Michael Dale

Watch the complete performance of the premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang's unique piece.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: Holders of Re-Sold Tickets Being Denied Entry To HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD by Michael Dale

While New York's lawmakers attempt to control the extremely high prices of Broadway tickets that are resold by scalpers or on secondary market websites, the producers of the West End hit HAR…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: ON YOUR FEET!'s Child Wrangler Felicia Velasco Takes Us Through Her Nightly Routine by Michael Dale

This is Velasco's eleventh show taking care of Broadway's smallest stars.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PM[SHARE]

VIDEOS: A Look Back at Jerry Herman's DEAR WORLD and MILK AND HONEY, Next In The York's MUFTI Series by Michael Dale

Two Jerry Herman musicals will be presented in concert as part of The York's acclaimed series.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PM[SHARE]

Lin-Manuel Miranda Supports Quiara Alegria Hudes' Response To Controversial IN THE HEIGHTS Casting by Michael Dale

The white actor of Italian descent defends his being cast as Usnavi.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45PM[SHARE]

VIDEOS: Theatre Community Celebrates The Life and Career of Fyvush Finkel by Michael Dale

The star of Yiddish Theatre and Emmy Award winner was 93 years old.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AM[SHARE]
Friday, August 12, 2016

VIDEO: Tony Danza, Carmen Cusack, Norbert Leo Butz and Melissa Errico Tell Why They Love Performing Cabaret by Michael Dale

Feinstein's54 Below has helped dissolve the line between the stars you'd see on Broadway and the one's you'd see performing cabaret.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:27PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: Did On-Line Dating Work For WAITRESS' Jenna Ushkowitz? by Michael Dale

Jenna Ushkowitz made her Broadway debut as a child in the 1996 revival of THE KING AND I and came back as a swing in the original production of SPRING AWAKENING.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:27PM[SHARE]

Mike Daisey Offering Everyone Royalty-Free Rights To Perform THE TRUMP CARD by Michael Dale

The play will soon be available for anyone to download for free and perform and adapt as they like.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: 1,000 Volunteers Sing Free Performance of THE PUBLIC DOMAIN, Saturday at Lincoln Center Plaza by Michael Dale

Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang's piece will be performed by a volunteer chorus consisting of anyone who signed up to attend three rehearsals.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PM[SHARE]

WICKED's Elphie Award Honors Those Who Defy Gravity For Good by Michael Dale

Honorees include a man who volunteers to transport disabled people in Nairobi and a 16-year-old who invented a new way to preserve water in drought-stricken South Africa.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PM[SHARE]

Bad News For Times Square's Costumed Characters and Painted Ladies by Michael Dale

Construction has taken away two of the small spaces designated for street entertainment activity.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:57PM[SHARE]

PHOTO FLASH: HAMILTON's Alysha Deslorieux Photographed In Costume Using 1839 Lens by Michael Dale

The standby for all three Schuyler sisters is the latest subject in HAMILTON's series of portraits taken by photographer Josh Lehrer using his 1839 lens.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52PM[SHARE]

Ridiculous Theatre Pioneer John Vaccaro Dies at 86 by Michael Dale

Vaccaro's Play-House Of The Ridiculous, founded in 1965, was created as an antidote to the predominantly naturalistic American theatre of the time.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:58AM[SHARE]
Thursday, August 11, 2016

VIDEO: CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND's Rachel Bloom's Hilarious Musical Improv on WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? by Michael Dale

Television's newest musical comedy star can be just as funny off the cuff as she is scripted.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PM[SHARE]

It's Complicated: Clever New Artwork Maps Out Relationship Statuses in FALSETTOS by Michael Dale

The central character in William Finn and James Lapine's very New York musical wants it all.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: Check Out The Steamy New Trailer For Second Stage's THE LAYOVER by Michael Dale

Second Stage Theatre presents the world premiere production of THE LAYOVER, written by Leslye Headland and directed by Trip Cullman.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:51PM[SHARE]

VIDEOS: Meet The September Stars of WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT: Billy Porter, Justin Bartha and Stana Katic by Michael Dale

At every performance of Nassim Soleimanpour's play, a different actor is handed the script for the first time as they step onto the stage.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PM[SHARE]

Gypsy Rose Lee's Former Upstate New York Home For Sale by Michael Dale

For 1,699,000, you can entertain friends and family Gypsy-style.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: Makeup Artists Brian Strumwasser, Thelma Pollard Show How They're Changing The Faces of Broadway by Michael Dale

The newest video in the American Theatre Wing's 'Working In Theatre' series offers a fascinating look at the work of two Broadway makeup artists.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PM[SHARE]

PHOTO FLASH: XXX Returns to Times Square, But It's Not What You Think by Michael Dale

A new art installation will provide unique loungers in Times Square.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AM[SHARE]

PHOTO FLASH: HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda: 'I Laughed My Brains Out' at SPAMILTON by Michael Dale

HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda enjoyed the honor of being spoofed by master parodist Gerard Alessandrini.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:58AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Patrice Munsel, Opera Star Who Crossed Over Into Musical Theatre, Dies at 91 by Michael Dale

The coloratura soprano achieved remarkable notoriety when at age 18 she became the youngest singer ever to debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera House.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:07PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: FINDING NEVERLAND's Carolee Carmello Shares Her Dressing Room View by Michael Dale

A dressing room with a window is a rarity says the FINDING NEVERLAND star.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:05PM[SHARE]

Joe's Pub Adds Two More Dates For Mike Daisey's THE TRUMP CARD by Michael Dale

The master monologist and storyteller takes on the Republican presidential candidate.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:52PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES' Janet McTeer On Destroying Ourselves For Love And Sex by Michael Dale

There's no soft-selling from Janet McTeer when she talks about her upcoming Broadway assignment.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: Sierra Boggess Bids Adieu To Her SCHOOL OF ROCK Dressing Room by Michael Dale

Next stop is France as Boggess stars in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in Paris.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:37PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: THE COLOR PURPLE's Cynthia Erivo Shows Her Gymnastic Skills On Rings by Michael Dale

The Tony-winner not only excels on stage but in the gym as well.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PM[SHARE]

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