BWW Flashback: Randy Rainbow (Re)Reads Patti LuPone’s Autobiography- How Patti Brought GYPSY Back to Broadway!
Today, watch as she he recounts the highs and lows of bringing Gypsy back to Broadway
Santino Fontana, Lilli Cooper, Laura Osnes, More Tapped For Broadway Banter: Safe at Home Series
While stage door autograph sessions are on hold, fans can still get a chance to meet the stars face-to-face—albeit virtually. Beginning May 30, several stage favorites will take part in Broadway Fantasy Camp’s new Broadway Banter: Safe-At-Home series, including Tony winner Santino Fontana, Tony nominees Lilli Cooper, Jenn Colella, and Laura Osnes, Olivier winner Lesli Margherita, Telly Leung, and Corey Cott.
The intimate series, which used to be held at the theatre district staple Sardi’s, includes an interview followed by an interactive experience for fans. To make the experience safer for all involved in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Broadway Banter will now be held on Zoom.
“It’s not just a Q&A session,” said Colella. “I want to hear my fans and I want us to create a dialogue together to lift one another up in this very strange time. The opportunity to ‘hang out’ with my fans and for them to get to know one another makes my heart soar.”
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Check out the schedule of Broadway stars below, with more names to be announced at a later date. To purchase tickets, click here. For every 25 tickets sold, Broadway Fantasy Camp will donate a ticket to a hospital worker.
May 30 at 1:30 PM ET: Laura Osnes (Bandstand, Cinderella)
June 2 at 10 AM: Telly Leung (Aladdin, Allegiance)
June 3 at 2 PM: Jenna Leigh Green (Wicked, Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
June 3 at 5 PM: Santino Fontana (Tootsie, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
June 4 at 8:15 PM: Jenn Colella (Come From Away, If / Then)
June 5 at 5 PM: Lilli Cooper (Tootsie, SpongeBob SquarePants)
June 6 at 2 PM: Chilina Kennedy (The Band’s Visit, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical)
June 6 at 2 PM: Lesli Margherita (Emojiland, Matilda the Musical)
June 13 at 5 PM: Karla Garcia (Hamilton, Smash)
July 1 at 1 PM: Corey Cott (Bandstand, Newsies)
First Look at Laura Osnes and Corey Cott in Bandstand
VIDEO: Watch Bonnie Milligan & More on STARS IN THE HOUSE- Live at 2pm!
Stars in the House continues today 2pm with VARIETY THURSDAY with Bonnie Milligan and tonight 8pm for a Benefit for You Gotta Believe with Kerry Butler, Willie Garson, Luke Islam, Anika Larsen, Beth Malone, Alec Mapa and Nia Vardalos.
Gillian Anderson Stars in A Streetcar Named Desire, Streaming May 21
The NT Live re-broadcast of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Gillian Anderson as Blanche DuBois, will stream for free May 21 at 2 PM ET. Joining the stage and screen star are Ben Foster (Hell or High Water) as Stanley Kowalski and Vanessa Kirby (The Crown) as Stella.
Watch the stream above or on the National Theatre at Home YouTube. The video is available until May 28 at noon ET.
The 2014 Young Vic/Joshua Andrews co-production, which featured a rotating, in-the-round staging, also played Brooklyn’s St. Ann’s Warehouse following an extended run in London. Frequent Young Vic and Sydney Theatre Company collaborator Benedict Andrews (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Maids) directed.
Joining the main trio on stage in Williams’ Pulitzer-Prize winning drama are Clare Burt, Lachele Carl, Branwell Donaghey, Otto Farrant, Nicholas Gecks, Troy Glasgow, Stephanie Jacob, Corey Johnson, and Claire Prempeh.
The production features sets by Magda Willi, costumes by Victoria Behr, lighting by Jon Cark, sound by Paul Arditti, music by Alex Baranowski, and fight choreography by dialect Bret Yount. Rick Lipton served as dialect coach with Richard Ryder as vocal coach. The Jerwood assistant director is Natasha Nixon.
Upcoming streams from the National Theatre at Home series include This House by Tony-nominated playwright James Graham (Ink) May 28 and Coriolanus with Tom Hiddleston June 4.
Katrina Lenk, Denee Benton, Priscilla Lopez and Jane Alexander to Star In THE SENTINELS for MCC Live Labs One Acts
MCC Theater will present the one act play The Sentinels, starring Jane Alexander, Katrina Lenk, Dene Benton, and Priscilla Lopez.
Puffs, the Off-Broadway Hit About the Classmates of a Certain Boy Wizard, Will Stream on Playbill
Theatre lovers can travel to a Certain School of Magic and Magic when Playbill streams Puffs beginning May 22 at 12 PM ET as part of Playbill’s Playback series. In addition to the full-length Off-Broadway production, the recording includes exclusive new interviews with the cast and creative team, hosted by Felicia Fitzpatrick.
The stream is $8.99 with a portion of the proceeds benefitting Frontline Foods, which supports local restaurants impacted by shelter-in-place measures, while feeding healthcare workers on the frontlines of the pandemic.
Fans can join a Playbill watch party May 23 at 8 PM ET on Twitter using the hashtag #PlaybillPlayback. Click here to watch Puffs, available through May 31 at 11:59 PM ET.
Created by Matt Cox and directed by Kristin McCarthy Parker, Puffs, Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School, of Magic and Magic follows the overlooked students of the “Puff” house. While Harry Potter was off battling evil, plenty of budding witches and wizards were just trying to find their place in the world, and now their story is told.
READ: 7 Completely Unbiased Reasons to See Puffs From the Playwright of Puffs
The recording was filmed live Off-Broadway in 2018, with a cast featuring Langston Belton, Madeleine Bundy, Jessie Cannizzaro, Nick Carrillo, A.J. Ditty, Julie Ann Earls, James Fouhey, Andy Miller, Zac Moon, Eleanor Philips, Stephen Stout, Anna Dart, and Jake Keefe. Puffs: Live was originally produced by David Carpenter / Tilted Windmills Theatricals
Serving on the creative team are features set and costume designer Madeleine Bundy, lighting designer Herrick Goldman, and sound designer Matt Cox, with original music composed by Brian Hoes.
INTERVIEW: How Harry Potter Spinoff Puffs Found Its Own Hilarious Voice
Puffs opened July 17, 2017, at New World Stages, having previously started at Peoples Improv Theater in 2015 and a subsequent transfer to the Elektra Theater. The play also premiered in Melbourne, Australia, in May of 2018. The Off-Broadway production closed in NYC August 18, 2019.
See Photos from Puffs’ Off-Broadway-er Engagement Now Playing at New World Stages
Cannizzaro, Langston Belton, and Zac Moon Hunter Canning
Julie Ann Earls, and Stephen Stout Hunter Canning
