by Mike Haber | Oct 5, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, NYBT NEWS, Shows
2021 marked the 70th Birthday one of the most beloved Award winning lyricists and bookwriter in Musical Theatre history….. the late Howard Ashman. In celebration of this unforgettable geniuses work,
Rainbow Sun Productions will be presenting a ONE NIGHT ONLY concert next month. It will be held at New York’s
Feinstein’s/54 Below on November 10th, 2021 at 9:45pm. It will serve as a benefit for
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
THE SONGS OF HOWARD ASHMAN will be magical evening of song and storytelling paying tribute to this late talent. You can expect to hear songs from many of Ashman’s notable projects both from our New York Theater scene and on the big screen including from….
Smile,
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater,
and so much more.
It will include performances from an unforgettable lineup of Broadway’s best…. past, present, and future. Some of them will include…
Liz Flemming (the recent Off Broadway revival of Baby),
Salisha Thomas (Broadway and the National Tours of
Beautiful),
Noah Zachary (Off Broadway’s Dear Edwina),
Come BE OUR GUEST and celebrate the return of Live Theater paying tribute to one of the most amazing writers of them all…. the late and great Howard Ashman.
by Mike Haber | Sep 10, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
LOOK AT THIS STUFF, ISN’T IT NEAT?!! The Movie Musicals are making a triumphant comeback. Disney has officially announced the release for its upcoming highly anticipated Live Action movie musical remake of the Oscar winning film
The Little Mermaid. Under the direction of
Rob Marshall, this highly anticipated new film will bring us all UNDER THE SEA in a whole new way starting May 26th, 2023 in Theaters everywhere!!!
This new Live Action version of THE LITTLE MERMAID will feature a full length all-star cast led by…..
Grammy nominee
Halle Bailey as “Ariel” (the title role herself),
Tony winner Daveed D. Diggs as “Sebastian The Crab”,
Jonah Hauer-King as “Prince Eric”,
Jacob Tremblay as “Flounder”,
Fans can expect to hear all the beloved songs from the 1989 film by EGOT winner Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman including PART OF YOUR WORLD, KISS THE GIRL, and the Oscar winning UNDER THE SEA. In addition, Menken will be collaborating on several new songs written for the film along side Award winning creator
Lin-Manuel Miranda. Sadly none of the songs from the Broadway stage musical adaptation version by Menken and Glenn Slater will not appear in the film.
by NYBroadwayTours | Jan 9, 2013 | NYBT NEWS
Ever wonder why all Disney heroes lack parental support? If you haven?t noticed, in most Disney films and fairy tales mothers tend to be weak or absent ? (Starting with Snow White, to Cinderella, Bambi, Peter Pan?and the?search for a mother 
figure, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King… and this goes all the way up to Finding Nemo?and?Tangled,?in which?Rapunzel must battle her evil mother and venture off on her own to find her real parents.) ?This absent mother dynamic strengthens the hero or heroine, ensuring that they must struggle on his or her own and, fighting their own battles until they reach their?self-discovery.? The end result?tends to be?family or love, once they have proven their independence. Some would say that this?is related to Walt Disney’s personal loss of his mother in 1938, but others would argue that most of these Disney stories were already created as fairytales prior to being made into a Disney film. What do you guys think?
Speaking of independence, “Nemo” is latin for “no one.” Also, backwards it spells “Omen.” Coincidental? I think not!
