In his brownstone in Manhattan’s Chelsea district, Rubén Blades is wrapping up a call with a business associate when one last question comes to mind: “Hey, when you seeing Bad Bunny?”
The friend doesn’t know.
“Just tell him that I would like for him to help me in a production of something I’m doing,” Blades asserts. “See what he says. And let me know.”
Despite their four-decade-plus age difference, the request isn’t surprising. Blades has met Bad Bunny a few times, starting with the time a...
The friend doesn’t know.
“Just tell him that I would like for him to help me in a production of something I’m doing,” Blades asserts. “See what he says. And let me know.”
Despite their four-decade-plus age difference, the request isn’t surprising. Blades has met Bad Bunny a few times, starting with the time a...
- 6/23/2023
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Calling Dr. Mark Greene. Please report to the Broadway stage.
ER star Anthony Edwards made his Broadway musical debut Friday night as “Dr. Walker” in the Tony-nominated Girl From The North Country. With several members of the company out of the show because of Covid-19 infections, Edwards stepped in at the last moment (and after only an hour of rehearsal time) to ensure that the show would go on.
He starred opposite his wife, Mare Winningham, who was recently nominated for a Tony Award for her role.
Lead producer of Girl From The North Country Tristan Baker made a pre-show announcement to express his gratitude to the production’s swings and understudies, and let the house know they were in for an extra special show. Baker asked if “There was a doctor in the house” to play the role of Dr. Walker this evening, before surprising the audience with the...
ER star Anthony Edwards made his Broadway musical debut Friday night as “Dr. Walker” in the Tony-nominated Girl From The North Country. With several members of the company out of the show because of Covid-19 infections, Edwards stepped in at the last moment (and after only an hour of rehearsal time) to ensure that the show would go on.
He starred opposite his wife, Mare Winningham, who was recently nominated for a Tony Award for her role.
Lead producer of Girl From The North Country Tristan Baker made a pre-show announcement to express his gratitude to the production’s swings and understudies, and let the house know they were in for an extra special show. Baker asked if “There was a doctor in the house” to play the role of Dr. Walker this evening, before surprising the audience with the...
- 5/14/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Girl From The North Country, Conor McPherson’s acclaimed musical that reimagines the songs of Bob Dylan, will return to Broadway from its three-month Covid hiatus, with a return date set for April 29. The production will conclude its 50-performance limited engagement on June 11.
“We are so thrilled to bring this incredible production back to Broadway and to return to our home at the Belasco Theatre,” said producers Tristan Baker and Charlie Parsons. “As Broadway’s recovery continues, we are so grateful to be a part of this exciting season and to give more audiences a chance to visit us in the North Country and experience the magic of Bob Dylan’s songs and Conor McPherson’s remarkable storytelling.”
Girl From The North Country originally opened on Broadway on March 5, 2020, but closed just a week later due to New York’s Covid shutdown. The production re-opened on Broadway last October but...
“We are so thrilled to bring this incredible production back to Broadway and to return to our home at the Belasco Theatre,” said producers Tristan Baker and Charlie Parsons. “As Broadway’s recovery continues, we are so grateful to be a part of this exciting season and to give more audiences a chance to visit us in the North Country and experience the magic of Bob Dylan’s songs and Conor McPherson’s remarkable storytelling.”
Girl From The North Country originally opened on Broadway on March 5, 2020, but closed just a week later due to New York’s Covid shutdown. The production re-opened on Broadway last October but...
- 3/25/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The acclaimed Bob Dylan musical Girl From The North Country will play its final Broadway performance at The Belasco Theatre on Jan. 23, with producers saying they’re in advanced conversations with the Shubert Organization to re-open in the spring after the Omicron surge subsides.
The unusual announcement follows a similar plan confirmed by producers of Mrs. Doubtfire, which closed on Jan. 10 with the intention of returning to the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on March 14.
“Girl From The North Country is an important part of this season,” said Robert E. Wankel, Chairman and CEO of The Shubert Organization, in a statement. “We have always been supportive of this show, and we are excited about bringing it to another theater in the spring.”
The musical, written and directed by playwright Conor McPherson, reimagines the songs of Bob Dylan to tell the story of a Depression-era boarding house and its various inhabitants. Though critically acclaimed,...
