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Reeve Carney - Rise Above 1 Official Video ft Bono and The Edge

Reeve Carney - Rise Above 1 video
Check out the just released video for "Rise Above 1" by Reeve Carney, featuring U2's Bono and The Edge, from the Broadway production Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark. Continue reading

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Larry Rushton & Arthur John Williams win song competition for Dreamboats and Petticoats

A song entered for a talent contest run by Sir Paul McCartney over 30 years ago has finally won first place in a competition for the hit musical Dreamboats and Petticoats.

Dreamboats and Petticoats

Larry Rushton
Photo: Larry Rushton. Semi-retired musicians Larry Rushton, 60, and Arthur John Williams, 71, have won first place in the national song search judged by Neil Sedaka, Don Black and Graham Gouldman.

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Linda Eder releases 'Now' - reunites with composer Frank Wildhorn

Broadway and pop star Linda Eder reunites with composer Frank Wildhorn on new album.

Linda Eder - Now
Linda Eder, Drama Desk-winning star of Jekyll & Hyde and one of the great contemporary voices of our time, crowns her two-decade recording career by reuniting with prolific Broadway and pop composer Frank Wildhorn on a new album, Now, from Sony MASTERWORKS. Continue reading

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Helena Blackman releases debut album The Sound of Rodgers & Hammerstein

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria's Helena Blackman releases debut album The Sound of Rodgers & Hammerstein.

Helena Blackman - The Sound of Rodgers and Hammerstein
Helena Blackman is best known for being the runner-up in the BBC1 Reality TV programme How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? and for headlining the critically acclaimed UK tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific (for which she was nominated for a TMA Award in 2008). Continue reading

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Jordin Sparks In The Heights performances start August 19 for 12 week engagement

Jordin Sparks In The Heights, Broadway debut later this summer.

Jordin Sparks
The 2008 Tony and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical In The Heights welcomes 19 Recordings/Jive Records platinum recording artist and 2007 American Idol winner Jordin Sparks as Broadway's new Nina Rosario. Continue reading

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Tony Christie makes West End stage debut in Dreamboats and Petticoats

Tony Christie - the legendary singer / songwriter is to make his West End stage debut, appearing in the smash-hit musical Dreamboats and Petticoats at London's Playhouse Theatre on July 5, 2010.

Lorna Want, Tony Christie, Emma Stephens
Image L-R: Lorna Want (Laura); Tony Christie (Phil / Older Bobby); Emma Stephens (Sue). Continue reading

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FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording

FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording out now!

FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording
Listen to the full album on BandWeblogs.com! This week Knitting Factory Records is proud to release the FELA! Original Broadway Cast Recording. The album captures the electricity and joy that thousands have experienced at the Eugene O'Neill Theater every night since the play opened on November 23, 2009. Continue reading

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Jordin Sparks to make Broadway debut in Musical - In The Heights

America Idol winner Jordin Sparks to make Broadway debut in musical In The Heights.

Jordin Sparks
The 2008 Tony and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical In The Heights welcomes 19 Recordings/Jive Records platinum recording artist and 2007 "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks as Broadway's new Nina Rosario. Continue reading

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Dreamboats and Petticoats - 2010 Spring UK tour dates

Dreamboats and Petticoats extended UK tour following a sold out 2nd UK tour and recent transfer in the West End

Dreamboats and Petticoats
Due to its phenomenal West End success, DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS, the smash hit musical inspired by the million+ selling albums, is to extend its UK tour. Continue reading

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Dreamboats and Petticoats The Musical starring Scott Bruton; Ben Freeman - tour dates

Dreamboats and Petticoats The Musical

'Dreamboats and Petticoats' became one of the biggest selling albums of the decade after its release last year, amassing an amazing 600,000 + sales, with the second album, 'Dreamboats and Petticoats Two', rocketing to number two in the charts within the first week of its release ... Continue reading

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