The Lincoln Center revival began previews on September 29th and runs through January 8th. The performances for the PBS special will be filmed on the evenings of January 3rd and 4th. The broadcast date hasn’t been announced yet. It’s usually several months after filming, at a minimum.
Thanks to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, where Euan played Hedwig last week, we can watch Euan’s full transformation, from eyebrows to wig, in a little over a minute.
This week, the tour has moved on to Seattle, Washington. Next week, they’ll be in Salt Lake City, Utah. For more information, visit HedwigBroadway.com.
Under the cut, a short video interview with Euan and Hannah, also in Denver.
Continue reading “See Euan Morton Transform Into Hedwig (Through Time-Lapse Video)”
Amelie the musical opens December 16 at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, in preparation for its move to its Broadway home at the Walter Kerr Theatre in March. The musical is based on the charming 2001 French film (which you can stream on Netflix). It stars Phillipa Soo (“Hamilton”) as Amelie, as well as Adam Chanler-Berat (“Next to Normal”) and Tony Sheldon (“Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”).
Amelie runs from December 16,2016-January 15, 2017 at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. The musical begins previews at the Walter Kerr Theatre in Manhattan on March 9, 2017, and officially opens April 3, 2017.
Second teaser trailer below the cut.
Continue reading “Watch the New Trailer for Amelie the Musical Starring Phillipa Soo (VIDEO)”
Who were apparently goofing off and making gifs while they were supposed to be covering the event. (Just kidding, they made the gifs to insert into their live tweets of the broadcast.) The gifs include the entire cast, and moments from the length of the show, from opening to closing credits. Here are a few to get you started.
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+Art and text from Allegiance/Fathom Events promo materials
These were my initial thoughts after seeing Euan and Hannah the first time, with some minor edits to make it a little more coherent. (I was very excited and fangirling all over the place.) My main impression was: HANNAH. My review of the evening show is below my review of the matinee.
As soon as she came out on stage I was taken with her. She looks a LOT like Lena, more than Shannon does, and she has a catlike quality that I haven’t seen in a Yitzhak before. The way she carries herself is captivating. When she made her announcement just before the show, I loved the way she spoke. She sounded a little like she was singing even then, particularly in one little part where she almost did a little trill, of sorts. Then she started SINGING. Her voice is beautiful. It’s very clear and pleasantly high-pitched but full and husky, and the way she uses it is effortlessly smooth. The little riffs and trills she does are amazing. She tends to slide down at the ends of notes (called a glissando, I’m a huge fan). Her voice reminds me of a stream, the smooth transitions she makes from note to note.
Allegiance was developed by George Takei (Star Trek) with Marc Acito, Jay Kuo and Lorenzo Thione, inspired by Takei’s own experiences during World War 2, and those of his family. It stars Lea Salonga, George Takei, Telly Leung, Katie Rose Clarke, Greg Watanabe, Michael K Lee, and Christopheren Nomura.
More Details from the Fathom Events page for Allegiance:
Date: Tuesday, December 13
Time: 7:30 p.m. (local time)
Run Time: 2 hours 30 minutes (approximate)
Ticketing: Tickets are available by clicking on the orange “Buy Tickets” button on the More Details page. If online ticketing is not available for your location, you can purchase your tickets by visiting the box office at your local participating cinema.
The Hedwig on Broadway Facebook page has posted a new video featuring Euan Morton, the current Hedwig on the Hedwig and the Angry Inch National Tour, singing Wicked Little Town, a song from the show. Hannah Corneau, the current Yitzhak on the tour, sings backup, and Justin Craig, music director and Skszp, plays acoustic guitar. The video was recorded in Denver at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The cast is not in costume or make up. They were likely singing as part of a press event for the tour stop, which just started on Tuesday. I’m loving Euan and Hannah’s voices on the video, but I’ll let you know more when I write my review after I see them live tomorrow! (Writing this from a hotel in Denver.) 😉
We have a new set of photos for you today from Lena Hall’s last show starring as Hedwig in LA on 11/25/16. Shannon Conley was her Yitzhak, and the usual members of Tits of Clay played Hedwig’s band, The Angry Inch. Lena makes a glamorous Hedwig, doesn’t she?
The Hedwig and the Angry Inch National Tour continues performances around the country through July, starring Euan Morton as Hedwig and Hannah Corneau as Yitzhak. Tits of Clay and all of the stand bys and understudies are continuing with the tour.
Continue reading “Lena Hall Does Hedwig Robinson in LA-Photos”
This is the final part of my series of posts on the metawitches dream cast picks for the Frozen Broadway musical, which opens in August 2017 at the Buell Theatre in Denver, CO, before moving to Broadway in Spring, 2018. This time, we finish up with a few of the minor characters.
I’d love to see Olaf the snowman played Tituss Burgess. He originated the role of Sebastian the Crab in The Little Mermaid on Broadway (below he Sings Under the Sea). He’s currently on the Netflix show The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, but that show has a short season and films in NYC, so in my dream world they’d work around his schedule. In the second video his Kimmy Schmidt character, Titus Andromedon, auditions for Hamilton. Spoiler: He hasn’t seen the show and doesn’t rap.
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