I've been in rehearsals for a showcase all this week (I'll be performing two scenes, two songs, and a monologue), so this week has been a little lighter on the news front.
This week at Broadway Musical:
Broadway Ticket Prices Increase for Aisle Seating
Whoopi Goldberg Joins Xanadu on Broadway
Mary Testa Stays Up for Sleepless Variations
Broadway Brigadoon Belayed
Luck is a Lady for Guys and Dolls Revival
How to Buy Broadway Tickets
Showing posts with label Xanadu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Xanadu. Show all posts
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
Whoopi Goldberg Joins "Xanadu" on Broadway
This week Whoopi Goldberg replaced Jackie Hoffman in Xanadu at the Helen Hayes Theatre after two weeks of rehearsal.
Xanadu is about a muse named Kira (Kerry Butler) who inspires an artist (Cheyenne Jackson) to create a roller disco. Goldberg, playing another muse, tries to thwart the ensuing love affair.
In addition to Butler, Jackson, and Goldberg, the cast includes Tony Roberts, Mary Testa, Curtis Holbrook, Kenita Miller, Patti Murin, Mary Thomas, André Ward, and Jacob Ben Widmar.
The score features the film songs by John Farrar and Jeff Lynne. The book is by Douglas Carter Beane. Christopher Ashley directs and Dan Knechtges choreographs. The music director is Eric Stern.
Goldberg is also a producer on two upcoming Broadway shows: a revival of Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enough, and a musical called Bricktop.
She will continue performing in Xanadu through September 7.
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Xanadu is about a muse named Kira (Kerry Butler) who inspires an artist (Cheyenne Jackson) to create a roller disco. Goldberg, playing another muse, tries to thwart the ensuing love affair.
In addition to Butler, Jackson, and Goldberg, the cast includes Tony Roberts, Mary Testa, Curtis Holbrook, Kenita Miller, Patti Murin, Mary Thomas, André Ward, and Jacob Ben Widmar.
The score features the film songs by John Farrar and Jeff Lynne. The book is by Douglas Carter Beane. Christopher Ashley directs and Dan Knechtges choreographs. The music director is Eric Stern.
Goldberg is also a producer on two upcoming Broadway shows: a revival of Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enough, and a musical called Bricktop.
She will continue performing in Xanadu through September 7.
How to Buy Broadway Tickets
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Mary Testa Stays Up for "Sleepless Variations"
Broadway veteran Mary Testa takes a leave of absence from her regular gig in Xanadu to perform in the debut of a new musical, Sleepless Variations.
Sleepless Variations is a song cycle exploring where a woman's mind wanders when she can't sleep. The score features songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jimi Hendrix, and Bjork.
William Finn is the artistic producer. Michael Schiralli directs. Michael Starobin is the musical director.
The show runs Thursday through Sunday at the Barrington Stage Company's Musical Theatre Lab/Stage 2, in Pittsfield, MA.
Source: The Berkshire Eagle
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Sleepless Variations is a song cycle exploring where a woman's mind wanders when she can't sleep. The score features songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jimi Hendrix, and Bjork.
William Finn is the artistic producer. Michael Schiralli directs. Michael Starobin is the musical director.
The show runs Thursday through Sunday at the Barrington Stage Company's Musical Theatre Lab/Stage 2, in Pittsfield, MA.
Source: The Berkshire Eagle
How to Buy Broadway Tickets
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Legendary Broadway Theater Sold for $30 Million
Second Stage Theatre announced it is purchasing the Helen Hayes Theatre for $30 million.
With 597 seates, the Helen Hayes is the smallest theater on Broadway. It was built in 1912 by Winthrop Ames and original called the Little Theater.
Notable productions include: The Subject Was Roses (1964), Torch Song Trilogy (1982), Prelude to a Kiss (1990), By Jeeves (2001), and Xanadu (2007).
The new owners plan to present three American plays each season at the Helen Hayes, which is one of the last independently owned theaters on Broadway.
Source: Bloomberg.com
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With 597 seates, the Helen Hayes is the smallest theater on Broadway. It was built in 1912 by Winthrop Ames and original called the Little Theater.
Notable productions include: The Subject Was Roses (1964), Torch Song Trilogy (1982), Prelude to a Kiss (1990), By Jeeves (2001), and Xanadu (2007).
The new owners plan to present three American plays each season at the Helen Hayes, which is one of the last independently owned theaters on Broadway.
Source: Bloomberg.com
How to Buy Broadway Tickets
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