Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Photos: HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Launches National Tour In Chicago

The National Tour of HARRY POTTER AND THE  CURSED CHILD will begin its 21-week engagement tonight at Broadway In Chicago’s James M. Nederlander Theatre. Check out first look photos from t…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24PM
Monday, September 9, 2024

Broadway Buying Guide: September 9, 2024- See Alyssa Milano in CHICAGO Starting Next Week

Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, September 9, 202…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AM

Hogwarts From the Heartland: Chicago Actors Matt Mueller and Larry Yando on Their Roles in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” by Mary Wisniewski

Yando, who played Scrooge in The Goodman Theatre’s “The Christmas Carol” for sixteen years and is known for playing complicated, dark characters, will take on the prickly Severus Snape…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Sunday, September 8, 2024

Exclusive: Oh My Pod U Guys- Dancers For Harris, Move US Forward with Mary Ann Lamb and Suze Misner

In this video, I am joined by Mary Ann Lamb and Suze Misner! We talk about our mutual connection to Chicago The Musical, as Mary Ann was in the original Broadway company, and they were both …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PM
Friday, September 6, 2024

Alyssa Milano Talks Joining CHICAGO on Broadway by BroadwayWorld

Alyssa Milano is getting ready to charm audiences eight times a week as Roxie Hart in Chicago The Musical! Watch her open up about making the role her own and more here: https://bway.world/f…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:18PM

Malcolm Washington and John David Washington to Receive Honors for THE PIANO LESSON at Chicago International Film Festival

Malcolm Washington, director and co-writer of the upcoming adaptation of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, along with star John David Washington will be honored at the 60th Chicago Internati…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PM

Video: Alyssa Milano Is CHICAGO's New Roxie

In this video, watch as Alyssa Milano chats more about the thrill of making her debut, why she can't get enough of Chicago, and so much more!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PM

John Cardoza and Jordan Tyson Will Play Final Performances in THE NOTEBOOK Next Month

Original Chicago and Broadway cast members John Cardoza and Jordan Tyson will play their final performances in The Notebook, the new musical based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AM
Thursday, September 5, 2024

Borealis Live Design Lights All Time Low’s Anniversary Shows with CHAUVET Professional by Michael Eddy

To celebrate their anniversary, All Time Low embarked on a special three-date summer run. The run began on June 4 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, followed by a July 26 show at The Salt Shed in Ch…

SOURCE: PLSN at 03:10PM

Take a Walk with Orfeh, Chicago’s Fleeting Matron ‘Mama’ Morton by Broadway.com

Blink and you’ll miss her. Orfeh, Broadway’s beloved mononym, is at the Ambassador Theatre for only three weeks, playing Chicago’s Matron “Mama” Morton through just September 15. H…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PM

Join CHICAGO's Orfeh on Her Walk to Work by Broadway.com

Correspondent Charlie Cooper takes a stroll with Tony® nominee Orfeh, who is playing Matron “Mama” Morton in CHICAGO. Get tickets to CHICAGO: https://www.broadway.com/shows/chicago/

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:32AM
Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Latin Grammy Award winner Sebastián Yatra will make Broadway debut in “Chicago” by Michael Abourizk

Kimberly Marable will return to the company at the Ambassador Theatre.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:18PM

Photos: Alyssa Milano Meets the Press for CHICAGO Debut

See photos of Alyssa Milano meeting the press ahead of her debut in Chicago!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PM

Manic panic by Kerry Reid

In Jonathan Demme’s 1986 anti-screwball comedy, Something Wild, Jeff Daniels’s straight-arrow yuppie gets his life turned upside down in a scary way by Melanie Griffith’s wild child, L…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 12:08PM

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

Hear From Robert Downey Jr., Jenn Colella, Orfeh and More on The Broadway Show by Broadway.com

The Broadway Show is the only nationally syndicated weekly theater television series. The program features Broadway’s biggest stars, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes access both …

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:32AM

Latin Grammy-Winning Singer Sebastián Yatra to Make Broadway Debut as Chicago's Billy Flynn by Darryn King

Sebastián Yatra, the Latin Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and musician, will play Billy Flynn in Chicago in his Broadway debut. Taking over the role from Max von E…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AM

The Broadway Show Meets Robert Downey Jr. and the Cast of McNEAL by Broadway.com

This week, The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal checks in on some of New York’s long-running hits and the stars that make them fan favorites. But first, we’re peeking behind the curtain o…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AM

Musicalizing the legend by Jack Helbig

When legend becomes fact, musicalize the legend (to paraphrase John Ford). Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone follow this strategy again and again over the course of their rousing 1969 musical …

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:10AM

Men of Marvel by Josh Flanders

At long last, true believers, the third installment of Mark Pracht’s “Four-Color Trilogy”—The House of Ideas—is here, opening the 2024–’25 season at City Lit Theater. Following…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 10:21AM

CHICAGO Will Welcome Sebastián Yatra as 'Billy Flynn'

Chicago has announced that Latin music sensation Sebastián Yatra will make his Broadway debut as “Billy Flynn” beginning Monday, November 25 – Sunday, December 22, 2024 at the Ambassa…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AM
Tuesday, September 3, 2024

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter at the DCPA by Denver Center For The Performing Arts

This vibrant adaptation of Erika Sánchez’s New York Times Bestseller follows Júlia, a Chicago high schooler who is definitely not your perfect Mexican daughter. That’s her older sist…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:02PM

CHICAGO opens in Canberra this week

The post CHICAGO opens in Canberra this week appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:45AM
Monday, September 2, 2024

Using some ingenuity with a flash, an AP photographer gets to the red, white and blue of a portrait by The Associated Press

By BRYNN ANDERSON Why this photo? CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic National Convention spans four days. There are a lot of delegates in a large open space. Trying to create an impactful image…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM

‘The Sharpest, Slickest Show On The Block’ opens in Canberra this week by Aussie Theatre

One of Australia’s favourite musicals, CHICAGO, opens at the Canberra Theatre Centre this week, the first time a professional production

SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 03:04AM
Sunday, September 1, 2024

Exclusive: Oh My Pod U Guys- Just Keep Growing with Jennifer Dunne Keeney

In this video, I am joined by Broadway veteran Jennifer Dunne Keeney to talk about her incredible 13-year run as a swing in Chicago The Musical on Broadway.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02PM

Leiter Looks at Books by Jk Clarke

Casual notes on show-biz books, memoirs and studies, dust gatherers, and hot off the presses. Book Review by Samuel L. Leiter . . . John Mayer. Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago: In Th…

SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 03:48AM
Saturday, August 31, 2024

Marlyne Barrett's Husband & Who Chicago Med's Maggie Is Married to in Real Life - Soaps.com

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Friday, August 30, 2024

‘The Notebook’ Sets Closing Date For Broadway Run by Caitlin Huston

The musical adaptation of The Notebook will play its final Broadway performance on Dec. 15.  The musical, which features a score by Ingrid Michaelson and a book by Bekah Brunstetter (This I…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:15AM

Centennial: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band: Released Today by Trav S.D.

Today is a banner day for lovers of early American jazz — it’s the release date for Archeophone Record’s epic new box set Centennial: King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band. The centenary it…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:36AM

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