Daniel Beeman grew up just outside of Omaha, Nebraska and went to college in Kansas City. In 2015, he left behind a lifetime of competitive swimming and moved to New York to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. During his first week in town, Daniel went to see a new Broadway production. He left…
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Broadway comes to iPlay America for a special holiday-themed event
As a casting director, Stephen DeAngelis has provided over 100,000 jobs for entertainers. Additionally, he has done close to 300 different concerts all over the country, so he’s always looking for special places to host his events —nontraditional venues that are a little more intimate than a large theater. One night, Stephen happened to be…
“Rock and Roll Man” is headed straight to the top!
It’s not every day that a joyous, high-energy musical with its sights set on Broadway has its world premiere run in a quaint little Bucks County village. But that’s exactly what’s happening! Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story, has just entered its final week at New Hope’s storied Bucks County Playhouse, which means…
“Motown: The Musical” is an extraordinarily robust and rollicking spectacle
Get ready because summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in your seat! That’s right, Motown: The Musical, the record shattering Broadway smash, is in its final week at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts’ Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Based on the book, To Be Loved: The Music, The Magic, The…
“Dirty Dancing” has all the right moves!
The crowd was alive in the moment, cheering for the epic lines of dialogue and the iconic choreography with an impassioned zeal and unrestrained enthusiasm! Everyone was dancing and singing along to the magnificently resonant, goosebump-producing “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life.” An extended standing ovation peppered by shout-outs of adulation was testament that…
Jennifer Mealani Jones returns to Philadelphia to help celebrate 30 years of “Dirty Dancing”
The fuse of a firework might be dipped in the same lacquer that gives a guitar its glorious shimmer under the stage lights, but it’s what’s inside the fuse that makes it sizzle. Similarly, Jennifer Mealani Jones is a striking young woman who has an incredible chemistry that blazes within her. She is a spellbinding…
Kelsey Beckert of the Roundabout Theater Company’s “Cabaret”: “I feel fearless”
Chester County is one of the three original Pennsylvania counties that was created by William Penn. Kelsey Beckert, is from West Chester, the county seat. She is touring with the Roundabout Theater Company’s Tony award-winning production of “Cabaret,” which will be making its Philadelphia premiere at the Academy of Music on Tuesday, April 4. The…