Broadway Gives Back will present the Third Annual “Broadway Charity Songs!” “Broadway Charity Songs” pairs a group of award-winning songwriters with a group of outstanding charities and tasks each songwriter with composing an original song inspired by the mission of the charity. The result is an evening of songs gifted …
Alysha Umphress, currently starring in the Broadway revival of On the Town, and Tony Award-nominated composer and performer Jeff Blumenkrantz celebrate their new album “I’ve Been Played: Alysha Umphress Swings Jeff Blumenkrantz” Jan. 5 at Birdland. The two pick their favorite jazz songs as part of this week’s Playbill Playlist. …
Tony nominee Jeff Blumenkrantz chats with BroadwayWorld about his upcoming album I’VE BEEN PLAYED: ALYSHA UMPHRESS SWINGS JEFF BLUMENKRANTZ. Composer, arranger, and performer Jeff Blumenkrantz, who was nominated for a Tony Award for his work on URBAN COWBOY, is preparing for the release of his latest album: I’VE BEEN PLAYED: …
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, a benefit concert for The Actors Fund, was held Dec. 15. Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Little Shop of Horrors) starred in the title role. Here’s a look at the curtain call and after party. Source: PHOTO CALL: Douglas Sills, Joshua Henry, Betsy …
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, a benefit concert for The Actors Fund, is held Dec. 15. Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Little Shop of Horrors) stars in the title role. Source: Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, With Douglas Sills, Joshua Henry, Christopher Sieber, Robert Cuccioli, Janet Dacal and More, …
The musical will be presented as a benefit for The Actors Fund. Source: Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, Starring Douglas Sills, Announces Full Casting – TheaterMania.com
The original cast of into the Woods share candid backstage stories and standout moments with Stephen Sondheim. Source: Bernadette Peters and Original Into the Woods Cast Recall Untold Stories, Backstage Memories and Standouts With Sondheim | Playbill
The New York Philharmonic’s recent staged production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is telecast nationally on Live From Lincoln Center on PBS stations Sept. 26 from 9 PM-11:30 PM ET; check local listings. Source: Emma Thompson Makes ‘The Worst Pies in …
54 Below will host a three night celebration of Broadway and Hollywood lyricist and playwright Adolph Green in Celebrating Adolph Green: 100 Years of Wonderful Sept. 25-27 at 7 PM. Source: Tony Yazbeck, Betsy Wolfe, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka Will Celebrate Lyricist and Playwright Adolph Green at 54 Below | Playbill
Playbill.com’s feature series Their Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience. This week we spotlight the choices of Broadway singing actor Jeff Blumenkrantz, who currently stars in the two-person whodunit musical Murder for Two through …
