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Hadestown Star Eva Noblezada to Headline Selena: A Live Drive-In Experience

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: November 6 2020 @ 10:20 am

Two-time Tony nominee Eva Noblezada is heading to the stage at Radial Park in Astoria, Queens. The drive-in movie theater, which previously screened The Phantom of the Opera and included live performances by Phantom alums Ali Ewoldt and Derrick Davis, will show Selena: A Live Drive-In Experience on November 20 and November 21 at 7PM ET. Tickets can be purchased here.

Selena follows the life and career of Tejano music star Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. This simultaneously cinematic and theatrical performance will include musical numbers from the hit movie both before and intertwined in-time within the film including, "I Will Survive / Funky Town," "Last Dance," "The Hustle," "On The Radio," "Como La Flor," "La Carcacha," "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom," "Baila Esta Cumbia," "Dreaming of You" and "I Could Fall in Love" alongside a six-piece band. Directed by Vanjah Boikai, the performance will feature musical direction and arrangements by Emily Marshall.

Noblezada was starring in Hadestown at the Walter Kerr Theatre prior to the Broadway shutdown. She received a 2019 Tony nomination for her performance as Eurydice and was also nominated for her turn as Kim in the 2017 revival of Miss Saigon.

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A Newly Imagined Beauty and the Beast to Return to the U.K. with Original Creative Team

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: November 6 2020 @ 10:17 am

Beauty and the Beast is heading back to the stage! Reimagined and redesigned in a completely new production staged by the original award-winning creative team, the show will embark on a U.K. and Ireland tour next spring. Performances will begin at Curve, Leicester on May 25, 2021. Rob Roth (previously credited as Robert Jess Roth), who was Tony-nominated for helming the original production , will again direct, leading a team that includes composer Alan Menken, lyricist Tim Rice, bookwriter Linda Woolverton, choreographer Matt West, scenic designer Stan Meyer, costume designer Ann Hould-Ward and lighting designer Natasha Katz.

“Beauty and the Beast is a testament to the genius of my late friend and collaborator Howard Ashman, but the show's richness comes from the combination of Howard's style and that of the brilliant Tim Rice, with whom I expanded the score to give voice to the Beast," said Menken. "As the show returns to the U.K., I cannot wait to see how Rob Roth and this glorious creative team bring the whole universe of Beauty and the Beast to life once again." The show will include new dance arrangements by David Chase, allowing original choreographer Matt West to revisit his work. Longtime Menken …

What To Do (Without Broadway!): A Day-to-Day Schedule

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: November 6 2020 @ 10:00 am

Even with Broadway on hold, there's plenty to do. Trust the Broadway.com editors to get you in on the best online events, theater-centric films, TV shows and more!

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
One Man, Two Guvnors on Great Performances
Great Performances kicks off its Broadway's Best lineup with James Corden's Tony-winning performance from this 2012 farce.
Watch on PBS.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Mary Poppins (The Definitive Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 2020 Cast Recording Live at the Prince Edward Theatre) Releases
The new cast recording of the Olivier-nominated West End revival of Mary Poppins is available to stream. Featuring Zizi Strallen in the title role with Charlie Stemp as Bert, this is even better than a spoonful of sugar
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
The Christmas Album Release
Tony winner and former vlogger Leslie Odom Jr. releases his second holiday record, which includes a new recording of "Winter Song," featuring Cynthia Erivo.
Preorder Now.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Pause Begins @ 5:00PM ET
This video collaboration between OneTable and Broadway’s Adam Kantor drops its second installment. The series is designed to build upon the Jewish ritual of Shabbat; artists and speakers offer their personal interpretation of the Shabbat ritual through digital performance art, spoken word, dance, …

Of Racism And What’s Left Of Institutions

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: November 5 2020 @ 5:32 pm

“In a hasty effort to be on the right side of history, I fear this industry is neglecting the historically precedented and exceedingly unspoken costs of forcing this kind of assimilation to white institutional power in this country. Doors are swinging open and white institutional leaders are ushering tokenized theatremakers into their broken homes. And […]

Frozen Co-Stars Jonathan Groff & Kristen Bell to Lead New Movie Musical Molly and the Moon

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: November 5 2020 @ 1:35 pm

Frozen co-stars Jonathan Groff and Kristen Bell are set to headline Molly and the Moon, according to Deadline. The movie musical is written by How I Met Your Mother creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, who will also direct.

Molly and the Moon is inspired by Thomas' young son, Elliott, who has Jacobsen Syndrome, a rare genetic condition. Elliott spent months in an incubator after being born at three and a half pounds and needing open-heart surgery. When visiting the intensive care unit, Thomas' wife, Rebecca, would sing a lullaby she made up. The real-life melody and lullaby will be featured in the film.

Telling the story of a pregnant Kate (played by Bell), the movie musical focuses on her unborn child, Molly, "a mysterious little girl in a rowboat in the middle of the ocean, looking up at the moon and hearing a lullaby come through the moon." Groff will play Brian, Molly's father.

“It’s all live action; we really wanted to make it feel like the classic live action fantasy movies of our childhood, things like Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal," said Bays. "As we were building off of this metaphor, it became, how do we show …