Hank Azaria, who recently went public with his thanks to his friend, the late Matthew Perry, for helping him get sober in 2006, has joined the producing team – along with Jason Biggs and Edie Falco – of The White Chip, an upcoming Off Broadway “recovery comedy” by Sean Daniels.
Also announced today was the cast additions of Crystal Dickinson (Clybourne Park) and Jason Tam (A Chorus Line), who join the previously announced Joe Tapper (You Can’t Take It With You).
“We are so happy to welcome new producers and cast members to our production of Sean’s essential, life-saving play,” said producer Annaleigh Ashford in a statement. “Hank, Jason and Edie, all extraordinary artists, have so selflessly shared their stories of recovery with the public, so to have them join us in amplifying this play is a true honor. We are over the moon, too, that Crystal and Jason – both powerhouse talents – will join Joe onstage.
Also announced today was the cast additions of Crystal Dickinson (Clybourne Park) and Jason Tam (A Chorus Line), who join the previously announced Joe Tapper (You Can’t Take It With You).
“We are so happy to welcome new producers and cast members to our production of Sean’s essential, life-saving play,” said producer Annaleigh Ashford in a statement. “Hank, Jason and Edie, all extraordinary artists, have so selflessly shared their stories of recovery with the public, so to have them join us in amplifying this play is a true honor. We are over the moon, too, that Crystal and Jason – both powerhouse talents – will join Joe onstage.
- 11/16/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Ain’t No Mo star and playwright Jordan E. Cooper, Kpop composer Helen Park, and Ojibwe and Oneida performance artist Ty Defoe are among the new members of the Tony Award nominating committee.
The trio are among 25 new members of the 2023-2024 committee announced today by the Tony Awards Administration Committee. Other newcomers include Dear Evan Hansen composer Benj Pasek, writer-director Miranda Haymon, actors Jason Tam, Bob Balaban and Adam Chanler-Berat, and Flying Over Sunset lyricist Michael Korie.
The 2023-2024 committee of the Tony nominators will include 60 members, each of whom serve a three-year term. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
The 2023-2024 Nominating Committee includes:
Warren Adams – Director/Choreographer/Producer
Becky Ann Baker – Actor
Bob Balaban** – Actor/Producer/Director/Writer
Pun Bandhu – Actor/Producer
Danielle Barlow** – Theatre Administrator
Sarah Benson** – Director
Rick Boynton** – Creative Producer, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Christopher Burney – Producer...
The trio are among 25 new members of the 2023-2024 committee announced today by the Tony Awards Administration Committee. Other newcomers include Dear Evan Hansen composer Benj Pasek, writer-director Miranda Haymon, actors Jason Tam, Bob Balaban and Adam Chanler-Berat, and Flying Over Sunset lyricist Michael Korie.
The 2023-2024 committee of the Tony nominators will include 60 members, each of whom serve a three-year term. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
The 2023-2024 Nominating Committee includes:
Warren Adams – Director/Choreographer/Producer
Becky Ann Baker – Actor
Bob Balaban** – Actor/Producer/Director/Writer
Pun Bandhu – Actor/Producer
Danielle Barlow** – Theatre Administrator
Sarah Benson** – Director
Rick Boynton** – Creative Producer, Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Christopher Burney – Producer...
- 7/10/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Tony Awards has added new members to its nominating committee, including Ain’t No Mo star and playwright Jordan E. Cooper and Kpop composer Helen Park, who have both been outspoken about the need for change within the industry.
Other new members joining for the 2023-2024 Broadway season include The Greatest Showman and Dear Evan Hansen songwriter Benj Pasek, actor Bob Balaban, actor and playwright Adam Chanler-Berat, interdisciplinary artist Ty Defoe and director Miranda Haymon.
The Tony Awards nominating committee is typically younger and more diverse than the larger Tony Awards voting body. However, the addition of Cooper and Park is particularly notable, as both had shows this past season that posted early closing notices and have spoken out about the need for Broadway to improve how it markets to and welcomes diverse audiences (Kpop is about competing Korean pop bands, while Ain’t No Mo’ follows a series...
Other new members joining for the 2023-2024 Broadway season include The Greatest Showman and Dear Evan Hansen songwriter Benj Pasek, actor Bob Balaban, actor and playwright Adam Chanler-Berat, interdisciplinary artist Ty Defoe and director Miranda Haymon.
The Tony Awards nominating committee is typically younger and more diverse than the larger Tony Awards voting body. However, the addition of Cooper and Park is particularly notable, as both had shows this past season that posted early closing notices and have spoken out about the need for Broadway to improve how it markets to and welcomes diverse audiences (Kpop is about competing Korean pop bands, while Ain’t No Mo’ follows a series...
- 7/10/2023
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Broadway Bares XXX opening number set the stage with the anthem 'community, unity and nudity.' With Broadway's Bonnie Milligan and Jason Tam as lead vocalists in bedazzled red outfits, more than 20 alluring dancers brought the XXX factor as they ushered the audience into the worlds of the show with choreography from Bares Director Laya Barak, Executive Producer Nick Kenkel and Associate Director Jonathan Lee. Watch the full number...
- 6/29/2022
- by Nicole Rosky
- BroadwayWorld.com
Exclusive: Douglas Carter Beane’s newest play, Fairycakes, will make its world premiere this fall Off Broadway at the Greenwich House Theater in a production starring Mo Rocca, Jackie Hoffman, Julie Halston, Brooks Ashmanskas, Alfie Fuller and Jason Tam.
Beane will direct the play at the venue, home to many of his previous works. The comedy will also feature Kuhoo Verma, Ann Harada and Jamen Nanthakumar in the cast.
