Broadway San Diego has announced that San Diego native, Nick Cordileone, will star in the role of “Timon” in the San Diego limited return engagement of The Lion King at The Civic Theatre, Sept. 7 – Oct. 2. This production also features Mark Campbell as “Scar,” Gerald Ramsey as “Mufasa,” Buyi Zama as “Rafiki,” Drew Hirshfield as “Zazu,”…
In 1992 Walt Disney Studios released its first live action musical since Pete’s Dragon’s release in 1977. Newsies starred relatively unknown child actors, Christian Bale (Batman) and David Moscow (Big) and a few well-known adult actors Robert Duvall (The Judge), Ann Margaret (Bye Bye Birdie) and Bill Pullman (Independence Day). The original songs were penned…
Who would have thought that kitschy, disco hits from the mega platinum pop group ABBA would turn into a Broadway show and major motion picture? Well, producer Judy Craymer did. Back in 1983 she met with group members and songwriters Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson while they were working with Tim Rice on the musical…
Once, the musical comes to town this month and brings with it a slew of awards. The show was nominated for 11 Tony Awards in 2012 and took home eight of those eleven nominations including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Actor. The show based on the 2006 film of the same name, is the…
Oakland- the East Bay’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) Pride festival is celebrating its fifth year Sunday, Aug. 31, and expanding the festival with a Pride parade down Broadway. Spring boarding off of 2013’s success where more than 30,000 people attended, Oakland Pride is happy to announce the largest celebration yet. The newly…
I’m a theater fag. I admit it. I love live theater. I enjoy viewing new productions at the La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe, and then following their success or failure on Broadway. For me, there’s nothing like the moment when the lights dim and the murmur of the crowd becomes an expectant hush….
Billy Elliot the Musical opened on Broadway in November of 2008 and closed in January of 2012, but originally premiered in London in 2005 and is still running today. The musical, based on the 2000 film of the same name, shares many of the same creative team that made the 2000 film such a big…
‘Legally Blonde’ or willfully blind? An open letter to Broadway star and Chick-fil-A supporter, Bailey Hanks Dearest Bailey Hanks, My name is John Carroll. Like you, I am a Broadway performer. I am also gay. While I very much support your right to free speech and free association, I would like to hold you accountable…
Olivier Award-winning playwright Katori Hall is featured in a new video from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) as part of its Americans for Marriage Equality campaign. In the web ad, Hall confidently explains, “Over time, equality wins – that’s the beauty of America.” Hall is a playwright and performer from Memphis, Tenn. and is perhaps…
