VIEWS FROM A BROAD

54 Below.. Manhattans's new glitzy glam Cabaret opens with PATTI LUPONE (VIDEO )

54 BELOW The 160-seat space opened with a two-week engagement by Patti LuPone. its located downstairs from the former STUDIO 54 club on West 54th Street. ..

OMFG..i wanna Play there..its looks FAB!

 

Tammy Faye Bakker Musical "RISE", Starring Kristin Chenoweth heading to Broadway?

THIS COULD BE GOOD...

 

The new musical boasts a score by Dreamgirls' Krieger and a book by Australian playwright Anthony Crowley, according to a previous New York Post report.

from PLAYBILL

"I would really love to play that character," Chenoweth said, "and I will make sure that it is done correctly... We're just going to make it as good as we can before we bring it in."

"We'll probably do another reading—several more readings—to fine-tune it. The music is incredible, I have to say. I don't even like to say things like that about things I'm in, but Henry Krieger...It's his best, I think," Chenoweth said, adding, "The character I understand. I understand the whole Christian network television deal, and I think she was ahead of her time in a lot of ways. She was so accepting and loving of all kinds of people. She really was the epitome of what we're supposed to be as Christians. She had a tough life. Some people would call it denial. I call it… She had hope. She believed in her husband and family, and she was enjoying success, and that's the story of the show."

EVITA: Opening Night on Broadway RICKY MARTIN VIDEO

Love me some RIcky MArtin.....

 

 

Spider-Man' Producers and Director Julie Taymor's Union Reach Deal! THANK GOD!

this is has been going on for while with the 75million dollar production..THATS A HUGE HIT

any reason to post a Reeve Carney pic is alright with me

NEW YORK — Producers of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" have agreed to pay the hit Broadway musical's former director and co-book writer Julie Taymor royalties as part of a settlement that ends one chapter in the two sides' bitter legal dispute.

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and the show's producers, 8 Legged Productions LLC, announced the deal Thursday. No amount was disclosed.

Under the deal, producers have agreed to pay Taymor full royalties as director from the beginning of previews in November 2010 through the run of the Broadway show, however long that is. She was fired in March after years of delays, accidents, critical backlash and ballooning costs that all pushed the show's price tag to a record-setting $75 million.

FULL STORY HERE

 

Twilight: 'The Musical': It's happening - whether you want it to, or not..

 Broadway is about to get a little blood spatter in those famous neon lights.

 The Musical that sucks...before it even opens!

It was recently announced the "Twilight" musical is officially happening. Before you book your tickets to NYC (or, conversely, get the heck out of Times Square) you should know it's not expected to have a very long run. "Twilight: The Musical" will make its off-Broadway debut as a one-night-only staged reading on January 16, and the proceeds will benefit the charity Blessings in a Backpack.

The most exciting thing about this announcement may be the cast, and the plot teases their characters' names give us. In addition to Bella and Edward, (who already sings a lullaby—why shouldn't he also belt out a Broadway tune?) the name that gets me onboard is the totally awesome Lauren Lopez (Alice), who played Draco Malfoy opposite Darren Criss' Harry Potter in the spectacular "A Very Potter Musical."

Other teases that make me cautiously optimistic this could be a lot of fun: characters named both Harry Potter and Hermione Granger will be showing up--perhaps leading up to that epic vampire vs. wizard war that we all know is coming.

According to the website the show, "examines our culture of obsession through the story of teenage outsider Bella Swan who risks everything when she embarks on a star-crossed romance with Vampire Edward Cullen."

The musical, which you can watch blurry clips of on YouTube, originally premiered and was workshopped last year in New York. With opening lyrics like "Nothing ever happens in Forks" and (of course) "I wish I had a boyfriend," the show seems to be in the same vein as "A Very Potter Musical" in that it's a fun-loving parody by people who clearly enjoyed the source material.

It will be interesting to see how far the production is able to get, as the show has no stated affiliation with Stephenie Meyer or Summit. Parodies are typically ok, copyright law-wise, but a show has to play up the 'unofficial' and 'spoof' aspects--the fact that the character names don't appear to be changed surprises me. That this one-night-only reading is for charity (aka no one involved is making money) probably helps. EW reached out to Dreamcatcher Entertainment (one of the producers) and they did not return requests for comment.

Love it, hate it, or some strange combination of both, I'm surprised a "Twilight" show hasn't happened sooner. Think of the musical possibilities for a show with the tagline 'death never sounded so good.' (Please resist the obvious joke in the comments). A teenage girl is in love with a guyvampire from the wrong side of the tracks living. Are vampires and werewolves really that different from Sharks and Jets? And try to tell me the werewolf chases in the woods aren't just waiting to be a shirtless staged ballet.

If you were in New York would you check it out? What scenes from the films are begging for a musical interpretation?

See the full article at EW.com.