Fairycakes begins its limited engagement at the Greenwich House on Thursday, October 14, and run through January 2, 2022. The announcement was made by producer Thomas Laub.
“Doug Beane’s new play is wildly original, hysterically funny and deeply moving – and it’s a chance for me finally to speak in iambic pentameter outside the house,” Rocca said in a statement to Deadline. “How could I say no?”
The play is described as an “uproarious clash of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and old-world fairy tales.
Beane will direct the play at the venue, home to many of his previous works. The comedy will also feature Kuhoo Verma, Ann Harada and Jamen Nanthakumar in the cast.
Fairycakes begins its limited engagement at the Greenwich House on Thursday, October 14, and run through January 2, 2022. The announcement was made by producer Thomas Laub.
“Doug Beane’s new play is wildly original, hysterically funny and deeply moving – and it’s a chance for me finally to speak in iambic pentameter outside the house,” Rocca said in a statement to Deadline. “How could I say no?”
The play is described as an “uproarious clash of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and old-world fairy tales.
- 7/13/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars of ABC’s classic daytime dramas All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital will reunite next month to present a streaming concert of their past musical performances benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
ABC Daytime: Back on Broadway will gather musical performances by soap stars including Susan Lucci, Anthony Geary and Eva La Rue during the seven annual benefit concerts staged in New York from 2005-11. The daytime actors will revisit the performances in new interviews as part of the special.
The special will stream free of charge on February 11. See viewing options below.
The lineup of performers includes Bobbie Eakes, Melissa Claire Egan, Vincent Irizarry, Eva La Rue, Susan Lucci, Cameron Mathison, Eden Riegel, Chrishell Stause and Walt Willey (from All My Children); Kristen Alderson, BethAnn Fuenmayor, Kathy Brier, Kassie DePaiva, David Gregory, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Catherine Hickland, Mark Lawson, Hillary B. Smith, Jason Tam...
ABC Daytime: Back on Broadway will gather musical performances by soap stars including Susan Lucci, Anthony Geary and Eva La Rue during the seven annual benefit concerts staged in New York from 2005-11. The daytime actors will revisit the performances in new interviews as part of the special.
The special will stream free of charge on February 11. See viewing options below.
The lineup of performers includes Bobbie Eakes, Melissa Claire Egan, Vincent Irizarry, Eva La Rue, Susan Lucci, Cameron Mathison, Eden Riegel, Chrishell Stause and Walt Willey (from All My Children); Kristen Alderson, BethAnn Fuenmayor, Kathy Brier, Kassie DePaiva, David Gregory, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Catherine Hickland, Mark Lawson, Hillary B. Smith, Jason Tam...
- 1/14/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: More great bookings for the livestream Stars in the House: Next week’s remote line-up includes cast members and others from Glee, Sctv, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and a reunion of NBC’s 2018 Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert event with, among others, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alice Cooper.
The series hosted by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley to raise donations for The Actors Fund’s Covid-19 efforts has been on a roll recently with “reunion” episodes, drawing the casts of Frasier, Desperate Housewives, Taxi and This is Us, among others.
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The episodes are available at the Stars in the House website and on YouTube.
The series hosted by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley to raise donations for The Actors Fund’s Covid-19 efforts has been on a roll recently with “reunion” episodes, drawing the casts of Frasier, Desperate Housewives, Taxi and This is Us, among others.
More from DeadlineCinemark CEO Mark Zoradi Earned $6.3M In 2019, Says Priority Is To Ensure Theaters Will Open Post PandemicActors Fund Has Provided Nearly $3.5M In Financial Assistance To Industry Professionals In Past 3 Weeks; It Had Averaged $2M A YearBroadway's Shubert Organization Furloughs Staff During Covid-19 Shutdown
The episodes are available at the Stars in the House website and on YouTube.
- 4/10/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
A five, six, seven, eight The legendary original production of A Chorus Line celebrates the 44th anniversary of its opening night this week. In honor of the occasion, we're looking back at the opening of the show's revival featuring Tony Yazbeck, Jason Tam, Charlotte d'Amboise, and more Check out the video to see what the show's cast did for love...
- 7/26/2019
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Exclusive: Audiences don’t alway see eye to eye with Tony voters, as we see again in this year’s Audience Choice Awards from Broadway.com. Presented exclusively to Deadline for today’s reveal, the fan-selected top winners are Be More Chill, Pretty Woman and American Son, none of which scored Tony noms for best musical or play.
And Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill A Mockingbird, snubbed by Tony as best play, was named just that by audiences.
This year – the awards’ 20th – Be More Chill tops the list with four awards, including Favorite New Musical, Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical (George Salazar), and – in very non-Tony-like categories, Favorite Funny Performance (Stephanie Hsu) and Favorite Onstage Pair (Will Roland and George Salazar).
Coming in with three awards was Pretty Woman – The Musical: Favorite Leading Actor/Musical (Andy Karl), Favorite Featured Actress/Musical (Orfeh), and, again in a non-Tony-ish achievement,...
And Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill A Mockingbird, snubbed by Tony as best play, was named just that by audiences.
This year – the awards’ 20th – Be More Chill tops the list with four awards, including Favorite New Musical, Favorite Featured Actor in a Musical (George Salazar), and – in very non-Tony-like categories, Favorite Funny Performance (Stephanie Hsu) and Favorite Onstage Pair (Will Roland and George Salazar).
Coming in with three awards was Pretty Woman – The Musical: Favorite Leading Actor/Musical (Andy Karl), Favorite Featured Actress/Musical (Orfeh), and, again in a non-Tony-ish achievement,...
