by Mike Haber | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, Shows
SCREECH IN! It has just been announced that the highly anticipated filmed production of the groundbreaking Award winning smash hit
Come From Away is set to be released on
Apple TV+ starting September 10th, 2021. An official trailer and full casting announcement has also been revealed as well.
The trailer features the cast of the 9/11 musical reunited and bringing this powerful story back to life since being abruptly shutdown on March 12th, 2020…. the night of the show’s 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY of its Broadway debut. This filmed performance also did have a LIMITED SEATING LIVE AUDIENCE as well. The audience was made up of the brave men and women that have been working on the frontlines along with real life survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
This filmed production’s cast features an incredible lineup of veteran ISLANDERS back in THE ROCK. The lineup includes members of the original Broadway cast consisting of….
Jenn Colella who returned for this filmed production reprising her 2017 Tony Award nominated portrayal as “Captain Beverly Bass” (the first female pilot of
American Airlines), “Annette”, and others,
Petrina Bromley as “Bonnie,” and others,
Joel Hatch as “Claude” and others,
Caesar Samayoa as “Kevin J.”, “Ali”, and others,
Q. Smith as “Hannah” and others,
Astrid Van Wieren as “Beulah” and others,
Sharon Donaldson-Wheatley as “Diane” and others
The cast also features current replacement Broadway cast members consisting of….
De’Lon Grant as “Bob” and others,
Tony LePage as “Kevin T” and others,
It will also feature real life Niece and Uncle…..
Emily Walton as “Janice” and others
The Broadway production of COME FROM AWAY is expecting to relaunch performances full time at the Gerald Schonefeld Theatre starting September 21st, 2021. Currently, the show is playing right now in London’s West End and on hold right now in Australia. The US National Tour and sit-down Toronto companies will reopen later this year.
Who is ready to experience THE ROCK like never before?!!!
by Mike Haber | Aug 3, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, NYBT NEWS, Shows
DELICIOUS NEWS: Time to cut up a piece of THE FAMILY IS REUNITING PIE!!! Casting has been announced for the upcoming limited Broadway revival of the Tony and Grammy nominated smash hit
Waitress this Fall. You can expect some familiar notable faces back at the Diner.
Under the direction of
Diane Paulus and joining the show’s creator
Sara Bareilles taking over the role of pregnant pie maker “Jenna Hunterson” will include original cast members….
Drew Gehling as the hottest doctor in town himself “Dr. Pomatter”,
Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald (who will take a temporary leave of absence from the upcoming gender-swap revival of
Company) as the bright-eyed dramatic, odd, passionate, romantic, and magical “Ogie”,
Eric Anderson as The Diner’s head manager “Cal”,
Dakin Matthews as the loving and caring diner owner “Old Joe”.
The cast will also feature some familiar WAITRESS alumni including…
Charity Angél Dawson (taking a leave of absence from Mrs.
Doubtfire: The Musical) as everyone’s favorite sassy waitress herself “Becky”,
Caitlin Houlahan (who will take a leave of absence from appearing in
Girl From The North Country) as the lovable, awkward, and quirky waitress “Dawn”,
Bareilles’ real life boyfriend Joe Tippett as the drunk, alcoholic, and abusive “Earl”.
Additional casting for the return of Waitress will be announced later.
With Fitzgerald, Dawson, Houlahan, and some of the Ensemble also currently on board with other new Broadway shows, no details have been said on whether their timings with WAITRESS will be limited.
Meanwhile for Bareilles, she is expecting to star as “Jenna” through October 17th, 2021. Casting for who will take over the role will be announced soon.
WAITRESS returns to Broadway for a DELICIOUS limited engagement at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. It will run September 2nd, 2021 through January 9th, 2022.
Christopher Fitzgerald, Charity Angel Dawson, Drew Gehling & More to Return to Waitress | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com
by Mike Haber | Aug 2, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, Gleeks Fan Tour (Times Square), News, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: This year’s headlining lineup has been revealed for the return of
Darren Criss‘ annual
Elsie Fest concert this month!! What an exciting lineup of Broadway’s best reunited, taking center stage, and celebrating the return of Live Performance in the Big Apple!!! This year’s headlining performers will include….
2 time Tony and Olivier Award nominee Adrienne Warren (Broadway’s
BRING IT ON,
Shuffle Along, and set to return this Fall in her critically acclaimed performance in
Tina: The
Tina Turner Musical),
upcoming new Musical Theater songwriting duo Barlow & Bear.
The lineup will also feature special guests….
