by Mike Haber | Jul 28, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Backstage with New York Broadway Tours, Blog, Broadway, Broadway Audience, News, NYBT NEWS, Shows
Today marks 60 DAYS till The 74th Annual Tony Awards!! We at New York Broadway Tours are so happy to once again be keeping you entertained each morning playing our favorite previous telecast performances with our TOP 50 TONY AWARDS COUNTDOWN extravaganza!!!
Every morning beginning August 7th, 2021 (marking the 50 days till the Tonys), we will be sharing with you our favorite showstopping performances from Broadway’s biggest night of the year from previous telecasts. Many of your favorite Tony winning and nominated productions. Get ready to sing along, share your reactions, and excitement. We also will be giving some fun facts about the history of many of these unforgettable Musicals we all love.
The 74th Annual Tony Awards is set for September 26th, 2021 on both CBS and Paramount+. However, this year’s ceremony is going to be done a little bit different as a 2 PART event. It goes like this…..
The celebration will kick off at 7pm EST with a 2 HOUR traditional presentation of the Awards (presented by The Broadway League and American Theatre Wing) streamed only on Paramount+.
From there at 9pm EST, CBS will air a full 2 HOUR Live Concert entitled THE TONY AWARDS PRESENTS: BROADWAY’S BACK. It will include performances from this year’s 3 nominated shows for BEST MUSICAL (consisting of Jagged Little Pill, Moulin Rouge, and Tina), some of Broadway’s longest running hits, and more. From there, it will announce Tony winning shows nominated for BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY, BEST PLAY, and of course BEST MUSICAL.
What shows would you like for us to include on our countdown?
Who is excited?
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by Mike Haber | Jul 28, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: The highly anticipated musical adaptation of the best-selling novel
The Notebook is officially heading for Broadway!!! But first, it will have a WORLD PREMIERE Pre-Broadway tryout in the Windy City of Chicago beginning Spring 2022. It’s set to debut at the
Chicago Shakespeare Theater from March 15th-April 24th, 2022.
As previously mentioned 2 years ago, THE NOTEBOOK musical will feature an original score by Award winning singer-songwriter
Ingrid Michaelson (marking her Broadway composer debut after previously acting in Natasha, Pierre, and
The Great Comet of 1812). It will also have a book by
This Is Us writer Bekah Brunstetter
The production will be co-directed by….
Schele Williams (previously performed on Broadway in
Motown along with appearing in the original cast of
Aida which set is set to direct an upcoming highly anticipated revival of that show).
It will also feature musical direction by Carmel Dean (If/Then and
American Idiot)
choreography by Katie Spelman (Off Broadway’s Joan of Arc).
THE NOTEBOOK tells the romantic story of a poor young man and a wealthy young woman who fall in love but are separate due to their differences in the 1940’s during World War II. The novel was released in 1996 becoming a best-seller. It also became success as an acclaimed film released in 2004 starring
Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling.
by Mike Haber | Jul 28, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway
FIRST LOOK: Live Theater is back overseas in slow & steady approach. One of the talked about productions that just opened a few days ago was the London revival of the
Roundabout Theatre Company‘s Award winning production of Cole Porter’s madcap musical classic
Anything Goes (starring
Sutton Foster making her West End debut reprising her 2nd Tony winning performance as “Reno Sweeney”).
To get us back into that live theater vibe, our hearts are TAPPING with excitement as we share with you b-roll footage of Foster and this new London cast in action. From the stage of the
Barbican Theatre, get ready for 2 promising showstopping performances of the show’s title song and the classic YOU’RE THE TOP.
This new London revival of ANYTHING GOES is set to run for a strictly limited engagement at the
Barbican Theatre through October 17th, 2021 at the Barbican Theatre.
