BREAKING NEWS: Emmy Award winning actor and Broadway favorite Peter Scolari passed away today at the age of 66 after a 2 year battle with cancer. What an unforgettable life and legacy he had within the Entertainment industry.
Most people remember Scolari for performances on TV in…..
Get a first look at the set of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert. The set was built at Brooklyn’s Marcy Avenue Armory (located in Williamsburg). In this video, you can check out the cast rehearsing the ultimate gossip number…. WHAT’S THE BUZZ?
Tune in to see the full action unfold in one take live tonight at 8pm on NBC.
WHAT’S THE BUZZ?: Grammy and Tony nominated singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles has been tapped to star in NBC’s upcoming live Spring Musical concert presentation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar as “Mary Magdalene” which she will sing the musical’s signature song I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM.
The Waitress the Musical composer and soon to be returning leading lady joins the previously announced Grammy winner John Legend as the title role and legendary rock star Alice Cooper as “King Herrod”.
Additional casting will be announced soon.
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR will be NBC’s 5th live televised musical and their first live production airing in the spring. It’s set to go live on the air on April 1st, 2018 (Easter Psalm Sunday). This live concert production will be filmed in front of large audience at the Marcy Armory in Brooklyn.
Thoughts on Sara Bareilles joining the live production.
HOSANNA!! Grammy Award winner John Legend has been tapped to star in the title role for NBC’s upcoming live televised production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s beloved rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar this Spring 2018.
Legend joins the previously announced legendary rock star Alice Cooper as “King Herrod”. Additional casting will be announced soon.
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR will be NBC’s 5th live televised musical and their first live production airing in the spring. It’s set to go live on the air on April 1st, 2018 (Easter Psalm Sunday).
In addition, it was also announced that the production will be filmed as a live concert in front of large audience at the Marcy Armory which is located in Williamsburg (right in Brooklyn).
John Legend has been tapped for the title role in NBC?s live staging of ?Jesus Christ Superstar,? set for Easter Sunday. ?We?re all overjoyed to have world-class musical artist an?
What is the recipe when you take a stage and screen legend and all new The Jim Henson Company Muppets?! It is Netflix new original series JULIE’S GREENROOM starring the legendary Dame Julie Andrews. This new show (created by Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton) will be a celebration getting kids an introduction into the world of the performing arts.
The show stars Andrews as herself being a director and running her very own Performing Arts school. Her students are all new original puppet characters from Jim Henson’s Creature Show called the “Greenies”. In addition, the show will feature a variety of guest stars as guest teachers in the “Greenroom” from the worlds of Music, Dance, and Theatre.
Guest stars will include a lot Broadway’s very own including Idina Menzel, Josh Groban, Alec Baldwin, Tituss Burgess, and much more.
JULIE’S GREENROOM will stream globally Friday, March 17 on Netflix.
Who is excited to see one of the most beloved versatile stars of stage and screen introducing the world of Theatre and performing arts to preschoolers and younger kids?! I’m sure there will be some older people as well who are big fans of Julie and all the exciting guest stars.
The legendary Julie Andrews together with special guests stars teaches her new students, the greenies, all about the performing arts in her new show Julie’s …
