Ain?t Too Proud ? Headed for The Tonight Show | Broadway Direct

GET READY CAUSE HERE THEY COME! Tomorrow is going to be a whirlwind of a day for the company of Ain't Too Proud Musical. They are celebrating their official Broadway Opening Night tomorrow night at the Imperial Theatre. In addition prior to that big night during the day, the cast will be making a stop over to Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center and perform live on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon which will air later that evening on NBC. Who is excited?

Ain?t Too Proud ? Headed for The Tonight Show | Broadway Direct

Ain?t Too Proud ? The Life and Time of the Temptations, the forthcoming musical biography about the titular band that enjoyed a parade of hits in the 60s and 70s, is headed for network television. Songs from the musical production will make their late-night television debut on NBC?s The Tonigh…

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Moulin Rouge! Complete Casting Announced | Broadway Direct

Get ready to get your CAN CAN on as full casting has been announced for the Broadway bound musical adaptation of the Oscar winning film Moulin Rouge.

Moulin Rouge The Musical will have its official Pre-Broadway World Premiere run this Summer. The show will reopen the historical Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. Previews begin June 27th, 2018, Opening Night is set for July 22nd, 2018, and run through August 5th, 2018. From there, the show is expecting to go to Broadway in 2019. No word on when is the start of the Broadway run or what Theater it will go to in NYC.

Thoughts on the final casting selection?!

Moulin Rouge! Complete Casting Announced | Broadway Direct

The Broadway-bound production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical, based on the popular 2001 Baz Luhrmann film, will begin performances at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston. The production will run for 36 performances from June 27, 2018 through August 5, 2018. Today, Moulin Rouge! begins rehearsal wit…

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BARE Will Navigate to the Big Screen; Kristin Hanggi Set to Direct Film

ARE YOU THERE?! The cult classic rock opera bare: the musical is heading to the big screen. Tony nominees Hillary Butorac Weaver and Janet Billig Rich will produce the film along with Tony nominated director and the genius behind the vision of BARE’s original stage production Kristin Hanggi (Broadway’s Rock of Ages) will direct this film version (as well as do the screenplay).

The musical tells the story of two gay teenage boys that fall in love and face struggles, pressure, and intensity at a private Catholic boarding school. It features a score by Jon Hartmere and the late Damon Intrabartolo (who also wrote the book of the musical).

BARE had it’s world premiere in 2000 at Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles before making it’s way Off Broadway to the American Theater of Actors in 2004. It went on to become a worldwide hit with productions everywhere including Toronto, Sydney, San Diego, the Philippines, Cardiff, Seoul, Chicago, Brighton and Austin. The show was recently revived Off Broadway back in 2012 at New World Stages which the production was well known for incorporate several addition new songs written for the show written by Hartmere, Intrabartolo, and Lynne Shankel. The 2012 revival was created due to numerous news reports of young teenagers dealing with bullying, the movement to legalize gay marriage, and an occurrence of LGBTQ suicides in the years following the 2004 production.

Who is excited to experience BARE like never before?

BARE Will Navigate to the Big Screen; Kristin Hanggi Set to Direct Film

BroadwayWorld has just learned that bare, the movie is in the works from Tony nominated producers Hillary Butorac Weaver and Janet Billig Rich and Tony nominated director Kristin Hanggi at the helm. Hanggi was the original director of the musical and adapted the screenplay for the film.

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Encore of Hamilton?s America to Play on PBS | Broadway Direct

DO NOT THROW AWAY YOUR SHOT!! The 2017 edition of the PBS Arts Fall Festival which played mostly the best of Broadway concludes tonight with an encore presentation of the most viewed documentary from last year, HAMILTON’S AMERICA.

Get ready to go into THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS as we go behind the scenes into the making of one of the hottest shows that still plays to packed houses every night, the Tony and Grammy Award winning smash hit Hamilton: An American Musical. You will be there with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Ren?e Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson, Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Groff, and members of the original cast in the rehearsal room all the way through opening night on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Plus, you will go on a fun field trip with the cast as they visit the actual places where the charecters they play actually lived in real life.

HAMILTON continues to play to packed sold out houses on Broadway, in Chicago, on Tour across America, and set to open in London’s West End this month!!!!

Tune in tonight to HAMILTON’S AMERICA as the grand finale of the 2017 PBS Arts Fall Festival.

Check your local PBS listings.

Who is excited?

Encore of Hamilton?s America to Play on PBS | Broadway Direct

Hamilton?s America, the compelling documentary about the Broadway musical and the history behind it, will have an encore presentation on Friday, December 1.

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Tony Award Winner Christopher Ashley Will Direct Big Screen Adaptation of COME FROM AWAY

BREAKING NEWS: As previously announced a film adaptation of the acclaimed groundbreaking 9/11 musical Come From Away is in the works. It has just been announced that the show’s Tony winning director Christopher Ashley will direct the movie. Who is excited?

Tony Award Winner Christopher Ashley Will Direct Big Screen Adaptation of COME FROM AWAY

Christopher Ashley signs on to direct the big screen adaptation of Come From Away.

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