November 23rd, 2009
"Everything Is Rent ," the official Facebook page for fans of the Jonathan Larson musical, is among the nominees for the 2009 Open Web Awards from the social media and news blog Mashable.com.
With over 58,000 fans, the “Everything Is Rent ” fan page still has stiff competition in its nominated category. The movie and book series “Twilight” has over 4.1 mllion fans and that other blood-sucking franchise, “True Blood,” boasts over 900,000 fans. Mashable has also nominated the Spring Awakening YouTube channel in a separate category.
Allied Live created the Rent Facebook fan page that includes updated editorial content from regular media coverage of the national tour, as well as behind the scenes cast videos, promotions and giveaways.
“This is an outstanding accomplishment for Rent ,” said David Risley, VP of Allied Live’s Internet Division. “While Rent has more than 58,000 fans, more than any other Broadway or touring show, it is still far fewer than our major mass entertainment competitors. It is incredible to be on this list of nominees. This recognition really demonstrates our ability to push beyond the traditional expectations for social networking of Broadway shows.”
Become a Facebook fan at “Everything Is Rent .” You can vote for Rent in the Open Web Awards here .
— Adam Hetrick
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November 23rd, 2009
Cheyenne Jackson, who co-stars in the acclaimed revival of Finian’s Rainbow , will be among the Broadway folk featured in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Jackson will appear on the New York Daily News Big Apple Float, which will honor the NY Yankees and their recent World Series win. The ever-busy actor will sing “Play to Win,” which was penned by Bill Schemerhorn and Michael Feinstein. Jackson and Feinstein can be heard together on their new duets CD, “The Power of Two,” which was just released.
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade airs on NBC Nov. 26 beginning at 9 AM ET.
— Andrew Gans
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November 23rd, 2009
“I Dreamed a Dream,” the solo debut album from “Britain’s Got Talent” runner-up Susan Boyle, has become the largest global pre-order CD in the history of Amazon.com.
Released by Sony Music Entertainment Nov. 23, the 12-track recording includes “Wild Horses,” “Cry Me A River,” “How Great Thou Art,” “You’ll See,” “Daydream Believer,” “Up to the Mountain,” “Amazing Grace,” “Who I Was Born to Be,” “Proud,” “The End of the World,” “Silent Night” and the title track.
Boyle catapulted to stardom after appearing on “Britain’s Got Talent” last year where she surprised the judges and viewers with her full-voiced rendition of “I Dreamed A Dream” from Les Miserables .
— Adam Hetrick
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November 23rd, 2009
Performances from The Lion King and Mary Poppins , both from Disney Theatrical Productions, will be featured on the small screen.
On Friday, Nov. 27 the Las Vegas company of The Lion King will perform on “Live with Regis and Kelly,” which airs in the New York metropolitan area on ABC-TV, Channel 7 beginning at 9 AM ET.
The cast of the national tour of Mary Poppins will perform on “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” Nov. 30. Co-stars Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee will lead the cast in a performance of “Step in Time.” The late-night talk show airs on NBC beginning at 11:30 PM ET.
For more information visit DisneyonBroadway.com.
— Andrew Gans
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November 23rd, 2009
The marketing campaign for the national tour of the Tony Award-winning indie-rock musical Spring Awakening has been nominated for the Third Annual Open Web Awards.
Mashable, a blog which focuses on web and social media news, has nominated the “Totally Trucked” online marketing campaign (seen on YouTube) for the second year in a row. Since its launch in 2008, the YouTube channel has grown to include over 150 videos created by Spring Awakening cast members and fans of the show. “Totally Trucked” documents the journey of the Duncan Sheik-Steven Sater musical as it continues to play to cities across the U.S.
Based on the 1891 play by Frank Wedekind, Spring Awakening features direction by Michael Mayer, choreography by Bill T. Jones, book and lyrics by Steven Sater and a score by Duncan Sheik.
Check out the “Totally Trucked ” YouTube channel. You can vote for Spring Awakening in the Open Web Awards here .
