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Beetlejuice Stars Will Reunite for Broadway for Biden Pep Rally

by | Oct 8, 2020 | New Musical News Feed

A Beetlejuice cast reunion is among the roster for the Broadway for Biden Pep Rally October 14, with stars Alex Brightman, Sophia Anne Caruso, and Dana Steingold all set to appear during the virtual event. Joining them are Tony winners Leslie Uggams, Donna Murphy, Joel Grey, James Monroe Iglehart, and more Broadway stars.

Festivities begin at 8 PM ET on the Broadway Podcast Network.

Hosted by playwright and performer Eric Ulloa, the special event also includes appearances from Harolyn Blackwell, Telly Leung, Caissie Levy, Lesli Margherita, Patti Murin, Zachary Prince, Brandon Uranowitz, stage manager Matthew DiCarlo, and NYC City Council member Ritchie Torres, the Democratic nominee for US Congress, NY-15.

The event aims to motivate campaign workers in the final weeks leading up to the election in addition to readying people with a voting plan and getting as many voters to the polls as possible. The event is presented in partnership with the podcasts The Fabulous Invalid and Do You Hear the People Sing? A Theater Person’s Guide to Saving Democracy, along with the Broadway Podcast Network.

Production Photos: Beetlejuice on Broadway

From Wicked to Jagged Little Pill: Take a Look at Derek Klena on the Stage

by | Oct 2, 2020 | New Musical News Feed

Derek Klena celebrates his birthday October 3.

Klena made his Broadway debut in Wicked, joining the musical as Fiyero. Since then, he has starred in the original Off-Broadway cast of Dogfight as Eddie, The Bridges of Madison County as Michael, Anastasia as Dmitry, and more.

Klena was last seen onstage in Jagged Little Pill, starring as Nick Healy in the Alanis Morissette musical.

From Wicked to Jagged Little Pill: Take a Look at Derek Klena on the Stage

Kristin Chenoweth, Ariana DeBose, Aaron Tveit, More Stage Favorites Join Brigadoon Parody From Apple TV+

by | Oct 1, 2020 | New Musical News Feed

Apple TV+ has assembled several Broadway and musical theatre veterans to headline its upcoming Brigadoon-inspired musical comedy series alongside Saturday Night Live’s Cecily Strong.

Joining the cast of the currently untitled project, Deadline reports, are Tony winners Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, and Jane Krakowski, Tony nominee and upcoming The Prom and West Side Story star Ariana DeBose, Moulin Rouge! star Aaron Tveit, Dolemite Is My Name’s Keegan-Michael Key, Hairspray Live! and The Light in the Piazza alum Dove Cameron, Avenue Q favorite Ann Harada, Jane the Virgin and Chicago alum Jaime Camil, and Portlandia star Fred Armisen.

A parody of Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon, the series will follow a traveling couple (Strong and Key) who happen upon a magical town, Schmigadoon, where the eccentricity of 1940s Hollywood musicals is the norm. The rest of the cast play denizens of this land, including Cumming and Harada as the mayor and his wife, Tveit as the town rebel, DeBose as a progressive teacher, and Krakowski as a countess.

The series, from Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video, hails from writers Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, with the former serving as showrunner and composing original songs; Barry Sonnefeld will direct. The producing team includes Strong, Daurio, Andrew Singer for Broadway Video, Caroline Maroney, Micah Frank, and Rose Lam.