- 5/16/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael did not spend this party in the bathroom.Just last night the company of the cult hit Be More Chill, featuring music and lyrics by Joe Iconis, a book byJoe Tracz , direction by Stephen Brackett and choreography by Chase Brock, celebrated opening night on Broadway. We're taking you inside the festivities with Iconis, Will Roland, George Salazar, Stephanie Hsu, Jason Tam and more below...
- 3/11/2019
- by TV - Opening Night Special
- BroadwayWorld.com
What’s that joyful, rowdy, roof-raising noise shaking things up on Broadway with the highest decibel count around? It’s Be More Chill, a rock-the-house teen musical phenom looking to get in on the action being generated by Dear Evan Hansen, Mean Girls and The Prom. The strange thing is that Be More Chill almost died in vitro. When the show first tested the waters at a nowhere theater in Jersey four years ago, the critics shot it down. But the bastards couldn’t kill it. When the show moved...
- 3/11/2019
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
To quote a song from the tenacious – and tenaciously enjoyable – Be More Chill, the Joe Iconis-Joe Tracz musical arrives on Broadway with just enough of an “upgrade” from last summer’s Off Broadway staging to fill its new home and the greater expectations that come with the move. The costumes, the scenic design, the projections of computer gimcrackery and video game effects all seem buffed, beglittered and amped up just enough to suit Broadway demands without swamping the heart and humor that caught everyone’s attention in the first place.
By now, you might have heard about Be More Chill, if only for its unusual route to Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre (where it opens tonight under the swift and generous direction of Stephen Brackett). Based on a novel by the late Young Adult author Ned Vizzini, Be More Chill first hit the stage at a New Jersey theater...
By now, you might have heard about Be More Chill, if only for its unusual route to Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre (where it opens tonight under the swift and generous direction of Stephen Brackett). Based on a novel by the late Young Adult author Ned Vizzini, Be More Chill first hit the stage at a New Jersey theater...
- 3/11/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
As we’re now about halfway through the Broadway season, there are currently seven productions of musicals set to open this spring. Could we be seeing any of them contend at this year’s Tony Awards? Below, we recap the plot of each musical as well as the awards history of its author, cast, creative types, the opening, and (where applicable) closing dates.
“Be More Chill” (previews begin February 13; opens March 10)
In this musical adaptation of Ned Vizzini’s 2004 novel of the same name, Jeremy Heere is your average, nothing-special teenager at Middleborough High School in nothing-special New Jersey. That is, until the day he finds out about ‘The Squip.’ Thus begins a journey that pits Jeremy’s desire to be popular against his struggle to remain true to his authentic self.
With a book by Drama Desk nominee Joe Tracz and a score by Joe Iconis, this production is...
“Be More Chill” (previews begin February 13; opens March 10)
In this musical adaptation of Ned Vizzini’s 2004 novel of the same name, Jeremy Heere is your average, nothing-special teenager at Middleborough High School in nothing-special New Jersey. That is, until the day he finds out about ‘The Squip.’ Thus begins a journey that pits Jeremy’s desire to be popular against his struggle to remain true to his authentic self.
With a book by Drama Desk nominee Joe Tracz and a score by Joe Iconis, this production is...
- 2/1/2019
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
Singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles has been nominated for a little bit of everything, but as she joked with her Tony Awards co-host Josh Groban earlier this year, she hasn’t actually won anything yet. Will “Jesus Christ Superstar” finally get her on the board at the Grammys?
Bareilles is nominated for Best Musical Theater Album for the soundtrack for “Jesus Christ Superstar,” the live NBC concert event that also earned her an Emmy bid for Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actress a few months ago. She played Mary Magdalene, and she’s one of the principal soloists credited with the nomination along with Alice Cooper, Ben Daniels, Brandon Victor Dixon, Erik Gronwall, Jin Ha, Norm Lewis, Jason Tam and Jesus himself, John Legend.
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That’s a lot of star power for one album. Legend is a 10-time Grammy champ, and a winner...
Bareilles is nominated for Best Musical Theater Album for the soundtrack for “Jesus Christ Superstar,” the live NBC concert event that also earned her an Emmy bid for Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actress a few months ago. She played Mary Magdalene, and she’s one of the principal soloists credited with the nomination along with Alice Cooper, Ben Daniels, Brandon Victor Dixon, Erik Gronwall, Jin Ha, Norm Lewis, Jason Tam and Jesus himself, John Legend.
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- 1/2/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Will Roland, George Salazar and the rest of the popular Be More Chill Off Broadway cast will take the Broadway stage when the Joe Iconis musical hits the Lyceum Theatre in February.
Producers announced today that the entire Off Broadway company will make the previously announced transition to Broadway.
“We are absolutely thrilled that the entire New York premiere company will be making the journey with us to Broadway,” said lead producer Gerald Goehring. “This company has collaborated to bring Joe Iconis’ and Joe Tracz’s beautiful and universal musical to life Off Broadway this summer and we could not have been more thrilled with the outpouring of love we received from our fans around the world. The entire company cannot wait to bring the production to an even greater audience at The Lyceum in the new year.”
Be More Chill will begin previews at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre on Wednesday,...
Producers announced today that the entire Off Broadway company will make the previously announced transition to Broadway.
“We are absolutely thrilled that the entire New York premiere company will be making the journey with us to Broadway,” said lead producer Gerald Goehring. “This company has collaborated to bring Joe Iconis’ and Joe Tracz’s beautiful and universal musical to life Off Broadway this summer and we could not have been more thrilled with the outpouring of love we received from our fans around the world. The entire company cannot wait to bring the production to an even greater audience at The Lyceum in the new year.”
