 MEGA STAGE TUBE: Listen to THE CRAFT - THE MUSICAL Demos; Set for NYC Reading This Year
May 23, 2013
THE CRAFT: The Musical is a brand new musical inspired by the 1996 cult film of the same name. Click below to listen to demo tracks from the musical, including 'The Dream / Now is the Time', 'A Perfect Circle', 'Witches!', 'Manon', 'With Perfect Love & Perfect Trust', 'Light as a Feather', 'Blessed Be', and 'The Invocation'!
 STAGE TUBE: GUYS AND DOLLS' Kirsten Wyatt, Steel Burkhardt and More Lip-Sync to 'Suit and Tie' at Hanna Theater
May 23, 2013
The titular Guys and Dolls of Frank Loesser's classic show in Cleveland have become decidedly more fly this week, releasing a music video of 'Suit and Tie' by Justin Timberlake. Click below to watch!
 STAGE TUBE: Douglas Carter Beane Gives Advice for Creativity in Philadelphia Commencement Address
May 23, 2013
Playwright Douglas Carter Beane currently has two shows on Broadway - a new book for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella and a new play The Nance starring Nathan Lane and directed by Jack O'Brien.
 STAGE TUBE: Go Behind the Scenes of the 2013 Tony Awards Promo Shoot with Laura Osnes, Cyndi Lauper, Lilla Crawford & More!
May 23, 2013
THE 67TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall, Sunday, June 9 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network. The show returns to Radio City Music Hall after two years at the Beacon Theatre. Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris returns as host. In the video below, go behind the scenes of a special promo shoot for the Tony Awards, featuring Cyndi Lauper, Laura Osnes, Lilla Crawford, Richard Kind and more!
 STAGE TUBE: Nicolas Dromard Performs Benefit Concert for Young at Arts
May 23, 2013
Broadway actor, Nicolas Dromard performed in a benefit for Young at Arts program, promoting theatre and the arts to kids. Check out the videos below!
 Video: Join Them! Cast of PIPPIN Performs 'Magic to Do' & 'Corner of the Sky' on GOOD MORNING AMERICA
May 23, 2013
The Broadway cast of Pippin traded the Music Box Theater's stage today for Good Morning America's studio - check out their appearance below, featuring Matthew James Thomas singing 'Corner of the Sky,' and The Leading Player herself, Patina Miller, performing 'Magic To Do!'
 STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Jesse Swimm and More in Tuacahn Center's MARY POPPINS
May 23, 2013
Tuacahn Center for the Arts Presents Disney's Mary Poppins at the Tuacahn Amphitheatre May 30 - October 25, 2013. For Tickets call: 435-652-3300 or go to: www.tuacahn.org. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the show below!
 STAGE TUBE: Watch THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD's Stephanie J. Block and Will Chase Prepare for the Tonys!
May 23, 2013
Rupert Holmes' Tony Award-winning musical comedy The Mystery of Edwin Drood closed on Broadway in March and was recently nominated for five 2013 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical and nods for stars Stephanie J. Block and Will Chase.
Watch the video below to see how Block and Chase are preparing for Tony night - coming up in just a few weeks on June 9!
 STAGE TUBE: On This Day 5/23- FINIAN'S RAINBOW
May 23, 2013
Today in 1960, Finian's Rainbow opened at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rodgers Theatre). Finian's Rainbow is a musical with a book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Burton Lane. The 1947 Broadway production ran for 725 performances. Finian moves to the southern United States (the fictional state of Missitucky is a humorous combination of Mississippi and Kentucky) from Ireland with his daughter Sharon, to bury a stolen pot of gold near Fort Knox, in the mistaken belief that it will grow. A leprechaun follows them, desperate to recover his treasure before the loss of it turns him permanently human. Complications arise when a bigoted and corrupt U.S. Senator gets involved, and when wishes are made inadvertently over the hidden crock.
 STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes at 54 Below with Bebe Neuwirth and More!
May 22, 2013
Click below to watch the a new sneak peek at 54 Below, Broadway's Nightclub in the heart of the Theatre District, featuring interviews with Bebe Neuwirth and more!
 STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - DREAMGIRLS at Maine State Music Theatre
May 22, 2013
Dreamgirls will run at Maine State Music Theatre, June 5 - 22, 2013. The curtain goes up on June 5 with the Tony Award winning Dreamgirls, offering one of the most stirring, dynamic, rocking, emotional scores ever written for the stage, slathered in R&B, soul, and pop music. Click below for a sneak peak at the cast onstage!
 STAGE TUBE: The Cast of MATILDA Performs on The View!
May 22, 2013
This morning, the cast of MATILDA The Musical performed 'Naughty' and 'Revolting Children' live on 'The View.' Check it out below!
