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Transport Group celebrates Maury Yeston’s landmark score Nine, book by Arthur Kopit, music/lyrics Maury Yeston, by bringing together Broadway’s biggest stars and NYC’s finest musicians on June 26, 8 pm at Merkin Hall. Alongside the all-star cast – Santino Fontana, Klea Blackhurst, Lilli Cooper, Christine Ebersole, Jessica Fontana, Julia Murney, Alexandra Silber, Elizabeth Stanley, Emily Skinner, Jessica Vosk, Vanessa Williams and more, the evening will feature the original 22-piece orchestrations, and behind-the-scenes stories of each shows development of the debut production, featuring special guests connected to the original stars and creators. https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/nine-in-concert/
GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS announced that Album, the acclaimed recording by musical theater virtuoso Joe Iconis, will be released in a special vinyl box set on Friday, August 18.The set is available for pre-0rder starting Wednesday, June 7. The 5 LP box set includes a 16-page booklet with complete lyrics, artwork and design by Rob Carmichael of SEEN, and photography by Marques Walls. “The Whiskey Song” appears as a bonus track.Iconis’ sprawling 45-track album, simply titled Album – which was released in streaming and digital formats in 2022 – features over 70 members of Iconis’ vast family of collaborators including Aaron Tveit, Andrew Rannells, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Krysta Rodriguez, Kerry Butler, Danny Burstein, Annie Golden, George Salazar, Will Roland, and many more.Stream or download Album, or pre-order the vinyl, at ghostlightrecords.lnk.to/JoeIconisALBUMPR
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Drama Desk Awards ceremony was presented at Sardi’s June 6th, hosted by husband and wife duo Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody. Presenters included Jason Robert Brown, Ellen Burstyn, Jordan E. Cooper, Tovah Feldshuh, Myles Frost, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Paolo Montalban, and Shaina Taub, and commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment to present a citation. Many winners remarked on the beauty of the award statue, with “Some Like It Hot” winner Kevin Del Aguila saying, “Can I just say what we’re all thinking? This is the most beautiful award of the bunch,” and Sean Hayes adding, “I love this ink well and feather pen, it really is beautiful. Is It wrong that I was hoping for a life-size desk to go with it?” Following the awards, winners and attendees kept the celebration going at a post-ceremony. More to come from Theater Pizzazz in the press room at Sardi’s!
As part of her ongoing celebration of 50 years on Broadway, current Funny Girl star Tovah Feldshuh has partnered with the Entertainment Community Fund to create The Feldshuh Fund for Women’s Health. The fund will provide women in the entertainment community with services for early detection of ovarian and other reproductive cancers.
Jeremy Jordan will return to Little Shop of Horrors in the role of Seymour for 8 weeks only July 25 thru Sept. 17. Matt Doyle departs playing his final performance on July 16.
I’M GONNA MARRY YOU TOBEY MAGUIRE, starring Tessa Albertson (Paramount+’s “Younger”) as eighth-grader ‘Shelby’, is a full-throttle explosion of our para-social relationships and the obsessions that detonate them opening at Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre (338 West 23rd Street) July 12th and running thru July 29 www.thecelltheatre.org
A new block of tickets are on sale today for the hit Broadway musical A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical. Tickets are now available through Sunday, June 2, 2024 at www.abeautifulnoisethemusical.com, www.telecharge.com, by calling 800 447 7400, or at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) box office.
Fivetime Emmy winner and Grammy Award nominee Wayne Brady (Hamilton, Whose Line Is it Anyway?) and Alan Mingo Jr. (Kinky Boots, Doom Patrol)will lead the production as the Wiz in the all-new production of the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning hit musical The Wiz. with book by William F. Brown and directed by Schele Williams and choreography by JaQuel Knight. Brady will star as the Wiz on Broadway in Spring of 2024, San Francisco (January 16 – February 11, 2024) at the Golden Gate Theatre, and Los Angeles (February 13 – March 3, 2024) at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. Mingo Jr. will star in the role of the Wiz in multi cities throughout the U.S. The cast will also include previously announced Kyle Ramar Freeman (A Strange Loop) as the Lion, Phillip Johnson Richardson (Sharper, Apple+) as the Tinman, and Avery Wilson (The Voice) as the Scarecrow, respectively. Richardson and Wilson will be making their Broadway debuts. Additional casting will be announced in the coming weeks.