Be More Chill will begin previews at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre on Wednesday,...
- 12/18/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Sara Bareilles has had no shortage of accomplishments over the course of her career as a singer-songwriter, earning six Grammy Award nominations and two Tony Award bids in recent years. Now, with her turn as Mary Magdalene in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim’s Rice’s musical “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Bareilles has added an impressive accolade to her resume, earning a Best Limited Series/Movie Supporting Actress Emmy nomination, her first as an actress.
In “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Bareilles portrays Mary Magdalene opposite Egot winner John Legend’s Jesus. The musical follows Jesus’ final days, in which Mary tries to comfort Jesus after the exhaustion and aggravation his overzealous followers often cause him, while grappling with her own affection for him. At this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys, “Jcs” won a whopping five trophies.
Could Sara Bareilles take home her career-first acting trophy for her performance in “Jesus Christ Superstar...
In “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Bareilles portrays Mary Magdalene opposite Egot winner John Legend’s Jesus. The musical follows Jesus’ final days, in which Mary tries to comfort Jesus after the exhaustion and aggravation his overzealous followers often cause him, while grappling with her own affection for him. At this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys, “Jcs” won a whopping five trophies.
Could Sara Bareilles take home her career-first acting trophy for her performance in “Jesus Christ Superstar...
- 9/16/2018
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Joe Iconis’ Be More Chill – the musical that sold-out its 10-week Off Broadway run after a 2015 cast album went viral – will get its anticipated Broadway run. Performances begin Wednesday Feb. 13, 2019, with an official opening on Sunday, March 10, at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre.
“The fact that I get to make my Broadway debut as a writer surrounded by so many long-time collaborators and beloved friends both on stage and behind the scenes is a literal dream come true,” says Joe Iconis (NBC’s Smash). “Be More Chill has surprised me and Joe Tracz every step of the way and we can’t believe that our celebration of misfits, losers, and underdogs gets to take up residence on 45th Street.”
Be More Chill, features music and lyrics by Iconis and a book by Tracz (Netflix’s Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events) based on the cult novel by Ned Vizzini.
“The fact that I get to make my Broadway debut as a writer surrounded by so many long-time collaborators and beloved friends both on stage and behind the scenes is a literal dream come true,” says Joe Iconis (NBC’s Smash). “Be More Chill has surprised me and Joe Tracz every step of the way and we can’t believe that our celebration of misfits, losers, and underdogs gets to take up residence on 45th Street.”
Be More Chill, features music and lyrics by Iconis and a book by Tracz (Netflix’s Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events) based on the cult novel by Ned Vizzini.
- 9/6/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Technology plays a major role onstage in “Be More Chill,” the high school-set musical that uses a brain altering super-computer — masquerading as a popularity drug — as a plot device to poke satirical fun at the all-consuming, all-connecting dangers of faceless social media and needy groupthink.
But tech also played a backstage role in this production of composer Joe Iconis and book-writer Joe Tracz’s musical, now playing Off Broadway after a brief 2015 run at New Jersey’s Two River Theater. What Jersey couldn’t do for Iconis’ 80s New Wave-ish musical score, the internet has made up for. Its electro pop-inspired tunes (think “Stranger Things” with a hammily melodic Broadway through line) went viral, racking up 150 million+ streams in the United States alone, to say nothing of the fan art shared from Japan to New Jersey. Given the might of the meme, commercial producers took a chance on “Chill.”
But...
But tech also played a backstage role in this production of composer Joe Iconis and book-writer Joe Tracz’s musical, now playing Off Broadway after a brief 2015 run at New Jersey’s Two River Theater. What Jersey couldn’t do for Iconis’ 80s New Wave-ish musical score, the internet has made up for. Its electro pop-inspired tunes (think “Stranger Things” with a hammily melodic Broadway through line) went viral, racking up 150 million+ streams in the United States alone, to say nothing of the fan art shared from Japan to New Jersey. Given the might of the meme, commercial producers took a chance on “Chill.”
But...
- 8/10/2018
- by A.D. Amorosi
- Variety Film + TV
Cost of Living and School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play tied for Best Play and Kpop captured Best Musical at the 33rd annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway.
Mary Jane also captured three awards, including Best Director.
The honors were handed out Sunday night at NYU Skirball Center, in a ceremony hosted by Meteor Shower co-stars Laura Benanti and Jeremy Shamos. As in past years, the event was a benefit for The Actors Fund.
Many Lortel winners go on to Broadway runs — last year’s top prize-winners, Oslo and The Band’s Visit, went on to wider runs and the latter is considered a Tony front-runner for Best Musical.
The voting committee for the awards includes reps from the Off-Broadway League, Actors’ Equity Association, the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society and the Lucille Lortel Foundation, plus theater journalists, academics and others working in the Off-Broadway sector.
Here...
Mary Jane also captured three awards, including Best Director.
The honors were handed out Sunday night at NYU Skirball Center, in a ceremony hosted by Meteor Shower co-stars Laura Benanti and Jeremy Shamos. As in past years, the event was a benefit for The Actors Fund.
Many Lortel winners go on to Broadway runs — last year’s top prize-winners, Oslo and The Band’s Visit, went on to wider runs and the latter is considered a Tony front-runner for Best Musical.
The voting committee for the awards includes reps from the Off-Broadway League, Actors’ Equity Association, the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society and the Lucille Lortel Foundation, plus theater journalists, academics and others working in the Off-Broadway sector.
Here...
