by Mike Haber | Oct 19, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
DON’T YOU MESS AROUND…. NO, NO, NO!!! It has just been announced that iconic legendary married rock stars
Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo are currently joining forces to create an updated musical adaptation of
William Shakespeare‘s classic play
Romeo and Juliet for Broadway!!! The show entitled INVINSIBLE brings the classic tale of the star-crossed lovers to the 21st century.
Set present day in war-torn metropolis of Verona as the newly elected “Chancellor Paris” vows to destroy the progressive resistance and return the city to its traditional roots. The show itself will be a jukebox musical featuring majority of Benatar and Giraldo’s rock anthems plus new songs. You can expect to hear all the greats from HEARTBREAKER, WE BELONG, HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT, LOVE IS BATTLEFIELD, and more.
Along with Benetar and Giraldo’s catalog, the show will include a full incredible creative team including….
choreography by Lauren Yalango-Grant,
An industrial reading of INVINCIBLE is set for November 10th-12, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA.
by Mike Haber | Oct 10, 2021 | Blog, Casting, News, off broadway, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: Grammy winner Tariq Trotter (a.k.a.
Black Thought) is set to make his Musical Theater debut next month.
The Roots founder and acclaimed musician has been composing and set to star in a musical adaptation of the best selling 1931 novel BLACK NO MORE.
The production will make its WORLD PREMIERE Debut Off Broadway at The Pershing Square
Signature Center’s Irene Diamond Stage for a limited engagement from January 11th February 27th, 2022.
Under the direction of Scott Elliot and choreographed by Tony winner
Bill T. Jones (Broadway’s original
Spring Awakening and Fela), BLACK NO MORE takes places during the Harlem Renaissance. The story follows a man who attempts to use a mysterious machine that guarantees to “solve the American race problem”—by turning Black people white. Along with Trotter’s score, the show will also feature a book by Oscar winner John Ridley (
12 Years a Slave).
That’s not all, it will feature a full all-star Broadway cast led by…..
Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie (director of the long running revival of Chicago but also acted on Broadway in
Guys & Dolls, White Christmas, Going Up, and more).
This show originally was scheduled to debut in the 2020-2021 season. However, it was delayed and postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
by Mike Haber | Aug 10, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, Casting, News, Shows
BEAT IT! Full official casting details have been made for the highly anticipated
MJ: the musical heading for the Great Bright Way this holiday season. It also includes more details on who exactly will be playing what in the show. Under the direction and choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, the cast will include….
Quentin Earl Darrington (Broadway’s recent revivals of
RAGTIME,
Cats, and
Once On This Island) in the role of no-nonsense father “Joseph Jackson”, Rob, and others,
Gabriel Ruiz (Off Broadway’s Blood and Gifts) in his Broadway debut as “Alejandro”,
Joey Sorge (Broadway’s The Drowsy Chaperone, the 2011 revival of How to Succeed, Nick Work if You Can Get It, and
A Bronx Tale plus last seen Off Broadway in Carmelina) as “Dave”,
Ayana George in her Broadway debut as mother “Katherine Jackson”,
Apollo Levine in his Broadway debut as celebrated musician “
Quincy Jones“, Tito Jackson, and more,
Lamont Walker II in his Broadway debut as “Jermaine Jackson”,
Zelig Williams (Broadway’s
Hamilton) as “Marlon Jackson”.
This promising high energetic MOON WALKING cast joins alongside the previously announced
Myles Frost who will make his Broadway debut in the titular role of THE KING OF POP himself “
Michael Jackson“.
MJ promises to be an evening of THRILLER NIGHTS, SMOOTH CRIMINALS, MOONWALKING, and so much more. The show will be coming to Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre. Previews begins December 6th, 2021 and will open on February 1st, 2022.
Congrats to this incredible cast lineup!!!!
by Mike Haber | Aug 5, 2021 | Blog, Casting, News, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: San Diego’s
Old Globe Theatre is set to debut a brand new musical inspired by the life of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Tony winner
Graciela Daniele this Fall. The show will be a new musical entitled THE GARDENS OF ANUNCIA is set to run from September 10th, 2021 through October 17th, 2021.
To introduce everyone to this exciting new musical, THE GARDENS OF ANUNCIA is loosely based on the life of Graciela Daniele. It tells the story of a woman named “Anuncia” who working on her garden in her country house. Along the way, she reflects on her life, looking back on her girlhood in Juan Perón’s Argentina and paying homage to the family of women whose sacrifices allowed her to become an artist. The show is a celebration of women reveling in the joys of being alive.
The show features an original score and book by Tony Award nominee
Michael John LaChiusa (
Hello Again, Marie Christine, The Wild Party, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, See What I Wanna See, and Rain).
Graciela Daniele will both direct and choreograph the production.
In addition, the show’s casting has just been announced. It will be led by…..
No words have been said if the show will get to Broadway right now!!!
We cannot wait to experience this new exciting work of art created by a true Theater legend!!!
by Mike Haber | Jul 28, 2021 | Blog, Broadway, News, Shows
BREAKING NEWS: Next week marks a history making event as
Lincoln Center Theater /
LCT3‘s critically acclaimed production of Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s
Pass Over becomes the first ON Broadway show to open in 17 months. With this exciting time, it calls for a celebration!!!!
Following next week’s first preview performance, PASS OVER will be hosting a post-show BLOCK PARTY outside the show’s home at the August Wilson Theatre. West 52nd Street between 8th Avenue and Broadway will be shutdown from 8pm-11am. The party is FREE!!! As soon as the 90 minute play performance, Theatergoers and fans will get to party it up with the company. There will be Live Music by S.N.O.B. (DJ Duggz, DJ
Ari Grooves and Emily McGill). In addition, it will also have special to-go menus for purchase from the block’s vendors including Haswell Green’s,
Victor’s Cafe, and the
M Social Hotel.
PASS OVER begins previews next Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 at the August Wilson Theatre. The official Opening Night is set for September 20th, 2021 and will run through October 10th, 2021.
