by NYBroadwayTours | Jun 5, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
Announcing more additional presenters set to hit the stage at this year’s Tony Awards. Who is ready for Sunday night? #TonyAwards #CountdownToTheTonys
Christine Baranski, Melissa Benoist, Billy Joel, Katharine McPhee, and More Added to List of Tonys Presenters
Stars from stage and screen will take center stage at the 2018 Tony Awards. The evening will feature appearances by: Christine Baranski, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Melissa Benoist, Erich Bergen, Rachel Bloom, Rachel Brosnahan, Tituss Burgess, and more.
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by NYBroadwayTours | May 29, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
BREAKING NEWS: Katherine McPhee will be extending her run in Waitress the Musical at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre this summer.
The American Idol, Smash, and Scorpion star will end her initial engagement in the Tony and Grammy nominated Sara Bareilles musical on June 17th, 2018. However, she is scheduled to return for a 2nd shift at the Diner on July 15th, 2018 through August 19th, 2018.
No word has been said on who will be filling for McPhee in the lead role of pregnant pie maker “Jenna” from June 19th, 2018 through July 14th, 2018.
Who is excited to see Katherine extending and baking more pies?
Katharine McPhee Extends Her Run in WAITRESS
The producers of Broadway’s hit Waitress announced today that Katharine McPhee will take another shift at the pie diner when she extends her engagement, returning to the show from July 5 ? August 19. She made her Broadway debut in the show on April 10; her current engagement ends on June 17.
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by NYBroadwayTours | May 1, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
Check out where to tune in to watch the revealing of the Tony Awards nominations…
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Katharine McPhee and Leslie Odom, Jr. to Reveal the 2018 Tony Nominations ? Live on May 1
The event will air on CBS This Morning and the Tony Awards Facebook page.
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by NYBroadwayTours | Apr 12, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
BREAKING NEWS: Tony Award winner Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton: An American Musical) and American Idol’s Katherine McPhee (currently in Waitress the Musical) have been tapped to announce this year’s nominations for the 72nd Annual Tony Awards. The revealing of the nominations are set for May 1st, 2018 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center at 8:30am EST. It will be livestreamed on the Tony Awards website and social media pages along with appearing on several news channels.
In addition, the revealing of the nominations will hit the official 40 DAYS marks till the Tonys. Also on this day, we will be presenting our TOP 40 TONY AWARDS COUNTDOWN playing you the best performances from the past telecasts.
The 72nd Annual Tony Awards are set for June 10th, 2018 live from New York’s famed Radio City Music Hall. You can watch the broadcast on CBS that day.
FUN FACTL For this year’s presenters Leslie Odom Jr. and Katherine McPhee, both talents are no strangers to working with each other. They previously played BOMBSHELL and HIT LIST co-stars and best friends “Sam Strickland” and “Karen Cartwright” on the short lived NBC musical drama Smash.
For all you fans of Odom Jr., McPhee, and the entire cast of SMASH, be sure to also join us on our BE A SMASH Tour. We will take you deep in the heart of the Theater district where many parts of the show were filmed, learn more about the casts Broadway resumes, what goes into a creation of a musical, and more.
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Leslie Odom Jr. and Katharine McPhee Will Announce the Tony Nominations
The Tony Awards Nominations Announcement will be co-hosted by Tony and Grammy Award winner, Leslie Odom, Jr. and Katharine McPhee, who is currently starring in the Tony nominated musical Waitress. Also in attendance will be David Henry Hwang, Chairman of the American Theatre Wing; Heather Hitchens,….
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by NYBroadwayTours | Apr 3, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
1 week from today, American Idol and Smash favorite Katherine McPhee hits Broadway!!! Nope not in a new show as her Smash character “Karen Cartwright” on Broadway. We’re talking about McPhee’s official and REAL Broadway debut as the beloved pregnant pie maker “Jenna” in the Tony and Grammy nominated smash hit Waitress the Musical. You can see her 8 times a week at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre starting next Tuesday, April 10th through June 17th, 2018.
WAITRESS Ensemble member Stephanie Torns has been filling in for the role of “Jenna” right now for a whole month. When McPhee joins, Torns will jump back into her usual Ensemble track and continue to understudy the role.
In addition for all you fans of SMASH and want to know more about McPhee and all your favorite cast members from the short lived 2 year musical drama on NBC, join us (New York Broadway Tours) on our BE A SMASH Tour. We will visit some of the actual locations where the show was filmed, visit the houses (where the series’ fictional Broadway musicals BOMBSHELL and HIT LIST took place), share some trivia facts about the cast, and more. Make us your preshow entertainment before going to see Katherine McPhee in WAITRESS.
Who is excited?
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