The unusual announcement follows a similar plan confirmed by producers of Mrs. Doubtfire, which closed on Jan. 10 with the intention of returning to the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on March 14.
“Girl From The North Country is an important part of this season,” said Robert E. Wankel, Chairman and CEO of The Shubert Organization, in a statement. “We have always been supportive of this show, and we are excited about bringing it to another theater in the spring.”
The musical, written and directed by playwright Conor McPherson, reimagines the songs of Bob Dylan to tell the story of a Depression-era boarding house and its various inhabitants. Though critically acclaimed,...
- 1/12/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Hadestown and Girl From The North Country announced their Broadway returns today, with the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown set to become the first production to resume performances on Broadway when its curtain rises on Thursday, Sept. 2.
Girl From The North Country, the musical that features songs from Bob Dylan’s catalogue, will resume performances on Wednesday, Oct. 13.
The Hadestown re-launch will mark the first Broadway production to begin performances since the March 12, 2020, pandemic shutdown. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had previously said that Broadway would be permitted to open at full capacity on Sept. 14, but Hadestown producers said today that the early opening was worked out in coordination with the Jujamcyn Theaters, owner of the Hadestown’s Walter Kerr Theatre, the Governor’s office and in cooperation with The Broadway League.
A spokesperson for Hadestown said the early relaunch is due to the timing of the Hadestown touring production schedule:...
Girl From The North Country, the musical that features songs from Bob Dylan’s catalogue, will resume performances on Wednesday, Oct. 13.
The Hadestown re-launch will mark the first Broadway production to begin performances since the March 12, 2020, pandemic shutdown. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had previously said that Broadway would be permitted to open at full capacity on Sept. 14, but Hadestown producers said today that the early opening was worked out in coordination with the Jujamcyn Theaters, owner of the Hadestown’s Walter Kerr Theatre, the Governor’s office and in cooperation with The Broadway League.
A spokesperson for Hadestown said the early relaunch is due to the timing of the Hadestown touring production schedule:...
- 5/24/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway and Recording Artist Luba Mason has just released her 4th solo album titledTRIANGLE,which is a wholly unique, vibrant, new line-up that some call unprecedented using just voice, vibraphone, and bass This concert is the live capture of that recording session at Manhattan's renowned Power Station studioBerklee NYC including the amazing Joe Locke on Vibes - played wDianne Reeves, Grover Washington Jr., the incredible James Genus on Bass - plays in the SNL band, Herbie Hancock and produced by longtime Prince collaborator, Renato Neto.
- 11/12/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Exclusive: With the current state of the social and cultural landscape, perception of race as well as political climate, the 2020 election is going to be one hell of a ride — and Tonya Pinkins’ forthcoming film Red Pill looks to deliver those thrills.
Written, directed, produced and starring Tony award-winning actress Pinkins, Red Pill has nothing to do with The Matrix, where a physical red pill is taken to reveal unpleasant truths. Based on the teaser trailer above for Red Pill, the title refers to someone who infiltrates a group and destroys them from the inside. The political thriller sets itself as a wake-up call about American politics, putting a haunting spotlight on the weaponization of whiteness and White Supremacy as well as the waves of “Beckys” and “Karens” calling the police on Black people for simply being Black.
Red Pill is set days before...
Written, directed, produced and starring Tony award-winning actress Pinkins, Red Pill has nothing to do with The Matrix, where a physical red pill is taken to reveal unpleasant truths. Based on the teaser trailer above for Red Pill, the title refers to someone who infiltrates a group and destroys them from the inside. The political thriller sets itself as a wake-up call about American politics, putting a haunting spotlight on the weaponization of whiteness and White Supremacy as well as the waves of “Beckys” and “Karens” calling the police on Black people for simply being Black.
Red Pill is set days before...
- 7/7/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The jukebox musical — or “catalog musical,” as some on Broadway prefer to call it — has been running rampant for more than a decade now, leaving both triumphs and travesties in its wake. But even after we’ve seen the lives of Cher, the Temptations, Carole King, and the Four Seasons transformed into musicals — or the songs of Johnny Cash, the Go-Go’s, and Alanis Morissette used as scores for fictional stories — nothing quite prepares you for Girl From the North Country. Not the first, but certainly the best, musical featuring...
