Broadway Celebrates Earth Day Concert – Epic Players/Spring Awakening – Extension of 20at20 Off Broadway – Tammy Faye/Palace Theatre – Sunset Blvd/St.James Theatre – Jennifer Hudson/Smash Producer
The Off-Broadway Alliance announces the extended registration for the Spring 2024 20at20 program. Off-Broadway shows now have until Wednesday, March 29th, 2024 to register and participate in this highly anticipated program. The 20at20 program is designed to increase visibility and sales for participating Off-Broadway shows by offering $20 tickets 20 minutes before curtain for a limited period of 21 days. visit www.20at20.com.
Broadway Celebrates Earth Day Concert will return for the third year in partnership with The Broadway Green Alliance and Times Square Alliance on Saturday, April 20th from 11am to 3pm. The concert will be held on Broadway between 45th and 46th Streets and serves as one of the key events for the NYC Department of Transportation’s “Car-Free Earth Day” being celebrated throughout the five boroughs of New York City that day. Broadway performers joining the event include host Ben Cameron, Ruthie Ann Miles, Anika Larsen, Michael Maliakel, Jelani Remy, Alexandra Socha, Nik Walker, and more to be announced.
EPIC Players Theatre, New York’s Premiere Neurodiverse Theater Company, presents a first-of-its-kind neuroinclusive Spring Awakening, from Wednesday, May 9 – Sunday, May 12, 2024, and Wednesday, May 16 – Sunday, May 19, 2024 at ART/ NY’s The Mezzanine Theatre, 502 W. 53rd Street, 2nd floor. Young student performers will take the stage from Epic Players, Marymount Manhattan College, NYU Steinhardt, Perkiomen Valley High School, R.Evolución Latina, and Wolf Performing Arts Center. The event will also feature guest speakers from Headcount and Julie Tighe, Director of New York League of Conservation Voters. David Alpert serves as the director of the event and Rick Hip-Flores provides musical accompaniment. https://epicplayers.ticketspice.com/epic-players-presents-spring-awakening
Initial Broadway casting for the acclaimed musical TAMMY FAYE will seeTwo-time Olivier Award-winner Katie Brayben recreating her Olivier Award-winning performance as Tammy Faye Bakker, and Tony Award nominee Andrew Rannells reprising his Olivier-nominated performance as Jim Bakker when the Almeida Theatre production of TAMMY FAYE makes its Broadway debut this Fall at the legendary, newly refurbished Palace Theater (1564 Broadway). TAMMY FAYE will begin preview performances on October 19th and will officially open on November 14th, 2024. TAMMY FAYE features music by legendary songwriter Elton John, lyrics by Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears, a book byOlivier Award-winning writer James Graham, choreography by Lynne Page and direction by Olivier Award-winner Rupert Goold.
Sunset Boulevard starring two-time Olivier Award® and GRAMMY® Award nominee Nicole Scherzinger will play Broadway’s St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street) with preview performances beginning Saturday, September 28 ahead of a Sunday, October 20 opening night. The production, which features book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, based on the Paramount Pictures film directed by Billy Wilder, recently received 11 Olivier Award nominations including Best Musical Revival, has won Evening Standard Awards for Lloyd and Scherzinger as well as seven WhatsOnStage Awards. Scherzinger will be joined by Tom Francis as ‘Joe Gillis,’ Grace Hodgett-Young as ‘Betty Schaefer,’ and Olivier Award winner David Thaxton as ‘Max Von Mayerling.’. Members of the Sunset Boulevard Priority List will have access to presale tickets exclusively at www.sunsetboulevardbroadway.com
Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award winner Jennifer Hudson has been added to Smash’s producing team. The musical is based on the 2012 NBC television series of the same name; Hudson guest-starred in the role of Veronica Moore during its second season. The previously announced musical had been planned for the 2024-2025 Broadway season.
