Etai Benson (aka Etai BenSchlomo, WILLY WONKA and MISS SAIGON Director) has been cast as Adam Hochberg in the First National Tour of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, an award-winning dance-filled musical based on the breakout Gershwin 1950 film of the same name.
The tour kicks off in Boston on October 25th, with dates scheduled through August 2017. Check it out in a city near you!
Ashley Park (PHS & PTG 2009), who can currently be seen in Broadway's THE KING AND I, and Rohan Kymal (PHS & PTG 2007), an actor/musician recently seen on Netflix's "Master Of None", joined up for a Broadway/Bollywood mashup recently.
The video above was recently reviewed by Playbill.com, and contains a beautiful mashup of Rodger's & Hammerstein's "If I Loved You" and AR Rahman's "Tu Bin Bataye".
Playbill also recently interviewed Ashley and her KING & I costar Ken Watanabe about their past struggles with cancer. Click here to check it out.
Nick Blaemire (FS 2006 Director) and L'ogan J'ones (GUYS AND DOLLS choreographer) are featured in the new production of THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL, which will make its world premiere at Chicago's Oriental Theatre on June 7th. It's then expected to hit a NYC Broadway stage next season.
THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL features an all-star set of original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Dirty Projectors, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, John Legend, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants and T.I., and a song by David Bowie with additional lyrics by Jonathan Coulton.
Check out the Entertainment Weekly exclusive: Click here!
Ryan Vasquez (RENT Director) just finished a stint in WICKED on Broadway and is moving on to the new Broadway musical WAITRESS (based on the movie of the same name) with original music by pop artist Sara Bareilles. Joining Ryan and also serving as Dance Captain is Max Kumangai (FS 07 Director). WAITRESS has done well in previews and will move to Broadway on April 24th!
Gavi Savit (PHS & PTG Alum 2006) has had his first young adult novel Anna and the Swallow Man published and it's now available for purchase!
Here is the synopsis:
A world at war. A dangerous journey. A bond that can survive anything.
Krakòw, 1939. Anna Łania is just seven years old when the Germans take her father. She's alone.
And then Anna meets the Swallow Man. He is a mystery, strange and tall, a skilled deceiver with more than a little magic up his sleeve. When he summons a bright, beautiful swallow down to his hand to stop her from crying, Anna is entranced. She follows him into the wilderness.
Over the course of their travels together, Anna and the Swallow Man will dodge bombs, tame soldiers, and even, despite their better judgment, make a friend. But in a world gone mad, everything can prove dangerous. Even the Swallow Man.
The website Shelf Awareness featured his novel on their "Kid's Indie Next List Pick"! Read their review: Click here!
