Bruce Springsteen may have set an unbeatable bar for Broadway solo shows with his 2017-18 box office record-breaker Springsteen on Broadway, but as last week’s announcement of an upcoming Broadway concert series by former Smiths frontman Morrissey suggests, the Boss’s unmatchable success might be more encouraging than intimidating: Now, Live Nation and two other companies have formed a partnership that offers further evidence.
Live Nation, The Araca Group and Ebg announced today a new partnership that will bring a variety of to-be-announced artists to various Broadway theaters. Called “In Residence On Broadway,” the first such production is slated for May through July 2019 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. The performer or performers for the spring/summer engagement will be announced in coming weeks.
“Over the last few years on Broadway, we’ve seen non-traditional Broadway shows take center stage,” said Matthew Rego, CEO of The Araca Group. “In a time when shows other than musicals and plays are being presented, we started dreaming about bringing our favorite entertainers to Broadway.”
In today’s announcement, the three partnering companies indicated that artists involved in the “Residence” productions will perform on various Broadway stages for limited runs of 5-10 shows over the course of 1-2 weeks.
Anthony Makes, President of Live Nation in New York, said the productions will cover “a wide range of artists” in “an intimate Broadway setting for an up close and personal” performances.
Today’s announcement indicated that the idea has been in development since last summer when the three companies “discovered that they all had committed to the same idea at the same time.”
“We established ‘In Residence on Broadway’ as an opportunity for artists to bring their talents to a true Broadway stage in New York, which will be a special experience for fans,” said Scott Zeiger of Ebg. “The amazing team of designers will create customized stage experiences to reflect each artist’s signature style.”
The production team will include lighting designer Mike Baldassari, sound designer Peter Hylenski and sound designer Garth Helm.
“In Residence on Broadway” is produced by Live Nation, The Araca Group and e-commerce company Ebg (Entertainment Benefits Group).
Live Nation, The Araca Group and Ebg announced today a new partnership that will bring a variety of to-be-announced artists to various Broadway theaters. Called “In Residence On Broadway,” the first such production is slated for May through July 2019 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. The performer or performers for the spring/summer engagement will be announced in coming weeks.
“Over the last few years on Broadway, we’ve seen non-traditional Broadway shows take center stage,” said Matthew Rego, CEO of The Araca Group. “In a time when shows other than musicals and plays are being presented, we started dreaming about bringing our favorite entertainers to Broadway.”
In today’s announcement, the three partnering companies indicated that artists involved in the “Residence” productions will perform on various Broadway stages for limited runs of 5-10 shows over the course of 1-2 weeks.
Anthony Makes, President of Live Nation in New York, said the productions will cover “a wide range of artists” in “an intimate Broadway setting for an up close and personal” performances.
Today’s announcement indicated that the idea has been in development since last summer when the three companies “discovered that they all had committed to the same idea at the same time.”
“We established ‘In Residence on Broadway’ as an opportunity for artists to bring their talents to a true Broadway stage in New York, which will be a special experience for fans,” said Scott Zeiger of Ebg. “The amazing team of designers will create customized stage experiences to reflect each artist’s signature style.”
The production team will include lighting designer Mike Baldassari, sound designer Peter Hylenski and sound designer Garth Helm.
“In Residence on Broadway” is produced by Live Nation, The Araca Group and e-commerce company Ebg (Entertainment Benefits Group).
- 3/11/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Decades before “mansplaining” came along to fill a void in our national vocabulary, Mark Medoff’s Tony-winning play (and later movie) Children of a Lesser God provided both a case study and a denunciation of the infuriating male inclination to tell women just what to feel and how to say it.
Now, 38 years after the play’s New York debut, a Broadway revival directed by Kenny Leon at the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Studio 54 starring Joshua Jackson, Lauren Ridloff and Anthony Edwards repeats the lesson to an audience that might not need to be taught. Even with a White House inhabited by a man whose grotesque displays and insults include a resurfaced one aimed at Marlee Matlin, this play no longer has the power to surprise with what was once the unorthodox notion that the “disabled” can speak for themselves, thank you very much, an ability that just might entail rejecting the word “disabled.
Now, 38 years after the play’s New York debut, a Broadway revival directed by Kenny Leon at the Roundabout Theatre Company’s Studio 54 starring Joshua Jackson, Lauren Ridloff and Anthony Edwards repeats the lesson to an audience that might not need to be taught. Even with a White House inhabited by a man whose grotesque displays and insults include a resurfaced one aimed at Marlee Matlin, this play no longer has the power to surprise with what was once the unorthodox notion that the “disabled” can speak for themselves, thank you very much, an ability that just might entail rejecting the word “disabled.
- 4/12/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
After the January closure of Annie, Broadway’s Palace Theatre has found its next tenant.
Holler If Ya Hear Me, a new musical featuring the music of rapper Tupac Shakur, will open on Broadway at the Palace on June 19. Preview performances for the brand-new show begin May 26. Casting for the show has not yet been announced.
Written by Todd Kreidler and directed by Tony nominee Kenny Leon (who will also direct Denzel Washington in this season’s forthcoming A Raisin in the Sun revival), Holler If Ya Hear Me is an original, non-biographical story about two friends in the inner-city in the Midwest.
Holler If Ya Hear Me, a new musical featuring the music of rapper Tupac Shakur, will open on Broadway at the Palace on June 19. Preview performances for the brand-new show begin May 26. Casting for the show has not yet been announced.
Written by Todd Kreidler and directed by Tony nominee Kenny Leon (who will also direct Denzel Washington in this season’s forthcoming A Raisin in the Sun revival), Holler If Ya Hear Me is an original, non-biographical story about two friends in the inner-city in the Midwest.
- 1/8/2014
- by Marc Snetiker
- EW.com - PopWatch
Three-time Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams will make her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles in Roundabout Theater Company’s revival of Cabaret.
Cabaret will play a 24-week limited engagement, beginning previews March 21 and officially opening April 24 at the Kit Kat Klub: Studio 54. Williams will appear alongside Alan Cumming as the Emcee, who starred in the last revival of the musical in 1998. The production will be directed by Sam Mendes and co-directed/choreographed by Rob Marshall.
“Michelle Williams is an actress of rare gifts and she will make an astonishing Sally Bowles,” says Rob Marshall. And I am especially excited that...
Cabaret will play a 24-week limited engagement, beginning previews March 21 and officially opening April 24 at the Kit Kat Klub: Studio 54. Williams will appear alongside Alan Cumming as the Emcee, who starred in the last revival of the musical in 1998. The production will be directed by Sam Mendes and co-directed/choreographed by Rob Marshall.
“Michelle Williams is an actress of rare gifts and she will make an astonishing Sally Bowles,” says Rob Marshall. And I am especially excited that...
- 9/4/2013
- by Andrew Asare
- EW.com - PopWatch
Picture me rollin’…up to a Broadway theater for a new musical based on the work of the late actor/rapper Tupac Shakur. Currently workshopping in New York City for a possible Broadway run later this season, Holler If Ya Hear Me features the songs of Shakur — but it isn’t a bio-drama of the controversial performer who was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996. The original story by Todd Kriedler, a dramaturg who worked on the August Wilson plays Radio Golf and Gem of the Ocean, follows two childhood friends and their extended families in...
- 6/24/2013
- by Thom Geier
- EW.com - PopWatch
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