Bring It On: The Musical

Bring It On: The Musical

A Tony Award-winning creative team has been assembled for Bring It On: The Musical, an original musical set in the world of competitive cheerleading.

Andy Blankenbuehler (Tony Award-winning choreographer of In the Heights) will direct and choreograph the new musical, which boasts a book by Avenue Q Tony winner Jeff Whitty, music by In the Heights Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda and Next to Normal Tony winner Tom Kitt and lyrics by High Fidelity's Amanda Green.

Tony Award winner Alex Lacamoire (In the Heights, Wicked) will serve as orchestrator, arranger and music supervisor.

A developmental regional production is expected in early 2011, with a national tour to follow.

In a statement Blankenbuehler said, "The explosive world of cheerleading heightens so naturally to the stage. I can't imagine a more perfect team to bring this musical to life on stage. Jeff Whitty has come up with an enticing original story, and Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Kitt, two of Broadway's most talented composers, are joining their amazing creative forces to write the score. With Amanda Green collaborating on lyrics and musical supervision by Alex Lacamoire, this team is a director and choreographer's dream."

A look at NINE the movie musical

here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxFUaGAA7Gk&feature=player_embedded

GLEE Teaser - 'Single Ladies'

I love Glee

LOL

Precious the Trailer

I came across an article about this movie, and decided to look at the trailer, and having Oprah Winfrey as a producer, im sure it will be an instant hit, also last week at the Toronto International Film Festival "Precious" wont the Audience award, past winners include "Slumdog Millionaire," "American Beauty," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Amélie."

So I come to the conclusion that perphaps "Precious" will be a contender in the best Picture this coming year

here is the trailer, let me know what you think

Little Miss Sunshine Musical Set for Sundance White Oak Lab

Tony winners William Finn, James Lapine and Ted Sperling as well as Tony nominee Quiara Alegría Hudes and Jonathan Butterell will develop new musical stage projects at the White Oak Lab in Yulee, FL, in late October.

Sundance Institute Theatre Program producing artistic director Philip Himberg helms the annual developmental lab that is scheduled to run Oct. 25-Nov. 8.

"This is a critical time for the arts, and we're honored to provide creative resources and energy to these gifted artists," said Himberg in a statement. "This year's projects hold special meaning for Sundance Institute since the film versions both found audiences at the Sundance Film Festival, and we're thrilled that these well-loved stories will be finding new life on the stage. Although we have always supported both emerging and established artists, the Sundance Theatre Program has yet to have the opportunity to support either Mr. Lapine or Mr. Finn in the development of new work. It is also meaningful to be extending our lab to two international artists – Lila Downs and Paul Cohen of Mexico City - who are crossing over to collaborate with American musical theater artists. In our eighth iteration of Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at White Oak, it is a great pleasure to support these two musical theatre projects."

Workshopped will be the William Finn and James Lapine adaptation of the quirky 2006 film drama "Little Miss Sunshine." Finn (Falsettos, A New Brain, Elegies, Spelling Bee) pens the score to the musical that has book and direction by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner James Lapine (Falsettos, Spelling Bee, Sunday in the Park with George, Passion).

"The story follows the travails of the dysfunctional Hoover family as they make their way in a vintage yellow VW bus from Albuquerque to Southern California for a kid's beauty pageant," according to Sundance.

Sundance Institute associate artist Janice Paran and Second Stage associate artistic director Chris Burney will serve as dramaturges for the White Oak Lab. Casting will be announced shortly.

Fox's GLEE Expected To Get Full Season Order

The Hollywood Reporter is revealing that FOX's GLEE will be the first new show of the fall season to get a full season order. Fox is expected to pick up the back nine episodes of Ryan Murphy's hit musical comedy later today, Monday, September 21st.

GLEE premiered to a strong 3.5 rating among adults 18-49, making it Fox's highest-rated scripted fall premiere in three years. FOX's GLEE drew a big youth audience premiere/return episode on September 9th. For the night, NBC won overall, but FOX dominated in the key demographic.