- 3/6/2020
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
As we are now about halfway through the Broadway season, and there are currently nine 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.
“West Side Story”
In the fifth Broadway revival of Arthur Laurents, Lenoard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim’s 1957 classic inspired by William Shakespeare’s famous play, “Romeo & Juliet,” this musical is set in the Upper West Side neighborhood of New York City. The story explores the rivalry between two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. The Jets, a white gang, and the Sharks, who are immigrants from Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, Tony, a former member of the Jets and best friend of the gang’s leader,...
“West Side Story”
In the fifth Broadway revival of Arthur Laurents, Lenoard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim’s 1957 classic inspired by William Shakespeare’s famous play, “Romeo & Juliet,” this musical is set in the Upper West Side neighborhood of New York City. The story explores the rivalry between two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. The Jets, a white gang, and the Sharks, who are immigrants from Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, Tony, a former member of the Jets and best friend of the gang’s leader,...
- 1/28/2020
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: Pose actor Austin Scott will join Broadway’s upcoming Girl From The North Country, completing the principal cast for playwright Conor McPherson’s so-called Bob Dylan musical that won raves and a sold-out Off Broadway run last year.
Scott, who has played the title character in both the Broadway and touring production of Hamilton, will join Girl From The North Country in the role of Joe Scott, a down-and-out boxer who arrives unexpectedly at the Depression Era boarding house that is the sole setting for the musical.
Girl From The North Country begins previews Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, at the Belasco Theatre, with an opening night of Thursday, March 5.
Also announced today were the final three members of the show’s ensemble: Jennifer Blood, Law Terrell Dunford, and Chiara Trentalange.
All join the previously announced cast, most of whom played their roles at the Public Theater’s acclaimed production last fall: Todd Almond,...
Scott, who has played the title character in both the Broadway and touring production of Hamilton, will join Girl From The North Country in the role of Joe Scott, a down-and-out boxer who arrives unexpectedly at the Depression Era boarding house that is the sole setting for the musical.
Girl From The North Country begins previews Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, at the Belasco Theatre, with an opening night of Thursday, March 5.
Also announced today were the final three members of the show’s ensemble: Jennifer Blood, Law Terrell Dunford, and Chiara Trentalange.
All join the previously announced cast, most of whom played their roles at the Public Theater’s acclaimed production last fall: Todd Almond,...
- 11/6/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Casting has been announced today for the Broadway production of the hit musical Girl from the North Country. Reprising their roles from the production at The Public Theater will be Todd Almond, Jeannette Bayardelle, Matthew Frederick Harris, Caitlin Houlahan, Robert Joy, Tony Award nominee Marc Kudisch, Luba Mason, Ben Mayne, Tom Nelis, Tony Award nominee David Pittu, Colton Ryan, John Schiappa, Kimber Elayne Sprawl, Rachel Stern, Chelsea Lee Williams, and TonyAcademy Award nominee two-time Emmy Award winner Mare Winningham. Joining the production in the role of Nick Laine will be Jay O. Sanders. Complete casting will be announced soon.
- 9/26/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The widely acclaimed (and very large) Off Broadway cast of The Public Theater’s Girl From The North Country will reprise their roles when the production begins its Broadway run in February, producers announced today. Among those making the move are Mare Winningham, Marc Kudisch and Colton Ryan.
The musical, written and directed by Conor McPherson and with a score made of “reimagined” Bob Dylan songs, begins previews at Broadway’s Belasco Theatre on Friday, Feb. 7. Opening night is set for Thursday, March 5.
In addition to Winningham, Kudisch and Ryan, reprising their roles from last fall’s Off Broadway production will be Todd Almond, Jeannette Bayardelle, Matthew Frederick Harris, Caitlin Houlahan, Robert Joy, Luba Mason, Ben Mayne, Tom Nelis, David Pittu, John Schiappa, Kimber Elayne Sprawl, Rachel Stern and Chelsea Lee Williams. Joining the production in the role of Nick Laine will be Jay O. Sanders (Stephen Bogardus played the role Off Broadway.
The musical, written and directed by Conor McPherson and with a score made of “reimagined” Bob Dylan songs, begins previews at Broadway’s Belasco Theatre on Friday, Feb. 7. Opening night is set for Thursday, March 5.
