We had a fun day on our ACT 3 Walking Tour with our new friends from Tampa. They are seeing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Chicago The Musical during their stay.
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ON THE MARQUEE: HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN indeed as the Broadway company of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical welcomes back Jessica Keenan Wynn to the role of singer-songwritter "Cynthia Weil". The performer (who also appeared in Heathers – The Musical and recently on screen as "Young Tanya" in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) begins her first performance back in the Tony and Grammy winning hit tonight. Check out the updated front of house billboard of Wynn in costume back outside the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
The show's most recent "Cynthia Weil" herself Kara Lindsay took her final bow this past Sunday, July 30th, 2019 before a maternity leave of absence. Lindsay and her hubby Broadway performer Kevin Massey are expecting their first child this Fall.
Happy trails and congrats to Kara. We know you're going to be SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL
Welcome back Jessica. Break a leg!!
Who is excited?
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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",
Emily-Mae as "Miss Paradice",
Sabrina Aloueche (West End's We Will Rock You UK and Les Miserables – Musical) as "Faith".
John Addison (West End's School of Rock the Musical) as "Taylor Collins",
and Andrew Patrick-Walker (West End and Toronto's Bat Out of Hell – the Musical) as "Streetsinger" / "Narrator".
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….
Eden Espinosa as "Brooklyn",
Ramona Keller as "Ms. Paradice",
Tony winner Clevant Derricks as "Streetsinger" / "The Narrator",
Tony winner Karen Olivo as "Faith",
& Tony nominee Kevin Anderson (later Lee Morgan) as "Taylor Collins".
The show was snubbed with no Tony Awards nominations in 2005.
Following the Broadway run, the show went on a US National Tour starring….
American Idol runner-up Diana DeGarmo as the title role,
Tony winner Melba Moore as "Ms. Paradice".
Clevant Derricks reprising his roles as "Streetsinger" / "The Narrator",
Julie Reiber Bennett as "Faith",
and Lee Morgan as "Taylor Collins".
Most recently, Broadway Licensing just secured the rights to BROOKLYN. It will now be performed in numerous schools, community, and regional houses everywhere.
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ANOTHER CLOSIN’ OF ANOTHER SHOW! Today is truly TOO DARN HOT outside but also a very bittersweet and emotional day for Broadway as Roundabout Theatre Company‘s critically acclaimed Tony nominated revival of Cole Porter‘s madcap musical comedy KISS ME, KATE (starring Tony winner Kelli O’Hara, Tony…
Get a first look at Kelli O’Hara, Will Chase, Corbin Bleu, Stephanie Styles and the cast of KISS ME, KATE with these show clips
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BELIEVE in the impossible and dreams can come true! She was only 2 days from heading off to continue her Musical Theater studies at Carnegie Mellon University when she got the job offer of a lifetime…. landing a Broadway debut in the Lab and eventually turned Tony winning smash hit The Cher Show. Now get a look at a full day in the life for the show's youngest star Micaela Diamond from her life at home to wowing crowds 8 times a week at the Neil Simon Theatre.
Be sure to see Micaela in The Cher Show on Broadway now through August 18th, 2019.
How amazing is this?
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