BREAKING NEWS: The legendary star of stage and screen Mary Tyler Moore passed away due to illness at the age of 80 today.
Moore was well known mainly for her work on television including “”The Dick Van Dyke Show and her very own “Mary Tyler Moore Show”. She is a 3 time Golden Globe winner, 7 time Emmy winner, a Tony winner, and an Oscar nominee.
Moore’s work on Broadway includes the shorten lived play “Whose Life Is It Anyway”?
Besides wowing audiences on stage and screen, Mary is the co-founder of the annual Broadway Barks event alongside Bernadette Peters. The event is held every year in Shubert Alley where the Broadway community comes together putting on an animal shelter for Dogs, Cats, and more find homes. I’m sure this year’s event, there will be a tribute portion and a moment of silence to honor this legendary woman.
RIP Mary. You will be missed and your legacy will live on.
Broadway is once again PUTTING IT TOGETHER! Full casting has been announced for the upcoming revival of Stephen Sondheim’s classic Sunday in the Park with George Broadway. Joining the previously announced Oscar and Golden Globe nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford are….
Tony Award nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Something Rotten The Musical),
Tony Award nominee Phillip Boykin (The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess on Broadway, On The Town – The Musical Comedy Classic),
Tony Award nominee Penny Fuller (Applause),
Tony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard (The Invention of Love) ,
Legendary Broadway veteran Liz McCartney,
Tony Award winner Ruthie Ann Miles (The King and I the Musical),
Ashley Park (The King and I),
Tony Award nominee Michael McElroy (Big River, Rent),
and a full lineup of Broadway veterans!!
The revival of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (based on the acclaimed New York City Center semi-staged production) will be a limited 10 week engagement. Previews will begin February 11th, 2017, Opening Night will be February 23rd, 2017, and will run till April 23rd, 2017.
Just in – the complete cast and creative team for Ambassador Theatre Group’s Broadway revival of the New York City Center production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park with George has been announced.
12 years ago today, the shorten lived musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s iconic novella Little Women premiered on Broadway at the Virginia Theatre (now known as the August Wilson Theatre). The Broadway production which starred Tony winner Sutton Foster as Jo and Maureen McGovern as Marmee played after 137 performances. The show had a huge cult following even after it ended it’s Broadway run. LITTLE WOMEN is currently being performed in schools, community, and regional Theatres.
The musical version was well known for it’s iconic signature ASTONISHING (as seen in this video performed by Foster).
Sutton Foster performs “Astonishing” from her role in the Broadway musical “Little Women.”
Check out the curtain call for Disney’s Award winning smash hit The Lion King – Musical which played it’ 8,000th Broadway performance this past Saturday. It continues to play to packed houses on Broadway at the Minskoff Theatre, on tour across America, in London’s West End, and around the world. THE CIRCLE OF LIFE STILL LIVES IN US!!
We’re live from the Minskoff Theatre in NYC, celebrating our 8,000th performance! Thank you to everyone who helped us make it to this amazing milestone!
Who caught the premiere of Lifetime’s original TV movie remake of the cult classic BEACHES with Tony winner Idina Menzel and Nia Long? Share your thoughts below.
CLOUDS IN OUR COFFEE! Did you know that Lucy Simon (the Tony nominated composer of “The Secret Garden”) is sister to the acclaimed Grammy, Oscar, and Golden Globe winning singer-songwriter Carly Simon?
WHAT DO YOU THINK: Do you think the story of Carly’s life can be put on the Broadway stage? Carly had lots of triumphs and tribulations. Her songs are iconic like “Nobody Does It Better”, “Let The River Run”, and “You’re So Vain”. I’m sure Lucy could be a big help on it.
