Posts with tag broadway
Posted Jul 19th 2008 5:24PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Celebrities, Casting, Pushing Daisies, Reality-Free
A few thoughts about Kristin Chenoweth, if you don't mind. First, congratulations to the
Pushing Daisies' actress --she plays Olive -- for snagging an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. And kudos for the effervescent and spontaneous adlibs and asides she and Neil Patrick Harris -- another favorite of mine -- brought to the
reading of the nominations Thursday morning.
So often the reading of the nominations is as dull as dishwater, like the stars doing the announcing are simply trying to get through it without tripping over their tongues. Not so with Chenoweth and Harris; they were delightful together and added a kick to the nomination announcement.
Continue reading Emmy nominee Kristen Chenoweth would love to be Wicked
Posted Jul 11th 2008 9:02AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
(
S04E15)It's time to find out which dancers will be going on tour after
So You Think You Can Dance ends this August. I'm going to put it out there now (I think it's time): I want either Joshua or Katee to win this competition. I think it would be especially nice if the girl they almost didn't put on the show won the whole sha-bang!
Other thoughts before we begin... Nigel is a little cranky lately. I don't like him chiding Cat. All she did was remind everyone to tune in to the finale. By the way, there's going to be a sick popping battle during
SYTYCD's live finale. Awesome. My review of tonight's show is after the jump.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Top 10 Revealed
Posted May 16th 2008 11:06AM by Brett Love
Filed under: American Idol, Celebrities, Alumni
With Clay Aiken having wrapped up his run as Sir Robin in Spamalot, the Idol quotient on Broadway was down. Fortunately for theatergoers, it's Taylor Hicks to the rescue. Kind of. He's a bit of a step down from Clay Aiken, isn't he? I mean, Clay's new album debuted at number four, and Taylor was dropped from his label.
Whichever way you see it, Hicks will be joining the cast of Grease to take on the role of Teen Angel. Should you be in the area, you can head over to the Brooks Atkinson Theater and hear his version of "Beauty School Dropout." An interesting TV side-note, this production of Grease stars Laura Osnes and Max Crumm. You may remember them as being the winners of the ill-fated NBC show, You're The One That I Want.
Posted May 9th 2008 2:00PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Awards, Reality-Free
She's an experienced host, an Oscar-winner, a Broadway star. But is
Whoopi Goldberg hosting the 62nd Tony Awards the answer for the struggling annual broadcast? The Tony Awards, which honors the best in Broadway theater is considered one of the four major entertainment awards, along with the Oscar, Emmy and Grammy. But the Tonys have been losing viewership year after year despite the stars lured onto the broadcast. After having no single host the past two years, CBS has tapped Whoopi to be the emcee for the June 15 live broadcast from Radio City Music Hall in hopes that she'll make a difference in the Nielsens. The last single host was Hugh Jackman in 2005.
While this is Whoopi's first turn as Tony host, she is well regarded for her four stints as Oscar hostess. At the most recent Oscars, when Whoopi was left out of the host-highlight clip package of years gone by, she was ticked off and talked about it the morning after on
The View. Perhaps doing the Tonys will be her way of sticking to the Oscars?
Continue reading Can Whoopi save the Tony Awards?
Posted Apr 17th 2008 2:03PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Celebrities, Talk Show, Dancing With The Stars, Reality-Free
On the theory that it worked for another actress who play Tracy Turnblad,
Marissa Jaret Winokur is going to star in her own daytime talk show, just like Ricki Lake before her. (Can Nikki Blonsky be next?)
Marissa J, who's currently spinning, twirling and trying to look graceful on
Dancing With the Stars, will be developing a syndicated yakker (industry talk for talk show) for Sony Pictures Television. The fact that another company is also doing the same thing for Marie Osmond means one thing: producers think that if you can dance, you can talk. That's a show business axiom, isn't it? Her show, if it flies, will be for fall 2009.
Sony has dipped in syndication before with the
Wayne Brady Show, which failed to click but did win the star a Daytime Emmy. Marissa is already an award winner, grabbing the 2003 Tony as Best Actress in a musical for playing Tracy in the Broadway version of
Hairspray opposite Harvey Fierstein.
Continue reading Would you watch a Marissa Jaret Winokur daily talk show?
Posted Apr 8th 2008 11:01AM by Annie Wu
Filed under: OpEd, The Daily Show, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
"Hot Mess": Ahh! Olympic fever is catching hold. The
famous Torch attempted to make its epic journey through various lands pain-free, only to have protesters and crazy people totally ruin everything. In Paris, France, things got so bad that the police decided to shut it all down and just throw the torch in a car and speed off. And then Jon gave us a quick little history factoid when he shared that the Torch tradition was
started under Hitler's regime. His message to France: "Way to sh*t on Hitler's legacy".
Continue reading The Daily Show: April 7, 2008 - VIDEO
Posted Aug 14th 2007 8:59AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Lost, Celebrities, Casting
Kristen Bell, formerly of
Veronica Mars,
was reportedly asked to join the cast of
Lost next season as a new, recurring character (one of The Others!). But, Bell has apparently turned down the opportunity to live and work in Hawaii in favor of living and working on Broadway in New York City.
According to TV Guide's
Michael Ausiello, Bell will take over the lead role in the Broadway version of
Legally Blonde in February. He's putting two-and-two together to come to this conclusion, but it seems pretty logical. She has wanted to do Broadway in the past, but her
Veronica Mars schedule would never accommodate it.
This seems like an...interesting...career choice. A role on
Lost would boost her visibility with mainstream viewers, while a role on Broadway will only make her visible to those who are into that sort of thing. But, if Broadway's your dream, go for it!
