Six-year-old Falcon Heene gave the news and online world a scare when it was believed that he somehow made his way onto a runaway balloon built by his storm-chaser parents. His story brings to mind another high-flying adventurist: Larry Walters — the man who tied helium balloons to a lawn chair.
Walters' story inspired a number of theatrical productions: Bridget Carpenter's Up (seen at Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Robert Lindsey Nassif and Peter Ullian's musical Flight of the Lawnchair Man (Goodspeed Musicals and the New York Musical Theatre Festival) and the ensemble-created The Man in the Flying Lawn Chair (78th Street Theatre Lab) among them.
Will Heene's tale bring Balloon Boy to the stage?
Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada lead the cast of the book-to-stage adaptation.
The show dedicates its ongoing fundraising efforts to Diamond and the one million people in the United States living with Parkinson's disease.
The mid-April evening offered variations on gold, purple, and white.
Anne Kauffman is directing the Amy Herzog play, about a single mom raising an ill child, for Manhattan Theatre Club.
The committee also made eligibility rulings for The Notebook, Harmony, Water for Elephants, and more.
"This is your sign if you're a younger actor wanting to pursue this, that it's possible and you can do it and not to give up."
The album, featuring Broadway cast Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells, is due out in May.
Del Aguila recently went viral for posting a video of offstage antics.
Plus, the opening night attendees included Melissa McCarthy, Sara Bareilles, D'Arcy Carden, Meena Harris, Dylan Mulvaney, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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