Jenni Barber In "Once Upon A Time In NYC 2"

Jenni Barber (Beauty & The Beast Director) performed last night in "Once Upon A Time In NYC", a concert series with original songs about New York experiences. She sang a charming song called "When I Was Young", written by Francesca Garrard. Check out the video above!

Since working with us, Jenni has acted as Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in NYC and Boston, and in The Performers starring Henry Winkler.  She's also done some Off-Broadway acting as well, in From Up Here and Cactus Flower.

Jenni is preparing for a role in the brand-new Broadway show The Nance starring Nathan Lane, which begins preview performances March 21st at the Lyceum Theatre!

Amongst the song writers was none other than Nick Blaemire, another former PTG staffer (FutureStars 2006 Director)! He wrote a song called "On The Subway", performed by Eric William Morris in the video below.

Nick is no stranger to song-writing. In fact, Nick composed, wrote lyrics for, and arranged the music in the Broadway show Glory Days, which ran in 2008. 

Nick's been keeping himself busy on stage as well as a part of the ensembles of Broadway's Cry-Baby and Godspell. His Off-Broadway work has included If You Give A Mouse A Cookie & Other Short Books and new 1960s-war musical Dogfight, which ran last summer.

In any free time he may have, Nick has also made his way onto several television shows. He's had reoccuring roles on "The Big C"and "Zero Hour". Keep your eyes peeled for Nick on the big-screen - he's got two movies in the works!

Mary Michael Patterson In "Cynthia & The Dreadful Kite"

Mary Michael Patterson (Oklahoma! and Footloose Director) is currently working on a new show called Cynthia And The Dreadful Kite at Snapple Theater Center. The show runs this Monday, February 4th, as a part of the Musical Mondays series, which is in its 14th year of presenting new musicals in NYC.

Kevin Munhall, who was Mary Michael's assistant director and choreographer on Oklahoma! and Footloose at Pioneer, recently finished his run in the Broadway revival of Anything Goes cast, where he played alongside Mary Michael!

Myra Klarman's FutureStars 2013 Review

Devoted PTG patron and photographer Myra Klarman has posted a blog photo review of FutureStars 2013 Finals!

Check out her dramatic and dynamic photos! Click here!

AnnArbor.com's FutureStars 2013 Photos!

photo by Courtney Sacco

AnnArbor.com's staff photographer Courtney Sacco wonderfully captured the drama and excitement of last night's FutureStars Finals competition!

To see the slideshow: Click here!

FutureStars 2013: Bigger Than Ever!

FutureStars 2012 Crowd, photo by Myra Klarman

AnnArbor.com previews our FutureStars 2013 singing and dancing competition, just in time for the preliminaries to start tonight!

Check out the article: Click here!

"Ragtime" Photo Review

Myra Klarman, local photographic artist, took stunning pictures of our fall musical "Ragtime". Check some of them out on her blog: Click here!

Kelcy Griffin Cast in "Memphis"

Kelcy Griffin (Thoroughly Modern Millie and The Wizard of Oz Choreographer) has recently joined the cast of the national tour of the award-winning Broadway musical Memphis. This is her second national tour, the first of which was Dreamgirls.

Bryan Langlitz (Willy Wonka and Miss Saigon Asst Director and Choreographer) was part of the ensemble of Memphis on Broadway during its 3-year (2009-2012) run. He's kept himself busy lately writing and acting in several projects. His most recent is an NYC production called The Mistakes Madeline Made with The Basic Theatre Project. The show runs from January 16th-20th. Click here for more info!

Marjorie Failoni In Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!

Marjorie Failoni (High School Musical Choreographer) is in a NYC 80s-tribute dance company, the Spangles, who performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade last Thursday!

Since working at Pioneer and graduating from U of M's Musical Theatre School, Marjorie has kept very busy dancing and choreographing on all sorts of productions. From 2010-2011, she was the Associate Choreographer and Dancer/Actress in the First National Tour of Broadway's 9 To 5!

Bob Lester Opening For Salt N Pepa!

photo courtesy of Jon Morgan

Bob Lester (Sound Designer/Supervisor, 2007-2009), known as DJ Robert Lux, is opening for the band Salt N Pepa at the Best Buy Theater in New York, NY, on December 15, 2012!

For more information about the event, click here!

Bob, formerly of local sensation Ella Riot/My Dear Disco, has been making a living by DJing, remixing, producing, and songwriting. He has also recently started collaborating and playing with the band Pegasus Warning.

Desi Oakley Cast In "Annie"

Desi Oakley (FutureStars 2009, 2010, & 2011 Director) has been cast in the Broadway revival of Annie, which opens this Thursday, 11/8! Desi recently finished her run in Wicked on Broadway.

Click here to read her bio and learn about the show!