Posted Jun 23rd 2007 4:22PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Industry, Celebrities
After expressing an interest in becoming involved with a Broadway musical based on the Flaming Lips' album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, television's Aaron Sorkin has announced he's developing a Broadway play about television called The Farnsworth Invention. The name comes from Philo T. Farnsworth, the man often credited with inventing the first TV. The play focuses on Farnsworth and his rival, David Sarnoff, as they fight over who should get credit for the invention, and which direction the medium should take.
Continue reading Sorkin penning play about television
Posted Jun 20th 2007 11:18AM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: American Idol, News and Gossip
Several
American Idol alumni, such as
Fantasia and
Diana DeGarmo, have taken their musical talents to the Broadway stage. But now, Idolmania has actually inspired an original Off-Broadway show called
Idol: The Musical. The story revolves around a group of outcasts that idolizes
Clay Aiken.
According to press notes, the show is described as "a satirical musical comedy that focuses on the outrageous and delusional fan base of the hit television show."
Continue reading American Idol and Clay Aiken inspire new musical
Posted Apr 25th 2007 4:21PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Law and Order
Remember that Saturday Night Live sketch earlier this season, the one where they depicted a master acting class that prepared actors for bit roles on Law and Order? I thought of that after reading this.
The article points out that Law and Order has been quite a goldmine for actors who live and work in New York City. Most prime time shows are filmed in California, so to have a long-running show cast and filmed on the East Coast was an incredible thing for struggling actors trying to get a break into television and more established actors who prefer to live in NYC than LA. But now if it's canceled, that outlet might dry up (even if Law and Order: SVU is safe). As one actor points out, you can do several Broadway shows but if people can see you on just one TV show it's even bigger.
I guess actors can try out for soap operas and 30 Rock, but it's not the same.
Posted Mar 29th 2007 2:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Music and Variety, Celebrities
One of my favorite bands ever and a television wunderkind I'm fairly indifferent about are teaming up to bring the Flaming Lips' 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots to Broadway. The album itself is not a story or concept album of any kind, save for about three songs that tell a kind of sonic tale about a young girl named Yoshimi and the robot she fights.
Continue reading Aaron Sorkin penning Flaming Lips musical
Posted Mar 14th 2007 11:07AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Syndicated
All those girls living in one house for so long. You knew they were up to nothing good. In Jamie Morris' stage version of
The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode, Eastland is short on funds and looking to axe Mrs. Garrett. Natalie, Tootie, Jo and Blair will do anything to raise enough money to keep her on staff.
Anything.
This campy stage production, making its New York City debut later this Spring, features five drag performers enacting
Facts' fictional lost episode "The Best Little Whorehouse in Peekskill." If you're visiting New York this Spring,
skip Broadway and head downtown. It's just a hunch, but I'm betting you won't see Eastland the same way again. (Not that you thought Natalie or Jo were 100% straight anyway.)
[Via
Lady Bunny's Blog]
Posted Jan 3rd 2007 11:02AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: NBC, Music and Variety, Watercooler Talk
I keep seeing promos for NBC's new reality show,
Grease: You're the One That I Want, and I wonder whether anybody is going to watch it. Based on
the promos alone, it looks as though NBC is capitalizing on the popularity of the early episodes of
American Idol where we get to see a few good, but mostly very, very bad performers audition before the three judges. In this case, it's an open casting call for the new Broadway run of
Grease. The casting directors need two actors/singers for the lead roles of Sandy and Danny. The first two episodes will feature all the auditions and then the group will be reduced down to 12 contestants on which the public will vote each week.
No doubt it'll be heartwarming to see some talented people finally get their shot at a Broadway audition. But...
Grease? How popular is that? How annoying will those songs get after we've heard them over and over? I'm still on the fence about whether or not I'm going to watch. I think I may give this Sunday's premiere episode a whirl.
Tell me... do you plan on watching? Why or why not?
Posted Dec 21st 2006 6:06PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Showtime, Documentary
If you're over 30, you may remember the halcyon days of Studio 54 when, in the late 70s and early 80s, you couldn't snort a line in the ladies room without tripping over a wasted Drew Barrymore and a gaggle of those
Annie orphans. Those Broadway babies were the toast of the town back in the day, and a new Showtime documentary -
Life After Tomorrow - tracks down those former orphans to find out what happened to their showbiz aspirations. The most famous member of the cast - Sarah Jessica Parker - is on hand for the reminiscences, but so are the 39 other girls that didn't live the dream after their
Annie success had come and gone.
The documentary promises some real ugly - eight shows a week, cat-fighting stage moms, salacious stagehands and a Menudo-style dismissal when puberty set-in. There's no business like show business when it comes to robbing childhoods and crushing dreams. Have your children watch this cautionary tale beginning on December 24th.
Posted Dec 6th 2006 9:07PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Industry, Celebrities
Broadway actors Nathan Lane and Kristin Chenoweth have reportedly teamed up on a project that they intend to bring to a national television audience. The unnamed sitcom they're developing is about a pair of talk show hosts, similar to Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa. Not much else is known about the project, but I already like the characters. I'm a pushover for stuff that makes fun of Hollywood.
Nathan Lane actually has a lot of experience in television. I only remembered his guest appearances on
Sex & The City and
Mad About You, but he also had roles in failed sitcoms including
Encore! Encore!,
Charlie Lawrence, and
One of the Boys. Lane is currently starring in Butley on Broadway. Kristin Chenoweth played Annabeth Schott on
The West Wing, and had the starring role in a sitcom called
Kristin back in 2001. I don't think it ever made air. She currently appears on stage in
The Apple Tree and co-stars with Danny DeVito in
Deck the Halls.
[Via
TV Tattle]
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