HAM: A MUSICAL MEMOIR Will Stream in January
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 15, 2020
“HAM: A Musical Memoir,” filmed live on stage, is coming to BroadwayHD, where it will begin streaming exclusively January 7th, 2021. Based on Tony Award nominee and multi-platinum recording artist Sam Harris’s critically acclaimed book, “Ham: Slices of a Life”, the original stage production was developed and directed by Billy Porter.
Billy Porter Joins NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE With Ryan Seacrest, Lucy Hale
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Dec 8, 2020
dick clark productions and ABC today announced that Emmy, GRAMMY and Tony winner Billy Porter, who hosted the New Orleans festivities for the first time last year, will join Ryan Seacrest and Lucy Hale in Times Square in New York for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021.”
BWW Feature: NIEUWE NAMEN VOOR STAYIN' ALIVE DISCO FEVER-CONCERTEN
by Chantal Kunst - Nov 27, 2020
Hans Cornelissen en Ruud de Graaf zitten niet stil. Hoewel de meeste musicalactiviteiten in Nederland vrijwel stilliggen, zijn zij momenteel druk met de voorbereidingen voor de Stayin’ ALIVE Disco Fever-concerten. De theaterproducenten zijn dan ook verheugd dat ze twee nieuwe namen aan de line-up mogen toevoegen. Ex-GTST actrice Annefleur van den Berg en Kinky Boots-ster Elindo Avastia zullen in de eerste helft van komend jaar hun opwachting maken in dit theaterdiscospektakel.
BWW Feature: DE GRAAF & CORNELISSEN ENTERTAINMENT BEREIDT SWINGEND THEATERCONCERT STAYIN' ALIVE DISCO FEVER VOOR
by Chantal Kunst - Nov 12, 2020
Producenten Ruud de Graaf en Hans Cornelissen blijven in deze corona-tijd in beweging en bereiden producties voor die tijdens de hopelijk versoepelde periode vanaf januari weer kunnen draaien. Creatief producent Hans Cornelissen: ‘’De tournees van onze grote musicals Titanic en The Rocky Horror Show zijn geheel verplaatst naar het najaar van 2021. Daar maken we ons geen zorgen over, maar omdat Ruud de Graaf en ik verwachten dat in de eerste helft van 2021 weer meer mogelijk zal zijn in de theaters hebben we in nauwe samenwerking met de ‘Nationale Musical Tour’ een swingend theaterconcert in voorbereiding. STAYIN’ ALIVE Disco Fever met de grootste hits uit musicals als Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Fame, Flashdance en Footloose, aangevuld met onverwoestbare disco-classics.”
Tamzin Outhwaite Replaces Janie Dee In THE HAUNTING OF ALICE BOWLES
by Stephi Wild - Nov 5, 2020
Janie Dee has had to withdraw from the production of The Haunting of Alice Bowles for personal reasons, but the producers, Original Theatre Company, have announced that Tamzin Outhwaite will now be playing the titular character in this new supernatural thriller by Philip Franks, adapted for the first time from the M.R. James chilling short ghost story, The Experiment.
PHOTO FLASH: SOM Academy abre sus puertas en Madrid
by Juan-Jose Gonzalez - Oct 28, 2020
Hoy la productora SOM Produce, responsable de montajes como SONRISAS Y LÁGRIMAS, WEST SIDE STORY o BILLY ELLIOT, y con GREASE y MATILDA en preproducción, ha abierto las puertas a los medios para que conociésemos de primera mano su Escuela de Teatro Musical, SOM Academy, ubicada en la Calle Doctor Castelo, 7, en Madrid, muy cerca del Nuevo Teatro Alcalá.
Elaine Paige Joins Cast Of PANTOLAND AT THE PALLADIUM
by Stephi Wild - Oct 16, 2020
Elaine Paige will join the cast of Pantoland at The Palladium for the three-week festive run beginning 12 December 2020, which sees pantomime return to the world-famous The London Palladium for a fifth consecutive year.
All-Star Musical Fusion Extravaganza ROCK ME AMADEUS is Coming Summer 2021
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 6, 2020
In a time when we all could use an escape from reality, music can transport us to another place and time. Rock Me Amadeus is a new show that combines classics from different centuries. It brings the grandeur of classical music, the opulence of opera and the powerful emotions of classic rock and pop songs into one electrifying concert experience.
Maine State Music Theatre Presents a Drive-In Viewing of GREASE, Complete With Dinner
by Stephi Wild - Oct 5, 2020
Fat Boy Drive-In will sponsor a second Maine State Music Theatre benefit event a?" this time showing the movie Grease! This event is a drive-in style viewing of the movie to raise money for MSMTa??s 2021 season! Four dinner packages to choose from, including a front row parking VIP ticket! Other parking is first come, first serve.
PEACEMAKER is Coming To HBO Max
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Sep 23, 2020
Oh f*ck, it’s Peacemaker! HBO Max is set to explore the origins of the Peacemaker character, the master of weapons from the highly anticipated upcoming The Suicide Squad film, in the new Max Original action-adventure-comedy series Peacemaker.
ROCK OF AGES Announces 2021 Tour Dates
by Stephi Wild - Sep 21, 2020
The award-winning smash-hit musical a?oeROCK OF AGESa?? will return to tour the UK opening at Portsmouth Kings Theatre on 2 May 2021.
BWW Blog: blueprint - CCM Alums Creating New Work
by Student Blogger: Cassie Maurer - Aug 21, 2020
Matt Copley, who graduated from the BFA Musical Theatre program at CCM this spring, conceptualized and wrote an original musical during his senior year.
THE MAMA ROSE SHOW Talks With Actor Dan Gregory About His Upcoming Film Roles and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 23, 2020
Award-winning Bayonne, NJ-based actor Dan Gregory is this week's special guest on New York City-based actor and cabaret star Stephen S. Miller's 'The Mama Rose Show,' on which Gregory revealed exclusively that he has been cast in the lead role in the horror film 'Cult of Blood' that is set to start production in spring 2021.
New 2021 Dates Announced For UK and Ireland Tour Of GREASE
by Stephi Wild - Jul 21, 2020
The producers of the first new production in 25 years of Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey's iconic musical GREASE, have announced that the show will tour the UK and Ireland in 2021. The musical was due to tour in 2020 but had to be postponed due to COVID-19.
First Titles For Edinburgh's Drive-in Movies Confirmed
by Stephi Wild - Jul 17, 2020
Edinburgh International Film Festival and Unique Events are delighted to confirm the first film titles for their ambitious new project, Drive-in Movies, arriving at Edinburgh Airport on Thursday, 27 August.