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The editors and writers of Playbill.com put their heads together this month and looked back at the events of 2008 to choose significant news stories that made headlines and touched the industry uniquely.
They follow, in no particular order of importance.
CUBBY, TOSSERS, AND THE SMALL WHITE WAY
Broadway discovered YouTube this year. Leading the way were the scrappy creators of the Off-Broadway musical [title of show], who kept the Broadway hopes of their little show alive by creating “the [title of show] show,” a semi-fictional episodic series about the continued adventures of the character/actors featured in the quasi-autobiographical meta-musical. The power of YouTube as a free, easily accessible marketing tool was illustrated when [title of show] did make it to Broadway, partly due to its visibility on the Internet. During the Tony Awards season, the producer of another underdog show, Xanadu, highlighted the show’s (slim) chances for victory through a succession of YouTube videos featuring fictional pre-teen Tony Campaign Manager Cubby Bernstein. Xanadu didn’t win, but the videos generated buzz and ink. This was followed by the recurring “Legally Brown,” in which Broadway luminaries such as Matthew Morrison and Allison Janney competed to become the next Piragua Guy, a minor part in the musical In the Heights. This trend’s poster boy? Actor Cheyenne Jackson, who appeared in all three series.
BroadwayWorld.com is proud to announce its newest addition to the BroadwayWorld.TV family - StageTube! Presenting the best in viral, viewer-created videos, StageTube will connect BroadwayWorld.com visitors with the best of user driven video content. For the debut of Stage Tube we put the spotlight on the talented gang of [title of show] as they begin Season Two of their online series. Episode One of Season Two is fittingly enough at this holiday time of year a “Christmas Spectacular Show Special Show”.
Before watching the video take a moment to read a very special Holiday message from a very special Hunter Bell:
“The [title of show] show is a labor of love that keeps us all together playing, creating, and collaborating. Plus, we love expanding the [tos] brand into other mediums. We had a great time with season one, so we’re gearing up for season two of the web series as well as developing ideas for television.
A lot of folks ask what’s next for the stage show. I’d love to see the show back on the Broadway in the spring because we want to go to the Broadway Prom also know as the Tony Awards. Some will say that’s a crazy dream, but [title of show] is about not being afraid to dream out loud. The Producers set the record with twelve wins so we’re shooting for thirteen. Also we just would love the opportunity for more people to see the show. So first Broadway, maybe west coast and a tour as well. We also are working with R&H for future licensing and that’s very exciting. We want people killing vampires all over the world!
Truth is we are so proud of [title of show]. That first run on Broadway changed our lives. The e-mails and Facebook messages we got during and after the run…well they were unbelievable and so inspiring to us. So our out loud dream?…Back on Broadway, Tony Awards, a TV show, a [tos] video game, [tos] amusement park…and [tos] in space!
In the meantime, we at [tos] wish everybody a very safe, healthy and happy holiday season, and a great New Year!”
Original Source: Playbill.com
Written By: Andrew Gans
(This is part of a larger article…but we just pulled out the Heidi bit b/c that’s all we all really care about anyway….right?)
It’s been some year for Heidi Blickenstaff, the big-voiced big talent who not only opened on Broadway earlier in the season in [title of show] but also recently made her Carnegie Hall concert debut and will soon step into the role of Ursula in Broadway’s The Little Mermaid.
About her favorite holiday memory, Blickenstaff, who begins her Mermaid run Jan. 27, 2009, says, “As a kid, I would always sucker my cousins into putting on plays or concerts with me after we opened all our presents on Christmas Eve. They weren’t exactly the performing types, but somehow they always indulged me and played along. (I was very persuasive and bossy.) Megan played the flute while I sang ‘Silent Night’ and/or ‘Tomorrow,’ and Allison, Lauren, and Jenny would sing back-up. They were always such good sports.”
This holiday will find the singing actress — who says she’s a “sucker for the entire Vince Guaraldi Charlie Brown Christmas album. I can’t wait to start playing it every year and I never get sick of it” — with her boyfriend in Seattle, where he’s “doing a show. He’s got the 24th and the 25th off, and I think we’re going to go get lost somewhere in the Puget Sound.”
Blickenstaff, whose Broadway resume also includes The Full Monty, says she is especially thankful this year for “our President-Elect, my healthy family, the best friends in the world, my boyfriend, my Helen Hayes Award, my dog, learning how to scuba dive, The Little Mermaid, and that [title of show] made it all the way to Broadway.” As for New Year’s resolutions, the upbeat actress simply says, “Enjoyment.”
Blickenstaff adds, “I’m thrilled to be playing Ursula in The Little Mermaid on Broadway beginning in late January. We ([title of show]) just played Carnegie Hall as special guests of The Gay Men’s Chorus, and I’m still reeling from that. That was, sincerely, one of the biggest thrills of my life to sing a solo on that stage. I’ll never forget it. I have a tiny part in a Catherine Zeta-Jones movie coming up called ‘The Rebound,’ but I’m secretly guessing my part is going to end up on the cutting room floor, so don’t hold your breath for that one, but it was super fun to shoot! I’ve got some other stuff cookin’, but it’s a little half-baked, so I gotta keep my trap shut. Maybe an album…? Why? What have you heard?!,” she laughs.