- 5/7/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Hosted by Laura Benanti and Jeremy Shamos, the 33rd annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway held May 6 at NYU Skirball Center was a reminder of the strength of today’s New York theater scene. Benefiting the Actors Fund, the event featured a starry lineup of presenters, among them Mike Birbiglia, Brandon Victor Dixon, Tina Fey, Joshua Henry, Katrina Lenk, Patti Murin, Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells, and Tony Shalhoub. The celebration culminated in a thrilling tie for one of the Off-Broadway League’s top awards: Outstanding Play. Both Jocelyn Bioh’s “School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play” and Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer champ “Cost of Living” jointly took the prize. Triumphing in the corresponding musical category was the Ars Nova production of “Kpop,” which in addition earned two acting awards for Ashley Park and Jason Tam. Read: “How Ashley Park Made ‘Fetch’ Happen—and Got...
- 5/7/2018
- backstage.com
Off Broadway Korean-pop musical “Kpop” topped the nominations for the 2018 Lucille Lortel Awards, snagging nine nominations for the annual awards for Off Broadway fare.
“Kpop,” which Ars Nova (“Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812”) produced in association with Ma-Yi Theater Company and Woodshed Collective, led a list of musical nominees that also included “Bella: An American Tall Tale” (six nominations) and “The Lucky Ones” (five.) The top-nominated play was “Mary Jane” (six nominations), the Amy Herzog play that premiered at New York Theatre Workshop in a staging that starred Carrie Coon (who’s nominated for an acting award).
Special awards will be given to Eve Ensler, for the lifetime achievement award; Michael Friedman, the late composer who will be inducted into the Lortel’s Playwrights’ Sidewalk; and Wp Theater, for body of work.
The full list of the 33rd annual Lucille Lortel Awards nominations follows. Winners will be announced...
“Kpop,” which Ars Nova (“Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812”) produced in association with Ma-Yi Theater Company and Woodshed Collective, led a list of musical nominees that also included “Bella: An American Tall Tale” (six nominations) and “The Lucky Ones” (five.) The top-nominated play was “Mary Jane” (six nominations), the Amy Herzog play that premiered at New York Theatre Workshop in a staging that starred Carrie Coon (who’s nominated for an acting award).
Special awards will be given to Eve Ensler, for the lifetime achievement award; Michael Friedman, the late composer who will be inducted into the Lortel’s Playwrights’ Sidewalk; and Wp Theater, for body of work.
The full list of the 33rd annual Lucille Lortel Awards nominations follows. Winners will be announced...
- 4/4/2018
- by Gordon Cox
- Variety Film + TV
Off-Broadway is getting its much-deserved moment in the spotlight with the April 4 announcement of the 2018 Lucille Lortel Award nominees. Celebrating some of the best theatermakers working in New York City today, the nominations were announced by Lucille Lortel Award winners Rachel Bay Jones and Steven Pasquale. This year’s nominations spread the love between dazzling Off-Broadway fare including “Kpop,” “Bella: An American Tale,” “Mary Jane,” and more. “Kpop,” from Ars Nova, Ma-Yi Theater, and the Woodshed Collective, led the way with nine nods; stars James Seol, Ashley Park, Jason Tam, and Vanessa Kai were all nominated in each of the musical acting categories. “Desperate Measures,” “Hundred Days,” “Jerry Springer – The Opera,” and “Bella: An American Tale” joined “Kpop” in the Outstanding Musical category. Last year’s ceremony gave top honors to “The Band's Visit” before its transfer to Broadway; that musical is now in the running for this season’s Tony Awards.
- 4/4/2018
- backstage.com
Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert aired last night, April 1, on NBC. The show starred Oscar, Golden Globe, Tony and 10-time Grammy Award winner John Legend has been cast as Jesus Christ, rock legend Alice Cooper as the flamboyant King Herod and acclaimed recording artist, songwriter and Broadway star Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene. The cast also features Norm Lewis as Caiaphas, Jin Ha as Annas, and Jason Tam as Peter.
- 4/2/2018
- by Review Roundups
- BroadwayWorld.com
If you’re a Jesus Christ Superstar fan who’s not well-versed in the good-but-not-showstopping song “Peter’s Denial” while listening to the soundtrack, you’ve got good company… in Jason Tam, who played Peter in NBC’s live musical Sunday.
“I wasn’t very familiar with it beforehand. To be honest, it’s kind of the one that I used to skip over,” he tells TVLine, laughing, a week before the broadcast.
The One Life to Live alum adds that he understands why people might take issue with the disciple, who is one of Jesus’ most ardent followers but...
“I wasn’t very familiar with it beforehand. To be honest, it’s kind of the one that I used to skip over,” he tells TVLine, laughing, a week before the broadcast.
The One Life to Live alum adds that he understands why people might take issue with the disciple, who is one of Jesus’ most ardent followers but...
- 4/2/2018
- TVLine.com
Easter Sunday is a day to celebrate life, and NBC is doing its part by bringing Jesus to life on the small screen — well, live on the small screen, anyhow. “Jesus Christ Superstar” — the ’70s rock opera that’s dominated Broadway, toured the world, and even became a movie in 1973 — is being reimagined with John Legend in the lead role of our Lord and savior.
Billed as a staged concert, the production will air live from the Marcy Armory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y., and NBC has recruited an all-star crew to bring the beloved music to life. David Leveaux (“Nine”) is directing alongside Emmy Award-winning live television director and executive producer Alex Rudzinski (“Hairspray Live!”), Emmy- and Tony Award-winning costumer designer Paul Tazewell (“The Wiz Live!”), and the musical director of the “Jesus Christ Superstar” world arena tour, Nigel Wright.
