Michael Hartung in NBC's "Peter Pan"!

Tune into NBC on Thursday, December 4th, at 8pm to watch a live performance of the musical PETER PAN, featuring our former staff member Michael Hartung (Shrek The Musical Choreographer & Pippin Director) as one of the Lost Boys!

To read more about the show on BroadwayWorld.com: Click here!

Ashley Park Starring in "The King And I" Revival!

Ashley Park (PTG '09, UM Musical Theatre '13) was recently cast as Tuptim in Rodgers & Hammerstein's beloved musical THE KING AND I in its Broadway revival at the Lincoln Center Theater! Tuptim is a very prominent role, including several solos and duets. We are very proud of her!

Previews will begin on March 12th and the show opens on April 16, 2015.

To read more about the show: Click here!

Robert Hartwell Shines in "Motown The Musical"!

Robert Hartwell (Urinetown Director) has been cast in the touring company of the hit show MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL based on the life and times of Motown Records founder and Detroit native Berry Gordy. Robert lights up the stage playing several characters, including a Temptation, a Jackson, a Contour, and Berry's brother Robert Gordy.

When the tour had its Detroit premiere at the Fisher Theater, he got to hob-nobble with some of Motown's brightest stars, including Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Mary Wilson, and Berry Gordy himself. The run is in Detroit October 22nd through November 16th.

Check out an interview the San Francisco Bay Times did with Robert about MOTOWN: Click here!

Will Burton in "An American In Paris"!

Will Burton (Seussical The Musical Choreographer) was just cast in the new musical AN AMERICAN IN PARIS based on the Academy Award winning movie of the same name. This is the first time this incredible piece will be produced for the stage. It is set to arrive on Broadway in 2015 after a premiere later this year in Paris.

To read more about AN AMERICAN IN PARIS in Playbill magazine: Click here!

PTG Alums On The Rise!

Gavi Savit (PTG '06, UM Musical Theatre '10) will be featured in the new musical AMAZING GRACE, which will have its pre-Broadway preview in Chicago this fall and then move to Broadway early in 2015. Gavi also just signed a major book contract with Knopf (Books for Young Readers): Anna and the Swallow Man is set to be the lead Young Adult/Crossover book for their Spring 2016 releases. YA/Crossover is the hottest area in publishing now, with successes of books such as Hunger Games and The Fault in Our Stars.

Read more about AMAZING GRACE at its official website (click here!) and Anna and the Swallow Man in Publisher's Weekly (click here!).

Zack Pearlman's (PTG '06) next project will be "The Intern," a movie starring Anne Hathaway, Robert DeNiro, Rene Russo, Andrew Rannells, Anders Holm, Nat Wolff, Linda Lavin, and Christina Scherer. In the workplace comedy, Pearlman will play a new intern that DeNiro's character takes under his wing. Pearlman will return to the TV comedy "Mulaney" after shooting "The Intern," and he's just finished reshoots on a Lorne Michaels/John Goldwyn movie called "Staten Island Summer."

Read more in The Hollywood Reporter (click here!) and Mlive (click here!).

Jimmy Mero (PTG '08) has been working as a staff writer on the AMC show "Hell on Wheels" since December. "Hell on Wheels" is a drama centering around the Union Pacific Railroad's greed and corruption, the experience of immigrants in the old west, and the plight of the newly free African Americans.

Read more about the show on AMC's website (click here!).

Ashley Park (PTG '09, UM Musical Theatre '13) made her Broadway debut in January in the ensemble of the musical MAMMA MIA, based on the music of ABBA. In October, she will be joining the cast of the National Touring Company of Rodgers + Hammerstein's CINDERELLA, playing Gabrielle.

Read more about CINDERELLA on broadwayworld.com (click here!).

Congratulations, everyone, on all of the exciting new projects!

Myra Klarman's RENT Photos!

Myra Klarman's photographs and PTG junior Emily Ulhmann's words capture the moments of beauty, sadness, drama, and love in Theatre Guild's spring 2014 production of RENT.

To see the blog entry, click here!

Past PTG Staff Perform at the Tony Awards!

Andy Meintus (FutureStars 2008 Director) performed Les Miserables' "One Day More" as Marius at the 2014 Tony Awards tonight! Andy is currently playing the role on Broadway.

Jenni Barber (Beauty & The Beast Director) also performed "For Good" from Wicked at the Tonys! Jenni has been playing Glinda on Broadway since March. She won a Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for the role last week!

To watch the performances online: Click here!

If you're in New York City, you won't want to miss them!

Jack Falahee In ABC's "How To Get Away With Murder"!

Jack Falahee (2007 PTG & Huron HS Alum) is starring in a new ABC drama called "How To Get Away With Murder". From the creators of "Grey's Anatomy", the show will air at 10pm on Thursdays this fall!

Watch the trailer here:

"Rent" Review on The Downbeat Magazine

Ann Arbor's online magazine The Downbeat ("a Tree Town lowdown on the arts scene") published a glowing review of our spring musical RENT: Click here!

Robert Hartwell Hosts "Broadway Quick Change"!

When Robert Hartwell (Urinetown Director) isn't lighting up the stage performing in the National Tour of Motown: The Musical, he is hosting his own BroadwayWorld.com's web series called "Broadway Quick Change"!

A description from BroadwayWorld.com:

The new series will feature Broadway performer Robert Hartwell using his passion for interior design to take viewers into the dressing rooms of Broadway's hottest stars, as he transforms them with truly fabulous make overs.

Check out the first episode: Click here!

Myra Klarman's FutureStars 2014 Photos!

Gracious local photographer Myra Klarman posted some highlight pictures of the FutureStars 2014 Finals from last Saturday, with captions written by former PTG Shop Supervisor Ciara Linden!

To view her blog: Click here!

FutureStars 2014 on mlive!

Robbie & Sophie celebrating their FutureStars 2014 win!

Photo by Courtney Sacco, The Ann Arbor News

Check out the recent online articles about FutureStars 2014 on mlive.com. Lots of students were interviewed!

1. Preview of the Preliminaries: Click here!
1/17/14

2. Photo Recap of the Prelims & Preview of the Finals: Click here!
1/24/14

3. Photo Recap of the Finals: Click here!
1/26/14

Enjoy!

Zack Pearlman Cast In Fox's "Mulaney"!

Zack Pearlman (2006 PTG & Pioneer HS Alum) has been cast in Fox's fall 2014 sitcom "Mulaney", about the life and comedy of John Mulaney, stand-up comic and Saturday Night Live writer. Zack will star along comic greats Martin Short, Elliot Gould, and SNL's Nasim Pedrad! Zack will be playing 29-year-old Andre Van Horn, a "stubborn yet energetic" "trust fund baby".

To read the article about it in The Hollywood Reporter: Click here!

Congratulations, Zack! Be on the lookout for the show premiering with Fox's fall 2014 line-up!