Kristin Chenoweth to Star in “My Love Letter to Broadway”

Kristin Chenoweth will be coming to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York. She’s going to take the stage for a dozen productions of “My Love Letter to Broadway.”

Chenoweth, who is just under five feet tall, is known for her incredible signing ability. She’s going to do “Rose’s Turn” in the upcoming production. She’s also performed Stephen Sondheim’s “Losing My Mind” and the Les Misérables favorite “Bring Him Home.”

Perhaps the most famous stage role she’s ever had was in “Wicked,” where she played Glinda. She won a Tony for her performance in “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.”

Her experience is not limited to the stage, though. She was born in 1968 and has been working in this industry for a long time, getting into both movies and TV. She was in “Bewitched,” “The Pink Panther,” and, fittingly, the most recent Peanuts movie. She’s currently filming a show called “American Gods” and doing voice acting for the upcoming “My Little Pony” movie.

The voice acting credits help to show why she’s so successful on Broadway. The same ability that she has to portray multiple characters in animated films helps her on stage, where there are no close-up shots and the vocal work is so important. In the movies, there are plenty of ways for the film to be shot to enhance a performance. In animated movies, though, the vocal work has to stand on its own. Certainly, her experience with singing on stage, where the acting can’t be fixed in post-production and every line has to be perfect, has helped her become so prolific.

She now has over 200 credits to her name in the film industry, yet many will tell you that her stage work is what shines most. Clearly, “Wicked” was a smash hit in a way that almost no one anticipated, and her role had a lot to do with that. She has proven that she has versatility, range, and all-around talent, and she’ll bring all of this to the Lunt-Fontanne with “My Love Letter to Broadway.”

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Glenn Close Coming Back to Broadway

Rumors have been flying regarding Glenn Close, and we now know for certain that she is coming back to Broadway. She’s going to take the stage for “Sunset Boulevard,” which is returning to Broadway after its controversial appearance there years ago.

The score was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who is perhaps the most famous theatre composer of all time, while Christopher Hampton and Don Black worked on the lyrics. It means Webber will have four shows happening at the same time, which ties the record with Rodgers and Hammerstein.

The play is based on the eponymous movie that came out in 1950. It got its start on the stage in 1993, showing up on the West End. At that time, it stared Patti LuPone and was directed by Trevor Nunn. It was well done and many could see that it would be a smash hit in time.

In 1994, Close took on the lead role and the play came to Broadway. This was highly controversial, and a settlement was eventually made out of court. That all paid off for Close, though, as the play picked up seven different Tony Awards. The highlight of the bunch was the award for Best Musical.

That pushed Close into stardom, and she has had roles in blockbuster movies like “Air Force One” and “Fatal Attraction.” She’s also been on the Simpsons and in “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Most recently, she was filmed in the upcoming “Guardians of the Galaxy 2” and in “The Girl with All the Gifts.”

This is a small sampling of the work that Close, who is now nearly 70 years old, has done over the years. She’s had a terrific career and it will be great to see her back on Broadway in the role that helped her gain exposure many years ago.

The play itself revolves around a silent-screen actress named Norma Desmond, who lives on Sunset Boulevard in a mansion. Her world is something of a fantasy. She meets up with Joe Gillis, a poor screen writer who has so much debt that he’s trying to run away from it all. He starts working with her on a new script. She is past her prime and wants to get back to the glory days with the new production, and she thinks it will happen with that script. He is drawn into her world, with its luxury and opulence, so different than his own, but he falls in love with another woman.

You still have some time to get tickets! The show won’t start until 2017, with the opening date set for Feb 2.

The Board Game Clue Is Being Made into a Musical

Did you love playing Clue when you were younger? You may have terrific memories of hopping your pieces around the board, trying to figure out who did it, in what room, and with what weapon. Clue is one of the most famous board games of all time, right up there with games like Monopoly, Risk, and Scrabble.

These days, you don’t just have to play Clue to get in on the excitement. It’s being made into a Broadway production. The Araca Group will take on the project, working in connection with Hasbro Inc., which owns the rights to the game itself. Michael Barra, the President of the Araca Group, made the announcement by saying:

“We are thrilled to be announcing Clue as the next stage adaptation developed by our Media & Entertainment division. Clue is an iconic film with a passionate fan base, and Jonathan Lynn is the ideal collaborator to bring these beloved characters and story to the stage.”

Lynn has plenty of experience, as he was in charge of making the Clue movie back in 1985. It came out through Paramount Pictures. They’re now bringing him on to transform his movie into a stage production. While it may not be exactly the same as the film, fans should expect it to be close to the original since the same director has been put in charge of the project.

This is not the first board game to get this treatment in 2016 alone. Word already came out that Monopoly is going to be adapted for the same purpose. As noted above, it’s another huge game that is probably even more well-known and well-loved than Clue. It probably spawned a fair amount of childhood fights, but people have been playing it for decades.

This shows that Broadway is interested in making plays that have a built-in group of fans. That’s sort of the same idea behind continuing to put on plays like Les Mis every year, or in adapting movies like The Lion King or Frozen for the stage.

Board games are an interesting genre for adaptation, but they certainly do have the fans. They’re also not the only out-of-the-box ideas that have found success. Green Day’s American Idiot album — a smash-hit album from one of the most famous pop-punk bands of all time — was made into a musical, and it did very well. Again, Broadway was able to take material that people already loved and give it a new type of life.

Are you interested in seeing Clue when it hits the stage? Or do you want to get your tickets for any of the other plays mentioned above? If so, we offer the best tickets for the best prices here at Headline Tickets.