by Mike Haber | Jul 12, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, In The Heights Walking Tour, Shows, Washington Heights
ATENCION! Today is your last day to watch the hottest Movie Musical of the Summer on
HBO Max….. the film adaptation of
Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s Award winning debut musical
In The Heights. Don’t miss this powerful film that truly is a celebration of life, love, and community.
If you missed it on HBO Max, you can catch the film it either in Theaters. If not, you’ll have to wait a few months longer for the news on the release of the DVD, Blu-Ray, and Digital Download. Announcements for all that will be revealed soon.
Thoughts?
Who loved the IN THE HEIGHTS film?!!!
by Mike Haber | Jul 11, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Broadway, Gleeks Fan Tour (Times Square), NYBT NEWS, Shows
LOOK AT YOUR LIFE THROUGH HEAVEN’S EYES!! All Summer long,
Lincoln Center is bringing the magic of Live Theater and Performances with its RESTART STAGES program. So many performances coming from the worlds of classical musical, jazz, and of course our very own Broadway scene. One of those many performances to come will be a breathtaking evening inspiring us TO REACH THE UNREACHABLE STAR with Tony Award winning Broadway favorite
Brian Stokes Mitchell.
The angelic baritone will present a new cabaret show entitled OUT WITH THE OLD from July 21st-23rd, 2021 before returning for an encore engagement from August 12th-14th, 2021. With his trio (led by Tedd Firth), the evening will feature a full diverse selection of Great American Songbook standards and Broadway favorites by this breathtaking talent. You can expect Stokes as well to perform notable hits from his legendary career including
RAGTIME and MAN OF LA MANCHA.
Since we are still coping with ongoing COVID-19 pandemic safety precautions, there will be a limited amount of seating for this free concert. You can’t just show up though.
TodayTix will be doing a virtual lottery for FREE TICKETS on each night Brian Stokes Mitchell will be performing. They are welcoming both people who have been vaccinated and also those who haven’t yet (which will require people to social distant and wear their face mask).
We’re also sure for a face one of the concerts will be livestreamed as well. Stay tuned for more information on that.
Don’t miss SOME ENCHANTED EVENING with this legendary performer.
by Mike Haber | Jul 10, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, Casting, off broadway, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: Singing sensation and Broadway veteran
Nick Jonas is currently in Cleveland, Ohio to shoot an upcoming filmed for television adaptation of the Tony and Grammy winning smash hit
Jersey Boys. The pop star will star in the musical’s central lead role of “
Frankie Valli” showing off that falsetto and belty voice on hit songs like SHERRY and CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU.
Check out Nick behind the scenes in tech rehearsals and in costume for the upcoming filmed presentation. From what we can see, this new TV production will be a filmed version of the actual stage production.
The role was originated on Broadway by
John Lloyd Young who won a 2006
Tony Award for his performance.
This new TV production of
Jersey Boys is also the 2nd time this musical has been captured on film. The original film adaptation was directed by Clint Eastwood in 2014 featuring Young reprising role.
Additional casting and a release date for this new presentation will be revealed at a later time.
Meanwhile for the stage version of
Jersey Boys, the New York production will re-open Off Broadway at
New World Stages on November 15th, 2021. It will also launch a West End revival at London’s new Trafalgar Theatre starting July 28th, 2021. Other productions will include an ongoing US and UK Tour.
by Mike Haber | Jul 9, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, Casting, Shows
Under the direction of y Charles Randolph-Wright. 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.
In case anyone may not know, this play centers on an experienced black actress going through the experience of a Broadway rehearsal. It deals with themes of racism, identity, and ego in the New York theatre scene.
The play originally debuted Off Broadway in 1955. It originally was slated to go to Broadway in 1957. However, it never happened due to the forefront of both the Civil Rights and feminist movements.
Most recently during the COVID-19 pandemic, Roundabout did 2 virtual development lab productions. They also had did an online reading of another one of Alice Childress’ plays WINE IN THE WILDERNESS as part of the company’s multi-year The Refocus Project, presented in association with Black Theatre United (which LaChanze herself is a founding member) spotlighting 20th century Black plays and their playwrights.
Welcome back to Broadway LaChanze!!!
LaChanze Will Lead Roundabout’s TROUBLE IN MIND on Broadway (broadwayworld.com)
by Mike Haber | Jul 9, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, Gilbert and Sullivan to Hamilton Tour (Downtown), In The Heights Walking Tour
NO ME DIGA! Despite this past year and a half of hell, it’s not stopping Award winning mastermind
Lin-Manuel Miranda from creating. The
Hamilton and
In The Heights favorite has so much coming up including….
scores for the upcoming animated films VIVO (Netflix) and ENCANTO (Disney),
marking his movie directing debut with the upcoming
Netflix film adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s
Tick Tick Boom,
That’s not all…. even with his hectic schedule, the beloved composer, writer, actor, singer, and rapper is aiming already plans for 2022 to begin work in creating his next major Stage Musical project. Even with some of his daily normal routines with being a father of 2 kids, walking his dog, and everything, Miranda already is getting some ideas down. Whatever the new musical is, we cannot wait!!! Lin’s work is a genius masterpiece.
He also has been expressing interest of bringing his debut musical (now a smash hit movie musical)
In The Heights back to Broadway!!!
So many great things Lin!!!
by Mike Haber | Jul 9, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, Shows
THRILLFYING NEWS:
PBS is set to air a brand new live concert special paying tribute to the music of one of Broadway’s BEWITCHING hottest tickets…..
WICKED next month. Produced by
Nouveau Productions, WICKED IN CONCERT: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF THE ICONIC BROADWAY SCORE will officially air on August 29th, 2021 at 9pm EST.
Directed by Broadway legend
Baayork Lee (original
A Chorus Line), WICKED IN CONCERT will feature all new re-imagined arrangements of
Stephen Schwartz‘s beloved Tony nominated and Grammy winning score. It will feature an all-star cast from the worlds of Theater, Film, TV, and Music. Shot in Los Angeles, Washington DC, and NYC, you can expect WONDERFUL new rendition of THE WIZARD AND I, POPULAR, NO GOOD DEED, AS LONG AS YOU’RE MINE, FOR GOOD, and of course the musical’s signature anthem DEFYING GRAVITY.
This is part of an exciting celebration as the long running BEWTICHING smash hit returns this Fall and just in time for its 18th Anniversary this October. The Broadway production will reopen at the Gershwin Theatre on September 14th, 2021. The ongoing National Tour relaunches on August 3rd, 2021 before continuing to travel across North America, and the West End company reopens at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre on September 15th, 2021.
This is only the 2nd major televised concert celebrating the music of WICKED. The previous concert A VERY WICKED HALLOWEEN happened in 2018 commemorating the show’s 15th Anniversary and aired on
NBC.
Who is ready to once again DEFY GRAVITY?!!
