by Mike Haber | Oct 22, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
SING ONCE AGAIN WITH ME! After over 580 days dark, he’s back and SOMEHOW HERE AGAIN!! The man behind the half white mask returns to haunt the Great Bright Way with a vengeance. Get ready to once again SURRENDER to THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT as Broadway’s legendary record-breaking longest running show
Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s
The Phantom of the Opera officially reopens TONIGHT at the Majestic Theatre. Truly going to be a spectacular MASQUERADE this evening.
PHANTOM returns to the Big Apple just in time before celebrating its 34th Anniversary this January 2022.
Along with the show’s current updated version of the show’s inaugural London production, this is the currently only major production of PHANTOM that still has its original elements fully from its sets, staging, and the full 27 piece orchestra. Of course, the show will continue to honor of the legacy of its legendary late creators director Hal Prince, choreographer
Gillian Lynne, and set and costume designer
Maria Björnson.
Break a leg to the entire cast, crew, musicians, and creative team!!!
WELCOME BACK PHANTOM BROADWAY!!!
by Mike Haber | Oct 21, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, Shows
SUGARLAND, BUTTER FLOUR!! Last night, Grammy Award winning singer
Jennifer Nettles (last seen in the revival of
Chicago) returned to Broadway replacing
Sara Bareilles in the leading role of “Jenna Hunterson” in the current limited engagement Broadway revival of
Waitress. We are so happy to share with you a special video the company posted on their social media earlier today of the Country singing one of the show’s beloved songs WHAT BAKING CAN DO.
Catch Jennifer Nettles as “Jenna” in WAITRESS now for a strictly limited engagement till November 24th, 2021 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
Waitress Musical on Instagram: “@jennifernettles performs “What Baking Can Do” in her final dress rehearsal before opening night! Don’t miss her stunning run in Waitress…”
by Mike Haber | Oct 21, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: Tony Award nominee Chad Kimball has filed a lawsuit against the production company of
Come From Away following previous news of departure. The Broadway veteran (also best known for originating the role of “Huey Calhoun” in the Tony winning
Memphis) has been experiencing a lot of backlash with his Christian Faith and beliefs not taking the COVID-19 vaccine. Earlier during the pandemic, Kimball himself tested POSITIVE for COVID-19.
by Mike Haber | Oct 21, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Broadway Audience, Casting, Festivals & Events, News, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: With the Great Bright Way returning, get ready to celebrate the rising future stars of Broadway as this year’s
Jimmy Awards will be happening in-person again for first time in 3 YEARS. This year’s edition has been set for June 27th, 2022 at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre (home of Disney’s
The Lion King).
For those who may not know, The Jimmy Awards is considered the
Tonys that honors the best of High School Musical Theater shows from all across the country. The committee votes for the greatest young standout performers of their school productions which they get the opportunity to come to NYC taking part in a week of intensive events, workshops, and master classes with industry professionals consisting of Broadway’s best talents, composers, directors, casting directors, and more. The week leads up to the big ceremony itself where these young hopefuls get that one night only opportunity to perform on a Broadway stage where the nominees compete for the top titles and earn scholarships!!!!
The Jimmy Awards was last done in-person back in 2019. Due to COVID-19, it went through various changes. The 2020 edition was cancelled. This past Summer 2021, the Jimmys were done as a virtual livestreamed celebration.
Some of the Jimmy’s previous winners and nominees have later all went on to have unbelievable careers already on Broadway including….
Reneé Rapp – recently seen in her Broadway debut as “Regina George” in
Mean Girls,
Eva Noblezada – who went on to become an Olivier & 2 time Tony nominated leading lady for
Miss Saigon and was appearing on the Great Bright Way in
Hadestown,
Get ready to celebrate the next generation of Broadway!!!
by Mike Haber | Oct 21, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, Shows
ISN’T IT IRONIC?!!! The Tony and Grammy Award winning smash hit
Jagged Little Pill is set to rebel once again on the Great Bright Way after 19 1/2 months. With the show reopening tonight at the Broadhurst Theatre, we are so happy to share with you these brand new production photos of the cast featuring its 2 new principal stars. The lineup consists of….
Broadway favorite
Heidi Blickenstaff who will temporary be filling in for its Tony nominated leading lady Elizabeth Stanley in the role of struggling suburban mother “Mary Jane Healy”,
newcomer Morgan Dudley who replaces Tony nominated star Celia Gooding in the role of rebellious, bisexual, and adopted African American teenage daughter “Frankie Healy”
newcomer Adi Roy who replaces
Antonio Cipriano in the role of High School student and love interest “Phoenix”.
Blickenstaff, Dudley, and Roy join the continuing lineup of the show’s original principals consisting of…..
Tony nominee
Derek Klena as the “perfect son” himself “Nick Healy”,
Tony nominee Sean Allan Krill as the porn addicting and frustrated suburban Dad as “Steve Healy”,
the show’s now Tony winning standout
Lauren Patten as the humorous, vulnerable, and easily hurt lesbian “Jo Taylor”.
Get ready to WAKE UP and raise those fingers high as we welcome JAGGED LITTLE PILL back to Broadway.
Break legs to the cast, crew, musicians, and creative team.
How amazing are these new production photos?!!
PLEASE BE ADVISED: With the show re-opening, there is a demonstration expecting to happen outside the Theatre. Earlier this show, the hit
Alanis Morissette musical has been receiving some controversial backlash against the show’s creative team in changing the character of “Jo” getting changed from trans to cisgender. Also, former original Ensemble member Nora Schell (who goes by They/Them pronouns) went through hell with the show’s stage management who forced the performer to postpone a Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome surgery.
by Mike Haber | Oct 21, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: Following the success of last year’s virtual livestreamed concert, celebrated powerhouse
Shoshana Bean (Broadway’s
Waitress,
Hairspray, and first fulltime replacement Green Girl in
WICKED) will perform her SING YOUR HALLELUJAH holiday concert for the first time with a live audience. With celebrating BOTH the return Live Theater and THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR, it will be done as a 3-city stop concert tour.
The mini tour will kick off on December 4th, 2021 overseas in London playing the
Cadogan Hall. From there, Shoshana Bean will bring an ENCORE edition of the show on December 13th, 2021 back in our New York City backyard at Harlem’s famous
Apollo Theater (where the initial show was livestreamed last year) and will now include a live audience. Last but not, she will also perform it on December 18th, 2021 at the Immanuel Presbyterian Cathedral in Los Angeles, California.
In SING YOUR HALLELUJAH, Shoshana Bean brings her breathtaking vocal chops to new heights with her spin on some of the world’s beloved Christmas songs inspiring people to still bring in the joy of the holidays. It promises to bring us hope, joy, and love now after this previous scary year and a half.
Tickets are on sale now. Don’t miss this once in a lifetime performance by this spectacular talent spreading that holiday cheer we all need.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Shoshana-Bean-Announces-SING-YOUR-HALLELUJAH-Coming-to-London-New-York-City-and-Los-Angeles-20211021
