BREAKING NEWS: The Award winning smash hit Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is making it’s way to Australia this Fall. In addition, they have announced that acclaimed Award winning Musical Theatre star Esther Hannaford (recently seen as “Ann Darrow” in the World premiere musical adaptation of King Kong that’s overdue to come to Broadway) will be making Australia FEEL THE EARTH MOVE as their “Carole King”.
The Australian production of BEAUTIFUL will playing the Lyric Theatre in Sydney starting September 2017.
As groundbreaking music icon Carole King celebrates her 75th birthday, the Broadway sensation based on her remarkable rise to stardom is thrilled to announce its leading lady.
THROWBACK THURSDAY: From 1996-2001, Rosie O’Donnell was well known as the QUEEN OF NICE with her 6 year/season Emmy winning daytime talk show on NBC entitled The Rosie O’Donnell Show. On the show, she invited everyone from our Broadway backyard, Film, TV, Music, and much more. For those who may not know, Rosie is the ultimate fan and supporter of ALL BROADWAY SHOWS!!!
In 2001, she ended her talk show wanting take time off to be with her kids. For the opening of the final episode of the talk show, cast members of various Broadway shows running at the time came together to say farewell parodying lyrics to their shows.
The shows that participated were…
Thoroughly Modern Millie (featuring Tony winner Sutton Foster)
Beauty and the Beast,
Chicago The Musical,
The Producers (featuring Tony nominee Brad Oscar),
42nd Street,
The Phantom of the Opera (featuring James Romick),
The Lion King – Musical
Aida – The Musical,
MAMMA MIA! North America,
Les Mis?rables Broadway,
Oklahoma musical,
Cabaret the Musical,
Into The Woods (featuring Vanessa Williams and Chad Kimball),
Sweet Smell of Success (featuring Officially John Lithgow),
and
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If you ever get cast in a Broadway show, you know Rosie will be at one of the performances you are in.
How great was this opening number?!!
The amazing Broadway medley from Rosie O’Donnell’s last show, May 22, 2002. Includes performances from The Producers, Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Phan…
BREAKING NEWS: London is ready to PUT ON THE RITZ with a long awaited and overdue West End production of Mel Brooks “screamingly mad funny” musical adaptation of Young Frankenstein. This production will reunite the original creative team from the show’s 2008 Broadway Debut including it’s Tony winner Susan Stroman directing and choreographing, Beowulf Boritt doing the sets, and Tony winner William Ivey Long doing his costumes. The UK cast will be announced soon.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN will have it’s Pre-West End tryout in Newcastle at the Theatre Royal Newcastle from August 26th through September 9th before officially hitting the London’s Garrick Theatre on September 28th.
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN was Mel Brooks second Broadway Musical (based on his acclaimed films) following The Producers. It played Broadway’s Hilton Theatre (now the Lyric Theatre) in 2008 running for 485 performances. The Broadway production featured an all star cast including Tony winner Roger Bart as Dr. Fredrick Frankenstein (or as we say FRONKENSTEEN), Emmy winner Megan Mullally as Elizabeth, 2 time Tony winner Sutton Foster as Inga, Tony winner Shuler Hensley as the Monster, the legendary Andrea Martin as Frau Blucher (NEEEEEEEEIGGGH), Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald as Igor (EYE-GORE), and more.
Who is excited to JOIN THE FAMILY BUSINESS UK fans?!!
This is your chance to do….A MUSICAL and bring THE BARD to your own local Theatre! Music Theatre International is set to license the Award winning smash hit comedy Something Rotten The Musical. This is your chance to bring THE RENASIANCE to life in your own school, community, or Regional Theatre.
NORMA’S COME HOME AT LAST! The wait is finally over as the acclaimed English National Opera semi-staging production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Award winning smash hit Sunset Boulevard (starring it’s Tony winning original leading lady Glenn Close) officially opens tonight (during this stormy Blizzard) at Broadway’s legendary Palace Theatre. The show is a limited engagement that has just been extended till June 25th, 2017.
Break a leg to the cast, crew, musicians, and creative team!! So happy to have THE GREATEST STAR OF ALL back on Broadway!!
Acclaimed actress Glenn Close has headed back to Broadway to play the iconic role of faded Hollywood star Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Sunset Boulevard, which won her a Tony in 1995. Performances began on Thursday, February 2, 2017, with an official opening night set for tonight, F…
