by Mike Haber | Jun 24, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Gleeks Fan Tour (Times Square), Shows
BREAKING NEWS: Live Performance is making its triumphant comeback this year. We have more of the hottest events for all Theater fans making its way back to NYC. The latest is the popular
Elsie Fest. The outdoor Broadway concert will be part of
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn Festival and scheduled for August 29th, 2021 at the Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn.
In case anyone may not know, ELSIE FEST was created by Emmy Award winner and Broadway favorite
Darren Criss back in 2015. You can consider it as Broadway favorites doing their own cabaret act but as a mainstream pop star level in front of over thousands of screaming Theater fans. You can expect them performing both Broadway favorite & tons of surprises. Previous headlining acts included…..
Tony nominee Aaron Tviet,
and so much more.
Announcements for this year’s lineup will be revealed at a later time.
by Mike Haber | Jun 21, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Broadway, Gleeks Fan Tour (Times Square), Inspiration of Rent Tour
2021 marks a huge year for Tony Award winning powerhouse
Idina Menzel. Last month, she celebrated her 50th Birthday & the 25th Anniversary of the professional gig that started it all….. her Broadway debut in
Rent. What an unforgettable legacy she has left within those past 25 years. We all love her success on stage and on screen. However, Menzel’s also had an amazing career as a Pop star releasing 8 solo albums. Get ready for a THRILLIFYING rare seen performance like no other…. during the early era before her career even skyrocketed as a global phenomenon with
WICKED,
Glee, and of course
Frozen. Here is the music video of her debut single MINUET from her 1998 cult smash hit album STILL I CAN’T BE STILL.
The music video itself for MINUET is soooooooo hot!!!! It features Menzel in an old Volkswagen van driving through an automatic car wash. It also features an appearance by her fellow RENT co-star and now ex-husband Taye Diggs.
In case anyone may not know the story, Menzel’s journey to becoming a solo artist began back while she was performing in her Tony nominated breakout Broadway debut as the original “Maureen” in
Rent. While doing the show 8 times a week, she got offered a record deal with
Hollywood Records. After departing RENT in 1997, Menzel went straight to work on the album. Recorded in upstate New York, she worked with some incredible musical talents, geniuses, and creators. It was produced by Milton Davis. All the songs together were written by Menzel and Davis.
STILL I CAN’T BE STILL was released on September 13th, 1998. MINUET became the only single from the album reaching #48 on Radio & Records’ CHR/Pop tracks chart. To promote the album, Idina did various performances including in-store events, singing at the
Lilith Fair Music Festival, and went on tour serving as the Opening Act for
Francis Dunnery. The album sadly failed to top the charts, sold less than 10,000 copies, and Menzel was dropped from Hollywood Records. The label put the album out of print.
For Menzel, she went to a moment of obscurity but still had the courage, passion, and drive to write music. She and Milton Davis continued working together for a 2nd album done independently.
However, when Idina’s career took off with her Tony winning performance as “Elphaba” in WICKED, her expanded fanbase (known as THE FANZELS) began demanding to re-release STILL I CAN’T BE STILL. Thanks to them, it was re-released in September 2005.
Today, STILL I CAN’T BE STILL is still available to download digitally. There are also physical copies on
Amazon.com as well.
Today, Menzel has continued to perform songs from that debut album in her ongoing solo concerts around the world.
As of March 2018, STILL I CAN’T BE STILL has sold over 18,000 copies.
How amazing is this video?
Anyone have that original debut album of Idina’s?!!!
by NYBroadwayTours | May 5, 2019 | Blog, Broadway
We had a fun time on our GLEEKS ON BROADWAY Walking Tour with some super Glee Fans from Ontario, Canada. They saw WICKED The Musical during their stay.
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by NYBroadwayTours | Jun 22, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
ON THE MARQUEE: Glee and Supergirl favorite Melissa Benoist just joined the cast of the Tony and Grammy winning hit Beautiful – The Carole King Musical for a limited run. Check out the updated front of house billboards outside the Stephen Sondheim Theatre featuring new production photos of Benoist in costume as “Carole King”. Catch her through August 4th, 2018.
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by NYBroadwayTours | Jun 2, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
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.
How stunning does Melissa look as “Carole”?
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