 STAGE TUBE: On This Day 5/22- Laurence Olivier
May 22, 2013
Happy Birthday, Laurence Olivier! Born in 1907, Olivier remains one of the most revered actors of the 20th century. He was the first artistic director of the National Theatre of Great Britain and its main stage is named in his honour. Olivier's career as a stage and film actor spanned more than six decades and included a wide variety of roles, from the title role in Shakespeare's Othello and Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night to the sadistic Nazi dentist Christian Szell in Marathon Man and the kindly but determined Nazi-hunter in The Boys from Brazil. Olivier played more than 120 stage roles: Richard III, Macbeth, Romeo, Hamlet, Othello, Uncle Vanya, and Archie Rice in The Entertainer. He appeared in nearly sixty films, including William Wyler's Wuthering Heights, Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca, Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus, Otto Preminger's Bunny Lake Is Missing, Richard Attenborough's Oh! What a Lovely War, and A Bridge Too Far, Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Sleuth, John Schlesinger's Marathon Man, Daniel Petrie's The Betsy, Desmond Davis' Clash of the Titans, and his own Henry V, Hamlet, and Richard III.
 VIDEO: FIRST Documentary Features 2012's First Time Olympic Athletes
May 21, 2013
In the summer of 2012, the most talented young athletes from around the world responded to the call to compete in the London 2012 Olympic Games. This is their story.
 STAGE TUBE: ANNIE's Jane Lynch Talks Broadway, GLEE and More on THE VIEW
May 21, 2013
Jane LynchEmmy Award-winning actress Jane Lynch, who stars in the hit FOX television show 'Glee' as ruthless cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester and who made her Broadway debut last week as tyrannical orphanage matron Miss Hannigan in ANNIE, was a guest on 'The View' today. Click below to watch the interview!
 STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes with David Shor and the Cast of the World Premiere of SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
May 21, 2013
The Pasadena Playhouse, in association with David Shor Productions, presents SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE - THE MUSICAL. Single tickets are also currently on sale. Performances for the world premiere presentation will begin May 24 through June 23, with an official press opening on Sunday, June 2, 2013, at 5:00 p.m. at The Pasadena Playhouse. BroadwayWorld has a behind the scenes look below.
 STAGE TUBE: Cast of ONCE Performs Pre-Show Tune 'Red-Haired Mary' at 54 Below
May 21, 2013
Click below to watch the cast of ONCE perform 'Red-Haired Mary' at 54 Below! ONCE, the Tony and Grammy Award winning Best New Musical based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film currently plays on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street). The production opened on Sunday, March 18, 2012.
 First Listen: Caesar Samayoa Sings 'Jaquenetta' from LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST
May 21, 2013
The second show of The Public's free Shakespeare in the Park season, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, A NEW MUSICAL, directed by Alex Timbers, with songs by Michael Friedman and book adaptation by Alex Timbers, will begin previews on Tuesday, July 23 and run through Sunday, August 18, with an official press opening on Monday, August 12.
Below, hear a song from the new musical, "Jaquenetta" featuring Caesar Samayoa and produced by Matt Stine.
 STAGE TUBE: New Promo Released for Holland Taylor-Led ANN!
May 21, 2013
ANN, the new critically acclaimed play written and performed by Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor and directed by Benjamin Endsley Klein, has been extended through Sunday, September 1, 2013, on Broadway at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65 Street). A new prom for the show has just been released, featuring Tony Award nominee Holland Taylor, and you can check it out below!
 STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes - KING KONG Climbs Melbourne's Eureka Tower!
May 21, 2013
King KongThe Age ran a video today of Leigh-Anne Vizer, stunt double for the new KING KONG musical, screaming in the clutches of the gorilla from the side of the Eureka Tower in Melbourne. The stunt took place to drum up publicity for the stage production. Go behind the scenes in the video below!
 STAGE TUBE: On This Day 5/21- GYPSY
May 21, 2013
Today in 1959, Gypsy opened at the Broadway Theatre, where it ran for 702 performances. Gypsy is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. It follows the dreams and efforts of Rose to raise two daughters to perform onstage and casts an affectionate eye on the hardships of show business life. The musical contains many songs that became popular standards, including 'Small World,' 'Everything's Coming up Roses', 'Some People', 'Let Me Entertain You', and 'Rose's Turn'.
