Archive for April, 2008
Photo Tease: Cheers to Drag!
April 28, 2008 5:23 pm
Old Cheers drinking buds Ted Danson and George Wendt were reunited backstage at Hairspray, where George is still packing them in as Miss Edna Turnblad. Good to see the Boston boys back together again! Photo by Bruce Glikas for Broadway.com
Photo Tease: Meet Billy(s)!
April 22, 2008 7:28 pmBroadway met the Billys of the upcoming Billy Elliot at a press event earlier today. Broadway.com will have video and photos from the splashy launch tomorrow, but I couldn’t resist giving you a peek of Broadway’s most adorable new stars! Photos by Bruce Glikas for Broadway.com
Billys take Times Square! Left to right: Kiril Kulish, David Alvarez and Trent Kowalik.
The boys pose with composer Elton John.
Quoted: Jill’s a Tara Freak!
April 21, 2008 6:26 pm
“I happened to ask Trevor what he was getting on to next. He said, ‘Someone’s written a musical of Gone with the Wind,’ and I said, ‘What do you want to know?” [Laughs.] I’ve been such a fan since I first saw the movie when I was 10 years old. I’ve been to Margaret Mitchell’s home in Atlanta, and many of our family vacations were spent going to plantation houses. I was fascinated with the film and with the era as well and started spouting off information to Trevor. But I never expected to be in it! Fate sort of intervened.”
—American Jill Paice on getting the role of her dreams: Scarlett O’Hara in the London musical Gone with the Wind, opening tomorrow
Read more in her Q&A on Broadway.com in London
Signature K&E Shows at Signature
1:30 pmBroadway.com drove down to the D.C. area this weekend to Signature Theatre to catch the final performance of Kiss of the Spider Woman as well as the well-received new staging of The Happy Time. Both shows are part of the theater’s popular Kander & Ebb Celebration. Photos by Bruce Glikas for Broadway.com
spider Woman’s talented trio of stars: Hunter Foster, Natascia Diaz and Will Chase.
Chase sported some unforgettable facial hair in the show (left). The second the curtain call, he buzzed it off (right). Blame him?
The Happy Time stars Jace Casey, David Margulies and Michael Minarik.
Gents & Ladies of Lourdes
April 18, 2008 6:25 pm
A special congratulatory shout-out to the talented kids of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Center in Boston, who are getting ready for this weekend’s performances of the Broadway-flavored Celebration Idol Style. Break a leg, kids!
Photo Tease: Taxi to a B’way Bash
11:51 amTom Wopat drove a taxi up to the Walter Kerr last night for the opening night perf of A Catered Affair and after the bows, the same classic NYC mode of transit took the show’s stars to the afterparty. Check out these peek pics of all the fun! Photos by Bruce Glikas for Broadway.com
The talented Mr. Wopat.
Glorious leading lady Faith Prince and son Henry.
Faith and onstage daughter Leslie Kritzer.
Matt Cavenaugh, the show’s groom-to-be, with real-life sweetie Jenny Powers of Grease.
Hello, Harvey!
Photo Tease: In their Calvins
April 15, 2008 6:32 pm
Broadway hunks Cheyenne Jackson (Xanadu) and Mario Lopez (A Chorus Line) met up at the Madison Avenue Calvin Klein store last night at a benefit for Safe Horizons. Looking sharp, boys! Photos by Bruce Glikas for Broadway.com
Photo Tease: Hottie on the Line
April 11, 2008 7:32 pm
Tabloid fave Mario Lopez has been putting his nose to the grindstone and prepping for a Broadway debut next week as Zach in A Chorus Line. Broadway.com caught the dreamboat in rehearsals earlier today at the theater. Photos by Bruce Glikas for Broadway.com
Mario with A Chorus Line producer John Breglio and director Bob Avian.
Broadway.com Offer: Make Passing Strange History!
April 10, 2008 4:36 pm
Next Monday, April 14, Ghostlight Records will record the original cast recording of Passing Strange at a special afternoon performance LIVE at the Belasco Theatre and you can be there! Broadway.com has been given a special batch of 50 tickets just for our readers. Once you get to the theater, a $20 donation to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS gets you in the door. All you have to do is email passingstrange@broadway.com and tell us your full name and if you want one or two tickets for the show. But do it now…once the tickets are gone, they’re gone! (Please note that this is all happening in the afternoon, so a little bit of hooky might be in order!).
UPDATE: Sorry–we’re out of tickets!
Burning Up!
April 4, 2008 2:01 pm
I’m so excited to jet over to London to check out Gone With the Wind, the most ludicrous stage musical idea that just might work since The Color Purple. I mean, check out the photo they just sent out of stars Darius Danesh and Jill Paice doing a copycat pose of the famous original film poster (inset). I love it! The first preview is tomorrow night. Wait and see!
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