by Mike Haber | Aug 5, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, Gleeks Fan Tour (Times Square), News, Shows
THRILLIFYING NEWS: Full casting has been announced for
PBS‘ upcoming televised concert special celebrating the music of the Award winning blockbuster
WICKED this month!! WE COULDN’T BE HAPPIER to share this WONDERFUL lineup with all of you.
Under the direction of Broadway legend
Baayork Lee (Broadway’s original
A Chorus Line), the cast of WICKED IN CONCERT will feature an all star cast consisting of …..
Grammy nominee and Stage and screen favorite
Alex Newell,
Olivier Award winner and Grammy Award nominee
Amber Riley,
Grammy Award nominee and Broadway favorite Issac Powell,
Stage and screen favorite Stephanie Hsu,
and
This cast will take center stage to perform promising breathtaking new arrangements of some of your favorite songs from Stephen Schwartz’s legendary Tony nominated and Grammy winning score. You can expect to hear all the favorites from THE WIZARD AND I, POPULAR, I’M NOT THAT GIRL, FOR GOOD, AS LONG AS YOU’RE MINE, NO GOOD DEED, and of course the show’s anthem DEFYING GRAVITY. Performances will be coming to you from New York City, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C.
That’s not all….. this new TV concert will reunite and be hosted by …..WICKED’s original WITCHES OF OZ who started it all themselves…..
the show’s Tony Award winning star
Idina Menzel (OG “Elphaba’).
Ironically, Chenoweth and Menzel had previously hosted WICKED’s TV concert special A VERY WICKED HALLOWEEN on
NBC back in 2018 celebrating the show’s 15th Anniversary. Now they’re back for a 2nd WICKED concert special….. FOR GOOD.
OH WHAT A CELEBRATION it will be from now especially with WICKED making its way back to being performed around the world. Earlier this week, the show’s ongoing National Tour relaunched its run in Dallas, TX.
The Broadway production is set to reopen at the Gershwin Theatre beginning September 14th, 2021…. just in time before its 18th Anniversary. The day afterwards on the 15th, the show’s London company will reopen on the West End at the Apollo Victoria Theatre,.
WICKED IN CONCERT: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF THE ICONIC BROADWAY SCORE will officially air on August 29th, 2021 at 9pm EST. Check your local PBS station!!!
by Mike Haber | Aug 5, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, Shows
DO WE LOVE YOU, MY OH MY?!!! The full casting announcement has been revealed for the return of the Tony and Olivier Award nominated smash hit
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical on Broadway this Fall. All we have to say is this cast is SIMPLY THE BEST!!!!
Joining the previously announced Adrienne Warren (Broadway’s
BRING IT ON and
Shuffle Along) reprising her Tony and Olivier Award nominated performance as “Anna Mae Bullock” who eventually grows up to be the iconic Queen of Rock ‘N Roll herself “Tina Turner” for a limited engagement will be….
Broadway veteran Daniel J. Watts (seen in hits such as the original
The Color Purple,
The Little Mermaid,
In The Heights,
Ghost the Musical,
After Midnight,
Motown, and
Hamilton) reprising his Tony nominated portrayal as acclaimed singer and musician but also…..the cruel, wicked, horrifying, narcasstic, and the domestically abusive husband himself “
Ike Turner“,
Stage and Screen performer Dawnn Lewis (The
New York City Center Encores production of The Wiz) as Tina’s mother “Zelma Priscilla Bullock”
Myra Lucretia Taylor (Broadway’s 2003 revival of
NINE and the National Tour of
WICKED) reprising her Tony nominated performance as “Gran Georgeanna”,
In addition because of the demands of the show, the role of “Tina Turner” will once again be alternated. Adrienne Warren will share the role of “Tina Turner” once again with Nkeki Obi-Melekwe.
TINA is set to go ROLLIN’ back into Broadway’s Lunt Fontanne Theatre beginning October 8th, 2021.
by Mike Haber | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Broadway Audience, News, Shows
BROADWAY’S BACK!!!!! The curtain just went down on the history making first Broadway play to open in 17 months…… Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s powerful play
Pass Over!!
Pull out those tissues as you are about to hear the sound of a thunderous standing ovation!!! Check out
Jon Michael Hill, Namir Smallwood, and
Gabriel Ebert taking their first preview / welcome back Broadway bows at the Curtain Call!!!
Congrats to the full company on a successful 1st preview!!!
PASS OVER runs on Broadway for a limited 9 week engagement. The show’s official Opening Night is set for September 12th, 2021 and will run through October 10th, 2021.
Our hearts!!! We are giving standing ovations from our home!!!
WELCOME BACK BROADWAY PLAYS!!!!
WELCOME TO BROADWAY PASS OVER!!!!
by Mike Haber | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog, News
BREAKING NEWS: Actors’ Equity Association is angry and had enough of Andrew Cuomo. Following yesterday’s recent reports of the New York City Governor’s multiple occurrences of sexual harassment and retaliation behavior in the work place, the Union supporting Broadway and Live Theater actors released a statement calling for him to resign.
“There is no place for sexual harassment in the workplace – not in our theaters, and not in our government.”
Actors’ Equity Association Calls for The Resignation of Governor Andrew Cuomo (broadwayworld.com)
by Mike Haber | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
GOOD NEWS!!!!! The Award winning smash hit
WICKED is back FOR GOOD!!! Last night, the show’s ongoing 2nd National Tour (better known as THE MUNCHKINLAND COMPANY) took its first bow in Dallas, TX after 17 months of being abruptly shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The packed audience at the
Music Hall at Fair Park featured many of the show’s super fans screaming, non-stop standing ovations, and so much more. WE COULDN’T BE HAPPIER to share this THRILLIFYING photo of the cast in action at that first curtain call back.
The show will continue DEFY GRAVITY in Dallas now through September 5th, 2021 before flying all over North America.
WICKED makes history as the first Broadway National Tour to reopen since Live Theater has been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s also the 2nd company of the show to be performed since the shutdown…. The first was its ongoing company in Korea.
Along with the tour, the Broadway production is set to reopen at the Gershwin Theatre on September 14th, 2021. Meanwhile, the London company is set to reopen the next day on September 15th, 2021 at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.
WELCOME BACK WICKED MUNCHKINLAND TOUR!!!!
Break legs!!!!
How exciting is this?!!!!
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?!!!
