Friday, January 10, 2025

Billy Elliot The Musical perform 'Electricity' | Olivier Awards 2013 with MasterCard by Official London Theatre

Billy Elliot The Musical performs 'Electricity' in Covent Garden at the Olivier Awards 2013 with Mastercard. Established in 1976, the Olivier Awards celebrate the world-class status of Lond…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:47AM
Monday, December 16, 2024

Video: First Look at Non-Replica BILLY ELLIOT at the Royal Danish Theatre

Watch a first look video at the Royal Danish Theatre's new non-replica production of Billy Elliot in Copenhagen. Elton John and Lee Hall's award-winning musical adaptation of the famous fi…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53AM
Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Elton John’s ‘Tammy Faye’ closed early on Broadway: Does religious musical have a prayer at the Tonys? by David Buchanan

This week, Elton John’s “Tammy Faye” musical closed on Broadway after only 24 previews and 29 regular performances. Although the show, about the rise and fall of televangelist Tammy Fa…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:06PM
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

'It fills my heart': 'Billy Elliot' musical to explore role of family in supporting dreams | Arts

... Playbill.com. “I got to see this show on Broadway with my mom when I was auditioning for colleges in New York City in 2009,” said play director ...

SOURCE: Google at 02:36PM
Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Stripping for parts by Kerry Reid

With The Full Monty, Paramount Theatre completes the trifecta of musicals derived from movies about British deindustrialization, on the heels of 2021’s Kinky Boots and Billy Elliot earlier…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:57AM
Friday, August 30, 2024

Choreographer Qudus Onikeku: ‘I want to mirror the real world – vibrant, chaotic, problematic’ by Lyndsey Winship

As a child in Lagos, he felt like Billy Elliot, following a passion for dance despite his family’s disapproval. Now, having found success in France, he’s returned to his native Nigeria t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32PM
Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Broadway Update by Barry Gordin

Stranger Things; Whoopi in Annie; Etc. By: David Sheward August 7, 2024: Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the stage prequel to the hit Netflix series which is a smash in London, will t…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:34PM
Wednesday, July 24, 2024

BILLY ELLIOT Pirouettes to Broadway in 2008! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Billy Elliot made a huge splash in London in 2005 before it crossed the Atlantic. The Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on November 13, 2008, w…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:02PM
Sunday, July 21, 2024

Summer Flashback: BILLY ELLIOT Opens on Broadway! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: We're feeling electricity because we're looking back at the 2009 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, Billy Elliot! Take a look at the show's opening night at Br…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:54PM
Saturday, July 6, 2024

Israel's BILLY ELLIOT Thanks Fans for Their 2016 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards Votes by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Israeli production of BILLY ELLIOT, one of the big winners of the 2016 BroadwayWorld Israel Regional Awards, made a special thank you video in response to t…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:54AM
Friday, July 5, 2024

Brassed Off review – miners’ music brings film to life on stage by Mark Fisher

Theatre by the Lake, KeswickThe Penrith town band bring warmth and plangency to an adaptation of the post-Thatcher movie, alive with movement and community spirit Around the end of the 1990s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM
Saturday, June 29, 2024

Relive the Magic of BILLY ELLIOT! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: In honor of Throwback Thursday, BroadwayWorld is celebrating the past with a new series that will take you back in time with some of our favorite vintage video …

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:18AM
Sunday, June 16, 2024

Ugly Betty's Mark Indelicato Meets Billy Elliot by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: We caught up with 'Ugly Betty's' Mark Indelicato at the Imperial as the young actor interviewed Billy Elliot's 3 leading 'men'.

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:42PM
Thursday, June 13, 2024

Tony Predictions 2024 by Wendy Caster

It's Tony time again. Was this an exciting year on Broadway? Yes! Was it a disappointing year on Broadway? Yes! Same as it ever was. And here we go: (A complete list of nominees is provide…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 04:12AM
Saturday, June 8, 2024

Bryan Cranston, Tony Goldwyn & Tatiana Maslany Get Happy As Hell on Opening Night of NETWORK! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Network officially opened last night at Broadway's Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street). The play is directed by Tony and Olivier Award winner Ivo van Hove (T…

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:36AM
Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Ricky Ubeda and Ben Cook on Their Electrifying Dance Partnership in Illinoise by Kathy Henderson

There’s a built-in audience for the new Broadway dance musical Illinoise among fans of Sufjan Stevens’ indie rock music and admirers of Justin Peck’s choreography for the New York City…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AM
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Highlights of Bryan Cranston & More in NETWORK on Broadway! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: NETWORK opened just last week at Broadway's Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street). NETWORK is directed by Tony and Olivier Award winner Ivo van Hove (The Damn…

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:24AM
Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Highlights of MTC'S DAN CODY'S YACHT; Opens June 6 by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Dan Cody's Yacht is now in previews ahead of a Wednesday, June 6 opening night at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I (131 West 55th Street). The cast of Dan …

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:12PM
Sunday, April 7, 2024

Tom Holland’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’ To “Transfer To Broadway After Tickets Sell Out In Two Hours” by Caroline Frost

Tom Holland’s above-the-title appearance in Romeo & Juliet will transfer to Broadway, according to an insider quoted in the UK press. The Spider-man star’s return to London’s West …

SOURCE: Deadline at 06:37AM
Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Tom Holland leaps from Spider-Man to Shakespeare’s Romeo in West End by Chris Wiegand

Jamie Lloyd will direct the star in ‘a pulsating new vision of the immortal tale of wordsmiths, rhymers, lovers and fighters’ Spider-Man star Tom Holland is to return to the London stage…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Friday, December 15, 2023

Name That Show!: 2000s Broadway Songs by JK

Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the first decade of the 2000s. You've probably at least heard of most of the shows included her…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:36AM
Friday, November 17, 2023

New Elton John Musical Tammy Faye Is Coming to Broadway by Darryn King

Tammy Faye, a musical about the heavily made-up American televangelist with music by Elton John, is headed to Broadway for the 2024-25 season. In addition to John's music, the score features…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:06AM
Friday, October 20, 2023

Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot the Musical’s Original Mrs. Wilkinson, Dies at 66 by Hayley Levitt

Haydn Gwynne, celebrated stage actress of both Broadway and the West End, died on October 20 morning after a brief battle with cancer, according to a statement by producer Cameron Mackintosh…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:49PM

Billy Elliot Actress Haydn Gwynne Dies at 66 by Margaret Hall

Ms. Gwynne was a beloved member of the U.K. theatre community.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AM

Haydn Gwynne, star of stage and screen, dies aged 66 by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Celebrated actor was nominated for multiple Olivier awards in her theatrical roles and best known for Drop the Dead Donkey and The Windsors on TV The actor Haydn Gwynne has died of cancer at…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:19AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime