by Mike Haber | Sep 24, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
THRILLIFYING NEWS:
WICKED‘s 15th Anniversary “Elphaba” herself
Jessica Vosk is preparing for her upcoming ONE NIGHT ONLY solo show at New York’s famed
Carnegie Hall later this Fall. Earlier today on her social media, the celebrated powerhouse took to social media to announce an unbelievable once in a lifetime opportunity for her fans that are also aspiring performers. That is to MAKE YOUR CARNEGIE HALL DEBUT and sing with Jessica onstage herself on November 8th, 2021!!!!
Vosk is considering it as a PAY IT FORWARD moment. For those who may not know, Vosk’s first major professional job after leaving her 3 years working on Wall Street in Finance was singing at the iconic venue in a concert production of Benny Anderson and Bjorn Ulvaeus’s musical KRISTINA. Being back at the Hall is truly a full circle moment now doing her own solo show. Even the last few years, Jessica is sharing her inspirational story with people in motivating the new generation of Broadway talents.
In order to get the chance to sing with Jessica Vosk at her Carnegie Hall, all you have to do is….
1. Upload a 16 Bar Cut of your FAVORITE Musical Theater or Pop/Rock Song on
TikTok
2. Tag THE QUEEN herself @jessicavosk
Jessica Vosk and her team will run through all the entries and choose one lucky talented fan. The winner will of course….. SING WITH JESSICA VOSK AT CARNEGIE HALL. You will be part of the lineup of Vosk’s special guests during the concert.
Get those vocal chords ready and of course as they say…. HOW DO YOU GET TO CARNEGIE HALL? PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!
Jessica Vosk’s Carnegie Hall solo show debut is called MY GOLDEN AGE. Under the direction of Tony winner
Warren Carlyle, Musical Direction by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, and accompanied by a small orchestra, MY GOLDEN AGE will showcase Vosk’s breathtaking powerhouse vocal chops paying tribute to the artists that inspired her journey from Wall Street to Broadway. She will do songs from
Barbra Streisand,
Judy Garland,
Sarah Vaughan, and more. There will also be a tribute section to many of Vosk’s favorite composers including
Stephen Sondheim,
Burt Bacharach, and
Stephen Schwartz (yup, you can expect some WICKED tunes as well). Along with the TikTok winner, Vosk will also be joined by special guests Tony and Emmy winner
Kristin Chenoweth and
Pentatonix favorite
Scott Hoying.
by Mike Haber | Sep 24, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME BACK TO THE MOULIN ROUGE!! SO EXCITING, THE AUDIENCE DID STOMP AND CHEER indeed before it even all began. Get your tissues ready as the cast of the 14 time Tony nominated
Moulin Rouge took the stage for the very first time on Broadway in 18 1/2 months.
From the stage of the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, here is footage of that legendary opening moment as show’s single Tony nominated leading actor and Broadway heartthrob Aaron Tviet as struggling bohemian writer “Christian” makes her first entrance. The sold out crowd goes WILD erupting into a thunderous standing ovation. At the moment of hitting his first mark, the snaps and the curtain rises on those sexy CAN CAN girls once more at the top of the show’s opening number LADY MARMALADE.
For those who have never seen MOULIN ROUGE, the show actually begins as soon as soon as you enter the Theater. To get us into the mood of the show, the cast are already on stage part of the pre-show experience welcoming you into the legendary Parisian nightclub itself. They warm up. They interact with audience members. You never know what you can expect. When “Christian” (Tviet) walks onto the stage and hits a certain cue, the actual performance begins.
How SPECTACULAR, SPECTACULAR was that?!!!
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by Mike Haber | Sep 24, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
Cannot believe The
Tony Awards are finally here this weekend. This has been a full 18 1/2 month intermission but this moment is definitely worth the wait. We at New York Broadway Tours had so much fun getting to entertain you all with many of our favorite iconic Broadway performances on our TOP 50 TONY AWARDS COUNTDOWN. Here’s a little recap of all our choices we got so far…
– I GOT THE SUN IN THE MORNING / OLD FASHION WEDDING
#48 – Ain’t Misbehavin’
– LADIES WHO SING WITH THE BAND and OFF-TIME
#44 – Hello, Dolly (The 2017 Revival)
– PENNY IN MY POCKET
#43 – THE WILL ROGERS FOLLIES
– WILL-A-MANIA / FAVORITE SON
#41 – Blood Brothers
– TELL ME IT’S NOT TRUE / SUNDAY AFTERNOON / MY BEST FRIEND
#40 – Contact
– SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE
# 39 – Gypsy (The 2008 Revival)
– EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES
#37 – Big River
– MUDDY IN THE WATER / RIVER IN THE RAIN
#36 – Kiss Me, Kate (The 2019 Revival)
– TOO DARN HOT
#35 – Good News! (The 1974 revival)
– YOU’RE THE CREAM IN MY COFFEE
#31 –
Annie (The 2012 Revival)
– HARD KNOCK LIFE / LITTLE GIRLS
– ONCE AND FOR ALL / SEIZE THE DAY
# 29 – The Music Man
– YA GOT TROUBLE
– DUST & ASHES / BALAGA, / THE ABDUCTION
– MAMA WHO BORE ME / THE BITCH OF LIVING
#25 – West Side Story (The 2009 Revival)
– DANCE AT THE GYM
– YOU CAN’T STOP THE BEAT
– I CAIN’T SAY NO / OKLAHOMA
– IT’S ALL OVER / AND I AM TELLING YOU I’M NOT GOING
– CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU / WHO LOVES YOU
– IN THE HEIGHTS / 96,000
– SEASONS OF LOVE / LA VIE BOHEME
– OPENING UP / SHE USED TO BE MINE
#8 – The Book of Mormon
– I BELIEVE
– WAVING THROUGH A WINDOW
– THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA / THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT
– YORKTOWN (THE WORLD TURNS UPSIDE DOWN)
– ROAD TO HELL / WAIT FOR ME
Stay tuned tomorrow for the # 1 selection.
We want to thank everyone who shared, liked, and commented on our posts each day showing your love and appreciation for all things Broadway. We are so happy to have Theater back and celebrate this homecoming all Fall long.
Be ready as well because we at New York Broadway Tours are starting to prepare to relaunch our Walking Tours this Fall as well. Get ready to start booking those trips.
Who loves our countdowns?!!
by Mike Haber | Sep 24, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: Due to a back injury sustained by Tony winner
Ruben Santiago Hudson, it has just been announced that he has cancelled all remaining preview performances of his one man show LACKAWANNA BLUES on Broadway this weekend.
Hudson will officially resume performances of the show with its official Broadway Opening Night this Tuesday, September 28th, 2021. It’s expecting to run for a limited engagement till this Halloween on October 31st, 2021.
Get well and lots of rest Ruben.
Thoughts?
by Mike Haber | Sep 24, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
YOU OUGHTA KNOW!!! Former
Jagged Little Pill standout cast member Nora Schell came forward today about that rough time of hell in the Tony nominated and Grammy winning musical. While the production was originally in previews back in the Fall of 2019, they explained about how BOTH the creative team and the show’s stage management FORCED them to postpone a surgery to receive treatment for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. With the postponed, it caused Schell to feel horrible. Check out the story right below.
Schell will NOT be returning to JAGGED LITTLE PILL when it reopens at the Broadhurst Theatre on October 18th, 2021.
In addition to Schell, the show’s Tony nominated original cast member Celia Gooding also revealed the other main reason she also departed the production with the news recently going on with the show’s controversial backlash in what it has done to the trans and non-binary community.
by Mike Haber | Sep 24, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
Today is going to be an amazing day and here’s why; because, today, the film adaptation of the Award winning groundbreaking musical
Dear Evan Hansen is released today in Theaters. Even after a extremely rough 18 1/2 months, this powerful story finally makes the big jump from our Theater scene to the Big Screen. This story is truly the ultimate celebration of the underdogs and celebrating those to let their voices be heard.
Under the direction of Stephen Chbosky. the film stars…..
the musical’s original star
Ben Platt reprising his Tony Award winning performance as the title role of “Evan Hansen” himself,
Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe winner
Julianne Moore as “Heidi Hansen”,
Golden Globe nominee Kaitlin Dever as “Zoe Murphy”,
Colton Ryan as “Connor Murphy” (a part he previously understudied in the Broadway production),
Acclaimed actor and comedian Nik Dodani as “Jared Kleinman”,
Danny Pino as “Larry” (who is now updated as the stepfather of “The Murphy Family”).
It features all the beloved Tony and Grammy winning songs by
Pasek and Paul. In addition, there are 2 new ones written for the film which promises to make audiences an emotional mess. Ironically, speaking of the score….. the film’s soundtrack is also available today…. both for digital and physical copies.
If anyone who enjoys the film version, we know this will get more audiences to come and see the stage version of DEAR EVAN HANSEN as it prepares to return this Fall. Our very own New York company will reopen at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre starting December 11th, 2021. Meanwhile, the London company reopens at the Noel Coward Theatre starting October 26th, 2021. From there, the North American National Tour will re-kick off December 7th, 2021 in Greensboro, NC before traveling to more than 30 cities across both the USA and and Canada.
WORDS FAIL to describe our excitement. Once again, we seriously cannot wait to go WATCH, WATCH, WATCHIN’ this movie at our local movie Theaters. We know it will inspire us once again that even in the toughest times, YOU WILL BE FOUND.
Congrats to the full cast, crew, creative team, and everyone involved.
See DEAR EVAN HANSEN: THE MOVIE in a Theater near you.
SINCERLEY ME (and everyone at New York Broadway Tours)
