Three performers who have collectively waited 179 years to make their Broadway debuts haven spent the time getting pretty well-known outside the Great White Way. For those unacquainted with these singer/songwriter/musicians, below are a few videos of them in performance, followed by Broadway news about each one, plus a Hamilton photo show, blockbuster blues, and new tech that makes theatergoing easier for the hearing impaired. Oh, and watch Aaron Tveit sing the national anthem in Yankee Stadium.
The Cher Show, a musical using the performer’s songs to tell her life story, is to open on Broadway in the Fall 2018 after a run in Chicago in June and July
Singer-songwriter @jason_mraz will make his Broadway debut as @BetsyWolfe‘s lover in @WaitressMusical starting Nov 3 for 10 weeks pic.twitter.com/BHFkP150YJ
— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) September 28, 2017
Every Springsteen on Broadway performance is offering 26 tickets for $75 via a digital lottery run by Lucky Seat.
October New York Theater Openings
“My Shot: Portraits from @HamiltonMusical” by @JoshLehrerPhoto Oct5-Nov 22 @United_Photo Gallery DUMBO Bklyn. Reception next Thurs pic.twitter.com/VgJpT6O6St
— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) September 28, 2017
Is the blockbuster mentality hurting Broadway?
“How many blockbusters does Broadway have room for? It’s a critical question, and not just because the entire theater industry believes it’s got two more juggernauts — “Frozen” and “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” — on the way in the spring. Over the past 15 years, Broadway has become a business of blockbusters, and although the shift is at the heart of the Street’s surging strength, it’s had other, far-reaching consequences that underlie many of the industry’s most pressing concerns.” (i.e. ie. high prices/production costs, paucity of straight plays, higher number of flops)
.@official_orfeh returning to Broadway in Fall 2018 co-starring w/ @SamanthaBarks, @SteveKazee in @jammyprod‘s @PrettyWomanBway pic.twitter.com/nmNgKOA7Lt
— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) October 3, 2017
.@NationalTheatre to give eyeglasses w/ captions to hearing-impaired theatergoers (Broadway, catch up!)https://t.co/mRT8qN0TTt pic.twitter.com/fANQq7UTpB
— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) October 3, 2017
RIP playwright Albert Innaurato, 70, whose Gemini was 1 of Bway’s longest-running playshttps://t.co/NILPT75GRV
— New York Theater (@NewYorkTheater) September 28, 2017
Aaron Tveit sings the National Anthem in Yankee Stadium
