by Mike Haber | Sep 28, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
Have you ever dreamt of wanting to be a BOHEMIAN?! Here is your chance to have some virtual quality time with the company of this year’s Tony winning BEST MUSICAL
Moulin Rouge.
Because currently the cast are not doing any stage door, backstage tours, or requests of autographs, there is an alternative way to have that SPECTACULAR, SPECTACULAR time with the cast and some of its crew members.
Broadway Plus are currently offering virtual ways for fans to stay connected. With MOULIN ROUGE company members, they are offering virtual meet & greets, Q&A’s, and Coachings both for ONE ON ONE and GROUPS.
Current MOULIN ROUGE cast members offering these once in a lifetime opportunities includes….
Ashley Loren – Currently serving as the Alternate for the role of “Satine” at certain performances,
Current crew members offering these virtual hangouts also include….
Nick Sollyom – member of the show’s Tony winning lighting design team
Ashley Rodbro – The Associate director on the production.
That’s not all, there are even several departed alumni original cast members of MOULIN ROUGE offering these virtual hangouts too including….
Amber Ardolino – Original Swing and u/s “Satine”,
Max Clayton – Original Ensemble member
and
Paloma Garcia-Lee – Original Ensemble member.
COME WHAT MAY and live like a BOHEMIAN with the company of MOULIN ROUGE.
Catch them 8 times a week at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
by Mike Haber | Sep 28, 2021 | Blog, Casting, News, Shows
Since the groundbreaking smash hit
Jagged Little Pill recently won its 2 Tony Awards this past Sunday for BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL (for
Diablo Cody) and BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (for
Lauren Patten), Theater fans are saying NO to all of this. All of this has to do with some the show’s recent controversial backlash its dealing with. Now, angry Broadway fans are letting their voices be heard as they plan to protest the show’s Re-Opening Night next month.
In case anyone may not know, JAGGED LITTLE PILL has been the target for 2 recent controversial stories consisting of….
1. A dramatic storyline change of Lauren Patten’s character “Jo” being changed from its World Premiere Cambridge tryout to Broadway, Originally, the character was initially supposed to be transgender. Later on as it was preparing to hit Broadway, the creative team changed “Jo” to being cisgender.
2. The show’s original standout Ensemble member Nora Schell dealing with hell from the stage management. While still in previews, Schell (who goes by They/Them pronouns) was FORCED to postpone a surgery to receive treatment for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Each extended rescheduling made them feel worse.
This recent news also caused several of its original cast members to depart the show including Tony nominee Celia Gooding (who plays “Frankie”) and
Antonio Cipriano (who plays “Phoenix”).
JAGGED LITTLE PILL is set to reopen at Broadhurst Theatre starting October 21st, 2021.
by Mike Haber | Sep 28, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Broadway, Casting, News, Shows
SPECTACULAR, SPECTACULAR NEWS: Last week, casting has officially been announced for the upcoming London company of the now Tony Award winning
Moulin Rouge in the West End. Under the direction of Tony winner Alex Timbers and choreography by Tony winner
Sonya Tayeh, this new cast will be led by….
Newcomer Jamie Bogyo in his West End debut as struggling and aspiring writer “Christian”,
Olivier Award nominee Jason Pennycooke (London’s
Memphis and
Hamilton) as head performer “Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec”,
West End favorite Simon Bailey (
Jersey Boys and
Heathers) as the rich, vain, and abusive psychopathic “Duke of Monroth”
Elia Lo Tauro as the sexiest tango dancer all of Paris himself, “Santiago” aka “The Narcoleptic Argentinean”,
Sophie Carmen Jones (
Chicago and Jersey Boys) as the jealous “Nini Legs-in-the-Air”,
Moulin Rouge will CAN-CAN its way overseas to London’s West End at the Piccadilly Theatre beginning November 12th, 2021.
Along with its London company, this Award winning production continues to play to packed houses every night here in NYC at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Other upcoming productions will include its long awaited North American National Tour and sit-down Australian companies.
by Mike Haber | Sep 28, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: Full casting has been revealed for
Roundabout Theatre Company‘s upcoming Broadway production of TROUBLE IN MIND this Fall. Under the direction of Charles Randolph-Wright, the cast will include….
Tony Award winner Chuck Cooper (Broadway’s The Life and Prince of Broadway) as “Sheldon Forrester”,
Alex Mickiewicz (Broadway’s Long Days Journey Into Night and True West) as “Eddie Fenton”
Don Stephenson (Broadway’s The Producers and A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder) as “Bill O’Wray”.
This all-star lineup joins the previously announced Tony and Emmy Award winner
LaChanze as the lead role of “Wiletta Mayer”.
TROUBLE IN MIND is set to begin previews on October 29th, 2021 and officially open on November 18th, 2021 at the American Airlines Theatre. It will run for a strictly limited engagement through January 9th, 2022.
by Mike Haber | Sep 28, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: Due to still recovering from his back injury, Tony winner
Ruben Santiago Hudson‘s highly anticipated new one-man-show LACKAWANNA BLUES has postponed its official Opening Night this evening. However, the Opening does have a new date scheduled.
The new official Opening Night date for LACKAWANNA BLUES on October 7th, 2021 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (part of
Manhattan Theatre Club).