Oh, and the cast? In addition to Legend, Sara Bareilles stars as Mary Magdalene,...
Billed as a staged concert, the production will air live from the Marcy Armory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y., and NBC has recruited an all-star crew to bring the beloved music to life. David Leveaux (“Nine”) is directing alongside Emmy Award-winning live television director and executive producer Alex Rudzinski (“Hairspray Live!”), Emmy- and Tony Award-winning costumer designer Paul Tazewell (“The Wiz Live!”), and the musical director of the “Jesus Christ Superstar” world arena tour, Nigel Wright.
Oh, and the cast? In addition to Legend, Sara Bareilles stars as Mary Magdalene,...
- 4/1/2018
- by Ben Travers, Hanh Nguyen, Michael Schneider and Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
In the basement of The Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Manhattan, a long, wide room where The Rockettes often practice their kicklines and such, rehearsals are taking place for Sunday’s broadcast of Jesus Christ Superstar Live (8/7c), the next entry in NBC’s list of live musical events.
Folding tables littered with laptops and paper line one side of the floor; producer Neil Meron sits at one of them while about 25 members of the company assemble to run through an Act II number. Over on the right, a musician in the pit noodles around on an electric bass.
Folding tables littered with laptops and paper line one side of the floor; producer Neil Meron sits at one of them while about 25 members of the company assemble to run through an Act II number. Over on the right, a musician in the pit noodles around on an electric bass.
- 3/29/2018
- TVLine.com
Jesus Christ Superstar Live Sneak Peek: John Legend, Sara Bareilles Dazzle in Stunning On-Set Photos
John Legend, Sara Bareilles and Alice Cooper are getting ready to take you to church. The trio star in NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert on Sunday, April 1 and E! News has your exclusive sneak peek at what the live musical event will look like with stunning new photos of the cast performing. In the gallery below, take a look at Legend as Jesus, Bareilles as Mary Magdalene, Brandon Victor Dixon of Hamilton fame as Judas and Jason Tam as Peter. Cooper plays King Herrod in the live musical event. The cast also includes Tony nominee Ben Daniels as Pontius Pilate, Tony nominee Norm Lewis as Caiaphas, Jin Ha as Annas and Swedish rock star Erik Gronwall as Simon Zealotes. Bringing Andrew Lloyd Webber's...
- 3/21/2018
- E! Online
John Legend, Alice Cooper and the rest of the cast of NBC's upcoming live production of Jesus Christ Superstar offer a behind-the-scenes look at rehearsals and discuss reviving the classic musical for 2018.
Legend and Cooper lead the all-star cast, playing Jesus and King Herod respectively, while Sara Bareilles will portray Mary Magdalene and Brandon Victor Dixon will play Judas. Original composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice are also returning as executive producers, and in the clip Dixon says of Webber's contributions, "He tries to work for what's...
Legend and Cooper lead the all-star cast, playing Jesus and King Herod respectively, while Sara Bareilles will portray Mary Magdalene and Brandon Victor Dixon will play Judas. Original composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice are also returning as executive producers, and in the clip Dixon says of Webber's contributions, "He tries to work for what's...
- 3/21/2018
- Rollingstone.com
NBC has shared the first promo for its live staging of “Jesus Christ Superstar” featuring Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene and Alice Cooper as King Herod. The clip also gives a snippet of Bareilles’ performance of “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” the standout single first recorded by Yvonne Elliman for the Broadway rock opera. John Legend stars as Jesus Christ in NBC’s adaptation, alongside Bareilles, Cooper, “Hamilton’s” Brandon Victor Dixon as Judas, Ben Daniels as Pontius Pilate, Norm Lewis as Caiaphas, Jin Ha as Annas, Jason Tam as Peter and Erik Gronwall as Simon Zealotes. Also Read: 'This Is Us': The...
- 3/14/2018
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this week, Tony Award-winning producer, 'Hamilton' alum and 'Power' co-star Brandon Victor Dixon will star as Judas and join an already stellar cast in NBC's highly anticipated special event 'Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert,' to be aired Easter Sunday, April 1 from the Marcy Armory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y. Also joining the cast are Tony nominee Ben Daniels as Pontius Pilate, Tony nominee Norm Lewis as Caiaphas, Broadway veteran Jason Tam as Peter, 'M. Butterfly' star Jin Ha as Annas and Swedish rock star Erik Gronwall as Simon Zealotes.
- 2/23/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
NBC’s “Jesus Christ Superstar Live” production has found its Judas. “Hamilton” star and two-time Tony nominee Brandon Victor Dixon will play Jesus’ betrayer in the Easter Sunday live musical, the network said on Thursday. Dixon portrayed Aaron Burr in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s star-making play. Dixon joins John Legend as Jesus, Sara Bareilles as Mary Magdalene, Alice Cooper as King Herod, Ben Daniels as Pontius Pilate, Norm Lewis as Caiaphas, Jason Tam as Peter, Jin Ha as Annas, and Erik Gronwall as Simon Zealotes. Also Read: Sara Bareilles Joins NBC's 'Jesus Christ Superstar' as Mary Magdalene The original musical debuted on stage in 1971, and follows the final week of...
- 2/22/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert has found its Judas.
Broadway star and Tony winner Brandon Victor Dixon, best known to TV audiences as Power lawyer Terry Silver, has been cast as Jesus’ not-so-loyal apostle in the upcoming live special, airing Easter Sunday, April 1. (Dixon also was the Hamilton cast member who publicly addressed then-Vice President-elect Mike Pence when he attended a performance of the Broadway musical in November 2016.)