ELSIE FEST 2021 is set for August 29th, 2021 at the Prospect Park Bandshell (now set to be renamed the Lena Horne Bandshell) in Brooklyn. It will also be part of the
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn Festival.
by Mike Haber | Aug 2, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, Shows
SPECTACULAR, SPECTACULAR NEWS: Acclaimed stage and screen star
Natalie Mendoza (Broadway’s first OG “Arachne in
Spider-Man along with the West End revival of
Miss Saigon and TV’s Hotel Babylon) has been tapped as the newest SPARKLING DIAMOND in the 14 time Tony nominated smash hit
Moulin Rouge when the show reopens on the Great Bright Way this Fall. She takes over the role of “Satine” replacing the show’s original leading lady Tony winner
Karen Olivo.
Olivo (who was nominated for her performance in this) played her final performance in MOULIN ROUGE back in March 2020 at the time when Broadway was shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this past Spring, Olivo announced her departure from the show in protest of the Broadway community’s silence on the allegations against producer Scott Rudin. On Instagram, she explained that “Social justice is more important than being the sparkling diamond.”
For Natalie Mendoza, she is no stranger to the world of the hottest CAN CAN nightclub in Paris. Her journey with
Moulin Rouge goes back to its early beginnings as the Oscar winning
Baz Luhrmann film we know in love. In the original 2001 film, Mendoza played one of the main can-can dancers known as “The China Doll”. She also reunites with director Alex Timbers after previously working together on the West End production of
Here Lies Love. Full circle moment.
She joins many of the show’s still on-going original Broadway cast members expecting to return including….
it’s singular Tony nominated leading actor and Broadway heartthrob Aaron Tviet the young aspiring we “Christian”,
Tony nominee
Danny Burstein as the owner & ringmaster of the Moulin Rouge himself “Harold Zilder”,
Tony & Olivier Award nominee Sahr Ngaujah as head performer “Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec”,
Broadway and West End favorite
Tam Mutu as the rich, vain, and abusive psychopathic “Duke of Monroth”
Ricky Rojas as the sexiest tango dancer all of Paris himself, “Santiago” aka “The Narcoleptic Argentinean”,
Tony Award nominee Robyn Hurder as the jealous “Nini Legs-in-the-Air”,
a fully newly announced Ensemble.
In addition,
Ashley Loren will continue to serve as the alternate for the role of “Satine” performing 1-2 times a week. Yup, Mendoza is expecting to do 6-7 shows a week.
Mendoza’s first night with MOULIN ROUGE will be the very same day as the show is expecting to CAN-CAN its way back to Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre starting September 24th, 2021.
Along with the Broadway production, MOULIN ROUGE is also set to launch long awaited new companies around the world including….
London’s West End at the Piccadilly Theatre,
a North American National Tour,
an Australian company (where it all began) playing Melbourne’s Regent Theatre.
COME WHAT MAY & WELCOME BACK TO THE MOULIN ROUGE!!!
CONGRADULATIONS NATALIE! WELCOME BACK TO BROADWAY!!
by Mike Haber | Aug 2, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, Shows
FIRST LOOK: One of the most promising powerful new shows expecting to finally make its long awaited Broadway debut is
Tom Kitt, James Lapine, and Michael Korie’s new musical
Flying Over Sunset. Tickets officially go on sale starting today!!! You get them either on
Telecharge or through
Lincoln Center Theater’s webite (they’re even including a limited amount of $32 tickets for each and every performance through their LincTix program).
That’s not all, we are so enthused this morning to share with you an early sneak peak of the new show in action. A production photo was released today of the musical’s leads in costume consisting of Tony nominated stars….
Carmen Cusack as American author and politician “Clare Boothe Luce”.
This photo was taken while FLYING OVER SUNSET was still in tech rehearsals prior before its initial Spring 2020 debut. However, it was abruptly shutdown on March 12th, 2020 (the date it initially was supposed to start previews) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cusack, Paton, and Yazbeck are expecting to continue when FLYING OVER SUNSET is set to make its long awaited Broadway debut this Fall 2021 at The Vivian Beaumont at
Lincoln Center Theater. Previews will now begin November 11th, 2021 and will have its official Opening Night on December 13th, 2021.
by Mike Haber | Jul 29, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, Casting, News
BREAKING NEWS:
Second Stage Theater‘s highly anticipated Broadway Revival of Richard Greenberg’s Tony Award-winning Baseball play, TAKE ME OUT has announced majority of the production’s cast is still expecting to be the same. Under the direction of Scott Ellis, the cast will be led by….
Patrick J. Adams as “Kippy Sunderstrom”,
TAKE ME OUT will play the Hayes at Second Stage Theatre beginning Spring 2022. Previews begin March 9th, 2022, Opening Night will is set for April 4th, 2021, and will run for a limited engagement.
Tickets go on sale to the Public beginning this September.
Don’t miss a night AT THE OLD BALL GAME like never before.
