Friday, May 17, 2013

How I Met Your Mother Stars Josh Radnor, Martin Short & More Celebs Join the Circus Backstage at Pippin by Lindsay Champion

The new Tony-nominated revival of Pippin is making magic on Broadway, and celebrities are flocking to the Music Box Theatre to catch the circus-themed extravaganza! Godspell and SCTV al…

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Monday, May 13, 2013

George Salazar Bangs the Drum for F#%king Up Everything

George Salazar is known as a performer with roles Off-Broadway and in the hit Broadway revival of Godspell. What many fans might not know is that Salazar's first love was not musical theatre…

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Lindsay Mendez on Her New Leading Role in Broadway’s Wicked: 'I’m Really Excited and Really Terrified' by Josh Ferri

The Broadway blockbuster Wicked welcomes a new green girl on May 28 as musical theater fan favorite Lindsay Mendez steps into the starring role of Elphaba. We caught up with Mendez to get he…

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Hear Lindsay Mendez Preview a Song from the New Shakespeare in the Park Musical Love's Labour's Lost by Broadway.com

This year's Shakespeare in the Park season will feature a new musical adaptation of the Bard's classic Love's Labour's Lost, penned by Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson …

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Broadway's 'Wicked' Gets a New "Elphaba" in May 2013

Wicked on Broadway © Wicked Broadway up-and-comer Lindsay Mendez will break through next month in Broadway's perennial favorite show, Wicked. May 28, 2013, Mendez will step into the Wic…

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Monday, April 29, 2013

HSMs | At ‘Footloose,’ building a theater tradition is a Venti task by Peter D. Kramer

Lexie Frare’s days these days are fueled by Venti Starbucks coffees with soy milk, bags of candy and adrenaline. It’s a frenetic time for Frare, who is choreographing three youth…

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Friday, April 26, 2013

Kyle Dean Massey, Colin Hanlon, Josh Segarra & More Set for Pre-Broadway Brave New World Workshop by Josh Ferri

It’s not only a brave new world, it’s a hunky one. Main Stem faves Kyle Dean Massey (Wicked, Next to Normal), Colin Hanlon (Rent) and Josh Segarra (Dogfight, Lysistrata Jones) ar…

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Broadway Revival of PIPPIN Enchants Audiences and Critics Alike! by Jasonc

“Thrilling!  A stroke of genius!” – The Associated Press “The season’s Best Musical, jazz hands down!” – USA Today Everything has its season……

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Multi-Media, April 26, 2013 by The Charlebois Post

Really! It's Tennessee Williams!The Play's the Thing?Theatre and cinema - not always a match made in Heavenby Gaëtan L. CharleboisThis week we're going to have a bit of fun. We all lik…

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

‘Wicked’ To Welcome Lindsay Mendez As Elphaba by Broadway's Best Shows

Beginning performances on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, Lindsay Mendez will assume the role of Elphaba in the Broadway production of Wicked playing at the Gershwin Theatre. Ms. Mendez has previousl…

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Lindsay Mendez Will Be WICKED's Next Elphaba, Beginning 5/28 by BroadwayWorld

Beginning performances on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, Lindsay Mendez will assume the role of Elphaba in the Broadway production of WICKED. Ms. Mendez has previously worked with both the composer …

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Lindsay Mendez to Defy Gravity as Broadway's Next Elphaba in Wicked by Josh Ferri

Lindsay Mendez is going to defy gravity nightly at the Gershwin Theatre. The fan favorite will take over the lead role of Elphaba in Broadway’s Wicked beginning May 28. For Mendez, her…

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Andrew Rannells, Jeremy Jordan, Krysta Rodriguez & More Join Joe Iconis for 54 Below Concert Series by Josh Ferri

Drama Desk-nominated musical theater writer Joe Iconis is calling upon some famous friends for his upcoming concert series at 54 Below. Described as a “mash-up of showtune cabaret and …

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

A misstep from Moonbox by Thomas Garvey

The cast of A New Brain.  Photo: Sharman Altshuler.Moonbox Productions counted as my big "find" on the fringe last year; their Floyd Collins was a remarkable achievement for a fled…

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Dallas Welcomes ‘Book of Mormon,’ ‘Porgy and Bess,’ ‘Godspell’ in 2013-14 Broadway Season by David Rogers

Dallas theater fans will be treated to “The Book of Mormon,” “Porgy and Bess” and “Godspell,” among others during the upcoming 2013-2014 Broadway season. “The Book of Mormon”…

