See the full article on JP’s Music Blog.
See another review on Mr. Jeff 2000.
Interview with the songwriting team of Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler, whose ‘Junie B. Jones The Musical Cast Album’ is set for release in January 2017.
The family-friendly musical features a score by Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler, who are at work on three Broadway-bound projects.
See full article on Playbill.com
In what has become an annual ritual, a total of 36 established and emerging composers, lyricists, and librettists will converge on the Goodspeed campus from mid-January through mid-February 2016 to participate in the Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals. The writing teams, representing 19 new musicals, will populate the campus, creating a truly exciting environment for discovery and inspiration. BroadwayWorld is excited to report that Goodspeed has announced its 2016 participants. See the full list with details on Broadwayworld.com.
Andrew Keenan-Bolger was kind enough to share with us his photos from a typical two show day at Ever After at The Papermill Playhouse. You can see the original collection of photos on Playbill.
Earlier this month, The New York Pops marked its 32nd birthday with a grand gala evening celebrating the work of Music Honorees Kathleen Marshall and Rob Marshall and Corporate Honoree Carrie and Ted Pryor, Greenwich Harbor Partners. The event began with a concert at Carnegie Hall, featuring a spectacular lineup of guest artists under the baton of Music Director Steven Reineke. The performance highlighted the Marshalls’ work on stage and screen. Queen Latifah joined Broadway stars Laura Benanti, Alan Cumming, Sutton Foster, Victor Garber, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelli O’Hara, Margo Seibert, James Snyder, and Rachel York.
Jump to minute 3:42 to see Margo and James perform a snippet of “Out of the Darkness” from Ever After. See the video at Broadwayworld.com
There are times when we’d all love a fairy godmother, if not also a bunch of singing mice to help out. But the Cinderella story, as told in the movie and now the musical “Ever After,” relies on a different kind of enchantment. In this version of the rags-to-riches classic, says lyricist and book writer Marcy Heisler, “humans make their own magic.” Read the full article in The Star Ledger.
Broadway.com catches up with Margo Seibert, James Snyder and the cast and creative team of Ever After about bringing the new musical adaptation to the Paper Mill stage.
See the video on Broadway.com
Rehearsals for the world premiere of EVER AFTER at The Paper Mill Playhouse are officially underway! Ever After will star two-time Tony Award-winner Christine Ebersole (Grey Gardens, 42nd Street) as Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent, Tony Award nominee Tony Sheldon (Priscilla Queen of the Desert) as Leonardo da Vinci, Emmy Award winner Shaughnessy (Urinetown, ‘The Nanny’) as King Francis, James Synder (If/Then) as Prince Henry and Drama Desk Award nominee Margo Seibert (Rocky) as Danielle de Barbarac. The company just met the press and you can go inside the big day on BroadwayWorld!