BREAKING NEWS: SIX is getting its feet wet to North American audiences before heading to the Big Apple. The smash hit GIRL POWER musical (that originally got its start in the UK) is set to play St. Paul, Minnesota this Holiday season. It's scheduled to play a limited engagement the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts from November 29th – December 22nd, 2019.
In addition for its St. Paul run, SIX will replace the initial show scheduled to go into the Ordway which was the musical adaptation of the 1998 film EVER AFTER (also expecting to hit Broadway) which will now move for the next season (so the creative team can have extended time on changes and rewrites).
SIX (the pop concert experience exploring the lives of the six ex-wives of King Henry VIII) previously had its North American Premiere in Chicago this past Spring at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater. It's also expecting to hit Cambridge, MA at the American Repertory Theater later this Summer running from August 21st – September 27th, 2019. Talks are also made for the production to hit the New York Stage. No word has been announced if it's going to be performed either ON or OFF Broadway. In addition, no word has been made if anyone from Chicago or Cambridge will also be taking part in the St. Paul run.
HAVE YOU HEARD?: The international smash hit Anastasia The Musical is still moving audiences on a motivational JOURNEY all over the world. Even though its no longer in New York, the show is still playing to packed houses on its North American National Tour (going into its 2nd year), Madrid (which translates the show in Spanish) and Stuttgart (which the translates the show in German).
Now this beautiful show is making its way to launch another International production….. The musical will be coming to The Netherlands beginning this September 2019 at The Hague's AFAS Circustheater with the entire Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty score and Terrence McNally book translated into Dutch.
In addition, the announcement was most recently made of the leading lady who will take on the iconic titular role is celebrated Dutch Musical Theater and Pop star Tessa Sunniva van Tol. Get a look at this first listen performance music video of Tessa singing the Oscar nominated and the musical's anthem JOURNEY TO THE PAST sung in Dutch entitled ZOEKTOCHT DOOR DE TIJD.
Break a leg Tessa!!!
Who is excited about ANASTASIA still going internationally strong?!!!
BREAKING NEWS: Grammy and Emmy winning plus Tony nominated entertainer Harry Connick Jr is heading back to the Great White Way this season with an all new Broadway residency concert. This time, the iconic Jazz Crooner will perform an all new show paying tribute to one of the most iconic Great American Songbook composers of all time…. the legendary Cole Porter. This show goes along with the release of his upcoming new Cole Porter themed album TRUE LOVE (expecting to be released this October).
The show entitled HARRY CONNICK JR – CELEBRATING COLE PORTER will have a 2 night world premiere concert Durham Performing Arts Center in North Carolina from September 1st – 2nd, 2019. From there, the show will make its way to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre (currently the home of Pretty Woman: The Musical now through August 18th, 2019). The concert will be a strictly limited engagement on the Great White Way before Connick Jr embarks on a World Tour. No official dates of the run has been announced.
Connick Jr is no stranger to appearing on the Great White Way. He previously played Broadway concert residencies back in 1990 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre for only 10 performances and then back in 2010 for 15 performances at the Neil Simon Theatre. He also acted in musicals on Broadway twice. In 2006, he starred as "Sid Sorokin" in the Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony winning revival of THE PAJAMA GAME (which earned him a Tony nomination that same year for Best Leading Actor in a Musical) and then again in 2011 as "Dr. Mark Bruckner" in the short-lived revival of ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER. He also composed and wrote several musicals including 2001's short-lived THOU SHALL NOT (which he received a Tony nomination in 2002 for Best Score). His most recent new musical THE STING just had its premiere at New Jersey's Papermill Playhouse and is still in talks of heading to Broadway.
The holidays are about to get merrier for fans of Harry Connick Jr. and Cole Porter. The living half of that duo will begin a limited engagement at Broadway?s Nederlander Theatre this Decembe?
BREAKING NEWS: Everyone is raving over the hottest show on the Great White Way which just opened this past week…. Moulin Rouge The Musical. It has been announced that there will be an original Broadway cast recording coming out this Fall!!!
The new cast album will be released from House of Iona and RCA Records. You can expect to hear SPECTACULAR, SPECTACULAR performances of some of the greatest songs from the past 50 years of music all sung by an amazing all-star Broadway lineup consisting of Aaron Tviet, Karen Olivo, Danny Burstein, Tam Mutu, Sahr Ngaujah, and more.
You will hear exciting new renditions of some of your favorite songs from the iconic 2001 Oscar winning film (which the stage musical is based off of) including LADY MARMALADE, RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT, DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND, THE PITCH (SPECTACULAR, SPECTACULAR), EL TANGO DE ROXANNE, and of course the Golden Globe nominated COME WHAT MAY. In addition, the show also features more popular songs not in the film added for the stage production including SINGLE LADIES, WHAT LOVE’S GOT TO DO WITH IT, ROLLING IN THE DEEP, TOXIC, BAD ROMANCE, HEY YA, and more.
No official date has been revealed on when the cast album will be out.
