Hello everyone! This week on Broadway has been lots of fun and full of exciting news!
This week could otherwise be known as “the week of cast recordings.” Pasek and Paul’s off-Broadway show Dogfight, which premiered last season starring Lindsay Mendez, released their cast recording, as well as Roger + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Pippin recorded and completed creating their original revival cast recording on May Ninth, according to this video the creators posted on Facebook.
The hit new musical Murder Ballad starring Caissie Levy, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Will Swenson, and John Ellison Conlee has extended their run until September twenty-eighth, and Jekyll & Hyde has decided to end it’s limited run early and will close on May twelfth.
This past week, the heartthrob that can be found on nearly every theater-loving girl’s Tumblr page, Aaron Tveit kick-started the first of five concerts at 54 Below, otherwise known as “Broadway’s Nightclub.” Tveit sang songs from some of his past shows such as “One Song Glory” from Rent, but he also sang popular hits like Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Getting Back Together.”
Also, you probably noticed that this past weekend was Broadway.com’s #BACA2013, or Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. For a full list of winners, click here!
Other exciting news just recently announced is that (drum roll, please!) Neil Patrick Harris will once again be the host of the Tony Awards airing on June ninth (AH!). This will be his fourth time hosting, and Harris said in a statement that “The show will rock!” If YOU would like to attend the 2013 Tony Awards and see Neil Patrick Harris host live, be sure to check out Camp Broadway’s Tony Award Experience!