BLOG: SONY launches new site for Broadway showtunes!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


SONY MASTERWORKS LAUNCHES MASTERWORKSBROADWAY.COM

A COMPREHENSIVE BROADWAY SITE “WHERE SHOW TUNES TAKE CENTER STAGE”

SITE LIVE ON APRIL 1ST – KICKS OFF WITH 30-DAY SWEEPSTAKES

SONY MASTERWORKS announces the launch of MASTERWORKSBROADWAY.COM – a comprehensive Broadway site “Where Show Tunes Take Center Stage.” A celebration and testament to America’s unique art form, MASTERWORKSBROADWAY.COM documents the history of the cast album from Finian's Rainbow (1947) to last year’s critically acclaimed Grammy® and Tony® Award-winning revival of West Side Story. The site goes live on April 1. To celebrate the launch, MASTERWORKSBROADWAY.COM will give away highly coveted prizes throughout the month in the “You Gotta Get A Gimmick” sweepstakes.

MASTERWORKSBROADWAY.COM preserves the history of music from the “Great White Way” providing a comprehensive experience for the Broadway community and its fans. The site will include a catalog of more than 400 Broadway cast recordings – together receiving over 265 Tony® Awards, 450 Tony® nominations and 27 Grammy® Awards. Elements of the site will include hundreds of never-before-seen recording session photos, a weekly blog by noted theater journalist/author Peter Filichia (Newark Star Ledger, Theatremania.com), an enormous streaming library of cast recordings, as well as podcasts with Broadway notables including Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters and others.

On the launch date of April 1st, MASTERWORKSBROADWAY.COM will begin the “You Gotta Get A Gimmick” sweepstakes during which time the site will give away a daily prize. Some of the extraordinary prizes include: A trip for two to NYC to see a Broadway show, the entire Masterworks Broadway catalog (over 275 CDs!), signed copies of Kristin Chenoweth’s book “A Little Bit Wicked” and her latest CD “A Lovely Way To Spend Christmas,” and a rare framed pigment print of Gwen Verdon from the Sony Music archives/ICON Collectibles. Every Tuesday.

Visit Music at:
http://www.theatreface.com/groups/group/show?id=2529492%3AGroup%3A1418&xg_source=msg_mes_group

AUDITION: Producers of GLEE on the prowl

GLEE fans now have the chance of a lifetime to join the cast! GLEE was the surprise hit show of last season, bringing Musical Theatre back to the small screen in a big way.

Now, the producers are scouring the internet for the newest cast member(s) that must be between the ages of 16-26.  All you have to do is upload a video that has a 1 minute intro and 4 minutes of stellar showsopping singing, and upload it at http://www.myspace.com/gleeauditions.

In other news, GLEE cast members also made the cover of the latest Rolling Stone Magazine.

Break a leg!  And if you get it, tell 'em you heard it here on Musical Theatre Talk.

BWAY: Hedwig Inching Toward Broadway?

John Cameron Mitchell, famous for his autobiographical musical revue, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, just might see the lights of the Great White Way in the Fall of 2010.  The original film has become a cult classic, as did the previous stage incarnations, including a couple Off-Broadway stints.

The first Broadway production of HEDWIG will feature JCM and his band, The Angry inch, as well as the original director, Peter Askin. Stephen Trask, the composer-lyricist, says he will write some new tunes for the Broadway version.

For those new to HEDWIG, it is shocking, outrageous, and wonderfully different. With the changes in store for its Broadway debut, it might turn out to be a 21st century sing-along a` la ROCKY HORROR.

BLOG: Bway's HAIR turns 1 year old!

The Broadway revival of HAIR celebrated its 1st birthday yesterday. Featuring famous songs like, "The Age of Aquarius," HAIR is considered by some as the show that changed Musical Theatre from the classical singer & Vaudevillian gag book-musical to an experimental genre for theatrical works with music.

In keeping with that hippies-love-everybody theme, you can choose to donate 5% of your ticket price to charity!

Buy tickets:  http://www.hairbroadway.com/

BLOG: 101 Dalmatians to close early

With dates set all over the U.S. through early summer, the 101 DALMATIANS national tour is closing at the end of its run in New York, April 18, 2010.  This is a great shame considering the costumes are amazing, the show energetic, and the rescue dogs brilliant.

A unique concept, the show features not only kids playing the dalmatian puppies, but live dalmatians who have been rescued and trained to perform tricks during the show.

As another family show hits hard times, one can only hope that the recession will stop affectng large musicals that have great energy and heart (and employ lots of musical theatre performers, technicians, and craftpersons).

Get your tickets immediately! http://www.the101dalmatiansmusical.com/index.html

BLOG: MTT now on CAFE PRESS!

You can support the show and Musical Theatre in one fell swoop by getting your very own Musical Theatre Talk gear.  Choose from t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, mousepags, water bottles, man-bag, even t-shirts for Fido!

Cafe Press also ships internationally -- perfect for Musical Theatre Talk's international listeners.

Stay tuned for upcoming jackets, caps, and more designs!

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GUEST: Kim Steinhauer, 04/08 @ 11 am EDT

KIMBERLY STEINHAUER, Ph.D., is a founding partner of Vocal Innovations and has devoted her career to the voice. She has been employed in a variety of venues ranging from pop to opera. As a voice educator, she has taught in the public school system and at the university level. As Research Health Scientist for the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Kim was awarded a federal grant to study the relationship among teaching techniques and vocal training and rehabilitation. She collaborated with medical teams to tailor exercises and repertoire specifically for singers of all ages with vocal injury and is published in the Journal of Voice and in Professional Voice: The Science and Art of Clinical Care.


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