Stars of Rent, Altar Boyz and other shows will participate in a concert benefiting The Rita Project. Hosted by The New School, it will be performed on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 at 7 p.m. at the Tishman Auditorium (66 West 12th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues)... Read More...
PLAYBILL.COM - ALTAR AND RENT BOYS PERFORM AT NEW SCHOOL OCT. 4
Performers from the Broadway show Rent and the Off-Broadway show Altar Boyz will participate in a concert benefiting the Rita Project hosted by The New School on Oct. 4 at 7 PM. The event will take place in the Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues). Scheduled performers include Karmine Alers, Marcus Choi, Julie Danao-Salkin, Frenchie Davis, Manoel Felciano, Jeremy Kushnier, and Robb Sapp. Performers are subject to change... Read More...
PLAYBILL.COM - AFTER A STARRY EARLIER PARTY, RENT MARKS 10 YEARS ON BROADWAY APRIL 29
Audiences at Broadway's Rent April 29 will be a part of history. The day marks the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Tony Award-winning (and Pulitzer Prize-honored) rock musical by Jonathan Larson. The company at the Nederlander Theatre will celebrate backstage, and audiences at the 8 PM performance will be made aware of the milestone with a note in their Playbills. There is also a 2 PM performance... Read More...
PLAYBILL.COM - BROADWAY'S RENT TURNS 9 YEARS OLD APRIL 29
The Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent, set "at the end of the millennium," as in the late 1990s, celebrates its ninth anniversary at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre April 29. The musical by late lyricist-librettist-composer Jonathan Larson is the eighth longest running show in Broadway history with 3,749 performances (as of April 29, 2005). The cast will celebrate at a private party after the show Friday night... Read More...
PLAYBILL.COM - RENT BECOMES BROADWAY'S 10TH-LONGEST RUNNING SHOW FEB. 10
For those keeping score, RENT, the hit Broadway musical written by Jonathan Larson and directed by Michael Greif, becomes the 10th longest-running show in Broadway history on Feb. 10, when it plays performance No. 3,243, passing the original run of Fiddler on the Roof... Read More...
KALEO O HAWAII - THE "DARLING" OF BROADWAY
Even before the closing of the long running "Miss Saigon" in New York's theatre district, roles for Asian actors on Broadway have always been a rarity. However, with hard work and a positive attitude, Asian-American actor Mayumi Ando has persevered and now plays the role of Alexi Darling in the Tony and Pulitzer Award-winning rock musical, "RENT"... Read More...
PLAYBILL.COM - RENT PLAYS 3,000 BWAY PERFORMANCE JULY 11
Broadway's smash musical, RENT, hits a rare milestone July 11 when it plays its 3,000th performance at the Nederlander Theatre. The achievement will be celebrated by the company privately July 12, a spokesperson told Playbill On-Line. The musical by composer-lyricist-librettist Jonathan Larson won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Larson died of an undiagnosed heart ailment before he could see his show make it big... Read More...