Studio chief Dick Cook's 38-year career that began as a Monorail operator ends abruptly after he chafes CEO Bob Iger.

If you care about Disney like i do...

Please read this interesting article from the LA Times, It seems like Disney is heading to a new direction, :( since they got the rights to Marvel comics and others, this event makes it clear that they wont be the same anymore.


Disney's clash at the top -- latimes.com

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Photo Flash: Tony Winner Lin-Manuel Miranda On Fox's HOUSE

Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda will guest star this upcoming season on Fox's dramatic hit series HOUSE. Miranda will appear in the show's upcoming season premiere tonight, September 21st as title character House's psychiatric hospital roommate Alvie.

The HOUSE two-hour season premiere episode "Broken" airs tonight, Monday, Sept. 21 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX

Lin-Manuel Miranda is the 29-year-old creator, lyricist, composer and original lead of the Tony Award-winning musical "In the Heights."

HOUSE, an innovative take on the medical drama, solves mysteries where the villain is a medical malady and the hero is an irreverent, controversial doctor who trusts no one, least of all his patients.

After Win, Paramedics Attend to Kristin Chenoweth Backstage at Emmys

So what exactly happened to new Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth backstage at the star-studded Hollywood ceremony?

Access Hollywood reported at 10:22pm EDT that paramedics were called to the Nokia Theatre, home of the 61st Annual Primetime Emmys, to attend to Chenoweth, who was complaining about a migraine headache and saying she was unable to open her eyes. The bubbly actress had won a trophy earlier in the evening for playing Olive Snook in Pushing Daisies. A backstage source told Access Hollywood that, despite the need for medical attention, Chenoweth was in good spirits.

Chenoweth herself acknowledged the situation on her Twitter account at 11:23pm: “sometimes the aura of a migraine. im warding it off w meds then gonna hit the town! thx 4 ur love n well wishes!!!”

Meet the World, Walker Diggs! Idina Menzel & Taye Diggs Release Baby Photo

Take a bow, Walker Nathaniel Diggs! Twelve days after Broadway diva Idina Menzel gave birth to her first child with husband Taye Diggs, the little tot’s first photo has been released on People.com.

Menzel and Diggs met when they were cast as Maureen and Benny in the original off-Broadway production of Rent. After seven years of dating, the pair married in January 2003.

Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT Opening Night

Andrew Lloyd Webber to Write Six New Songs for Wizard of Oz Musical

Andrew Lloyd Webber has announced plans to write six new songs for a forthcoming stage adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. Casting for the roles of Dorothy and Toto will take place via a BBC reality series, and Lloyd Webber, speaking on a video blog posted on September 15, will be one of the judges. “Any Dorothys out there please get your act together,” the composer declared, adding that Wizard is aiming for a London bow in late 2010 or early 2011.

Speaking of his forthcoming additions to a score written for the screen by Harold Arlen, Lloyd Webber said, “Of course all the favorites will be there—‘Over the Rainbow,’ one of the greatest songs ever, ever written. I’m not even going to try to challenge that.”

The composer of Cats gave a tongue-in-cheek aside about auditions for Dorothy’s pet: “I, as a cat man, might not see the dogs.” Noting, however, that his daughter has a terrier named Dolly, Lloyd Webber added, “Even this ‘cats’ man sometimes can be softened in his heart by a really lovely dog.”

The busy composer, who is putting finishing touches on his Phantom of the Opera sequel, Love Never Dies, posted the video from an airport en route to checking out a Canadian production of The Boys in the Photograph, his musical originally known as The Beautiful Game. Meanwhile, Phantom, Broadway’s longest running show, is set to play its 9,000th performance on September 16 at the Majestic Theatre.

Regina Spektor to Provide Tunes for Broadway-Bound Beauty

Regina Spektor, the reigning princess of the alt-folk music scene, has been tapped to compose the music for the new musicalBeauty. The singer-songwriter will join lyricist Michael Korie and bookwriter/director Tina Landau (currently directing Superior Donutson Broadway) for the production, which eyes a run on Broadway during the 2011-2012 season. Details for an out-of-town tryout of Beauty will be announced at a later date.

