IT'S TOO LATE!!! More disappointing ticket sales and not impressed audiences not FEEL THE EARTH MOVE means more closings. It has just been revealed that the Broadway company of the Tony and Grammy winning smash hit Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is set to head SO FAR AWAY this Fall.
The musical which tells the story of the rise and fame of Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter "Carole King" will play its final performance on October 27th, 2019 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. Following the final encore, the production will have played 60 previews and 2,418 regular performances. It will also make history as the 27th Longest Running Show in Broadway History surpassing the original Annie The Musical and the 1998 revival of Cabaret the Musical. In additional, it will become the 2nd Longest Running Jukebox Musical in Broadway History.
When it ends its life ON BROADWAY, BEAUTIFUL will continue to wow audiences across the country with its still running National Tour. In addition, the show will be performed in schools, community, and regional theaters around the world with licensing by Music Theatre International.
What an incredible 6 year journey this show has done for so many people especially for strong powerful women!!!! WE GOT A FRIEND in such an amazing musical and thank you for making us all FEEL LIKE NATURAL WOMEN!!!
Who is sad over one of the most fun, feel good, and motivational shows ending?
BroadwayWorld has learned that Beautiful: The Carole King Musical will end its Broadway run this fall. BEAUTIFUL began performances at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on Nov. 21, 2013, and officially opened on Jan. 12, 2014. So, by the time the beloved musical ends its run, it will have run on Broadway…
GET DOWN!!!! Audiences everywhere are praising over one of the hottest ultimate GIRL POWER shows ever to hit the Theater world and is in talks of heading to the Big Apple. We are talking about SIX.
For those who may not know, SIX is a musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. Set as a pop concert, the show centers on the six ex-wives of King Henry VIII who come together as a girl group. On stage, they hold a contest to see who had the worst experience with Henry. The winner becomes the group's lead singer.
SIX was first conceived as a class assignment by Toby Marlow during his final year of studies at Cambridge University. Despite rocky uncertainties with Lucy Moss, the duo wrote the show while studying for their final exams.
The show originally had its world premiere in Scotland at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe back in 2017 which it won the attention of numerous industrial producers making it move Off-West End in London at the Arts Theatre. Under the direction of Lucy Moss and Jamie Armitage and choreography by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, the original London cast consisted of….
A cast album of the London production is already out featuring this lineup.
With the success of the Off-West End run, the show embarked on a UK Tour and thanks to an overwhelming response, the show officially returned to it's Off-West End home at London's Arts Theatre where it continues to play there now through 2020.
SIX was nominated for 5 Olivier Awards this year including Best New Musical. However, it lost all the categories.
With its overwhelming response thanks to social media, SIX officially made its North American debut earlier this Spring in Chicago, IL at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Reuniting its original creative team, the North American Premiere cast included…
SIX is scheduled to make its way more around North America including the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA where it play there from August 21st – September 27th, 2019. The cast is expecting to feature majority of the Chicago company reprising their roles and 1 newcomer consisting of…
Adrianna Hicks as "Catherine of Aragon", Andrea Macasaet as "Anne Boleyn", Abby Mueller as "Jane Seymour", Brittney Mack as "Anna of Cleves" Courtney Mack "Katherine Howard", and Anna Uzele as "Catherine Parr".
After the Cambridge run, the show will be making its Canadian Debut at the Citadel Theatre this November before officially hitting New York City!!!! No word has been said for New York City whether the show will be performed ON or OFF Broadway.
With this show, who believes that GIRLS RULE THE WORLD?!!!!
EVERY STAR OUT IN HEAVEN IS SHINING DOWN ON BROOKLYN once more!!! In celebration of the 15th Anniversary of its World Premiere, the cult-classic pop, rock, soulful, and street urban musical BROOKLYN will make its long awaited UK PREMIERE this Fall at the Greenwich Theatre in London (OFF-WEST END). It is expecting to run there for a strictly limited engagement from September 27th – October 16th, 2019. To give UK fans a sneak peak, the new cast took center stage in London's Trafalgar Square during the free West End LIVE performing the show's opening number HEART BEHIND THESE HANDS.
Under the direction of Adam Haigh, the UK premiere cast will feature….
Hiba Elchikhe ("Princess Jasmine" in the West End production of Disney's Aladdin – The Musical) in the title role of "Brooklyn",
In addition, Jodie Beth Meyer will serve as the alternate for the role of "Brooklyn".
For those who may not know, BROOKLYN tells the story of a young girl from Paris named "Brooklyn" who becomes an acclaimed singing superstar and discovers the father she never knew in the city that bares her name. The musical uses the "play within a play" format with the actual story being told by 5 street corner and homeless musicians living under the Brooklyn Bridge. The show features a score and book by Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson (inspired by their real life stories). It features some of the most beloved songs written for the stsage including ONCE UPON A TIME, RAVEN, STREETSINGER, BROOKLYN IN THE BLOOD, and more.
The show originally spent 2 years of early development labs (consisting of readings and workshops). With the green light to go, BROOKLYN had it's World Premiere Pre-Broadway tryout at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in 2003. It officially arrived on Broadway in 2004 at the Gerald Schonefeld Theatre playing a complete total of 311 performances. Under the direction of Jeff Calhoun, the cast consisted of….
Most recently, Broadway Licensing just secured the rights to BROOKLYN. It will now be performed in numerous schools, community, and regional houses everywhere.
Get your CAN-CAN on as the wait is finally over. Tonight, the stage musical adaptation of the Oscar winning film Moulin Rouge (starring Aaron Tviet, Karen Olivo, and Danny Burstein) makes its Broadway debut beginning its preview performance proccess at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. This will also mark…
ON THE MARQUEE: Disney's smash hit Frozen – The Musical is making audience BUILDING A SNOWMAN for the past year 8 times a week at the St. James Theatre.
Earlier this week, all new front of house production photos have been revealed outside the St. James Thetre featuring the show's new principal cast consisting of…
Ryann Redmond making history as the first female ever to play the role of everyone's favorite snowman known for warm hugs "Olaf",
Joe Carroll as the most handsome prince charming who turns out to be a complete royal jerkoff "Hans",
and Noah J. Ricketts as everyone's favorite icemaker turned real true love "Kristoff".
The show continues to star it's original princesses of Arendelle themselves…. Caissie Levy as "Elsa" and Patti Murin as "Anna".
