by Mike Haber | Oct 28, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: It has just been announced that celebrated rising singer, actor, and composer
Alvis Green Jr. is set to share the stage with Broadway favorite
Jessica Vosk next month at her ONE NIGHT ONLY solo show at New York’s famed
Carnegie Hall.
Green Jr. lands his debut on the legendary stage thanks to a contest that the
WICKED,
Fiddler on the Roof, and
Finding Neverland star put together where fans had to prepare a 16 bar cut of a Musical Theatre or Pop/Rock song via
TikTok using the hashtag
#VoskTok #VoskyAtCarnegie. Over 200 of Jessica’s super fans known as the VOSKIANS submitted their videos. In the end, it was Alvis’ powerful vocal chops she and her team loved. In the actual concert, He joins Jessica onstage for their duet as part of the show’s finale.
This once-in-a-life time contest for the Voskians is a full circle pay-it-forward moment for Jessica Vosk. Carnegie Hall was where she landed her first big professional gig as a performer. Following quitting her job on Wall Street following 3 rough years away from the spotlight, she was cast in a concert production of Benny Anderson and Bjorn Ulvaeus’s musical KRISTINA there. 4 years later, Broadway began to discover a supernova!!!
Alvis Green Jr joins the complete lineup of other special guests that will perform with Vosk including…..
Jessica Vosk’s Carnegie Hall solo show entitled MY GOLDEN AGE is set for November 8th, 2021 at 8pm. Under the direction of Tony winner Warren Carlyle, Musical Direction by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, and accompanied by a small orchestra, the show will showcase Vosk’s spectacular vocal chops as she pays tribute to the artists that inspired her journey from Wall Street to Broadway. She will do songs from
Barbra Streisand,
Judy Garland,
Sarah Vaughan, and more. It will also include a selection of songs from Vosk’s favorite composers including
Stephen Sondheim,
Burt Bacharach, and
Stephen Schwartz (yup, you can expect some WICKED tunes).
Check out the winning video below!!!
Congratulations to Alvis Green Jr on this exciting debut!!
It shows that you CAN make it to Carnegie Hall if you PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!!
Who is excited?!
How amazing is Alvis?!!!
by Mike Haber | Oct 28, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, Shows
PLEASE FOLKS, MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE!!! The remaining, full, and final casting has been announced for the highly anticipated Broadway revival of Meredith Wilson’s legendary musical The Music Man has been revealed. The final set of residents of RIVER CITY will include an unbelievable lineup of Broadway favorites and newcomers. That will consist of….
newcomer
Benjamin Pajak making his Broadway debut as the shy and self conscious turn confident coronet player “Winthrop Paroo”,
The PICK-A-LITTLE, TALK-A-LITTLE Ladies will consist of….
The RIVER CITY dysfunctional schoolboard (that becomes a Barbershop Quarter) will feature….
Nicholas Ward (Broadway’s On The Town, The Lion King, and
Frozen) as “Oliver Hix”,
This exciting lineup joins the previously announced…..
Award winning stage and screen star
Hugh Jackman in the titular role of “Professor Harold Hill”,
Tony winning stage and screen star
Sutton Foster as “Marian Paroo”.
Emma Crow as “Zaneeta Shinn”,
Under the direction of Jerry Zaks and choreographed by
Warren Carlyle, this new highly anticipated revival of
The Music Man marches into Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre this holiday season. Previews will begin December 20th, 2021 and will have its official Opening Night on February 10th, 2022.
Congrats to this amazing cast!!!
by Mike Haber | Oct 28, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, Shows
SHE HAD IT COMIN’!!! Since Broadway is back, Tony and Emmy winner
Kristin Chenoweth is continuing to push of finally getting herself back on stage. We’ve seen her attempt to go in for
Come From Away,
Dear Evan Hansen,
Waitress, and even attempting to fly back into
WICKED. However, Chenoweth is NOT giving up.
On her next audition stop, the 4’11 versatile stage and screen star decided to boost her game up by one thing….. GIVE EM’ THE OLD RAZZLE DAZZLE….. AND ALL THAT JAZZ. In this hilarious video, she is attempting to become the MERRY MURDERESS in the Award winning revival of
Chicago. Can Kristin Chenoweth impress long running leading leady
Bianca Marroquin with her Bob Fosse dance skills outside the production’s home at the Ambassador Theatre?!!!
by Mike Haber | Oct 26, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, Shows
LEAPIN’ LIZARDS! We are so happy to share with you a brand new FIRST LOOK photo for
NBC‘s upcoming live televised production of the beloved musical
Annie. This one is really special because we got that early sneak peak of the live TV musical’s leading lady 12 year old newcomer Celina Smith (The National Tour of Disney’s
The Lion King and TV’s Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan) donning the iconic red dress as the title role of the beloved spunky and optimistic orphan herself. Of course, she’s hanging with her best friend companion “Sandy The Dog”.