— Adam Hetrick
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November 22nd, 2009
A steady rain of heavy coins has been following A Steady Rain at the Schoenfeld for a month now, and on Nov. 19 Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman made history in their fund-raising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS when their show became the first to reach $1 million all by itself — $1,029,833, to be precise.
Jackson came closest to that figure when he raised $612,000 during his Boy From Oz run. “There have been several shows that have come close to that — Rent , Hairspray , The Producers ,” said a jubilant Tom Viola, BC/EFA’s executive director. “Basically, when a show — it’s usually a musical — raises $250,000, that’s a tremendous success. The fact that Hugh and Daniel, in the fourth of six weeks of fund-raising, have raised a million dollars is incredible and really speaks to their extraordinary generosity and great good will.”
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November 22nd, 2009
Tonight’s broadcast of the American Music Awards will feature a performance by Adam Lambert as well as what’s being touted as a “first look” at the movie adaptation of the Tony-winning musical Nine .
Lambert, the former musical theatre performer who placed second in the most recent edition of “American Idol,” will sing the title song from his upcoming debut CD, which hits stores Nov. 23.
There’s no word from the network about what will constitute the touted “first look” of the movie “Nine.” We’ll wager, however, that it will be comparable to the extended trailer that ran during the finale of “Project Runway” on Thursday night, perhaps introduced by some of the movie’s high-profile stars.
The American Music Awards airs tonight – Sunday, Nov. 22 – on ABC at 8PM ET.
— Andrew Ku
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November 22nd, 2009
Music sales from the hit Fox dramedy “Glee” continue unabated as self-described Gleeks demonstrate an insatiable thirst to own songs from the TV show.
After two weeks of release, the TV show’s first soundtrack — “Glee: The Music, Volume 1″ — has been residing near the top of Billboard’s sales charts, coming fourth its opening week with sales of 113,000 copies and hanging tough in ninth place its second week with sales of 56,000 units.
Digital song downloads from the show remain hot, with the show placing 17 songs on iTunes’ Top 300 song list at press time: “Lean On Me” (20th), “Don’t Stand So Close to Me/Young Girl” (24th), “I’ll Stand By You” (33th), “Endless Love” (37th), “Defying Gravity” (60th), “Crush” (113th), “Dancing With Myself” (135th), “Proud Mary” (162nd), “Halo/Walking On Sunshine” (171th), “It’s My Life/Confessions, Pt. 2″ (173rd), “Defying Gravity” – Lea Michele Solo version (183rd), “You’re Having My Baby” (198th), “Don’t Stop Believin’” (212nd), “Sweet Caroline” (217th), “Somebody to Love” (248th), “Don’t Stop Believin’” – single version (252nd) and “I Say a Little Prayer” (263rd).
The show’s Nov. 25 episode, entitled “Hairography,” will feature the songs “Don’t Make Me Over,” “Imagine” and “True Colors.”
— Andrew Ku
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November 22nd, 2009
Most Broadway shows adopt irregular performance schedules during the holiday season. Playbill.com has compiled Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s schedules to help you with your show-going plans.
You can find the holiday schedules here:
Thanksgiving 2009 (Nov. 23-29) Christmas 2009 (Dec. 21-27) New Year’s 2009 (Dec. 28-Jan. 3)
– Matt Blank
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November 21st, 2009
One of three males on this planet who have been twice -named Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine — the current title-holder, Johnny Depp — will have director Rob Marshall at the tiller when he hits the high seas for a fourth time as Captain Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.”
Gore Verbinski, who helmed the first three installments, has sailed off in another direction.
Director Marshall sidestepped the subject of his next project at the mass press conference for “Nine,” but he confirmed to a few reporters that it would be, as rumored, “Pirates 4.”
“I’ve always wanted to do an all-stops-out adventure film like this because I loved them so much as a kid,” he said. “When this opportunity presented itself, I pounced.”
Two things he will not bring to the Depp romp — as he did to “Nine” — are more plot and characters. The two previous “Pirates” movies were criticized for being densely complicated. “If I don’t understand it, I can’t direct it,” Marshall said.
In the meantime, Marshall’s “Nine” hits theatres in a limited release starting Dec. 18.
— Harry Haun
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