FROM GLEE CLUB MEMBER, TO SUPERHERO, TO NATURAL WOMAN. Get a first look at Glee favorite and Supergirl star Melissa Benoist in costume as she continues to gear up for her long awaited Broadway Debut as “Carole King” in the Tony and Grammy winning smash hit Beautiful – The Carole King Musical.
Benoist will FEEL THE MOVE 8 times a week beginning June 7th, 2018 through August 4th, 2018 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
The Broadway Company’s long running leading lady Chilina Kennedy is taking a leave of absence from BEAUTIFUL to appear in the new Off Broadway show THIS AIN’T NO DISCO at the Atlantic Theater Company. Kennedy will take her final bow on June 6th, 2018 but it set to return in August 2018 following Benoist’s run.
In addition for all you ultimate GLEEKS out there who love Melissa Benoist and are planning to see her in BEAUTIFUL, be sure to join us on our GLEEKS OF BROADWAY Walking Tour as a little Pre-Show fun. We will visit some of the actual Broadway houses where some of your favorite GLEE cast members have performed previously and currently.
BREAKING NEWS: Tony winner Alan Cumming to open up a club in the Lower East Side entitled CLUB CUMMING this September.
CLUB CUMMING all began in 2014 when Alan Cumming created his own private popup space in his dressing room of Studio 54 while he was reprising his Tony winning performance of the “Emcee” in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Cabaret the Musical. The club was so popular and fans were wanted to attend and come backstage, Cumming planned on opening it as an official night club featuring live performances, DJ’s and appearances by Alan himself.
BREAKING NEWS: Some of Broadway’s best is taking center stage to pay tribute to one of the most iconic directors of all time. Casting for the Broadway premiere of Prince of Broadway – A New Musical (paying tribute to the legendary Harold Prince) has been announced…
Reprising their performances from the Tokyo engagement will be…
Tony nominee Emily Skinner (Broadway’s Sideshow),
Tony nominee Tony Yazbeck (Broadway’s On The Town – The Musical Comedy Classic, Finding Neverland – The New Musical),
Tony nominee Nancy Opel (Broadway’s Urinetown, Cinderella the Musical),
Newcomer Bryonha Marie Parham,
and
Kaley Ann Voorhees (Broadway’s youngest actress ever to play the lead role of “Christine Daae” in The Phantom of the Opera).
Also joining the lineup for the Broadway engagement will be..,
Tony winner Chuck Cooper (Broadway’s The Life – the Musical),
Tony nominee Brandon Uranowitz (An American In Paris on Broadway, recently in the revival of Falsettos on Broadway,
and
Janet Dacal (Broadway’s In The Heights, Wonderland the Musical).
1 additional cast member will be announced soon.
PRINCE OF BROADWAY is will be the first new musical of the 2017-2018 Broadway season. Previews begin on August 3rd, 2017 and opening night set for August 24th, 2017 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
FROM THE ZOOM ZONE, TO JERSEY, TO THE KIT KAT CLUB, & NOW THE STOOPS OF BELLMONT AVENUE!! A Bronx Tale The Musical cast member Kaleigh Cronin originally got her start at a young age as a 2 year cast member on the popular acclaimed Emmy nominated PBS KIDS show ZOOM (if anyone remembers that show)?
Today, Cronin is still performing!!!! She later went on to appear as Lorraine & Others on the National Tour of Jersey Boys and made her Broadway debut as Lulu in the recent encore engagement of Roundabout Theatre Company’s Tony Award winning revival of Cabaret the Musical.
Catch her in the Ensemble in A BRONX TALE currently playing at the Longacre Theatre. The show is currently in previews and will officially open December 1st.
