WHAT’S THE BUZZ?!! Legendary rock star Alice Cooper has been tapped to star as “King Herod ” in NBC’s upcoming live televised musical adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar this Spring 2018.
As previously announced, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE is set to air on Easter Sunday on April 1st, 2018.
Thoughts on the first person starting off the all star lineup?
Get ready to wake up with showtunes in the morning as the NBC’s morning news / talk show The Today Show (7am-9am) will celebrate BROADWAY WEEK. The shows that will perform are all talked about new hits for the current 2016-2017 Broadway season.
TOMORROW: Tune in to see Tony nominee Phillipa Soo and the cast of Am?lie On Broadway perform live from Studio 1A at Rockefeller Plaza.
Who is excited?!!
TUNE IN tomorrow at 8:30 AM for a special #AmelieBroadway performance on the Today Show!
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: For many of us who saw NBC’s Hairspray Live this past Wednesday, the only scene we (and those who know the stage version) have to confess that we wish that was in the live production was the Act 2 opener THE BIG DOLLHOUSE. It’s considered a toe-tapping and showstopping fan favorite.
For those who don’t know much about it, let’s set it up and beware of the spoiler alert. As we saw in the live presentation, Tracy Turnblad (the main character) gets arrested for starting the whole protest against segregation and assaulting Velma Von Tussle with her sign.
In the stage musical version of Hairspray, Tracy, Edna, Motormouth, Penny, Velma, Amber, Lil Inez, and all the colored women get arrested. In this Act 2 opener, all of the women are horrified and shocked being thrown into jail and are under the watchful eye of the matron. Wilbur frees everyone out but however, Velma and the guard do not let Tracy out.
This is a clip of the original Broadway cast (including Harvey Fierstein, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Mary Bond Davis, Kerry Butler, Laura Bell Bundy, Linda Hart, Jackie Hoffman, and the female ensemble) performing THE BIG DOLLHOUSE.
Who here wished the song was still in the live production?
The openeing of Act II of the tony award winning Hairspray. After the march, most of the women are locked up in a women’s penitentiary (“The Big Dollhouse”)….
We got more Hairspray throwbacks going on as we countdown the hours to NBC’s Hairspray Live. We are an hour and 10 minutes away people.
DID YOU KNOW: The longest running actress to have played the lead role of “Tracy Turnblad” in the Broadway production was Shannon Durig. She started with the show as the standby (filling in for Kathy Brier and later Carly Jibson) in 2003. In 2005, she took on the role fulltime playing over 1,000 performances till 2008 at the Neil Simon Theatre.
Every year during the holiday season, the Broadway community takes part in an annual Holiday album for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS called CAROLS FOR A CURE. On the 2007 edition of the album, Shannon Durig and cast members took their rapping skills to the recording studio for a track about life in Baltimore during the holidays entitled TRACY TURNBLAD’S BIG BAD HOLIDAY RAP!!
I gotta tell you everyone Tracy can actually rap people. Awesome job Shannon and cast.
Tracy: Shannon Durig Broadway’s Greatest Gifts: Carols for a Cure 2007 Stuffed with Holiday Hairspray photos! I own nothing! For entertainment purposes only.
