At the 2016 edition of Broadway Backwards, Broadway legendChitaRivera brought her own brand of 'razzle-dazzle' toKander and Ebb's 'All I Care About is Love' from Chicago. The actress delivered an unforgettable take on swarmy lawyer Billy Flynn, surrounded by a bevy of feathery beauties, many from the original 1996 Chicago revival cast, includingNili Bassman, Mindy Cooper, Mamie Duncan-Gibbs, Gabriela Garcia, Mary Ann Lamb, Dana Moore and Solange Sandy. Click below to watch the full number...
- 3/25/2016
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ever feel like there’s a disconnect between how directors perceive you in an audition room and how you perceive yourself? Many actors never get a shot at their dream role, too constrained by the theater industry’s common tendency to cast only based on “type.” Two thespians, Kendra Augustin and Patricia Cardona Roca, have decided to do something about it. The Leela NYC Theatre Festival, taking place Aug. 27 and 28 at Centro Español de Queens, will stage contemporary 10–minute plays designed to promote and celebrate nontraditional casting. Hosted by choreographer Gabriela Garcia and actor Irene Turri, this inaugural event hopes to shake up expectations and broaden audiences’ minds. “It was born out of being in [New York City] and wanting work, and to create, and realizing that maybe other people weren’t going to make it happen for us,” Augustin told Backstage. “There are so many things we feel we don’t get the chance to do.
- 8/19/2015
- backstage.com
Over a dozen noted Broadway performers including Tony Award-nominee Anika Larsen Beautiful The Carole King Musical, Michael Mindlin Aladdin, Courtney Reed Aladdin, Jon Rua In The Heights, Hands on a Hard Body, Rickey Tripp Motown, Vince Oddo Rocky, Luis Salgado Rocky and Gabriela Garcia Chicago, among others, will donate their time and knowledge as teaching artists at the 7th Annual Dare to Go Beyond D2GB Children's Performing Arts Camp, hosted by R.Evolucion Latina Rl.
- 7/14/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Over a dozen noted Broadway performers including Tony Award-nominee Anika Larsen Beautiful The Carole King Musical, Michael Mindlin Aladdin, Courtney Reed Aladdin, Jon Rua In The Heights, Hands on a Hard Body, Rickey Tripp Motown, Vince Oddo Rocky, Luis Salgado Rocky and Gabriela Garcia Chicago, among others, will donate their time and knowledge as teaching artists at the 7th Annual Dare to Go Beyond D2GB Children's Performing Arts Camp, hosted by R.Evolucion Latina Rl.
- 7/11/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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