How fabulous was that?!!!
by Mike Haber | Jul 28, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, Shows
ROYAL NEWS: The Olivier Award nominated smash hit GIRL POWER musical
SIX is preparing to relaunch its Broadway run this Fall. We are so happy to announce that the production’s original American QUEENS are all set to return. Under the co-direction of
Lucy Moss and
Jamie Armitage, the cast will consist of……
Adrianna Hicks as “Catherine of Aragon”,
Andrea Macasaet as “Anne Boleyn”,
Abby Mueller as “Jane Seymour”,
Brittney Mack as “Anna of Cleves”,
Samantha Pauly as “Katherine Howard”,
and
Anna Uzele as “Catherine Paar”.
The cast will include its 3 original alternate QUEENS themselves consisting of….
Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert,
Courtney Mack,
and
Mallory Maedke.
THAT’S NOT ALL: The Broadway company added one more additional thrown-in ALTERNATE QUEEN joining just in time for the show’s return….. The company will welcome newcomer Keirsten Hodgens.
At the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, SIX originally completed all of its initial previews on Broadway. It was slated to open on March 12th, 2020 which the plugged was pulled on it due to that very same day Live Theater went abruptly shutdown. However, the wait is almost over.
Get ready to GET DOWN with the EX-WIVES of King Henry VIII as SIX returns to Broadway’s Brooks Atkinson Theatre this Fall. The show will play a brief additional set of preview performances beginning September 17th, 2021 and will FINALLY have its long awaited Broadway Opening Night on October 3rd, 2021.
by Mike Haber | Jul 27, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
FIRST LOOK: The 2nd teaser trailer has been released for
Steven Speilberg‘s highly anticipated movie remake of the legendary musical
West Side Story. It features unbelievable promising highlighted moments in the new film plus an extended snippet of Oscar winning legend
Rita Moreno (“Anita” from the original 1961 film and “Valentina” in this new film) performing her rendition of the musical’s classic love theme SOMEWHERE.
As previously mentioned, this new film adaptation is led by……
Tony winner David Alvarez as “Bernardo”,
Tony nominee Mike Faist as “Riff”,
Golden Globe nominee Corey Stoll as “Lieutenant Schrank”,
Tony nominee Brian D’Arcy James as “Officer Krupke”,
Rita Moreno as “Valentina”,
and more.
In addition, New York Broadway Tours very own Michael is also part of it. In the film, he makes a cameo during the iconic DANCE IN THE GYM sequence.
This new film adaptation of WEST SIDE STORY is set to be released in Theaters on December 10th, 2021 from
20th Century Studios.
by Mike Haber | Jul 27, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: Earlier this year, the legendary
Liza Minelli celebrated her 75th Birthday. In celebration of this huge milestone,
PBS‘ local New York station
Thirteen WNET will be airing the entertainer’s signature Emmy Award winning 1972 concert film LIZA WITH A “Z”. You can expect this iconic special to air on the channel on August 12th, 2021 at 8pm EST. An encore presentation will then air on August 14th, 2021 (3 TIMES at 1am, 4:30pm, and 8pm EST).
Directed and choreographed by the late
Bob Fosse, LIZA WITH A “Z” was filmed at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre in 1972. It’s a full scale variety concert of Liza Minelli in her triumphant glory after having just won the Oscar for her performance in
Cabaret that same year. Along with songs from that musical, it also features material specifically written for her by
John Kander and
Fred Ebb. Accompanied by a full orchestra and backed up by dancers and singers, notable songs include the title song, YES, GOD BLESS THE CHILD, I GOTCHA, SON OF A PREACHER MAN, RING THEM BELLS, and more.
It originally aired on
NBC back in September 1972 where it earned rave reviews and huge ratings. It went to be nominated for 8
Emmy Awards. It took home 4 including OUTSTANDING SINGLE PROGRAM.
This special would not be released on Video and DVD till 1999.
Tune in and celebrate the legacy of one of the most iconic entertainers of them all.
Any Liza Minnelli fans out there?
Who is excited?!!
Liza With a “Z” to Air on Thirteen in New York Area This August | TheaterMania
