Actress Vanessa Hudgens was front & center on-stage at The Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California last night for her role in Rent!!
The actress played the role of Mimi in the special production directed by Neil Patrick Harris, which also stars: Aaron Tveit, Wayne Brady and Nicole Scherzinger.
Lookin' good Vanessa!!
Producers of the new Wicked: The Movie, have zeroed in on four possible directors for the upcoming film!!
Star Trek’s J.J. Abrams, Walk the Line’s James Mangold, Glee’s Ryan Murphy and Chicago’s Rob Marshall are all rumoured to be in the running to direct the movie -
For those who have never heard of Wicked, it's the pre-Wizard of Oz story from the perspective of The Wicked Witch, Elphaba.
The studio hopes the film will be ready to film in 2011!!
Nick Jonas will make his London stage debut in Les Miserables at The Queen's Theatre for three weeks starting June 21st!!
Nick, who played Gavroche on Broadway when he was just 10-years-old, says he has always wanted to return to the stage - Producer Cameron Mackintosh reveals,
"I went up to him at the closing night party in New York and told him he was terrific and hoped that one day he would return to play Marius. We've been in touch a lot and, of course, since then he has become this world-famous star... He and his father and I agreed that it would be great if he came and played Marius here in London. He has bent over backwards to fit it all into his schedule."
Should be interesting!!
The executors for Michael Jackson's estate have just signed a huge deal with Cirque du Soleil!!
The new Michael Jackson Show will open next year and will travel throughout North America - In 2012, a second show will open in Las Vegas.
I'm def. going to see this!!
Dumbo, yes the Disney movie you loved as a kid, is going to join the likes of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King by being developed into a live stage production!!
An executive for Disney said earlier today,
“Let’s put it this way, Dumbo will not be on Broadway in the 2010-11 season, because it’s simply in the very early stages. There’s a chance that Dumbo won’t even make it to Broadway because so many projects aren’t good enough and there’s only so much space... However, this project seems promising."
What's next... Bambi?!
Actress Taylor Momsen was spotted earlier tonight at the Metropolitan Opera's 125th season opening night gala at the Lincoln Center Plaza in New York City...
Is it just me or does she look a little "dead"?? Hmmm... Reminds me of the time Pamela Anderson pulled a corpse bride!!
Harry Potter actor, Daniel Radcliffe received great reviews during his eight week performance in Equus last year in London that he is now set to perform on Broadway!!
Radcliffe is set to make his Broadway debut later this year... This will be the show's first revival on Broadway since it debuted in 1974 and continued for three years... In 1975, it won the Tony Award for best play!!
It was announced today that composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber is working on on a sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running musical in Broadway history...
Webber said, “I’ve made a decision today that I will do The Phantom of the Opera sequel. And I have met with a couple people today who have persuaded me to do it, who I will not reveal, but it’s a very exciting day for me. . . It’s going to be very exciting, and I can reveal that it will be set in New York.”
