by Mike Haber | Jul 26, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Shows
Regret missing this past weekend’s
Disney on Broadway‘s LIVE AT THE NEW AM concert? There are so many great way to relive the magic of THE MOUSE that has WOWED the Musical Theater stage within the past 25+ years. One of our personal favorite performances was a critically acclaimed SOLD OUT concert from 2016 held London’s
Royal Albert Hall.
DISNEY’S BROADWAY HITS AT THE ROYAL ALBERT ALL is now available to watch on YouTube,
BroadwayHD, and
Disney+. This concert was captured both on film and for Radio as part of
BBC‘s
Friday Night is Music Night series. Get ready for an unbelievable 2 hours of all your favorite songs from many of
Disney Theatrical‘s Award winning shows. You will hear hits from…..
Accompanied by the
BBC Concert Orchestra, a choir made up of students from BOTH the Arts Education Schools of London and the
Royal Academy of Music, and under the baton of
Keith Lockhart, the concert was hosted by celebrated stage & screen star John Barrowman (who starred as “The Beast” in the original London production of
Beauty and the Beast), It also features performances from…..
Ashley Brown (Broadway original
Mary Poppins, the 15th “Belle” in Beauty and the Beast, and toured in the short lived touring Disney revue On The Record),
What an unforgettable concert celebrating the legacy of THE MOUSE!!!!
WE LOVE DISNEY ON BROADWAY!!!
by Mike Haber | Jul 25, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
IT’S DE-LOVELY to see Live Theater back!!!! Last night, Tony Award winner
Sutton Foster made BOTH her triumphant return to the Musical Theater stage, her West End debut, and reprised her 2nd Tony winning performance as “Reno Sweeney” in the new London production of
Roundabout Theatre Company‘s Award winning revival of
Anything Goes. Be prepared to have tissues ready as we are about to share with all of you that historical first curtain call on the stage of London’s
Barbican Theatre.
That first performance brought the unforgettable magic of our Musical Theater world back to life. The
Barbican was SOLD OUT. Non-stop entrance applause. Most excitingly, mid-show standing ovations including for both the title song and BLOW GABRIEL BLOW.
This new London revival of ANYTHING GOES is set to run for a strictly limited engagement through October 17th, 2021 at the Barbican Theatre.
by Mike Haber | Jul 25, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
Disney on Broadway‘s welcome back concert LIVE AT THE NEW AM officially closes today after a successful weekend engagement at the legendary New Amsterdam Theatre. This performance was met with RAVE reviews from both critics and theatergoers so happy to be back in a Broadway Theater. Throughout the weekend, there have been some really awesome highlighted moments.
During LIVE AT THE NEW AM’s opening night performance earlier this past week, Disney and Broadway fans got the ultimate impromptu surprise.
Aladdin‘s original Tony winning “Genie” himself
James Monroe Iglehart was plucked from the audience and performed with current Broadway “Genie”
Michael James Scott on a showstopping rendition of FRIEND LIKE ME.
Congrats to the full cast, crew, musicians, and creative team of LIVE AT THE NEW AM for a successful weekend engagement. We know for a fact that they’ve raised so much money as well for
The Actors Fund.
Coming up next, THE MAGIC RETURNS for real this Fall for Disney on Broadway!!!
by Mike Haber | Jul 25, 2021 | Act 1 (Southern Times Square), Act 2 (Northern Times Square), Backstage with New York Broadway Tours, Be A Smash Walking Tour, Blog, Broadway, Broadway 101 Walking Tour (Times Square), Broadway Extravaganza Tour (Act 3 Times Square), Gleeks Fan Tour (Times Square), News, NYBT NEWS
ON THE MARQUEE: We got so much WORD ON THE STREET from many of our friends sharing their photos and things they’ve heard for us to share.
We are soooooo happy to announce that both 44th Street’s THEATRE CIRCLE and ONE SHUBERT ALLEY are officially set to re-open their stores beginning this September 2021. For many of you that have taken our walking tours, this is one of our many favorite HOT SPOTS we visit. Both these shops are known for have the best pieces of Broadway merchandise you could ever want They have everything from…..
Show T-Shirts,
Songbooks,
Cast Albums,
Key-Chains,
Theater related books,
Show Souvenir Programs,
Scripts,
and
so much more.
The shop collects all the main merch from all the current running shows…… especially for those who ran out of money and/or those who forgot to buy their merch at the Theater when you saw the show.
An official date for both stores to re-open this September will be announced soon.
by Mike Haber | Jul 25, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
ON THE MARQUEE: There’s so much changes and anticipation in the air for the return of Broadway in 2021. Lot of word on the street passed on by some of our amazing friends & followers keeping US on the loop of everything going on as we slowly aim for returning later this year. We have some news about everything happening on 44th Street.
First, one of our personal favorite HOT SPOTS in the Theater district is getting a little makeover just in time for Broadway’s comeback. According to a sign outside, the legendary famed
Sardi’s Restaurant is currently under a renovation project. The popular Broadway hangout spot is set to reopen its doors this Fall. We all know Sardi’s as a popular pre and post show hangout for all Theatergoers. Many of your favorite Broadway stars like to dine there. It’s notably home of the famous caricatures of some of your favorite Broadway artists who have made their mark. Last, but not least, it’s the birth place of the
Tony Awards. An official date of reopening will be announced soon.
Right next door to Sardi’s, an update has been made outside of Broadway’s Hayes at
Second Stage Theater. As previously announced, the acclaimed Theater company’s first new show set to be part of Broadway’s big return will be the debut of Lynn Nottage’s delicious new comedy CLYDE’S (starring Emmy winners
Uzo Aduba and Ron Cephas Jones). Previews begin November 3rd, 2021 and the Opening Night is set for November 22nd, 2021. It will run for a strictly limited engagement through January 16th, 2022.
by Mike Haber | Jul 24, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
THE KING HAS RETURNED! Disney’s Award winning phenomenon
The Lion King is gearing up to return to the Musial Theater stage for the first time in over a year and a half.
This week was very excited as the show’s London company have reunited & officially started rehearsals for its return to the West End next month. Get ready for an emotional performance like no other. Here is Long time cast member Gugwana Dlamini as “Rafiki” and the full company performing the show’s iconic opening theme CIRCLE OF LIFE.
THE LION KING’s West End return will mark as the first production of the long running Disney show to performed since the COVID-19 pandemic. It will re-open there starting July 29th, 2021 at London’s Lyceum Theatre. From there, the show will continue to start re-launching its various International companies including our very own inaugural New York company which will reopen at Broadway’s Minskoff Theatre on September 14th, 2021.
We are a mess watching this!!!! We can’t stop thinking about that first performance back…… standing ovations non-stop!!!
How stunning was that performance?
Who is excited for the return of THE LION KING?!!!
