Daphne Rubin-Vega, Joe Morton, and Brandon Victor Dixon are among the guest artists at the Developing Artists’ Rebel Verses Youth Arts Festival. The two-week event provides young artists, between the ages of 13 to 19, with a chance to collaborate and network with peers and prominent artists, and to showcase original work. It is hosted at the Vineyard Theater, a prominent Off-Broadway venue, and is an attempt to promote and nurture new theatrical voices.
Each evening will feature a performance by theater stars such as Rubin-Vega and Victor Dixon. Additional performers include Emmy Award-winner Kevin Mambo (“Fela!”), Laura Gómez (“Orange is the New Black”), and Flaco Navajo, a poet and actor. The event will take place Aug. 9-18.
Week One will feature performances by young-artist companies the Door (NYC), Alumni Theatre Company, and the Brotherhood/Sister Sol (NYC). Week Two will feature McC Youth Company (NYC), Epic Next (NYC), 6th Borough Slam,...
Each evening will feature a performance by theater stars such as Rubin-Vega and Victor Dixon. Additional performers include Emmy Award-winner Kevin Mambo (“Fela!”), Laura Gómez (“Orange is the New Black”), and Flaco Navajo, a poet and actor. The event will take place Aug. 9-18.
Week One will feature performances by young-artist companies the Door (NYC), Alumni Theatre Company, and the Brotherhood/Sister Sol (NYC). Week Two will feature McC Youth Company (NYC), Epic Next (NYC), 6th Borough Slam,...
- 7/17/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Mandy Gonzalez shared a video on Twitter of herself joined by Hamilton cast members James Monroe Iglehart, Lexi Lawson, and more singing a beautifully harmonized version of the civil rights song 'Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around.' The tweet that accompanied the video encourages people to join in the March For Our Lives, a march organized in the wake of the recent school shooting in Florida to end gun violence.
- 2/19/2018
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tomorrow, December 7th, Museum of the City of New York will ceremonially unveil their newly restored historic nickel bronze statues of two legendary New Yorkers, Alexander Hamilton and Dewitt Clinton, designed three quarters of a century ago for the Museum by noted sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman 1870-1952. For the occasion, the Museum will be joined by three stars of the immensely popular Broadway show, Hamilton Jevon McFerrin, Lexi Lawson, and Anthony Lee Medina.
- 12/6/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
If you thought Courtney Reed, the actress playing Princess Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway, was only skilled at singing, dancing, acting (you know, being a Broadway star), you’re mistaken. She also designs chokers. Reed started a line called Gagged dedicated to the popular jewelry trend, and it features everything from delicate pieces to stand-out, blingy designs. But her latest collection is inspired by something very close to her heart: Disney princesses!
“I’m obsessed with princesses,” she tells PeopleStyle. “I mean, who’s not? With the success of the Broadway Collection, we thought, ‘Oh my gosh! What if...
“I’m obsessed with princesses,” she tells PeopleStyle. “I mean, who’s not? With the success of the Broadway Collection, we thought, ‘Oh my gosh! What if...
- 2/22/2017
- by Colleen Kratofil
- PEOPLE.com
Tonight, Lexi Lawson, currently playing 'Eliza Schuyler' in Broadway's Hamilton, will join starry alumni of the Broadway, National Tour, and Off-Broadway companies of the Pulitzer Prize winning musical Rent. The special Valentine's Day tribute to the hit musical will take place on February 12 at The Cutting Room. The show will include songs from the musical, as well as special, unheard stories from former cast members, includingRichard H. Blake A Bronx Tale, Legally Blonde, Antoine L. Smith Miss Saigon, Corey Mach Godspell, Hands on a Hardbody, and Christina Sajous American Idiot, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark.
- 2/12/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The ever-popular live Ham4Ham for the Tony Award winning musical Hamilton, have ended, but the show is still going strong online, along withthedigital lottery. For today's special digital Ham4Ham show, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Lexi Lawson, and Jasmine Cephas Jones perform 'Out Tonight' fromRENT which just launched its 20th anniversary tour at the Richard Rodgers. Check it out below...
- 9/15/2016
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
They're leaving the room where it happens. On July 9, Lin-Manuel Miranda will depart his Tony-winning, history-making musical Hamilton and the title role he originated on the page and the stage. He's not the only one going. Tony winner Leslie Odom, Jr. and Tony nominee Phillipa Soo will also exit the production. The actors - who play vice president Aaron Burr and Hamilton's wife Eliza Schuyler, respectively - have both been with the production since its premiere at New York's Public Theatre in the fall of 2015. So what's going to change now that the O.G.'s of Hamilton won't be around?...
- 7/8/2016
- by Dave Quinn, @NineDaves
- PEOPLE.com
History has its eyes on Brandon Victor Dixon and Lexi Lawson, who will take over the lead roles of Aaron Burr and Eliza Schuyler in Broadway's production of Hamilton. Dixon, a two-time Tony nominee for this year's Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed and the original staging of The Color Purple, will hit the Richard Rodgers Theatre stage in mid-August. Lawson, featured in national tours of Rent and Lin-Manuel Miranda's breakout musical In the Heights, will make her Broadway debut on July 11, the same performance in which Miranda's longtime alternate, Javier Munoz, takes
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- 7/8/2016
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this morning, Hamilton will welcome two-time Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon as Aaron Burr,Lexi Lawson asEliza Hamilton, andMichael Luwoye, who will performas alternate to Javier Muoz in the title role to the Broadway company this summer. In celebration of the big casting news, BroadwayWorld brings you a look back at some of the trio's top performances...
- 7/6/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
This just in --Two-time Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon will begin performances mid-August date Tba as Aaron Burr in Hamilton on Broadway, it has been announced by producer Jeffrey Seller. Also joining the Broadway cast on July 11 are Lexi Lawson in the role of Eliza Hamilton, and Michael Luwoye, who performs as alternate to Javier Muoz in the title role. Starting July 11, Mr. Muoz will formally take over the role of Hamilton, a part he has played as Lin-Manuel Miranda's alternate since the musical debuted Off-Broadway last year.
- 7/6/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Pardon me — are you Aaron Burr, sir? Brandon Victor Dixon is taking over the joint-lead role of Burr from Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. in the Broadway production of Hamilton, lead producer Jeffrey Seller announced Wednesday. Odom will exit the production Saturday, along with fellow original castmembers Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton and Phillipa Soo, who plays his wife Eliza. As previously announced, Miranda's longtime alternate, Javier Munoz, will take over permanently in the title role, while Lexi Lawson will step into the role of Eliza, making her Broadway debut after previously appearing in national tours of Miranda's breakout musical,
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- 7/1/2016
- by David Rooney, Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Coterie presents an all-star lineup of some of the fiercest vocal talent that Broadway, Film amp Television has to offer with Divas Unite for Gcp 2012, a benefit concert for the Girls Camaraderie Project Gcp. Founded by Broadways Arielle Jacobs In the Heights and Lexi Lawson Rent, In the Heights, American Idol, Gcp is a philanthropic organization dedicated to encouraging self-esteem and empowerment amongst middle school girls.
- 9/9/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Coterie presents an all-star lineup of some of the fiercest vocal talent that Broadway, Film amp Television has to offer with Divas Unite for Gcp 2012, a benefit concert for the Girls Camaraderie Project Gcp. Founded by Broadways Arielle Jacobs In the Heights and Lexi Lawson Rent, In the Heights, American Idol, Gcp is a philanthropic organization dedicated to encouraging self-esteem and empowerment amongst middle school girls.
- 9/5/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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