by Mike Haber | Jun 30, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, off broadway, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: Live Theater is making its triumphant comeback here in the Big Apple this year. The Award winning
Second Stage Theater has officially announced the start dates / times of all its productions coming for the 2021-2022 season. Several shows that were part initially of the abruptly cut short 2019-2020 season (thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic) has been rescheduled along with some new shows. The lineup will be as follows….
ON Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre
Lynn Nottage’s new delicious play CLYDES – Under the direction of Kate Whoriskey, the show will begin previews are set for November 3rd, 2021 and the official Opening Night set for November 22nd, 2021.
The highly anticipated Broadway revival of Richard Greenberg’s Tony winning baseball play TAKE ME OUT (starring Jesse Williams and
Jesse Tyler Ferguson) – Under the direction of Scott Ellis, previews will begin on March 9th, 2022 and Opening Night set for April 4th, 2022.
Details for the launch of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s new madcap play BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY will be revealed at a later time. Under the direction of Austin Pendleton, it is scheduled to debut in the Fall of 2022.
Finally, the lineup of shows coming to Second Stage’s longtime OFF Broadway home at the Tony Kiser Theater will consist of…
Rajiv Joseph’s mysterious new play LETTERS OF SURESH – Under the direction of
May Adrales, previews will begin September 14th, 2021 and the Opening Night is set for Monday, October 4, 2021.
JC Lee’s new comedy TO MY GIRLS – Under the direction of Stephen Brackett, previews will begin March 22nd, 2022 and Opening Night for officially April 14th, 2022.
Meanwhile for the new Off Broadway musical adaptation of Jodi Picoult and daughter Samantha Van Leer’s best selling novel
Between the Lines, the production has been postponed till further notice. Stay tuned for details when the show will finally make its long awaited debut.
Tickets for all of Second Stage Theatre’s upcoming shows will be revealed at a later time.
We are so happy to be welcoming back Second Stage Theatre as they continue their legacy of presenting unbelievable productions.
by Mike Haber | Jun 30, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Broadway, Casting, NYBT NEWS, Shows
Every performer out there dreams of that once in a lifetime opportunity to star on Broadway. It all takes that special spark, uniqueness, and talent to get there. Little throwback to 12 years ago, the Broadway company of
Shrek the Musical teamed up with
Nickelodeon for their NOT YOUR ORDINARY PRINCESS contest.
For those who may not know, this contest was a once in a lifetime opportunity for 2 lucky hopefuls to win the chance to star as both the “Young” and “Teenage” versions of “Princess Fiona” (sharing the stage with Tony winner
Sutton Foster) in a future performance of SHREK THE MUSICAL on Broadway for ONE NIGHT ONLY. To enter, these aspiring young leading ladies had to self-tape a video of themselves singing I KNOW IT’S TODAY (the big I WANT song for “Princess Fiona”) and upload it onto a special website. From there, fans and viewers would vote for their favorites. There would be a continuous process of elimination till the very end.
The winning Broadway newcomers consisted of….
Hannah Beatt from Sarasota, FL as “Young Fiona”
and
Both talents got the full royal makeover getting to spent quality time with Sutton Foster, work with the full company of SHREK THE MUSICAL on Broadway, and more.
SHREK THE MUSICAL ran on the Great Bright Way at the Broadway Theatre for 37 previews and 441 regular performances.
Truly shows that hard work pays off and you can achieve your Broadway dreams if you put your mind to it.
by Mike Haber | Jun 29, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Shows
ARE YOU READY?! NORTH AMERICA, HERE WE GO!!! THE QUEENS are ready to resume their royal duties giving Theatergoers THE HISTOREMIX. The Olivier Award nominated smash hit
SIX will be launching a full American Leg of its DIVORCED, BEHEADED, LIVE TOUR in 2022!!!!