Original Source: Playbill.com
Written By: Andrew Gans
A host of theatre and cabaret favorites will help Scott Alan celebrate the release of his new CD, “Keys,” at an upcoming concert at Birdland in Manhattan.
The Jan. 12, 2009, concert will feature tunes from “Keys” as well as selections from Alan’s debut solo recording, “Dreaming Wide Awake.”
The 7 PM concert is currently scheduled to boast the talents of Lisa Brescia, Heidi Blickenstaff, Jenn Colella, Erin Davie, Sutton Foster, Hadley Fraser, Nikki M. James, Marcus Paul James, Kenita Miller, Lauren Thomas, Katie Thompson, Natalie Weiss and The Broadway Boys.
Scott Alan wrote the book, music and lyrics for the musical Detour, which was seen in Los Angeles. His current theatre projects include Piece, which was featured at the 2003 Palo Alto TheatreWorks festival, the 2005 NAMT festival and the 2006 Seattle Theatre Festival; and the song cycle The Warmth of the Womb. He also produces the monthly Monday Nights, New Voices concert at the Duplex.
Alan’s music is available on his website, scottalan.net, and at iTunes.
Birdland is located in Manhattan at 315 West 44th Street. For reservations call (212) 581-3080 or visit www.ovationtix.com.
We posted a while ago about the creative workshop Susan will be teaching in January, and she has posted the registration info!
From the blog:
Are you a performer who wants to write your own material?
Are you a writer who wants to perform your own material?
Are you a creative challenge-seeker looking for a fun, safe environment to try something new?
Are you rocking creativity for your New Year’s resolution?
Just want to kill some Vampires*?
Join Susan Blackwell on the morning of Saturday, January 10, 2009 in NYC for the Die Vampire Die workshop!
Susan will lead you through a series of exercises to get your creative juices flowing and your thoughts up on their feet!
Cost - $100 per person (all supplies included)
Some performance experience is helpful, but not necessary.
An open, constructive attitude is mandatory!
Makes a great gift for the actor, writer, artist, creative person or [tosser] on your list!
Participants must be at least 16 years old.
Date subject to change.
*From [title of show]’s Vampire Hunting Guide: A Vampire is any person, thought or feeling that stands between you and your creative self-expression.
So it’s been a few days, and we’re willing to bet you’d given up on us as your go to source for everything [tos]…never fear! We were having some issues getting everything up and ready and running but we’re now ready to bring you the full onslaught of every media possible of these two events!
Our team is lucky in that with four of us, there’s always someone available to go to an event in a pinch if we need to. And, we’ve got countless fans who are willing to be reporters on location for us if for some reason we can’t make it!
So lets not chit-chat anymore, and get down to business!!
When we found out that the [tos] kids would be performing a skit at Gypsy of the Year and singing a little diddle at Carnegie Hall, we had to go. You know for a SuperTossers business stand point. Right… But CARNEGIE HALL PEOPLE! Sign us up! Unfortunatley, Annie and Jamie both had to work…so it was Krissie and Chelsea headed out for both events!
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Happy holidays, diva lovers! For the next two weeks “Diva Talk” will feature short holiday chats with several of this column’s favorite gals. This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Susan Blackwell, Donna Lynne Champlin, Beth Fowler, Alison Fraser, Lea Michele and Julia Murney about their favorite holiday memories and songs, their New Year’s resolutions, what they were thankful for in the year that is about to come to a close and their work plans for 2009. Read on!
SUSAN BLACKWELL
Susan Blackwell, the funny, wry and charming actress who made her Broadway debut earlier this season in the often-hilarious and surprisingly touching [title of show], says she has two favorite memories, one “then” and one “now.” “When I was growing up,” explains Blackwell, “my mom was an ICU nurse, and she frequently had to work on Christmas. My high school friends and I would go to the hospital and carol my mom, the nursing staff and the patients. [Now], the [title of show] family has a Secret Santy gift exchange every year where we make each other’s gifts…everyone secretly hopes that Jeff Bowen will pick their name, because his gifts are fierce!”
This holiday Blackwell — whose favorite seasonal tunes include “quiet/sad/spooky Christmas songs like ‘Silent Night,’ ‘Little Drummer Boy’ and ‘Do You Hear What I Hear?’ . . . [and] any Christmas music associated with Charlie Brown — will be found “someplace quiet with lots of books, food, pillows and blankets.”
Blackwell says she is especially thankful this year for her “wonderful husband, friends and family. . . I [also] got to share so many creative adventures with the people I love most in the world. SuperBonus: Those creative adventures brought me closer to my loved ones. SuperSuperBonus: As a result of those adventures, I got to meet so many more interesting, engaging, fascinating people. In summary, 2008 was a creative love-fest that keeps expanding, unfolding and multiplying exponentially! I’m really excited to see what 2009 will bring!”
And, does Blackwell have any New Year’s resolutions? “Remain grateful, positive, humble and self-expressed,” she says. The New Year will find the gifted performer “rocking some teaching! On Jan. 10, I’ll be teaching a ‘Die Vampire, Die!’ workshop in NYC for performers who want to write, writers who want to perform and all creative challenge-seekers!” For more information visit http://titleofshow.com/blog.
