BROADWAY MAGAZINE- It’s Snowtime! While school is out today for New York City schools, Broadway is in. Yesterday, it was announced that all New York City public schools would be closed today due to a coming winter snow storm which would potentially make travel dangerous.

In announcing the decision, Mayor Bloomberg suggested that not cancelling school might mean “putting our children in danger.”

Shortly after the Mayor’s announcement, the Tony Award winning Broadway musical HAIR announced that it was offering $40 tickets to students with a valid I.D. for both the 2:00 and 8:00 performances on Wednesday, February 10. We assume that the folks at HAIR only want you to come to the show if you can safely get there and not put yourself in danger.

No word about a deal for audience members who need to check their cross-country skis at the door. The Big Storm may not arrive until later in the day, so the HAIR folks may have quite a crowd.

Theatergoers can take advantage of the offer by presenting valid student I.D. in person at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre box office (302 West 45^thStreet, NYC).  Each student may purchase up to four discounted tickets, subject to availability.  This is offer is not valid for previously purchased tickets.

Join us on Twitter to see if the show must go on…or if the snow actually arrives after all.

Following The Addams Family From Chicago To Broadway

Sergio Trujillo is one hard working guy. Last night Memphis a show Trujillo choreographed opened on Broadway. He did not get to see the opening night performance though because he was traveling from Chicago to New York City. Earlier in the day Trujillo was working with Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth on the first day of tech for The Addams Family which will soon be coming to Broadway.

Trujillo has some great shows to his name in recent memory including Jersey Boys and Next to Normal. Watch the video above to see what Sergio had to say about working on The Addams Family.

Get Tickets To The Addams Family

Tony Winner Excited To Come Back To Broadway

We caught up with Harriet Harris yesterday on the Memphis opening night red carpet. Harris told us that she is very excited to be in the Roundabout Theatre Companies upcoming production of Noel Coward’s A Present Laughter.  Harris also told us that she was working on a workshop of a musical for some friends. Watch the video above to see what Harris has been up to.

See Harriet Harris In A Present Laughter 

Get Tickets To See The Dreams

The much anticipated Dream Girls tour will kick off at Harlem’s iconic Apollo Theater and we are your one stop location for tickets.  Telling the story of a group of young women in the 1960’s who rise to fame and fortune, Dream Girls first opened on Broadway in 1981 and gained numerous awards and recognition.

We caught up with Jennifer Hudson who was in the Dream Girls movie. Watch that interview below.

See Catherine Zeta-Jones & Angela Lansbury On Broadway

Broadway was buzzing with recent news that Catherine Zeta-Jones will be making her Broadway debut along side Broadway icon Angela Lansbury in A Little Night Music. A Little Night Music is based on Ingmar Bergman’s film Smiles of a Summer Night and is set in Sweden during the turn of the century. The show is described as a celebration of love and as a mystical fairy tale for adults.

You can now get your tickets to see A Little Night Music on Broadway and see Zeta-Jones and Lansbury on the Broadway stage.

Get Tickets To A Little Night Music

From Star Wars To Broadway

Carrie Fisher comes to Broadway this season with her one woman show titled Wishful Drinking.

Wishful Drinking profiles Fisher’s life and explorers the up and downs with her life as an actress. Fisher said in a recent TODAY Show interview that she makes humor of the downs in her life in the show. Fisher’s life experiences span from starring in Star Wars, a marriage with Paul Simon, calling Elizabeth Taylor her step-mother, to battling depression and addition to drugs.

Wishful Drinking debuted at Berkeley Rep last year and has earned praise form audiences. Watch the video above to see a preview of Carrie Fisher in Wishful Drinking on Broadway.

Get Tickets To See Carrie Fisher On Broadway In Wishful Drinking

Learn The Story Behind The Musical

See Fela On Broadway

 Today our Broadway Magazine team shares a very interesting story behind the new musical Fela that will soon open on Broadway.

Fela Anikulap Kuti was a legendary African singer who created music that was coined Afrobeat. Through the arts, Fela  became involved in political activism in Nigeria and even ran for President of his country.

Click here to read the full (and interesting) history of Fela Anikulap Kuti and to get a preview of what you can see on Broadway.

John Stamos Returns To Broadway

Yesterday we caught up with John Stamos in Broadway in Bryant Park. He talked with us about his upcoming role in Broadway’s Bye Bye Birdie. Stamos is making his return to Broadway in Bye Bye Birdie which will open in September.

Most fondly remember Stamos in the hit ABC series Full House. After Full House Stamos starred in many movies and various television series. From 2006-2009 Stamos had a starring role on NBC’s ER. Stamos is no stranger to Broadway. He has appeared in Cabaret, Nine and How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.

In Bye Bye Birdie Stamos plays Albert Peterson.  The show profiles a young rock star in the 1960’s who finds himself drafted into the military. Before he joins the service though, he decides to sing one special girl a love song. With stars like Stamos, Gina Gershon and Bill Irwin this revival of Bye Bye Birdie is sure to be one to check out. Click here or the image above to see our interview with Stamos.

Fun Fact: Stamos’ presence on ER helped bring the show to its 15th season and 300th episode.

See John Stamos In Bye Bye Birdie!

See Sienna Miller on Broadway

Tickets go on sale today for the Roundabout Theatre’s production of Patrick Marber’s After Miss Julie. Johnny Lee and Sienna Miller are starring in this adaptation of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie. Marber sets the play in the 20th century, where the Labour Party has just defeated the Tories in England. The play explores gender and class roles through the interactions of Julie, an aristocratic young woman, John, her chauffer, and Christine, her cook.

After Miss Julie will begin preview performances on September 18th, 2009 and open on October 22nd, 2009 and run through December 6th, 2009 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway.

Ticket prices range from $66.50 to $111.50 and you can get them right here on Broadway.tv. Through ACCESS Roundabout, 100 tickets at $10 will be available for each of the first four preview performances beginning September 18.

Photo: Anita Bugge

Harry Potter Star Talks To Broadway.tv

When Daniel Radcliffe got out of his SUV at the 2008 Tony Awards, the crowd went wild. Famous for his leading character in the Harry Potter movies, Daniel has been playing in Equus and soon will come to New York’s Broadway for the production.