 STAGE TUBE: On This Day 5/20- Judy Kuhn
May 20, 2013
Happy Birthday, Judy Kuhn! Kuhn made her Broadway debut was in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. She then played Cosette in the 1987 multiple award winning Broadway production of Les Miserables brought her the first Tony Award nomination. The following year, Kuhn took on a transfer from London's West End, playing one of the main roles (Florence Vassy) in the Trevor Nunn-directed Chess, with music by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus (formerly of ABBA) and lyrics by Tim Rice. Later in 1993, Kuhn played the role of Betty Schaefer in the U.S premier production of Sunset Boulevard at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles. Kuhn sang the title role in the 1995 Disney animated film, Pocahontas, the film included her rendition of the song Colors of the Wind, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for its composers Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. On October 23, 2007, Kuhn returned to the Broadway Production of Les Miserables after 20 years, but this time assuming the role of Fantine.
 STAGE TUBE: First Look at Highlights from Stratford Festival's TOMMY!
May 20, 2013
The third rock musical produced by the Festival in recent years, Tommy will be the biggest musical ever staged at Stratford. The show features massive LED screens and extraordinary automated set pieces that light up, explode, spin and tilt - get a first look below!
 VIDEO: Must Watch - Mel Brooks AMERICAN MASTERS on PBS May 20!
May 19, 2013
We've got a MUST WATCH reminder for Monday night - American Masters Mel Brooks: Make a Noise, the newest film in the American Masters series, will premiere nationally Monday, May 20 at 9pm ET/PT on PBS(check local listings), and will be released on DVD by Shout! Factory on May 21.
 STAGE TUBE: On This Day 5/19 - SHOW BOAT
May 19, 2013
Today in 1946, the second Broadway revival of Showboat opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre, and ran for 418 performances. Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was originally produced in New York in 1927 and in London in 1928, and was based on the 1926 novel of the same name by Edna Ferber. The plot chronicles the lives of those living and working on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, from 1880 to 1927. The show's dominant themes include racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love.
 STAGE TUBE: Cast of Disney's TARZAN Meets the Press in Stuttgart
May 19, 2013
Disney Musical TARZAN kommt ab 21. November ins Stage Apollo Theater Stuttgart. Die beiden Hauptdarsteller Gian Marco Schiaretti (Tarzan) und Merle Hoch (Jane) wurden in einer Pressekonferenz vorgestellt. Beide sind begeistert von ihren Rollen und freuen sich, im spektakularsten Musical unserer Zeit in Stuttgart auf der Buhne stehen zu durfen.
 STAGE TUBE: KINKY BOOTS Media Montage - Billy Porter, Cyndi Lauper and More!
May 19, 2013
The Tony nominated Kinky Boots put together a montage of the media craze since the announcement of its 12 nominations last month. Click below to watch interviews and clips featuring stars Stark Sands and Billy Porter, and the musical's creative team, including Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Fierstein and more!
 STAGE TUBE: James Corden Shows Off His Chops with Gary Barlow and Queen; INTO THE WOODS Film Rumors Still Circling
May 18, 2013
With rumors still circulating that James Corden is in talks to play 'The Baker' in the upcoming Disney film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's INTO THE WOODS, BWW brings you two clips of Corden singing: a performance of Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now' and a duet with Gary Barlow on 'Pray.' Click below to hear Corden sing!
 STAGE TUBE: Linda Eder Sings 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina' at 54 Below
May 18, 2013
Linda Eder performed at 54 Below last month and sang 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina'. Click below to watch her performance!
STAGE TUBE: On This Day 5/18- FINIAN'S RAINBOW
May 18, 2013
Today in 1955, Finian's Rainbow opened at City Center, where it ran for 15 performances. Finian's Rainbow is a musical with a book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Burton Lane. The 1947 Broadway production ran for 725 performances. Finian moves to the southern United States (the fictional state of Missitucky is a humorous combination of Mississippi and Kentucky) from Ireland with his daughter Sharon, to bury a stolen pot of gold near Fort Knox, in the mistaken belief that it will grow. A leprechaun follows them, desperate to recover his treasure before the loss of it turns him permanently human. Complications arise when a bigoted and corrupt U.S. Senator gets involved, and when wishes are made inadvertently over the hidden crock.
 STAGE TUBE: In Honor of STAR TREK's New Movie, Watch STAR TREK: THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSICAL!
May 18, 2013
In honor of Star Trek Into Darkness hitting theaters yesterday, May 17, 'The Mythical Show' wrote and filmed STAR TREK: THE MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSICAL. Check it out below!
 AUDIO: First Listen - Sonny & The Sunsets' 'Palmreader'
May 17, 2013
This week, Sonny & The Sunsets shares the third single from their new album, Antenna to the Afterworld, which is out on June 11 via Polyvinyl. Click below for a first listen! The band is touring soon, including a show tonight in LA at the Satellite. In addition to the regular full-band shows, Sonny Smith has a couple special performances coming up, including the multimedia / musical theater / spoken word show 'Sees All Knows All' at the Roxie in SF on May 25 and in NYC at the Cake Shop on June 15.
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