Smith joins the unforgettable exciting all-star lineup of this highly anticipated TV production just in time for the holiday season. This consists of….
Oscar and Emmy nominee
Taraji P. Henson in the role of the nasty “Miss Agatha Hannigan”,
Grammy and Emmy winner and Tony nominee
Harry Connick Jr. as billionaire “Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks”,
Olivier Award nominee and Pop star
Nicole Scherzinger as personal assistant “Grace Ferrell”,
Emmy nominee
Tituss Burgess as scheming con-artist “Daniel “Rooster” Hannigan”,
THE SUN WILL COME OUT with NBC’s ANNIE LIVE set for December 2nd, 2021.
Who is excited?
How incredible is Celina as “Annie”?!!!
#AnnieLive #LeapinLizards #TheSunWillComeOutTomorrow #IDontNeedAnythingButYou #Maybe
by Mike Haber | Oct 25, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, Shows
THINK OF IT! Earlier this past weekend, Broadway welcomed back its legendary long running smash hit
The Phantom of the Opera. This upcoming, there is already another history making milestone in the show’s 33 going on 34 years here on the Great Bright Way.
Starting this Wednesday evening, October 27th, 2021 at the Majestic Theatre, Emilie Koutachou will make PHANTOM history as the first black actress to the iconic female lead of “Christine Daaè” in the Broadway production. She is also the 2nd black actress in the show’s legacy ever following its current London leading lady Lucy St. Louis.
As the alternate, Koutachou will play “Christine” also this Thursday evening and the upcoming Saturday matinee show. The current main Principal “Christine” is being performed by
Meghan Picerno. There is also a brand new standby track for the role which is currently being done by returning cast member Julia Udine (who originated the role on the 2013 North American company of NEW STAGING 25th Anniversary Tour of PHANTOM and later served as the Principal “Christine” in the Broadway production in 2014).
An official “Christine” show schedule for Emille and Meghan will be announced soon.
Congrats Emille. Break a leg!!!
by Mike Haber | Oct 25, 2021 | Blog, Casting, News, Shows
ON THE MARQUEE: One of the most talked about powerful new shows Off Broadway begins TONIGHT. We are talking the new stage musical adaptation of the Oscar winning short film
Trevor. The show starts preview performances this evening before officially Opening on November 10th, 2021.
Check out this updated look of the show’s new home at
Stage 42. It features a FIRST LOOK photo as well of the show’s star newcomer Holden William Hagelberger who stars as the title role.
This cast features an unforgettable lineup of fresh young newcomers. For many of them, it’s their professional Off Broadway debut. From the creative team behind
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (consisting of direction by Marc Bruni and choreography by Josh Prince), this new cast is led by….
Holden William Hagelberger as the title role,
Jarrod Zimmerman as “Dad” and “Father Joe”,
Sally Wilfert (Broadway’s Assassins and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) as “Mom” and “Mrs. Kerr”,
Yasmeen Sulieman (Broadway’s Beautiful) as “
Diana Ross“),
Diego Lucano (Broadway’s School of Rock) as “Jason”,
Isabel Medina (National Tour of Disney’s
The Lion King) as “Frannie”,
For those who may not know TREVOR is based on an original story by Celeste Lecesne that was turned into a film. With an original score by Julianne Wick and Dan Collins, it’s an inspiration coming of age story of a 13 year boy with a vivid imagination. As he deals with becoming a teenager, he struggles to navigates his own identity and determined how he fits in a challenging world.
The story itself later inspired the nonprofit
The Trevor Project. This organization helps save lives of those within the LGBTQ community. It organizes interventions and prevents young people from committing suicide.
This new musical originally premiered in Glencoe back in 2017 earning a Jeff Award for BEST NEW WORK.
This musical originally was scheduled to debut in the Spring of 2020. However, it was put on hold due to the COVID‐19 pandemic.
We’re so happy that tonight is the night the show gets its moment.
Break a leg to the full cast, crew, musicians, and creative team.
