Today’s lineup featured performances from the Broadway casts of Between the Lines, The Phantom of the Opera, Dear Evan Hansen, Hadestown, and Chicago. Watch highlights in this video
Netflix has shared a new music video of Gabriella Uhl performing ‘The Lamest Place in the World’ in the new film adaption of 13 the Musical. The cast of 13 the Musical also includesDebra Messing,Josh Peck,Rhea Perlman,Peter Hermann, Eli Golden,JD McCrary, Lindsey Blackwell, Jonathan Lengel, and more.
Broadway NewsSTOMP!, Aladdin, and TheLion King Play Broadway in Bryant Park August 4
The concert line-up also includes performances by the casts of Kimberly Akimbo, Hadestown, Funny Girl, and Wicked.
Presented by iHeartMedia New York’s 106.7 Lite FM, STOMP!, Aladdin, and Lion King kickstarts Broadway in Bryant Park August 4. The series returns for four weeks of free performances, running each Thursday from at 12:30 on the Bryant Park Stage.
The event begins August 4 with a pre-show set by Off-Broadway’s STOMP!, followed by performances from Disney’s Aladdin and The Lion King.
The line-up continues August 11 with a pre-show from Broadway’s upcoming Kimberly Akimbo—set to begin performances at the Booth Theatre October 12—followed by performances fromChicago, Dear Evan Hansen, Hadestown, and ThePhantom of the Opera.
August 18 begins with 1776, before showcasing the casts of Come From Away, Funny Girl, Mr. Saturday Night, and Wicked.
The last concert, set for August 25, will have a special pre-show performance by the Taiwan Tourism Bureau, and will welcome the casts of A Strange Loop, Beetlejuice, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, and Six to the stage.
VideoWatch ‘I’ve Been Waiting,’ 1st of Jason Robert Brown’s 3 New Songs in Netflix 13 Movie Musical
The 2008 Broadway musical by Brown, Dan Elish, and Robert Horn about middle school teens will stream on Netflix next month.
Jason Robert Brown fans, prepare yourself, because Netflix has released one of the Tony winner’s three new songs written for Netflix’s upcoming screen adaptation of the Broadway musical 13 in full. Watch “I’ve Been Waiting” above.
Adapted from the 2008 Broadway musical by Brown, Dan Elish, and Robert Horn, 13 is set to release on Netflix August 12 with direction by Tamra Davis. A soundtrack will release the same day.
Eli Golden leads the cast as Evan Goldman, a 12-year-old who finds himself forced to move from NYC to Indiana just as he’s getting ready to throw the perfect bar mitzvah. The cast also includes Gabriella Uhl, JD McCrary, Frankie McNellis, Lindsey Blackwell, Jonathan Lengel, Broadway The Lion King alum Ramon Reed, Nolen Dubuc, Luke Islam, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Kayleigh Cerezo, Willow Moss, Liam Wignall, and Khiyla Aynne.
New to the mix for 13‘s screen version are some adult characters, played by Debra Messing, Rhea Perlman, Josh Peck, and Peter Hermann.
The musical, featuring a book by Elish and Tootsie Tony winner Horn, premiered in Los Angeles in 2007, going on to bow on Broadway the following year. The production marked the first—and to date, only—musical to feature a cast and band comprising entirely teenagers. Among the company were a young Graham Phillips, Allie Trimm, and Ariana Grande.
The release is the latest in Netflix’s growing catalog of stage-to-screen projects, joining screen adaptations of The Prom and tick, tick…BOOM!, and the upcoming Emma Thompson-led Matilda. The streamer is also currently developing a movie version of the Off-Broadway musical The Legend of Georgia McBride and a limited series based on the long-running Broadway musical A Chorus Line.
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Get a First Look at Netflix’s New Movie Musical 13: The Musical
Get a First Look at Netflix’s New Movie Musical 13: The Musical
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