Heidi Blickenstaff is ‘Ursula’

Heidi Blickenstaff is now appearing as the dreaded ‘Ursula’ in the hit Broadway musical The Little Mermaid, the musical is an exciting stage event is based on the Disney film by the same name. The musical, which previewed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 3, 2007, opened on January 10, 2008. Since it opened the musical has become very popular, and is a great show for families to attend. The visual experience alone is worth the tickets, as you and your family enjoy some of the most exciting, not to mention elaborate, stage and costume design when you buy The Little Mermaid tickets.

Blickenstaff is the recent recipient of the Helen Hays Award for her work as Ann Mitchell in Meet John Doe at the Ford Theater. She has also played in a long list of other stage productions both on and off Broadway.

Little Mermaid is a story that takes place in a magical underwater kingdom, when a young mermaid learns about the world above the water, on the land. The story is an all-around exciting experience for the audience as it incorporates excellent acting, beautiful costumes and some great set design to bring you “Under the Sea.” Be sure to act fast and get your tickets early, because this is one show that is bound to sell out fast!

Permalink - Posted in General on February 13, 2009 - Post a comment

Miskys Is Going to Broadway

Miskys is new musical by Charles Strouse, is currenlty playing at the Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles, California. The musical tells the story of Billy Minsky, currently being played by Christopher Fitzgerald, who is struggling to keep his house of burlesque open. The play takes place during the depression era of the 1930s, and has actually been headed towards the stage for quite some time. The musical has also gradually moved away fromt the original inspiration, the 1968 film The Night They Raided Minsky’s.

Billy Minsky’s family business of burlesque shows, involving strip-tease and comedy palaces, were raided throughout the first three decades of the 20th Century. The musical is big, racy and romantic, everything you could possibly want from a romantic comedy musical! The show stars Chritopher Fitzgerald in the title role of Billy Minsky, who is in for a big surprise. Get your Minsky’s tickets and enjoy some great entertainment in LA, that will soon be heading to Broadway!

Permalink - Posted in General on February 12, 2009 - Post a comment

The New York Metropolitan 2009-2010 Season

In 2009-2010 there will be eight new productions at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Four of the productions are company premiere, making this year especially exciting. The premieres are for Rossini’s Armida, Verdi’s Attila, Janacek’s From the House of the Dead and Sostakovich’s The Nose. There will be new productions taking place at the Opera which will include be Bizet’s Carmen, Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffman, Thomas’s Hamlet, and Puccini’s Tosca. There are also 18 revival’s from the the company’s repertory taking place. The season will be opening with a new production of Tosca by Luc Bondy, who will be making his house debut.

The Met will also be welcoming many of the world’s greatest singers to the stage in featured roles that they have not sung at the Met before. Olga Borodina will be appearing as Marguerite, Diana Damrau will be singing Marie, Daniell De Niese as Susanna, Natalie Dessay as Ophélie, Renée Fleming as Armida, Elīna Garanča as Niclausse, to name a few.

Despite the economic crisis the Met continues to thrive, and is still bringing in some of the most exciting talent in Opera. today you can get Adriana Lecouvreur tickets, to enjoy a wonderful night of Opera. Buy today!

Permalink - Posted in General on February 11, 2009 - Post a comment

Paulo Szot to Star in South Pacific

Paulo Szot is a renowned baritone is currently filling role of Emile de Becque, the French landowner who falls in love with Nellie, the military nurse. Szot has already won a Tony Award for his performance in the same role in the current Lincoln production, and will be joining the Metropolitan Opera’s 2009-2010 season. He will be staring in the new production of Dmitri Shotakovich’s opera, The Nose which is being designed and directed by William Kentridge. There will is only a short time left to enjoy the incredible talent of Paulo Szot at the Lincoln Theater, so be sure to enjoy to get your South Pacific tickets soon.

South Pacific is the story of two pairs of lovers during WW II. The first is Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque and the second is the Lt. Joseph Cable and Liat. Emile de Becque is a Frenchman and Nellie is a sunny-spirited woman from Little Rock Arkansaw. The two hit it off immediately, until the prejudices that Nellie has learned threaten to undo their relationship. The same is true of Lt. Joseph Cable and Liat, though he loves Liat, Cable cannot conceive of marrying her because of his learned prejudices. There are currently South Pacific tickets available at http://www.stubhub.com/, so get your tickets soon to enjoy one of the best musicals currently on Broadway.

Permalink - Posted in General on February 10, 2009 - Post a comment

33 Variations Previews Beginning Tonight

The previews for 33 Variations are starting this evening at the Eugene O’Neill Theater in New York. The play tells the story of Beethoven’s obsession with a piece of music by a little-known composer and music publisher from Vienna. Jane Fonda will be heading up the cast that is headed up by Jane Fonda and includes Samantha Mathis, Colin Hanks, Zack Grenier, Don Amendolia, Susan Kellerman, Erik Steele, and Diane Walsh. The design team includes set designer Derek McLane, costume designer Janice Pytel with additional costumes by David C. Woolard, lights by David Lander, sound by Andre Pluess, projection design by Jeff Sugg, hair and wig design by Charles LaPointe, choreography by Daniel Pelzig and dramaturg by Mark Bly. The play will be beginning its previews at 8:00pm tonight.

