Lorna Luft Takes Fans Down Memory Lane May 10^th at Brooklyn’s On Stage at Kingsborough

By: Ellis Nassour

May 7, 2019: Lorna Luft, singer, actress, and recording artist, will share her unique perspective born from a lifetime in entertainment in an intimate concert, An Evening with Lorna Luft, on Friday, May 10 at 7 P.M. at Brooklyn’s On Stage at Kingsborough (Community College) [2001 Oriental Boulevard at Oxford Street].The one-night-only event will not only feature classics from Broadway and the Great American Songbook, but also Luft’s memories of the extraordinary film, concert, TV, and recording career of her indefatigable mother, Judy Garland. This June will mark the 50^th anniversary of the legendary star’s death at 47. 

James Corden will host the 73 Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 9^th.

April 30, 2019:  The nominations for the 2019 Tony Awards were announced today. Hadestown, with 14 nominations, was the big winner of the day and Ain’t Too Proud—The Life of the Temptations was second with 12 nominations. The two will compete for the coveted Best Musical with the other nominees, Beetlejuice, The Prom, and Tootsie.

BroadwayHD/Fathom Events Presents Lavish West End 42^nd Street Revival in Theatres May 1

By: Ellis Nassour

April 29, 2019: One of Broadway’s most classic and beloved tales, 42nd Street, comes to the big screen in the largest ever production of the beloved musical, presented by BroadwayHD and Fathom Events. The stunning digital shoot of the lavish and spectacular 2017 West End production will play on the big screen in cinemas May 1 before joining the Broadway HD online archive. Area theatres showing the musical are Regal’s Union Square 14 and Battery Park 11 and AMC’s Kips Bay 15. Tickets are $18.

By: Magda Katz

April 30, 2019: Lena Hall and Ingrid Michaelson joined  guest artists from across the recording industry and the Broadway community on the stage of Carnegie Hall  to pay tribute to their friend and inspiration Cyndi Lauper . Performing Lauper’s hits were: Boy George, Estelle, Bridget Everett, Nona Hendryx, Carly Rae Jepsen, Alex Newell, Stark Sands and Elaine Caswell.

Max Vernon’s Existential Life Crisis Lullaby at Joe’s Pub

April 27, 2019: Max Vernon returned to Joe’s Pub on April 23 with Existential Life Crisis Lullaby, a concert, featuring special guests Andy Mientus, Michael Longoria, Jo Lampert, Fancy Feast, Sophia Ramos, Helen Park, Gianna Masi, Avery Leigh Draut, Michelle Geo and Leah Lane. Ellie Heyman directed Vernon’s six-month residency and series of shows at Joe’s Pub.

April 25, 2019: The nominees for the 2018-2019 Drama Desk Awards were announced today during the broadcast of Live at Noon on NY1. Anchor Roma Torre and Frank DiLella, host of On Stage, rolled out a partial list of those nominated during Live at Noon on NY1. Michael Urie, who will host the Drama Desk Awards on June 2nd at the The Town Hall, joined Torre and DiLella for a brief chat on some of the nominations for outstanding achievement in theater this season.

April 25, 2019: The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today that Tony Award winning actress Rosemary Harris,Tony Award winning playwright Terrence McNally and Tony nominated composer and musician Harold Wheeler will be the 2019 recipients of the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.

Five Reasons Why Everyone Can and Should Say No to Oklahoma!

By: Iris Wiener

April 25, 2019: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! has been called “a classic” and deemed “groundbreaking,” yet after taking in Daniel Fish’s current production at Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre, one can’t help but wonder why.

Hadestown, with 12,heads the list of Outer Critics Circle nominees for 2018 – 2019 season. 

April 23, 2019:   Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announced the nominees for the 2018-19 season. Broadway’s “Tootsie” star Julie Halston along with “Torch Song” sensation Michael Urie presided over the announcement ceremony at 11am in the Oak Room at New York’s renowned Algonquin Hotel on West 44^th Street. 
Photography: Barry Gordin

April 17, 2019: The Drama League (Gabriel Stelian-Shanks, Executive Artistic Director) announced the 2019 Drama League Awards Nominees for Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, and the much-coveted Distinguished Performance Award. The nominations were announced by the current stars of Waitress, Shoshana Bean and Jeremy Jordan, at Sardi’s Restaurant.

Special screening of acclaimed West End revival of 42^nd Street @ AMC on 42^nd Street

April 17, 2019:  BroadwayHD, the premier streaming platform for live theater, hosted a special screening of visionary director Mark Bramble’s acclaimed West End revival of 42^nd Street, the Tony Award winning musical of 1981, which closed in London this past January.  BroadwayHD founders, Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comely, kicked off the special screening with an introduction of how the film came to be after they flew to London to see acclaimed musical and meeting with Bramble. The dazzling film by BroadwayHD captures the intensity and passion of the original West End production and is the next best thing to a seat in the theater.  It will debut in movie theaters as a Fathom event on May 1 for a limited theatrical release before becoming an exclusive on the BroadwayHD  lineup.

6^th ANNUAL “TOMATOES GOT TALENT” ANNOUNCES WINNERS! CHRISTINA CONNORS WINS! RUNNER-UPS ARE KELLY MAGUIRE, TERRI LEVY, EVANGELINE JOHNS, AND CAMILLE DIAMON

April 21, 2019: Singer Christina Connors was named the winner of the 6^th Annual “Tomatoes Got Talent” Contest at The Triad on Monday, April 15. Celebrating the talents of extraordinary women over 40 who have made their marks and their livings outside of the entertainment world, but who consider the craft of singing and performing to be integral to their lives.

WP Theater’s 40^th Anniversary Gala honors Women of Achievement.

April 16, 2019:  WP Theater’s 40^th Anniversary Gala honoring game-changing women with the Women of Achievement awards was held on Monday at the Edison Ballroom on West 47^th Street in the Theater District. The gala honored three-time Tony Award-Winning Producer & Founder of BroadwayHD Bonnie Comley (A Gentleman’s Guide, War Horse), Award-Winning actress, activist, and singer-songwriter Amanda Seyfried  (Mamma Mia, Dear John, Mean Girls), and Grammy Award-winning songwriter and recording artist Emily Warren (The Chainsmokers’ “Don’t Let Me Down”, Dua Lipa’s “New Rules”).