by NYBroadwayTours | Aug 5, 2019 | Blog, Broadway
ON THE MARQUEE: We have 5 1/2 months left of some of those delicious pies served Broadway style…. we are talking about the sad closing of the Tony and Grammy nominated smash hit Waitress the Musical. The front of house billboard outside the Brooks Atkinson Theatre has been updated with that sad closing notice and also the news with the show's latest leads Allison Luff and Mark Evan's who took over as "Jenna" and dr. Pomatter".
The Broadway company of WAITRESS will be CLOSING UP shop on January 5th, 2020. After the last pie is served, the show will have played 33 previews and 1,544 regular performance.
Thoughts?
Who still thinks closing the most tasty feel good show on Broadway is a BAD IDEA?
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by NYBroadwayTours | Aug 5, 2019 | Blog, Broadway
NO WAY!!!! We at New York Broadway Tours and almost everyone in the Theater community is going crazy over the new GIRL POWER sensation better known as SIX. The British smash hit is already causing a sensation in the UK, North America, and now the Queens are set to bring their DIVORCED, BEHEADED Tour now to Australia!!!!
The Australian premiere of SIX will be coming Sydney playing the legendary Sydney Opera House beginning in 2020. Official dates will be announced soon.
The Australian debut of SIX (the ultimate pop concert experience telling the story of the six EX-WIVES of King Henry VII dealing with their lives from hell with him) comes during a crazy amount of news that has been lined up for the show's future. Along with the show's success at London's Arts Theatre Off-West End, a new UK tour is scheduled to launch this Fall 2019.
The show closed off its North American debut production last night in Chicago, IL at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. However thanks to popular demand, the Queens will be returning to the Windy City beginning July 8th, 2020 this time playing the Broadway Playhouse.
It's upcoming North American legs will include…
Cambridge, MA at the American Repertory Theater (featuring majority of the Chicago company) from August 21st – September 27th, 2019,
Canadian Debut in Edmonton, Alberta's Citadel Theatre from November 2nd – 24th, 2019,
and St. Paul, MI at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts from November 29th – December 22nd, 2019,
From there, the biggest gig of them all…. SIX will make its way to rule our very own kingdom of Broadway (here in New York City) playing the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Previews are set to begin February 13th, 2020 and Opening Night scheduled for March 12th, 2020.
Are you excited for the hottest ticket right now bringing GIRL POWER the world?
Divorced. Beheaded. Live: Musical about Henry VIII’s wives coming to Sydney
The surprise smash of the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe, Six, will premiere at the Sydney Opera House in January.
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by NYBroadwayTours | Aug 5, 2019 | Blog, Broadway
BREAKING NEWS: ABC has just joined the lineup of channels brining back the old tradition of doing Live TV musicals. It has just been announced that the channel teaming up with The Wonderful World of Disney will be presenting a live televised production of the beloved classic hit The Little Mermaid. It's scheduled to go live on November 5th, 2019 at 8pm on ABC. In addition, the first of casting has been announced. Headlining this new live production will feature an all-star cast consisting of….
Auli'i Cravalho (known for portraying the title character of another Disney favorite Moana and TV's Rise) will star in the iconic role of "Ariel" (a.k.a. the title character),
Grammy and Emmy winning and Oscar nominee Queen Latifah as the wicked evil seawitch herself "Ursula",
and Grammy winning singing sensation Shaggy as the sea maestro and caring red Jamaican crap himself "Sebastian".
More casting will announced soon.
THE LITTLE MERMAID LIVE is based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and the beloved Oscar winning 1989 Disney Animated film of the same. It tells the iconic story of a young mermaid who dreams of life in the world above the sea and takes a sacrifice to win the heart of the handsome prince. With an iconic score by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, it features some of the most beloved songs written for both the screen and the stage including PART OF YOUR WORLD, POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS, and the Oscar winning UNDER THE SEA. In addition, the live TV presentation will feature the newer songs that were written for the stage musical production written by Menken and Glenn Slater including THE WORLD ABOVE, IF ONLY, HER VOICE, BEYOND MY WILDEST DREAMS, and more.
