Gallagher, Faber, Caplan, Esper, Vincent and More Will Bring American Idiot to Life Tony Award-winning actor John Gallagher, Jr., will reunite with his Tony-winning director from Spring Awakening... Andrew Call, Gerard Canonico, Miguel Cervantes , Joshua Henry, Brian Charles Johnson, Chase Peacock , Theo Stockman, Ben Thompson , Alysha Umphress, Morgan Weed and Libby Winters. ( source )

Tony Award-winning orchestrator and composer Tom Kitt, whose Next to Normal is playing Broadway , has joined the creative team of the new Green Day musical American Idiot , as music supervisor...rock musical Passing Strange." Source I hope the casting gets announced soon, because most people know certain people who have left shows to do this (*cough Matt Caplan and Theo Stockman cough*)

BURN THE FLOOR has announced a Student Rush ticket policy. Student tickets are $26.50 and will be available day-of at the box office only beginning at 10AM Tuesday thru Saturday, and beginning at Noon...AND DOLLS featuring Richard Kind, Christian Hoff, Liz Larsen , and Glory Crampton. STAGE TUBE: BURN THE FLOOR preview trailer. Source 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Fantasia Barrino will bring her performance as Celie in the national tour of The Color Purple to her hometown when the musical plays the War Memorial Auditorium in Greensboro, NC. Barrino will continue...of Ntozake Shange's for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf in Atlanta. View production photos here . Source 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Ghostlight Records to Release Sherie Rene Scott's Everyday Rapture Sherie Rene Scott went into the studio July 6 to begin the process of recording her recent Off-Broadway show Everyday Rapture... "I had flashbacks of recording her first solo record ten years ago!" Source Photo Op:  Sherie Rene Scott Steps Into the Studio to Preserve Everyday Rapture   Source

First Person: Adam Chanler-Berat: My Broadway "Graduation" by Adam Chanler-Berat The actors who play the fractured family in Next to Normal have gotten most of the glory, but Adam Chanler-Berat’s...reflecting on how far I’ve come from my past and looking to the future with fearlessness and fire. I wonder if this means I can expect huge congratulatory checks in the mail from my family! Source

High Fidelity , Musical by Tony Winner Tom Kitt, to Get Chicago Premiere The Route 66 Theatre Company will present the Chicago premiere of High Fidelity, the short-lived musical by Tony Award... Katie Jeep as Jackie Allen, Maggie Chambers as Charlie Nicholson, Kelli Maier as Penny Hardwick/Backup Singer and Kevin Crowley and Ian Paul Custer as Mohawk Guy and Futon Guy, respectively. Source

Broadway composer, lyricist and performer Lin-Manuel Miranda had many dreams fulfilled. Last year, he won Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Original Score for In the Heights. On a much smaller...pop. "We're all sort of actors in a way," says Miranda. "We figure out the motivation, the beat, and then we sit down and get to work." Source You can download the interview at the source.

A comparison of the original cast albums from this season’s two most Tony-decorated new Broadway shows, “Billy Elliot: The Musical” and “Next to Normal,” with those of the most acclaimed revivals...young men to have fun without fear of being labeled gay. Musical-theater snobs may turn up their noses at this inevitable onslaught, but producers, scenting the future, can smell money. Source

Photo Coverage: The American Theatre Wing and Broadway League's 2009 Tony Eve Cocktail Party The American Theatre Wing and Broadway League hosted an evening to honor 2009 Special Tony Award recipients...the creation of their respective clocks. HAIR's Clock. No embedding. Click to view. Next to Normal's Clock. West Side Story's Clock.   Source 1 2 3