Kristin Chenoweth, Josh Groban and others in GLEE

Kristin Chenoweth, Josh Groban, Victor Garber, and Debra Monk will join the cast of Fox TV's GLEE this season. Tony Winner John Lloyd Young will also guest on the show this week. In this Photo Flash you can get a sneak peek of the upcoming episodes that will feature some of Broadway's finest!

First Look at the Harry Potter Themed Park

I cant wait :)

PS: if the video does not load, here is the link ;)

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=d659bfed-3b12-421a-86a8-644739a9a20d&src=front

Grey's Anatomy First 5 minutes

This is gonna be good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHZ4MTo-yxo

First Look at Broadway-Bound Green Day Musical American Idiot

Berkeley Rep just released images from its hot new Green Day musical American Idiot, playing through November 1 at the California theater. This is a wildly premature statement, but these five shots, the show’s looking pretty awesome. Here’s hoping it rocks out on Broadway by season’s end! Michael Mayer, who won a Tony Award for directing Spring Awakening on Broadway, directs a cast that also includes John Gallagher Jr., Matt Caplan, Michael Esper, Mary Faber, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Christina Sajous and Tony Vincent in featured roles.

Harrison Ford Cracks the Whip on Indy 5

Dust off the fedora and clear out the snakes – Indiana Jones is ready to ride again.

Harrison Ford, 67, says he's already ready for the globe-trotting archaeologist's next adventure, only a year after one of history's most successful film franchises wasrevived – and that the next chapter is already well on its way.

"The story for the new Indiana Jonesis in the process of taking form," Ford told France's Le Figaro. "Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and myself are agreed on what the fifth adventure will concern, and George is actively at work. If the script is good, I'll be very happy to put the costume on again."

The screen legend was on hand to accept a career honor at the Deauville Film Festival, with partnerCalista Flockhart on his arm.

In June, while promotingTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen,Shia LaBouef – who plays Indiana Jones' son, Mutt – told the BBC, "Steven's just said that he's cracked the story."

Domestic Duties

But until it's again time to fight Nazis and Stalinists and overcome the supernatural, Ford says he's happy to be a simple househusband.

"I do the dishes. And I make dinner," he said. "In the mornings, I get my 8-year-old son, Liam ready for school, and then I pass my time flying around in my planes. You see, I'm just like anybody else. My children are between 8 and 42, and I'm also a grandfather."

Though he's got Indy in the works and two films (Morning Glory and The Crowley Project) set for release next year, Ford says there's one stereotypical actor's ambition he's happy to leave alone.

"[Directing]'s too hard, too long, and it doesn't pay enough!" he joked. "To be a good filmmaker is the hardest job in the world. I'm not patient enough. And I don't want to be the boss."

Bye Bye Birdie on Broadway Pictures with John Stamos

Currently in previews, Bye Bye Birdie stars John Stamos, Gina Gershon,Bill Irwin & Nolan Gerard Funk with Jayne Houdyshell, Dee Hoty, Matt Doyle, Jake Evan Schwencke and Alllie Trimm

Bye Bye Birdie is directed and choreographed by Robert Longbottomwith a book by Michael Stewart, music by Charles Strouse and lyrics byLee Adams.

In Bye Bye Birdie, the exuberant rock n' roll musical comedy, it's 1960 and hip-swingin' teen idol superstar Conrad Birdie (Funk) has been drafted into the army. Birdie's manager Albert (Stamos) and his secretary Rosie (Gershon) have cooked up a plan to send him off with a swell new song and one last kiss from a lucky teenage fan... on "TheEd Sullivan Show"!

Bye Bye Birdie will open officially on Broadway on Thursday, October 15th, 2009 at the new Henry Miller's Theatre (124 West 43rd Street).