33 Variations is written and directed by Moises Kaufman, who is also famous for  plays such as Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde and The Laramie Project. Other plays directed by Kaufman include Marloew’s Eye by Naomi Iizuka, Now Be Witness Again, Women in Beckett and Remarkable Stillness.

If you would like to see 33 Variations, tickets are available at StubHub.com. StubHub is the leading source for fan-to-fan ticket sales, and a great place to find tickets to all the favorite shows on Broadway. Get your 33 Variations tickets here.

Permalink - Posted in General on February 9, 2009 - Post a comment

The Heavens are Hung in Black: World Premiere

The Ford Theater in Washington, D.C., is now hosting the world premiere of a new play by James Still, celebrating the grand reopening and the bicentennial of President Lincoln’s birth. With the play Still, the director, Stephen Rayne, and the veteran actor, David Selby, are attempting to bring to life the 16th President, without falling prey to the caricature of Lincoln so often presented in plays and documentaries today.

The play covers one of the most siginificant points in Lincoln’s life and career as President, beginning with the death of his eleven-year-old son, William, and ending with the Emancipation Proclaimation. The play follows the most trying period of Lincoln’s life as he struggles to conquer the world around him, and does so through an amazing transformation in his thinking. This new play will only be apearing at the Ford Theatre until March 8, so be sure to get your The Heaven’s are Hung in Black tickets while they are still available.

Permalink - Posted in General on February 6, 2009 - Post a comment

Will Ferrell is George Bush

Will Ferrell’s Broadway show You’re Welcome America is celebrating its official opening tonight, at the Cort Theater in New York. In the show Ferrell portrays the late President Bush, giving a comical rendering of the former president. The show also stars Pia Glenn as a rather unconventional Condoleezza Rice, Michael Delaney as Dr. Scott blumeth, Patrick Ferrell as a Secret Service Operative, and Adam Mucci as the Pilot. HBO will be doing a live telecast of You’re Welcome America. A Final Night With George Bush on March 14, 2009, it will be directe by Marty Callner.

Will Ferrell’s show has already been filling the Cort Theater to capacity every night that it has been seen on stage. It is being directed for Ferrell by long time collaborator Adam McKay, the man who also directed the films Achorman, Talledega Nights: the Ballad of Rick Bobby and Step Brothers. The show began previews on January 20, and is scheduled to run through March 15. To get your Will Ferrell’s You’re Welcome America. A Final Night with George Bush tickets, look here at http://www.stubhub.com/.

Permalink - Posted in General on February 5, 2009 - Post a comment

Opening of “Third Story” on Broadway

Charles Busch has created yet another ingenious hodgepodge of theatrical happenstance in The Third Story. The play, about a woman named Peg, who has left the world of glamour to visit her son, Drew. Drew is a playwright who has retired from the public world to become a mailman, working alongside his father.

It unfolds that Peg is actually a playwright, who is down on her luck and is hoping to convince her son to help her write a new play. Despite his disinterest, Peg constantly throws ideas at her son, and eventually unearths an old manuscript of his that he had hidden in a drawer. The play stars Charles Busch, Kathleen Turner, Scott Parkinson, Sarah Rafferty, Jonathan Walker, and Jennifer Van Dyck. The Third Story tickets are availabel today, at StubHub.com.

Permalink - Posted in General on February 4, 2009 - Post a comment

Spring Awakening is Touching Hearts on Broadway

Spring Awakening was written by musical theater novices, songwriter Duncan Sheik and playwright Steven Sater. During its off-Broadway engagement the musical sold out shows in the 165 seat theater that it first came to the stage at. But critics and theater-goers alike wondered weather this musical would do as well when it actually arrived on Broadway. It did. In 2007 the musical won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical. And audiences and critics alike raved about this new Broadway musical that was using history in order to look forward and celebrate the 21st Century.

Spring Awakening is the story of three adolescents towards the end of the 19th Century in Germany. The story deals with how these youngsters deal with puberty and the changes that come with it. The musical is specifically designed to touch the hearts of teens and young adults, and it does just that. Using a play of the same name by 19th Century German writer Wedekind, the play shows the struggle that occurs when teens are kept in darkness about the nature of life and not given enough information to navigate the difficult passages of youth. This is a great musical that has been touching hearts of audiences of all ages since it first hit the stage. You can get Spring Awakening tickets today, at StubHub.com.

Permalink - Posted in General on February 3, 2009 - Post a comment

The Story of My Life

The Story of My Life is a new Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Neil Bartram and book by Brian Hill, directed by Richard Maltby, Jr. The musical is about two childhood friends and how their friendship shapes their lives. The musical also deals with the personal cost of success and how it shapes our lives. Staring in the show are Will Chase and Malcolm Gets.

In the musical Thomas Weaver is a best-selling and award-winning author and Alvin Kelby was his best friend for 30 years. Previews for the show are beginning tomorrow, February 3, 2009. The official Broadway opening is on Febriuary 19, 2009. This is a great musical that will definitely have your interest from start to finish. The great charm of the musical is that it does not rely on a high-tech stage to push the production, its theatrical integrity is based on two actors, great music and a great show. The Story of My Life tickets are available today!

Permalink - Posted in General on February 2, 2009 - Post a comment


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