In addition to Winningham, Kudisch and Ryan, reprising their roles from last fall’s Off Broadway production will be Todd Almond, Jeannette Bayardelle, Matthew Frederick Harris, Caitlin Houlahan, Robert Joy, Luba Mason, Ben Mayne, Tom Nelis, David Pittu, John Schiappa, Kimber Elayne Sprawl, Rachel Stern and Chelsea Lee Williams. Joining the production in the role of Nick Laine will be Jay O. Sanders (Stephen Bogardus played the role Off Broadway.
- 9/26/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Mining Bob Dylan’s unrivaled songbook – even if he’d never written a tune beyond the 20 or so included in Off Broadway’s Girl From The North Country, his contribution to popular music would be assured – and wandering his spiritual map of a mythic Americana that conforms to no historical boundaries but feels undeniably true to the bone, Conor McPherson’s radiant musical is as eccentric and unclassifiable as any fellow traveler of Dylan should be.
A remarkable piece of theater that made its London premiere last year, Girl opens tonight at the Public Theater with an impeccable cast including Mare Winningham and Stephen Bogardus. At times so lovely – as when a pair of young, broken-up lovers duet on a newly mournful version of the once sprightly I Want You – Girl might have you wishing for some sort of theatrical replay mechanism.
A remarkable piece of theater that made its London premiere last year, Girl opens tonight at the Public Theater with an impeccable cast including Mare Winningham and Stephen Bogardus. At times so lovely – as when a pair of young, broken-up lovers duet on a newly mournful version of the once sprightly I Want You – Girl might have you wishing for some sort of theatrical replay mechanism.
- 10/2/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The American cast of the London hit musical Girl From The North Country was announced by Off Broadway’s Public Theater today, with Mare Winningham (The Affair) taking the role that won Scottish actress Shirley Henderson a 2018 Olivier Award.
Broadway veteran Stephen Bogardus will take the lead actor role of Nick Laine, which earned an Olivier nomination for Ciaran Hinds, and Glee‘s Samantha Marie Ware has been cast in the supporting role of Marianne Laine, which won Sheila Atim an Olivier.
Written and directed by Conor McPherson, Girl From the North Country, which includes such classic Dylan songs as “Like a Rolling Stone,” “I Want You,” “Slow Train,” “Forever Young,” “Idiot Wind” and the title number, begins previews at The Public’s Newman Theater on Tuesday, September 11, with an official opening on Monday, October 1 and runs through Sunday, November 4.
In addition to Winningham (who plays Elizabeth Laine), Bogardus and Ware,...
Broadway veteran Stephen Bogardus will take the lead actor role of Nick Laine, which earned an Olivier nomination for Ciaran Hinds, and Glee‘s Samantha Marie Ware has been cast in the supporting role of Marianne Laine, which won Sheila Atim an Olivier.
Written and directed by Conor McPherson, Girl From the North Country, which includes such classic Dylan songs as “Like a Rolling Stone,” “I Want You,” “Slow Train,” “Forever Young,” “Idiot Wind” and the title number, begins previews at The Public’s Newman Theater on Tuesday, September 11, with an official opening on Monday, October 1 and runs through Sunday, November 4.
In addition to Winningham (who plays Elizabeth Laine), Bogardus and Ware,...
- 7/18/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
54 Below presented '54 Below Sings Kander And Ebb's Woman Of The Year' on Wednesday, November 29th, 2017. This performance featured an all star cast with nine ladies singing the songs of Tess Lauren Bacall on Broadway, four men singing for Sam, and all the other roles covered by the rest of the cast. The performers were Klea Blackhurst, Todd Buonopane, Mary Callahan, Robert Cuccioli, Joyce DeWitt, Natalie Douglas, John Epperson, Anita Gillette, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Dee Hoty, Christine Toy Johnson, Luba Mason, Julia Murney, Brad Oscar, Christine Pedi, Eve Plumb, Robbie Rozelle, and Kevin Zak. The musical director was Joshua Zecher-Ross, with Corey Schuyler on the bass, Chris Schultz on the drums and Dan Glaude on the reed.
