by Mike Haber | Oct 20, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News
BREAKING NEWS: Yesterday, Tony and Emmy Award winner
Billy Porter released his brand new memoir UNPROTECTED. The book itself has already been topping the book best-seller charts. It debuted at # 1 on Amazon in BOTH the Rap & Hip-Hop Musician Biographies and R&B & Soul Artist Biographies. It also came at #3 in LGBTQ+ Biographies (Books).
In UNPROTECTED, Porter bares his soul about his life both personally and professionally. The story of the
Kinky Boots and
Pose star is truly an inspirational story of race, sexuality, art, and healing. It follows Porter’s dark journey growing up in Pittsburgh, PA where being yourself was very rough from being bullied in school, getting sexually abused by his stepfather, being sent to therapy at 5 YEARS OLD, and even denounced by his church. He also talks of the experiences of hiding from his peers the 14 years of being HIV positive. Along the way, you will discover that even in those hard times, Billy Porter’s unbelievable talent began to shine as an actor, singer, playwright, director, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and being a fashion gay icon.
Get those tissues ready and let Billy HOLD YOU IN YOUR HEART with his new best selling book!!!
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Billy-Porter-Autobiography-UNPROTECTED-Hits-1-On-Amazon-20211019
by Mike Haber | Oct 17, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
WHAT CAN HE DO, MY DEAR. TO CATCH YOUR EAR?!! HE LOVES HER MADLY, MADLY MADAME LIBRARIAN….. MARIAN!!!! Award winning versatile stage and screen star
Hugh Jackman is preparing to head back to the Great Bright Way this Fall in Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man. Earlier last week on social media, the
X-Men,
OKLAHOMA!, The Boy From Oz,
Les Miserables, and
Greatest Showman shared a video of appreciation for his leading lady in the upcoming revival herself 2 time Tony winner
Sutton Foster in support of her new book HOOKED: HOW CRAFTING SAVED MY LIFE out now!!
For those who may not know, Foster’s book HOOKED is part memoir and guidebook. It follows the versatile stage and screen star as she shares personal, funny, and intimate stories along with reflecting how crafting has kept her sane while getting through the highs and lows of family, love, and show business. Along with the personal stories, it will also have some fun TO-DO tutorials including crochet patterns, recipes, and so much more.
Born in Georgia and grew up in Michigan, Foster has a huge love for performing. Along the way with trying to make it, she experienced many personal experiences from bullying, a fraught relationship with her agoraphobic mother; her painful divorce from
Christian Borle that made the tabloids, how she found love again with Ted Griffin, her struggles with fertility, her happiness with her adoptive daughter Emily, and the thrills she found throughout her show biz career consisting of her legendary performances on Broadway (including
Thoroughly Modern Millie,
Little Women,
The Drowsy Chaperone,
Young Frankenstein,
Shrek the Musical,
Anything Goes, and Violet) and on TV (during both Bunheads and Younger). Throughout all those experiences, Foster was able to keep her happiness with the magic of a cross stitch needle and her unbelievable craft skills.
After 2 delays, Tony winners Jerry Zaks and Warren Carlyle’s new revival of THE MUSIC MAN will finally march its way into Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre. Previews will begin December 20th, 2021 and the official Opening Night is scheduled for February 10th, 2022.
by Mike Haber | Aug 14, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News
BREAKING NEWS: THE LUCKIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD will soon discover the legacy of one of the greatest entertainers of them all. It has just been announced that the legendary
Barbra Streisand is almost finished writing her long awaited overdue autobiography!!
The versatile stage and screen star took to
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in promotion of her new compilation rarities album RELEASE ME 2 to discuss the book. The performer has been working on the book for many years writing her personal stories in over her 20 journals. However, the deadline to get everything done kept getting rescheduled due to Streisand’s hectic schedule of Film, TV, recording albums, and concert work.
She even mentioned that Streisand initially was asked to write a memoir as early as the 80’s. Even
Jackie Kennedy volunteered to edit the book. However, she didn’t feel ready. She slowly started writing more in the 90’s but then full out in the late 2000’s.
Streisand is wanting this book to be perfect for all her fans. The new memoir will follow the iconic performer’s unbelievable journey from Brooklyn, to the cabaret night clubs, to Broadway, to Hollywood, and more. It will also take readers on an emotional personal journey in her own life…. things that many people didn’t even know.
At the end, the release day will be worth the wait.
by Mike Haber | Aug 14, 2021 | Antoinette (Tony) Awards, Blog, Broadway, News
GO, MAMA, GO, GO GO!! It has just been announced that Tony Award winning versatile performer and writer Harvey Fierstein is set to release his first ever memoir next year in 2022.
The book entitled I WAS BETTER LAST NIGHT will be released on March 1st, 2022. It will take readers on the ultimate journey of Fierstein’s career from Brooklyn, NY to the Great Bright Way. You will get a full behind the scenes access of Fierstein’s process with creating many of his notable projects including
Torch Song, Cheers,
Mrs. Doubtfire, La Cage Aux Folles,
Fiddler on the Roof,
Newsies,
Kinky Boots, and of course
Hairspray.
You will also discover never before told personal stories of how he got his notable gravelly deep voice, the discoveries of his sexuality, personal struggles, and so much more.
Fierstein began developing this memoir more throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We at New York Broadway Tours cannot wait to read it.
by Mike Haber | Jul 5, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News
1 year ago…. the Theater world lost an unforgettable rock star powerhouse from this horrible spread of the coronavirus….
Nick Cordero. He was 41 years old. A few days ago, his wife Amanda Kloots (now a co-host on
The Talk) recently released her first memoir celebrating Nick’s unforgettable life and legacy entitled LIVE YOUR LIFE. The book is now available online and in a bookstore near you topping the charts as an acclaimed best-seller.
LIVE YOUR LIFE has been the mantra of the late Nick Cordero that stills live on in Amanda, the full family, all the friends, and his fans. It’s also the name of an original song Nick recorded and last year was the title of his debut and live album from
Feinstein’s/54 Below which topped the charts at # 1.
Nick Cordero as the Broadway star was known for playing some of the hottest bad boys on the Great Bright Way including…..
“Cheech” in
Bullets Over Broadway (which he both earned him a 2014
Tony Award nomination for BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL and where he met his wife Amanda),
We miss you Nick!
What a life.
What a legacy.
Gone too soon.
We love you.
RIP