In addition, the network has confirmed the casting of Tony nominees Ben Daniels (The Exorcist) as Pontius Pilate and Norm Lewis (Scandal) as Caiaphas. New cast additions also include...
Broadway star and Tony winner Brandon Victor Dixon, best known to TV audiences as Power lawyer Terry Silver, has been cast as Jesus’ not-so-loyal apostle in the upcoming live special, airing Easter Sunday, April 1. (Dixon also was the Hamilton cast member who publicly addressed then-Vice President-elect Mike Pence when he attended a performance of the Broadway musical in November 2016.)
In addition, the network has confirmed the casting of Tony nominees Ben Daniels (The Exorcist) as Pontius Pilate and Norm Lewis (Scandal) as Caiaphas. New cast additions also include...
- 2/22/2018
- TVLine.com
The cast includes Mario Lopez as Zach, Sarah Bowden as Cassie Ferguson, Krysta Rodriguez as Diana Morales, and Courtney Lopez as Kristine Ulrich.A Chorus Line also stars Sabrina Bryan as Valerie Clark, Robert Fairchild as Mike Costa, Spencer Liff as Larry, and Ross Lynch as Mark Anthony. In addition,Mara Davi as Maggie Winslow, J. Elaine Marcos as Connie Wong, Jason Tam as Paul San Marco, and Leigh Zimmerman as Sheila Bryant round out the principal cast.
- 7/30/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Frenchie Davis Rent, American Idol, Gideon Glick Spider Man, Spring Awakening, Robin de Jesus Two-time Tony nom. La Cage Aux Folles amp In the Heights, Jay Armstrong Johnson On the Town, Hands on a Hardbody Ben Mayne South Pacific tour, Doreen Montalvo On Your Feet, In the Heights, Mj Rodriguez Runaways, Rent, Tony Sheldon Tony nom. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Jason Tam IfThen, A Chorus Line, Clarke Thorell The Front Page, Annie and more are set to perform a concert version of Max Vernon's musical The View Upstairs to raise money for the victims of the Pulse Orlando massacre. It will be directed by Scott Ebersold with Music Director James Dobinson.
- 6/30/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Hollywood Bowl's production of A Chorus Line, which plays July 29-31, will feature all-star cast, including Mario Lopez as Zach, Krysta Rodriguez as Diana Morales, Robert Fairchild as Mike Costa, Spencer Liff as Larry, Mara Davi as Maggie Winslow, J. Elaine Marcos as Connie Wong, and Jason Tam as Paul San Marco. Perhaps a lesser-known cast member is Cassie herself- Sarah Bowden.
- 6/16/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
In the classic musical “A Chorus Line,” the character Paul recites a monologue about how performing affirmed his identity as a gay man. The speech culminates in a tearful recollection of the first time his parents see him in drag. The documentary “Every Little Step” tracked the audition process of the 2006 Broadway revival of “A Chorus Line.” Jason Tam, young and wide-eyed delivers a definitive performance of the monologue. He exudes utter assurance while reciting words written before he was even born. While gesturing and playing with his hair—actions that would ordinarily be considered distracting during an audition—Tam creates the opposite effect and even seems at ease. He starts, “We were doing this oriental number, and I looked like Cyd Charisse. I mean, oh, Anna May Wong.” Unless you had the script in front of you, it’d be impossible to tell that Tam actually said the wrong...
- 4/1/2016
- backstage.com
IfThen opened last week at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway, with Tony winner Idina Menzel leading the cast, which also features Anthony Rapp, Lachanze, James Snyder, Jerry Dixon,Jenn Colella, Jason Tam, Tamika Lawrence, and Jackie Burns. IfThen is a contemporary new musical that follows two distinct storylines in the life of Elizabeth, a city planner who moves back to New York to restart her life in this city of infinite possibilities. When her carefully designed plans collide with the whims of fate, Elizabeth's life splits into two parallel paths. IfThenfollows both stories simultaneously as this modern woman faces the intersection of choice and chance.
- 4/9/2014
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
IfThen opens on Broadway in just 24 hours, when we will have complete coverage of all the opening night festivities, but as a Saturday night treat - you don't have to wait another minute for a first look at footage from the highly anticipated new production. Idina Menzel back on Broadway, alongside Anthony Rapp, Lachanze, James Snyder, Jerry Dixon, Jenn Colella, Jason Tam, Tamika Lawrence, Jackie Burns and more - yes, please...
- 3/30/2014
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Propaganda A Festival Celebrating Russian Voices. Staged readings will feature Orange is the New Black's Uzo Aduba and Catherine Curtin, Broadway's Dan Oreskes, Tobias Segal, Thomas Schall, Nadia Bowers, and Jason Tam, Blue Bloods' Robert Sella, Kings' Michael Crane, The Bridge Project's Michelle Beck, and The West Wing's Thomas Kopache in new plays by groundbreaking Russian playwrights.
- 1/18/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Barnes amp Noble just celebrated the new Ghostlight Recordscast recording Marry Me A Little - featuring songs by Stephen Sondheim - with a special in-store performance and CD signing yesterday, January 13. The event included performances by the show's stars Lauren Molina and Jason Tam, who were joined on piano by Musical DirectorJohn Bell. BroadwayWorld was there for the special event and you can check out photos of the duo in action below...
