by Mike Haber | Jun 16, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, Shows
HELLO!! We at New York Broadway Tours are waking up on CLOUD 9 on more news on some of the long running hottest tickets returning later this year. This Fall is going to be the ultimate LATTER DAY celebration in over a year and a half as the Award winning smash hit musical comedy The Book of Mormon is set to relaunch ALL its ongoing companies this Fall!!! It comes at a very exciting timing for the show for 2021. Those LATTER DAY Missionaries and residents of UGANDA will be saying THANK YOU EBOWAI has they say HASA DIGA to COVID-19 and celebrate its 10th Anniversary!!
Under the direction and choreography of Tony winner
Casey Nicholaw, the inaugural Broadway company will relaunch performances on November 5th, 2021 at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre.
In addition,
The Book of Mormon will also relaunch its West End and UK companies in the same month. The West End production will have its re-opening night on November 15th, 2021 at London’s Prince of Wales Theatre. Meanwhile, the UK Tour will relaunch this October 2021 in Cardiff before traveling across the UK.
No word has been revealed for casting on all 3 companies returning or who will become the new head producer taking over from
Scott Rudin.
So excited to MAN UP, BAPTIZE Broadway, and be together again TWO BY TWO after a year and a half of being isolated from one another.
WELCOME BACK THE BOOK OF MORMON!!!
by Mike Haber | Jun 15, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, NYBT NEWS
Filmed in just ONE TAKE in
Central Park, here is the music video to FREEDOM INSIDE from Altomare’s brand new solo album WANDERING BIRD.
How powerful was this?!!!!
Christy Altomare – Freedom Inside (One Take) [Official Music Video] – YouTube
by Mike Haber | Jun 13, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, Casting, In The Heights Walking Tour, NYBT NEWS, Shows, Washington Heights
This past week alone has been so much rave for the film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy winning smash hit
In The Heights out now in Theaters and on
HBO Max. For
Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s breakout debut musical, we all first fell in love with the show as a smash on the Great Bright Way. Everyone can relate to all of the powerful characters from THE BARRIO from its main leads like “Usnavi” to even some of the small featured roles like…… “The Piragua Guy”.
Little throwback to the show’s time on the Great Bright Way in 2008 where Miranda and the full HEIGHTS company came together to parody the
MTV reality show for
Legally Blonde that same year. This hilarious web series parody takes Broadway auditioning to the next level as the HEIGHTS company searches for a new actor to take on the featured role of…… you guessed it…… “The Piragua Guy”. This is LEGALLY BROWN: THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT PIRAGUA GUY.
Eliseo Romano originated the role in the Broadway production. Most recently, Lin-Manuel Miranda portrayed him in the new film.
It’s done just like for the LEGALLY BLONDE: THE SEARCH FOR ELLE WOODS show for 6 weeks with ongoing Broadway veterans and favorites battle it out in attempt to replace Eliseo as “The Piragua Guy” in the Broadway production of IN THE HEIGHTS. They go through various audition challenges and critiqued by a panel of judges consisting of….
Quiara Alegria Hudes (the show’s book writer),
and
Rickey Tripp (HEIGHTS Ensemble cast member).
The aspiring “Piragua Guys” in this consist of….
Hunter Bell,
Noah Weisberg,
and
Eliseo Roman (THE OG himself) fighting to stay in the game,
There is a twist at the end of the series!!
The series is hosted by Broadway & West End star Asmeret Ghebremichael (HEIGHTS original OFF-Broadway cast member).
There’s also appearances by HEIGHTS company members….
Tony winner Andy Blankenbeuhler (the show’s choreographer),
Janet Dacal (original “Carla” and later replacement “Nina”),
Andréa Burns (original “Daniella”),
Lin-Manuel Miranda,
and
This web series promises is a delicious HIT!!!! Can one of these amazing talents give “Mr. Softee” a run for his money?!!!!
How funny is this?
Who remembers this?!!
by Mike Haber | Jun 10, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, Broadway Audience, Gilbert and Sullivan to Hamilton Tour (Downtown), In The Heights Walking Tour
We at New York Broadway Tours want to wish the Drama Book Shop a HAPPY RE-OPENING at its brand new location on West 39th Street. We cannot wait to step inside and continue on with our NON-STOP Theater reading!!!!
by Mike Haber | Jun 10, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, East Village, Inspiration of Rent Tour, NYBT NEWS, Shows
THE MOVIE MUSICALS ARE BACK!!! Along with today’s release of the highly anticipated film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy winning smash hit
In The Heights,
Lin-Manuel Miranda also debuted a trailer of another exciting Musical film project he worked on coming out later this year…… The film adaptation of
Jonathan Larson‘s cult smash hit musical
Tick, Tick, Boom.
For Miranda, this new movie musical will mark his film directorial debut. He’s also no stranger to this show after having previously appearing in the 2014
New York City Center Encores Production.
The film adaptation of TICK, TICK, BOOM will feature a full all-star cast from the worlds of stage and screen. Along with Miranda directing, distributed by
Netflix, produced by Miranda, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and
Imagine Entertainment, & an updated screenplay by Tony winner Steven Levenson, the cast will star….
TICK, TICK, BOOM will be released on Netflix this Fall 2021!!
How incredible is this trailer?!!
Who is excited?!!!
by Mike Haber | Jun 10, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Broadway, In The Heights Walking Tour, NYBT NEWS, Shows, Washington Heights
LIGHTS UP on a very exciting celebration today!!! Get ready to HANG YOUR FLAG UP ON DISPLAY as the wait is finally over. We are talking about the highly anticipated film adaptation of
Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s breakout Tony and Grammy winning debut smash hit
In The Heights out in Theaters and on
HBO Max today. The film’s soundtrack is also released as well.
This film is the ultimate CARNAVAL DEL BARRIO celebrating life, love, community, and home during the great and the most difficult times. Very relevant to the time we’re living in today and as we slowly continue to make our way back to normal.
This film is sooooooooo powerful. We know that it will be getting more people exciting about Broadway’s return and even more people to go visit THE BARRIO of Washington Heights.
Break legs to the cast, crew, and creators of this amazing film!!
GO SEE IT!! You will feel all the feels!!!
