Starry, Harold Prince-Helmed CANDIDE Adds Performances at New York City Opera
by BWW News Desk - Dec 8, 2016
This January, the legendary Broadway visionary Harold Prince returns to New York City Opera to direct a new production of Leonard Bernstein's Candide. The production, choreographed by Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated choreographer Patricia Birch, brings together a versatile cast of Broadway veterans and rising opera stars to tell the story of Candide's adventures and tribulations in the "best of all possible worlds."
Patti LuPone to Bring DON'T MONKEY WITH BROADWAY to State Theatre
by BWW
News Desk - Nov 4, 2016
???????Two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone returns to the State Theatre today, November 4th for a concert performance entitled Don't Monkey with Broadway. The night includes a special appearance by the Parkland High School Chorale.
BWW Review: Don't Cry for Cabrillo's Must See EVITA
by Don Grigware - Oct 17, 2016
Tim Rice's & Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita has had a thirty-eight year international love affair with the public since it premiered in 1978 in London and in 1979 on Broadway. The newest revival in regional theatre is currently at Cabrillo in Thousand Oaks until October 23 only.
An operetta based on Eva Duarte Peron and husband Juan Peron of Argentina, the story documents the rise to power of a simple peasant girl to the rank - almost - of Vice-President of her country. I say almost because she became too ill to accept the nomination in 1951 and passed into immortality in 1952 after a seven year reign as First Lady of Argentina, which began in 1946. Evita: criminal or saint? has been the topic of books and documentaries. Eva
Patti LuPone to Bring DON'T MONKEY WITH BROADWAY to State Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Oct 5, 2016
???????Two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone returns to the State Theatre on Friday, November 4th for a concert performance entitled Don't Monkey with Broadway. The night includes a special appearance by the Parkland High School Chorale.
Who Will Win at the 2016 Tony Awards? We Compare Year By Year!
by BWW Special Coverage - Jun 10, 2016
The 70th Annual Tony Awards are this Sunday June 12th at 8/9c hosted by James Corden. It's the biggest award show of the Broadway season and it closes out a long awards season for Broadway and Off-Broadway musicals and plays. We can't help but wonder what chances this year's Best Musical and Best Play nominees have of taking home the ultimate prize.
Vorschau: Bettina Mönch als EVITA am Theater Bonn unter der Leitung von Gil Mehmert und Kati Farkas
by Iris Moebius - May 23, 2016
Die Bonner Inszenierung von Andrew Lloyd Webber's EVITA wird Musical-Spezialist Gil Mehmert ubernehmen, der hier bereits mit großem Erfolg JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR auf die Buhne brachte. Als musikalischer Leiter konnte erneut Jurgen Grimm verpflichtet werden, der zuletzt erfolgreich die Produktion DER KLEINE HORRORLADEN leitete. Bettina Monch kehrt nach dem HORRORLADEN im vergangenen Jahr wieder nach Bonn zuruck und ubernimmt die zentrale Rolle der Eva Peron, die sie 2014 bereits an der Oper Graz verkorperte. Die Choreographie wird von Kati Farkas stammen.
Vancouver Opera's EVITA to Possibly Break Record for Company's Fastest-Selling Show
by Matt Smith - Apr 21, 2016
Vancouver, BC ~ Vancouver audiences are eagerly anticipating VO's full-scale premiere of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash hit musical Evita. Less than two weeks remain until opening night and ticket sales are outpacing any show in the company's history! As of this week, the best selection of tickets is available for the Friday, May 6th evening performance and Sunday, May 8thmatinée.
BWW Interview: Romance, Fire, Warmth, and Excitement as MSMT Forges Ahead
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Apr 8, 2016
“We came up with this pitch that alliterates,” says Maine State Music Theatre's Managing Director Stephanie Dupal of the theatre's description of their upcoming 2016 summer season. “Relive the romance of Ghost; feel the fire of Evita; welcome the warmth of Fiddler; and experience the excitement of Mama Mia,” she recites. Joined by Artistic Director Curt Dale Clark, the pair is talking about their plans for their main stage productions and the various new initiatives this dynamic team has launched since taking the helm of the company's leadership in 2013. By all accounts it is to be a season to surpass even the excellence of the prior ones!
David Essex to Perform at King's Theatre Glasgow
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 4, 2016
Internationally renowned singer, composer and actor DAVID ESSEX OBE has announced his first major tour in over four years. The King's Theatre Glasgow is the only Scottish venue on his 21 date UK tour which will see him perform much loved hits spanning over his entire 50 year repertoire.
STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 3/5/16- Elaine Paige
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 5, 2016
Happy Birthday, Elaine Paige! Paige was selected to play Eva Peron in the first production of Evita in 1978, which brought her to the attention of the broader public. She went on to originate the role of Grizabella in Cats and had a Top 10 hit with 'Memory', a song from the show. She then appeared in the original stage production of Chess, followed by a starring role in Anything Goes which she also co-produced. Paige made her Broadway debut in Sunset Boulevard in 1996, playing the lead role of Norma Desmond, to critical acclaim. She appeared in The King and I from 2000 to 2001, and six years later she returned to the West End stage in The Drowsy Chaperone. Most recently, she starred in Follies on Broadway.
MTC MainStage's 2015-16 Season to Open with EVITA
by Tyler Peterson - Oct 8, 2015
Music Theatre of Connecticut MainStage, Fairfield County's award-winning professional theatre company, opens its 2015/2016 season with Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Evita.' Performances are October 16-November 1, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 4pm and 8pm, Sundays at 2pm, at Music Theatre of Connecticut, 509 Westport Avenue (behind Nine West) in Norwalk, CT. Tickets range from $35-$55 and are available by calling 203.454.3883 or visiting www.musictheatreofct.com