This year's opening number was a sparkling celebration of the more than 200 actors making their Broadway debuts this season. The performance featured 60 newcomers, from a bevy of Broadway's brightest children to adults stepping into the spotlight. Featured performers included Jewelle Blackman and Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer Hadestown, Clinton Greenspan Aladdin, Gizel Jimnez Wicked, Jeigh Madjus Moulin Rouge The Musical, Rene Rapp Mean Girls and Marissa Rosen Kristin Chenoweth For The Girls. The full-hearted number, which received a standing ovation, was written by Michael Liscio Jr. and Jed Resnick, and directed and choreographed by Richard J. Hinds. Check out the full performance below...
- 12/12/2019
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
The cast of Hadestown stopped by CBS This Morning to perform two songs from the Broadway show ahead of the Tony Awards on June 9th, where the musical is nominated for 14 awards.
The cast, featuring Fates Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, and Kay Trinidad, sang a funky rendition of “When The Chips Are Down” from the Anaïs Mitchell score. Actors Amber Gray, André De Shields, and Reeve Carney also performed a striking version of “Wait For Me” during their time on the show.
Hadestown is nominated for awards including Best Musical,...
The cast, featuring Fates Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, and Kay Trinidad, sang a funky rendition of “When The Chips Are Down” from the Anaïs Mitchell score. Actors Amber Gray, André De Shields, and Reeve Carney also performed a striking version of “Wait For Me” during their time on the show.
Hadestown is nominated for awards including Best Musical,...
- 6/2/2019
- by Ilana Kaplan
- Rollingstone.com
“Why do we build the wall, my children?” asked folksinger Greg Brown, playing the character Hades, on the 2010 recording of Anaïs Mitchell’s “folk opera,” Hadestown.
“We build the wall to keep us free!” answers the chorus, over ghostly pedal steel.
“Who do we call the enemy, my children?” he continued.
“The enemy is poverty, and the wall keeps out the enemy, and we build the wall to keep us free!” his subjects respond, circular logic building in concatenate phrases until it reaches the rub: “We have work and they have none,...
“We build the wall to keep us free!” answers the chorus, over ghostly pedal steel.
“Who do we call the enemy, my children?” he continued.
“The enemy is poverty, and the wall keeps out the enemy, and we build the wall to keep us free!” his subjects respond, circular logic building in concatenate phrases until it reaches the rub: “We have work and they have none,...
- 4/18/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
Tonight is the night at the Walter Kerr Theatre, where Hadestown officially celebrates its opening. Hadestown is by celebrated singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell, developed with innovative director and Tony Award nominee Rachel Chavkin led by the acclaimed principals from Hadestown's sold-out run at London's National Theatre Reeve Carney, Andre De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada, and Patrick Page. They are joined by Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, and Kay Trinidad as the Fates. The chorus of Workers are played by Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, John Krause, Kimberly Marable, andAhmad Simmons. The full cast includes swings Malcolm Armwood, T. Oliver Reid, Jessie Shelton, and Khaila Wilcoxon.
- 4/17/2019
- by TV - Red Carpets
- BroadwayWorld.com
Based on The Who's 1969 concept album of the same name, Tommy tells the story of a young man who, despite having lost the faculties of speech, sight and hearing, becomes a pinball virtuoso - and the centre of a celebrity cult. In a new production helmed by its original Tony Award-winning director, Des McAnuff who co-wrote the show with The Who's Pete Townshend, the explosive rock opera features such unforgettable hits as 'Pinball Wizard,' 'See Me, Feel Me,' 'Acid Queen' and 'We're Not Gonna Take It.'The production features Robert Markus as Tommy, Jewelle Blackman as the Gypsy, Kira Guloien as Mrs. Walker, Jeremy Kushnier as Captain Walker, Paul Nolan as Cousin Kevin and Steve Ross as Uncle Ernie. BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the cast in action below...
- 5/16/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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