by NYBroadwayTours | Jan 13, 2013 | NYBT NEWS
Wow! Yesterday we gave our first official tour of Times Square, The Broadway Box, The Great White Way, New York’s theatre district. It took us 9 months in the making but we are both happy to announce our Broadway Debut is official! Thank you to everyone who attended and took pics and videos! We will be creating a promo video soon and look forward to sharing highlights of the tour on our?YouTube channel! Please feel free to share and join us on our social media networks as well as join our mailing list for promotional discounts and news!
by NYBroadwayTours | Jan 9, 2013 | NYBT NEWS
Ever wonder why all Disney heroes lack parental support? If you haven?t noticed, in most Disney films and fairy tales mothers tend to be weak or absent ? (Starting with Snow White, to Cinderella, Bambi, Peter Pan?and the?search for a mother 
figure, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King… and this goes all the way up to Finding Nemo?and?Tangled,?in which?Rapunzel must battle her evil mother and venture off on her own to find her real parents.) ?This absent mother dynamic strengthens the hero or heroine, ensuring that they must struggle on his or her own and, fighting their own battles until they reach their?self-discovery.? The end result?tends to be?family or love, once they have proven their independence. Some would say that this?is related to Walt Disney’s personal loss of his mother in 1938, but others would argue that most of these Disney stories were already created as fairytales prior to being made into a Disney film. What do you guys think?
Speaking of independence, “Nemo” is latin for “no one.” Also, backwards it spells “Omen.” Coincidental? I think not!
by NYBroadwayTours | Jan 9, 2013 | NYBT NEWS
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Have you seen the Les Miserable` movie yet? Are you as obsessed with Colm Wilkinson as I am? He happens to be the reason I am obsessed with the movie. (And yes, you will find that I use the word ?obsessed? just as much as Seth Rudetsky. Sorry Seth.) For those of you who don?t know Colm Wilkinson, he created the role of Jean Valjean when Les Miz opened in 1985 at the Barbican Theatre in London. When it transferred to Broadway two years later, Producer Cameron Mackintosh refused to open the show unless Colm Wilkinson played Valjean. His wish was granted, even though it went against the Actor?s Equity Association?s policy of only hiring American actors at that time. See for yourself why Mackintosh insisted that Wilkinson was the only man for the job.
Epic right? Cameron Mackintosh and the team of Producers had the same idea when the movie was first being discussed. They felt that it was very important to have Colm Wilkinson in the movie, even if he had to play a different role. Once again, his wish was granted as Wilkinson plays the Bishop in the movie, adding a special symbolic undertone to the film. Wilkinson passed the torch to Hugh Jackman, giving him advice and encouragement on the journey of taking on the challenging role of Valjean. Similarly, in Les Miz the Bishop is Valjean?s guide to a better life as he gives him a second chance to live a life worth living. Colm Wilkinson and the Les Miz team sum it up better than I can:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=039td1lNrwU
And now for my fun Disney fact: While we?re on the topic of guidance, we all know and love the hilarious character Rafiki in Lion King who is essentially Simba?s counselor. Did you know that ?Rafiki? is Swahili for ?friend??
Thanks for reading. Would love to hear your feedback!
by NYBroadwayTours | Dec 29, 2012 | Charitable Giving, NYBT NEWS, Partners
We have partnered with Local Theatre NY. You can now win free tickets for our tours simply by visiting their Facebook page and liking them! (CLICK HERE) and “Like”.
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by NYBroadwayTours | Dec 22, 2012 | Charitable Giving, NYBT NEWS
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We were featured on Michael Roderick’s blog on Friday, December 21st, 2012. Michael Roderick has produced at Manhattan Theatre Source, Theater Row Studios, Where Eagles Dare, the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, the Red Room, the Bridge Theatre at Shetler Studios and has produced shows in the NY International Fringe Festival, the Midtown International Theatre Festival, the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival, among others. He has worked as an office associate for Davenport Theatrical Enterprises and has Off Broadway producing credit as an Associate Producer of the musical ROOMS a Rock Romance at New World Stages as well as an Associate Producer of The New Hopeville Comics at The Chernuchin Theater at ATA. Michael is currently the program director for Self-Producing Artists at Theater Resources Unlimited and CEO of his company Small Pond Entertainment. His producer credits involve working as?R2D2 PRODUCTIONS which was nominated for a Tony for the show The Scottsboro Boys.
THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS?is the thrilling final collaboration by musical theatre giants John Kander and Fred Ebb (Chicago, Cabaret). This critically-acclaimed production comes to Broadway following a sold-out run at the Vineyard Theatre.
Directed by 5-time Tony??Award winner Susan Stroman (The Producers) and featuring a book by David Thompson (who adapted the script for?Chicago‘s record-breaking revival), this daring and wildly entertaining musical explores a fascinating chapter in American history with arresting originality. The show is based on the notorious “Scottsboro” case in the 1930s, in which 9 African-American men were unjustly accused of a terrible crime.
Their shocking and inspiring story – told though a mix of innovative staging and piercing new songs – demands to be shared. So gather ’round… and join?THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS?on their remarkable journey.
by NYBroadwayTours | Mar 24, 2012 | NYBT NEWS
This is my first post about launching New York Broadway Tours. I began giving tours in September of 2011 and found a wonderful place where my eccentric talents and love for the theatre could be utilized.?I’m looking forward to meeting new faces and sharing my love of musical theatre history with the rest of the world.
Feel free to leave comments or email me for questions.
Sincerely,
Amada Anderson
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