- 1/14/2014
- by Jennifer Broski
- BroadwayWorld.com
Further Casting announced for Propaganda A Festival Celebrating Russian Voices. Staged readings will feature Orange is the New Black's Uzo Aduba and Catherine Curtin, Broadway's Dan Oreskes, Tobias Segal, Thomas Schall, Nadia Bowers, and Jason Tam, Blue Bloods' Robert Sella, Kings' Michael Crane, The Bridge Project's Michelle Beck, and The West Wing's Thomas Kopache in new plays by groundbreaking Russian playwrights.
- 1/13/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Barnes amp Noble will celebrate the new Ghostlight Records cast recording Marry Me A Little - featuring songs by Stephen Sondheim - with a special in-st0re performance and CD signing on Monday, January 13 at 600 Pm. The event will include performances by the show's stars Lauren Molina and Jason Tam, who will be joined on piano by Musical Director John Bell. It will be hosted by Jonathan Silverstein, Artistic Director of Keen Company. The album is based on the company's recent hit production. Barnes amp Noble is located at 150 East 86th Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues on the Upper East Side. Fans who purchase the CD at the store will be offered priority seating. Please call 212 369-2180 for details. The CD is currently available in stores and online outlets. To order the album, please visit www.sh-k-boom.commarrymealittle.
- 1/6/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
On Twitter Watch, Ryann Redmond wrote ' IfThen, the upcoming world premiere musical by the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning creative team behind Next To Normal, Tom Kitt music, Brian Yorkey book and lyrics, and Michael Greifdirector, will make its world premiere engagement in Washington, D.C. before moving on to Broadway. IfThen will play Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre 226 West 46th Street in spring 2014, beginning preview performances on Tuesday, March 4, and officially opening on Thursday, March 27, 2014.Earlier this year, Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook, in keeping with American Songbook's tradition of honoring great composers and lyricists, welcomed Ifthen composers Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey. The March 1st program featured Kitt amp Yorkey, joined by leading lady Idina Menzel, who previewed two songs from the show- 'Here I Go' and 'Learn to Live Without' and you can check out the flashback of our coverage from the special night belowThe company...
- 10/21/2013
- by BWW Staff
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ghostlight Records has announced the release of Marry Me A Little - the New Cast Recording. The album, based on the recent hit production by The Keen Company and featuring the songs of Stephen Sondheim, stars Lauren Molina and Jason Tam. Marry Me A LITTLEwill be available from digital outlets on September 24 and the disc will be in stores on November 19. For updates on the album, visit www.sh-k-boom.commarrymealittle.html.
- 9/19/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The boys of Bromance have announced that they will welcome Jason Tam One Life to Live, Lysistrata Jones, Chorus Line and Jenn Colella Chaplin, Urban Cowboy, High Fidelity to the fraternity Tam and Colella have just come on board to join the cast of Bromance In Concert as the Bros take over Joe's Pub on Thursday, August 22nd at 7pm.
- 8/19/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
BroadwayWorld brings you coverage of the men from the Drama League red carpet arrivals below, including Tom Sturridge, Constantine Maroulis, Billy Porter, Anthony Warlow, Bryan Terrell Clark, Paul Rudd, Jerry Mitchell, Brandon J. Dirden, Bertie Carvel, Stark Sands, Rob McClure, Courtney B. Vance, Stephen Tyrone Williams, David Hyde Pierce, Jason Tam, Bobby Cannavale, Brandon Victor Dixon, Dave Malloy, Harvey Fierstein, Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein, Alan Cumming, Tommy Tune, Ryan Silverman, Bill Irwin, Berry Gordy, Dale Badway, Charl Brown, Michael Alden and more...
- 5/18/2013
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
The theater season has just begun, but it’s already claimed its first Broadway casualty. Producers scuttled plans for a musical version of the Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca, which was to open this fall, but failed to secure all of its $12 million budget amid reports of phantom investors, sabotage, and fateful producer inexperience. Not all of the drama was backstage, however, with several high-profile productions making their debuts with (mostly) mixed critical response:
Grace: Despite some terrific performances by Broadway newbies Michael Shannon and Kate Arrington, I found Craig Wright’s dramedy to be “glibly funny and flawed” in...
Grace: Despite some terrific performances by Broadway newbies Michael Shannon and Kate Arrington, I found Craig Wright’s dramedy to be “glibly funny and flawed” in...
- 10/6/2012
- by Thom Geier
- EW.com - PopWatch
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company presents Marry Me A Little, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, conceived by Craig Lucas and Norman Ren, directed by Keen Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein, starring Lauren Molina and Jason Tam. Marry Me A Little kicks off their 2012 - 13 season and will be followed by a newly revised version of the 1991 play, The Old Boy by A.R. Gurney. Performances will continue through October 27th, with two additional Wednesday matinees on October 17th and 24th.The show just opened last night, and BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the after party below...
- 10/3/2012
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company presents Marry Me A Little, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, conceived by Craig Lucas and Norman Ren, directed by Keen Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein, starring Lauren Molina and Jason Tam. Marry Me A Little kicks off their 2012 - 13 season and will be followed by a newly revised version of the 1991 play, The Old Boy by A.R. Gurney. Performances will continue through October 27th, with two additional Wednesday matinees on October 17th and 24th.The show just opened last night, and BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the first curtain call below...
- 10/3/2012
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company presents Marry Me A Little, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, conceived by Craig Lucas and Norman Ren, directed by Keen Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein, starring Lauren Molina and Jason Tam. Marry Me A Little kicks off their 2012 - 13 season and will be followed by a newly revised version of the 1991 play, The Old Boy by A.R. Gurney. Performances will continue through October 27th, with two additional Wednesday matinees on October 17th and 24th.BroadwayWorld brings you just-released highlights from the show below...
- 10/1/2012
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
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