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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Broadway Alum Corbin Bleu Joins the Cast of Online Soap One Life to Live by Christopher Dehn

Prepare ye! Broadway vet Corbin Bleu has been added to the cast of One Life to Live's online resurrection, according to Deadline.com. Production on the soap opera is expected to res…

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Caissie Levy, Corey Cott, Jay Armstrong Johnson & More Set For Broadway Sings Stevie Wonder Concert by Josh Ferri

A slew of stage stars including Caissie Levy, Newsies’ Corey Cott and Hands on a Hardbody’s Jay Armstrong Johnson will lend their talents to Broadway Sings St…

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

THE FABULOUS LIPITONES and SNAPSHOTS with Music by Stephen Schwartz to Play Goodspeed's Norma Terris Theatre by BroadwayWorld

Goodspeed's 2013 Norma Terris Theatre Season will feature three musicals a not-so-traditional barbershop quartet entertains in The Fabulous Lipitones a marvelous summer musical yet to be an…

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Monday, March 11, 2013

People You Should Know . . . Andrea Cirie by Zack Calhoon

ANDREA CIRIE: As a stage actor, Ms. Cirie has worked in New York City, and at many of the top regional theatres in the country. Credits include classical roles as well as numerous contempora…

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Saturday, March 9, 2013

MTI Honors Drama Teacher Lou Volpe with Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre Education Today by BroadwayWorld

Longtime Bristol Township Harry S. Truman High School teacher Lou Volpe is being honored with the first-ever 'MTI Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre Education' by Music Theatre Internati…

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

MTI to Honor Drama Teacher Lou Volpe with Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre Education, 3/9 by BroadwayWorld

Longtime Bristol Township Harry S. Truman High School teacher Lou Volpe is being honored with the first-ever 'MTI Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre Education' by Music Theatre Internati…

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Why JOBS Act Crowdfunding won’t work on Broadway. by Ken Davenport

There’s something you never thought I’d say, right? Well, I didn’t. But Gary Emmanuel, who happens to be one of the brilliant lawyers that made my crowd-funded Broadway pro…

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Win Tickets to F#%KING UP EVERYTHING by Kimberly Lew

Get Your Heart OnWIN TWO TICKETS A NEW ROCK MUSICAL COMEDY!I first heard of F#%king Up Everything when it was at NYMF a couple of years ago. It got rave reviews from friends as an indie rock…

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Saturday, March 2, 2013

FAREWELL: Bonnie Franklin by JK

Looking back on it, Bonnie Franklin was my first.  I was young, naive, and totally new to theatre.  I was a freshman in high school, and my director had the spring musical down to …

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Friday, March 1, 2013

Filichia Features: CHILDREN OF EDEN Continues to Grow by Peter Filichia

It’s never been produced on Broadway and its London production was short-lived. But these facts haven’t kept one theater after another from doing CHILDREN OF EDEN. Here in Watertown, Mas…

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Ryan Silverman and Hannah Elless to Join Marc Kudisch in Somewhere In Time Musical by Josh Ferri

Ryan Silverman is about to time travel. The Passion star and Godspell alum Hannah Elless will join previously announced star Marc Kudisch in Portland Center Stage's world premiere o…

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Ryan Silverman & Hannah Elless Join SOMEWHERE IN TIME at Portland Center Stage by BroadwayWorld

Producers announced today that Ryan Silverman Passion, The Phantom of the Opera and Hannah Elless Godspell, Mamma Mia will star as Richard Collier and Elise McKenna in Portland Center Stage'…

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Ryan Silverman and Hannah Elless Join Marc Kudisch for SOMEWHERE IN TIME's Portland World Premiere by BroadwayWorld

Producers announced today that Ryan Silverman Passion, The Phantom of the Opera and Hannah Elless Godspell, Mamma Mia will star as Richard Collier and Elise McKenna in Portland Center Stage'…

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Friday, February 15, 2013

An Interview with Dan Kohler From ‘Flashdance-The Musical’ by Jessica Vaughan by Jessica Vaughan

Dan Kohler is in the Ensemble of Flashdance-The Musical, playing at The Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, MD through this Sunday, February 17th. His previous roles include Jesus in Godspell a…

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

GODSPELL (2012) Now Available for Licensing! by Whitneyu

A mega-hit on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and around the world, Godspell was radiantly revisited and revived in 2012 by its composer, Stephen Schwartz, and the visionary director, Daniel Goldste…

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