Zorba! 2015 - Articles Page 19

One of the hottest topics today, in the world of theatre business, is the increasing trend of Broadway shows setting up shop in Las Vegas. BroadwayWorld.com now turns it spotlight to the desert...and it seemed like the perfect time to chat with Michael Gill. Widely considered to be the leading expert at this crossroads of Broadway and Vegas, Gill reveals what makes a Broadway show desireable for transfer. He also talks about his current and upcoming productions, such as Hairspray and Phantom. Here is an insider's take on the Vegas theatre business and much more.

Jeff McCarthy will play Beauregard Burnside in the Kennedy Center's starry summer production of Mame

Jeff McCarthy will star in The Front Page, presented by the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, CT, in April

Brian Lane Green, Debbie Gravitte and Michael Winther are among the performers who will perform at Tower Records in March as part of the Any Wednesday series

Chita Rivera celebrated her birthday, and the arrival of Dick Van Dyke in The Dancer's Life with a special private party at Tony's DiNapoli Time Square and BroadwayWorld was there to cover the celebrations.

Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba and Edward Hibbert will join David Hyde Pierce in the pre-Broadway world premiere of Kander and Ebb's Curtains at the Ahmanson Theatre in LA this summer

The Broadway by the Year series will showcase musicals from 1930, 1956, 1968 and 1978 in 2006, and other events will also be featured at Town Hall

Curtains, the long-in-development Kander and Ebb murder mystery musical comedy, will play a pre-Broadway run at the Ahmanson Theatre in L.A. this summer; David Hyde-Pierce will star

Tony Award-winner Debbie Gravitte will release Defying Gravity, her third album, this month

Songwriter John Bucchino has been chosen as the first recipient of a Fred Ebb Award

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE stars Farah Alvin, David A. Austin, Tony Award nominee Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Avenue Q) and Colin Hanlon.

In 2006, four new Broadway by the Year concerts will feature songs from the musicals of 1930, 1956, 1968 and 1978

The First Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival, comprised of A Tribute to Kander and Ebb, Euan Morton and Eden Espinosa Sing Broadway and Broadway Originals, will be presented at Town Hall from October 21st through 23rd

The first annual Broadway Cabaret Festival will be at Town Hall from October 21st through 23rd as will stars like Brent Barrett, Euan Morton, Eden Espinosa and Rachel York

The Phantom of the Opera's Jeff Keller and George Lee Andrews, as well as Susan Stroman, John Kander and Barry Manilow will be featured on Sirius Satellite Radio's Broadway's Best 77 for the week of September 12th

Featuring performers such as Ann Reinking, Brent Barrett, and Karen Akers, the First Annual Cabaret Festival will run at Town Hall from October 21st through 23rd

Debbie Gravitte, Christiane Noll and Jan Horvath will take center stage at Carnegie Hall on October 21st to perform a concert called Broadway: The 20th Century with the New York Pops

The production will play a pre-Broadway engagement at San Francisco's Curran Theatre September 13th to October 9th.

The First Annual Broadway Cabaret Festival, hosted by Scott Siegel and featuring Elaine Stritch, Brent Barrett, Louise Pitre and many more stars, will run from October 21st to 23rd at Town Hall

Los Angeles' Reprise! will offer its outdoor Best of Broadway at the Ford Amphitheatre on July 30th at 8:30 PM

The 4th Annual Broadway Under the Stars free outdoor concert took place on Monday, June 13th featuring a plethora of Broadway's leading men and we were there to capture them all!

Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mario Cantone and Brent Barrett have joined the starry line-up of leading men scheduled to perform at Broadway Under the Stars on June 13th

Some of Broadway's brightest leading men as well as Christina Applegate and others will show up to perform at this year's Broadway Under the Stars on June 13th

Some of Broadway's most charming leading men will take the stage in this year's Broadway Under the Stars, which will honor the songs of the late Cy Coleman and Fred Ebb