The new National tour will launch back where it all began for the GIRL POWER musical’s American debut in Chicago, IL. This time, it will play the
CIBC Theatre for limited engagement from March 29th, 2022 through July 3rd, 2022. From there, it will make its way to various cities across North America in both the United States and Canada. Announcement of North American Cities will be revealed at a later time.
Currently, SIX is wowing audiences overseas in the UK…… both at its inaugural home in London’s West End at the Lyric Theatre and currently touring the United Kingdom (now playing in Leeds).
Other upcoming productions will include the return of…..
the Australian / New Zealand Touring company
our very own New York company on Broadway expecting to have an additional set of previews starting September 17th, 2021. From there, SIX will finally have its long awaited Broadway Opening Night on October 3rd, 2021 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
Who is excited to GET DOWN with THE QUEENS?!!!
by Mike Haber | Jun 29, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: New York City is starting to wake up and its slowly & surely to check into one of the most fanciest hotels of them all…..
Plaza Suite. It has just been announced that highly anticipated revival of Neil Simon’s acclaimed comedy (led by husband and wife Award winning duo Matthew Broderick and
Sarah Jessica Parker) will finally hit the Great Bright Way next year.
Under the direction of John Benjamin, the production is now set to begin previews on February 25th, 2022 and have its official night set on March 28th, 2022 at Broadway’s
Hudson Theatre. It will run for a strictly limited engagement.
This new production originally had an out-of-town tryout in Boston, MA at the
Emerson Colonial Theatre back in February of last year. It was initially slated to begin in the Spring of 2020 but got shutdown 1 day before it was supposed to debut due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing Broadway to shutdown. It was also originally pushed to this past Spring of 2021…. however delayed again due to the ongoing shutdown. By the time the show finally begins, it will open exactly 2 years since it was slated to debut.
Tickets are on sale now!! All those who held tickets for performances initially set for March 2020 and its pushed to March 2021 engagement, they will have the ability to exchange their tickets for a new performance by contacting the original point of sale.
So excited to finally experience this classic Neil Simon comedy back on Broadway!!
by Mike Haber | Jun 29, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: Due to scheduling conflicts on an upcoming film, Tony Award nominee,
Ephraim M. Sykes had officially dropped out from the Broadway bound
MJ: the musical. However, we are so excited to share with you that Broadway has found its new KING OF POP set to Moonwalk onto the stage of the Neil Simon Theatre 8 times a week.
Under the direction and choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, the titular of the late and legendary “Michael Jackson” will now be played by newcomer
Myles Frost.
MJ is set to begin Broadway Previews on December 6th, 2021 and will have its official Opening Night on February 1st, 2021.
Congrats and Welcome to Broadway Myles!!
Happy Trails and break a leg with everything Ephraim!!
Thoughts?
Who is excited?!!!
by Mike Haber | Jun 28, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, Shows
LUMOS!!!! Hogwarts is back in session!!! It has just been announced that the Award winning smash hit
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is set to reopen on the Great Bright Way later this Fall. The magic will resume at Broadway’s Lyric Theatre beginning November 16th, 2021.
However, there has been a little change for the production when it returns….. A REDUCIO charm has been placed on the Wizarding World. The play will now be performed as 1 PART instead of its usual 2. It will be a complete brand new updated version reimagined for audiences to experience the full show 8 times a week.
Along with the Broadway company, the show’s sit-down production in San Francisco is set to launch January 11th, 2022 at the Curran Theatre. From there, the new Canadian production is set to bring that Live Theater magic to Toronto’s Ed Mirvish Theatre beginning in May of 2022. Both San Francisco and Toronto will also be doing the show in 1 PART.
The only companies that will still be doing the show in 2 PARTS is the show’s inaugural production in London’s West End (set to reopen at the Palace Theatre on October 14th, 2021), Hamburg, Germany (set to relaunch its previews on December 1st, 2021), and the show’s ongoing Australian company in Australia.
Who is excited for the magic to return?
Thoughts on this new updated HARRY POTTER?!!!