- 12/1/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
I'm late to the Luba Mason party. I first took notice of her when I attended a performance of The Civilians' Pretty Filthy, and I was impressed by her serenely sensual alto instrument. As she is prepping to take 54 Below by storm tonight with her cabaret show Mixtura 2, I've been acquainting myself with her albums Collage and Krazy Love. Both are delightfully jazzy collections sure to add some spice to your life.
- 4/9/2015
- by David Clarke
- BroadwayWorld.com
The two-time Tony Award-winning actress Tammy Grimes Private Lives, The Unsinkable Molly Brown and composer David Amram scores for the films Splendor In The Grass and The Manchurian Candidate were just honored at Theater for the New City's 12th annual Love 'N Courage evening. An annual event that benefits Tnc's Emerging Playwrights Program, this year's Love 'N Courage event was hosted by Phoebe Legere and Matt Morillo and featured performances by Ms. Grimes, Mr. Amram, Vinie Burrows, Judy Gorman, Yip Harburg Foundation's Rainbow Troupe, Luba Mason, Human Kinetics Movement Arts, and The Love Show, along with select excerpts from plays by Andrea Fulton, Georges Bizet, Daniel Catan and Seymour Barab.BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the performances below...
- 3/3/2015
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
The two-time Tony Award-winning actress Tammy Grimes Private Lives, The Unsinkable Molly Brown and composer David Amram scores for the films Splendor In The Grass and The Manchurian Candidate were just honored at Theater for the New City's 12th annual Love 'N Courage evening. An annual event that benefits Tnc's Emerging Playwrights Program, this year's Love 'N Courage event was hosted by Phoebe Legere and Matt Morillo and featured performances by Ms. Grimes, Mr. Amram, Vinie Burrows, Judy Gorman, Yip Harburg Foundation's Rainbow Troupe, Luba Mason, Human Kinetics Movement Arts, and The Love Show, along with select excerpts from plays by Andrea Fulton, Georges Bizet, Daniel Catan and Seymour Barab.
- 3/3/2015
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
On Monday, November 4, the Broadway at Birdland partnership with multi-Grammy and Tony nominated composer Frank Wildhorn continued with another 'Frank amp Friends' concert. This very special evening was an on-stage reunion for performers from sixteen years of Jekyll amp Hyde Broadway and touring companies, including Robert Cuccioli, Craig Schulman, Luba Mason, Anastasia Barzee, Andrea Rivette, Coleen Sexton, Jodi Stevens, Teal Wicks, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Courtney Markowitz, Dana Costello, Sean Jenness, Doug Storm amp Mel Johnson, Jr. BroadwayWorld has photos from the concert below...
- 11/7/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Pulitzer Prize and Obie Award-winning Theatre for the New City Tnc held its 10th Annual Love 'N' Courage benefit gala last night, February 25, 2013 at the National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan, this year honoring award-winning actor and playwright Charles Busch. Hosts for Love 'N' Courage were composer and singer Phoebe Legere and playwrightfilmmaker Matt Morillo 'Maid of Honor'. The performers at this year's show included Mr. Busch, The Love Show, dancerchoreographer Kitty Lunn and Infinity Dance, juggler supreme John Grimaldi, Carol Freeman, Luba Mason, KT Sullivan, Tammy Grimes, Drew Pulver, Mark Marcante and Crystal Field.BroadwayWorld was there for the celebration and you can check out full photo coverage below...
- 2/26/2013
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Luba Mason, Broadway Actress, Jazz Vocalist and wife of Latin superstar Ruben Blades, will return to her role of Mrs. Kresynski in Paul Simon's "The Capeman" being staged at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park August 14th-16th. Mason returns to the role hot on the heels of the release of her critically-acclaimed CD, Krazy Love, and accompanying tour.
- 7/10/2010
- BroadwayWorld.com
Luba Mason will kick-off a CD Release Free concert (with surprise guest!) Monday, Feb. 2 at 6:00 Pm and sign copies of Krazy Love "A cool Brazilian mood" at Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle 1972 Broadway New York, NY Call 212-595-6859 for information. Luba Mason is scheduled to perform a free concert and also sign copies of her all-new CD Krazy Love. If you don't have a copy of this CD, get over to Barnes & Noble Monday (Feb 2) at 6:00 Pm...
- 2/2/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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