Friday, March 8, 2024
Most of our Broadway favorites have careers beyond the stage; others come to Broadway from TV and/or film. In any case, if we look around enough, they seem to be everywhere.
Broadway Games:…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:02AMWednesday, February 28, 2024
PLAYBILL · 3:36. Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Raúl Esparza and Company Take a "Leap of Faith". PLAYBILL · 5:53. Musiques - Alan Menken. Télématin · 2: ...
SOURCE: Google at 05:02PMThursday, February 22, 2024
PLAYBILL · 3:36. Alan Menken, Glenn Slater, Raúl Esparza and Company Take a "Leap of Faith". PLAYBILL · 1:05. Working out but not seeing much change?
SOURCE: Google at 05:18PMFriday, February 2, 2024
Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the 2010s - not that long ago! You've probably at least heard of most of the shows included her…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:06AMFriday, January 5, 2024
The new musical Redwood, starring Tony winner Idina Menzel, has the full cast and creative team for its upcoming La Jolla Playhouse world premiere. Menzel will be joined by De'Adre Aziza (P…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:02PMTuesday, December 12, 2023
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Sometimes all you need is a leap of faith... and some wine and peaches. 🍷🍑
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:40AMMonday, May 15, 2023
It has been a decade since the Elden Street Players, an all-volunteer community theatre located in a nondescript office park in Herndon, took a leap of faith and reinvented itself as NextSto…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:28PMThursday, January 12, 2023
Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed.
Idina Menzel to Star in Redwood at La Jolla Playhouse
Idina Menzel will lead La Jolla Playhouse's final production for the 2023-2024…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:17PMTuesday, December 20, 2022
This week I share a fun prop from the set of the mega-flop musical Leap of Faith from 2012. Starring Raul Esparza and Leslie Odom Jr., this short-run show told the story of a religious charl…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:52PMWednesday, September 28, 2022
After a two-and-a-half-year delay, the costume designer is finally being feted by her peers at the TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards
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How in demand is costume designer Dede Ayite? While interviewi…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AMThursday, April 14, 2022
By trusting their castmates and an ancient story, students took a leap of faith, channeled their grief, and began to heal.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:23PMThursday, January 13, 2022
Aladdin original Broadway cast member and current Jafar/Sultan standby Dennis Stowe will assume the role of Jafar beginning on January 25. Tony nominee and fellow original Broadway cast memb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMMonday, December 6, 2021
Leslie Odom, Jr. was a guest-voice on a recent episode of Blue's Clues & You as his character 'Mo Snow' sang 'The Snowflake Song!' The popular Nickelodeon children's series also stars A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMThursday, August 26, 2021
Watch the full interview here: https://bway.world/BurningManBL
Richard Ridge chats with Max Crumm and Tally Sessions, who star in Burning Man: The Musical- a new musical comedy, available o…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:18PMMonday, July 26, 2021
Tony winners Leslie Odom Jr. and Ellen Burstyn are set to star in the upcoming Exorcist reboot, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Odom Jr., who recently garnered an Emmy nomination for h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:42PMMonday, March 8, 2021
Friday, February 26, 2021
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Krystal Joy Brown is a singer, dancer and actor who made her Broadway debut in 2009 in Hair. She is best known for her portrayal of Diana Ross in the Broadway musical Motown: The Musical. He…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:31PMFriday, December 4, 2020
Award-winning composer Alan Menken is teaming up with lyricist Glenn Slater and scribe James Graham for a musical version of George Orwell's allegorical tale Animal Farm. The production is a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMWednesday, October 28, 2020
Kathryn Robson is an Emmy Nominee for her latest documentary, co-written with Rachel Mason, called Circus of Books, produced by six-time Emmy winner Ryan Murphy.
Circus of Books follows the…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 03:03AMSunday, October 25, 2020
Nottingham PlayhouseIn James Graham’s Covid romcom, a couple who have just met decide to quarantine together, while in a parallel narrative they face isolation alone
The playwright James G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMMonday, September 14, 2020
Living near the theater district during the Broadway shutdown, photographer and performer Matthew Stocke has been haunted walking past the empty theater palaces sitting in repose, waiting fo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMThursday, August 20, 2020
With performance and training moving online, student dancers, musicians and actors are questioning whether to continue pursuing already highly competitive careers.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:24AMSaturday, August 8, 2020
Available onlineHope Dickson Leach’s magical, flickering film of past and postponed works is a dazzling theatrical relay race
The test of a good production of Peter Pan is the scene where…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36PMFriday, July 31, 2020
Bat-Sheva Guez’s short film, In This Life, will be released for free on TV and online on WNET ALL ARTS beginning on August 5. In five acts, In This Life explores the language of loss…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:23PMTuesday, July 21, 2020
Alan Menken and Glenn Slater's animated movie musical Spellbound has a release date. Helmed by Shrek director Vicky Jenson, the feature from Skydance Animation and Paramount is scheduled f…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PMThursday, July 16, 2020
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas—all right, no it's not, but the Hallmark Channel has announced its forthcoming lineup of holiday movies. A few Broadway favorites are set to sta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:12PMThursday, June 25, 2020
“An Odyssey,” “Chimerica” and new musical “The Current War” were announced for in-person audiences.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:37AMWednesday, June 24, 2020
Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr., whose Broadway.com vlog Aaron Burr, Sir gave fans an inside look at Hamilton's road to triumph at the 2016 Tony Awards, is revisiting that heady time. In the new…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:32PMFriday, June 19, 2020
The 2021 lineup includes a world premiere by Cathy Marston and the West Coast premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s The Seasons.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMThe company announced plans for a season with the overall title “Leap of Faith,” acknowledging that everything depends on the state of the COVID epidemic and what San Francisco authoriti…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54AMThursday, April 16, 2020
This charming little musical was all the more charming because of its thoroughly stellar cast. The talent on this roster of the original Broadway cast is mind-boggling. Not just chock full o…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:06AMSunday, March 15, 2020
Trafalgar Studios; Royal Court, London; Theatre Royal BrightonSebastian Barry’s tale of two cellmates succeeds despite plausibility issues, while Katherine Parkinson is magnetic in a flims…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMWednesday, March 11, 2020
In 2016, like most people, Krystal Joy Brown was feeling down about the election. “At the time I was kinda like, ‘I am really looking into Canada,’” she told Broadway.com’s Beth St…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:18PMFriday, February 14, 2020
A couple of weeks ago, The Friday 5 was about 5 shows I'm surprised I've never seen. This week I thought I'd list 5 shows I'm surprised I actually did see! Maybe they were short running sho…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:06AMThursday, February 13, 2020
The first Disney show on Broadway, Beauty and the Beast, went on to become the 10th longest-running show in history. Sure it was based on a beloved animated classic, but the stage version su…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 10:03AMThursday, February 6, 2020
Monday, December 30, 2019
In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk to Tony-winning Broadway star Faith Prince about Liza Minnelli's 1972 live album 'Liza with a Z.' They also discuss Tina Landau, Fanny Brice, Funny Girl,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMTuesday, December 10, 2019
Krystal Joy Brown joins the Broadway production of Hamilton on December 10. The strong-voiced stage veteran takes over the leading role of Eliza in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24AM