With the triumphant of the original 1989 film and Disney making its mark on the Great White Way, Disney on Broadway president Thomas Schumacher was planning to adapt THE LITTLE MERMAID for the stage. After reaching out to the original composer Alan Menken and figuring out many ideas to create the effects of everyone portraying mermaids and fish under the water, Schumacher and team Disney reached out to Francesca Zambello (known for her direction work in the opera). Based on her ideas in the opera, she created the show in a very unique way of no water, no wires, and no flying 15 actors all at once… using translucent materials to create abstract shapes and manipulate light to give the watery illusion. To expand more of the story and to add new music, Menken hired Glenn Slater (who he previously worked on the Disney film Home on the Range) and Doug Wright. In addition, Stephen Mear was hired as choreographer which he came with the idea of having the actors wear Heelys wheeled footwear, dubbed "merblades", while tails on sprung-steel rods, designed by Michael Curry, were attached to their hips.
The show had its world premiere pre-Broadway tryout in Denver, Colorado back in the Summer 2007 at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts which it sold out the entire run. From there, it officially arrived on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in Christmas of that same year where it ran for 50 previews and 685 regular performances. With Francesca Zambello's direction and Stephen Mear's choreography, the cast consisted of….
Sierra Boggess (later Chelsea Morgan Stock) as "Ariel",
Sherie Rene Scott (later Heidi Blickenstaff and Faith Prince) as "Ursula",
Tituss Burgess (later Rogelio Douglas Jr.) as "Sebastian",
Sean Palmer (later Drew Seeley) as "Prince Eric",
Norm Lewis as "King Triton",
Tyler Maynard as "Flotsam",
Derrick Baskin as "Jetsam",
Jonathan Freeman as "Grimsby",
John Treacy Egan as "Chef Louis",
and more.
THE LITTLE MERMAID was nominated for 2 Tony Awards in 2008 for Best Score and Best Lighting Design of a Musical. However, it lost both the categories.
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Following its life on Broadway, THE LITTLE MERMAID began a life with revamped and reinvented production that premiered in Holland back in 2012. This new production was directed by Glenn Casale and was noted for flying the actors above the ground. He also changed majority of the score and book including a new song about the relationship between "King Triton" and "Ursula". With the success of the Holland reinvented version, THE LITTLE MERMAID began touring all over North America and all over the world. It's being performed today in schools, community, and regional theaters everywhere.
In addition to this live TV production, a full scale live action feature film version of THE LITTLE MERMAID is also set to start filming in 2020.
Who is excited about this new live production of THE LITTLE MERMAID?
#TheLittleMermaidLive
ABC Announces THE LITTLE MERMAID LIVE With Auli’i Cravalho, Queen Latifah and More
ABC has just announced that THE LITTLE MERMAID LIVE will air Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. as part of The Wonderful World of Disney. Auli'i Cravalho, of Moana fame, will star as Ariel. Queen Latifah will star as Ursula and Shaggy will play Sebastian. No additional casting has been announced at this time…
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by NYBroadwayTours | Aug 5, 2019 | Blog, Broadway
TO ALL OUR FRIENDS IN THE UK!!! Tony Award winner Stephanie J. Block is set to make her way across to pond to London for a solo concert beginning next year in 2020. She will headline at London's iconic Cadogan Hall in Sloane Square on April 12th, 2020 doing 2 shows (both at 2:30pm and 6:30pm).
The concert will be produced by Club 11 London and Take Two Theatricals. Fans can expect to hear Block perform a mix of Great American Songbook standards, some of her favorite songs, and of course all the hits from her acclaimed Broadway career (including WICKED The Musical, The Pirate Queen, 9 to 5: The Musical, Falsettos on Broadway, and of course her now Tony Award winning turn in The Cher Show).
Who is excited?
Stephanie J. Block Will Perform Concerts in London in 2020
Broadway star concert producers Club 11 London and Take Two Theatrical are excited to announce that Broadway star and the 2019 Tony Award winning, Stephanie J. Block will make a return London on Sunday 12th April 2020 for two solo concerts at Londons iconic Cadogan Hall in Sloane Square.
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by NYBroadwayTours | Aug 5, 2019 | Blog, Broadway
POOF!!!! This Winter on Broadway, one of the great International magic acts of all time returns. Back by popular demand for a 5th year engagement, THE ILLUSIONISTS will return to the Great White Way with their MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS show returning to the Neil Simon Theatre (currently the home of The Cher Show now through August 18th, 2019). This engagement will run November 29, 2019 through Sunday, January 5, 2020. Who is excited?!!
THE ILLUSIONISTS – MAGIC OF THE HOLIDAYS Returns To Broadway This Winter For Fifth Year
The Illusionists a? Magic Of The Holidays will return to Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre (250 W. 52nd Street) for a record fifth holiday season, playing from Friday, November 29, 2019 through Sunday, January 5, 2020.
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