Anything Goes National Tour 2012

     It has just been announced that in October of 2012 the Tony Award winning show Anything Goes will be leaving the Roundabout theater on Broadway to start its National Tour. Casting has not yet been released, but it has been rumored that Sutton Foster and Joel Grey will join the cast for a partial leg of the tour. This national tour is said to stop in over 25 cities. This revival features a new revised book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman and score by Cole Porter. The original cast of this revival included both Sutton Foster and Joel Grey who helped the show win three Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical. The revival reopened this year on April 7th and will run until its close for the national tour.
     This version of the popular hit Anything Goes was both choreographed and directed by Kathleen Marshall. Marshall is also known for collaborating with her brother, choreographing for Damned Yankees and Seussical. She has also been seen as a guest judge for NBC's reality seres Grease: You're the One that I Want. Kathleen was nominated for the Tony Awards, Best Choreographer and Best Director and won Best Choreographer. She now has a total number of five different Tony Awards all between the years of 2004 and 2011 for her outstanding choreography.
     This show, Anything Goes, takes place upon a cruise ship where singers, run away criminals, and a bride to be get mixed up in a fun up beat story which has been revised and edited many times. This national tour will be the third revival national tour that this show has seen.

Daniel Radcliffe: Entertainer of the Year 2011!

     Daniel Radcliffe, most popularly known as Harry Potter, the boy who lived, returned to New York to perform on Broadway this past spring in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. The show reopened in 2011 starring Daniel Radcliffe who was named on December 7th, Entertainer of the Year by Entertainment Weekly. Radcliffe beat out other actors such as Hugh Jackman, Adele, Matt Stone, and Viola Davis.
     Daniel is only set to play the role of J. Pierrepont Finch until January 1st where he will be replaced by Fox's hit show Glee's star Darren Criss for a short two month run. After the departure of Darren Criss, Nick Jonas will move to New York to take over the role of Finch. Three big stars all back to back is the only way that the directors and producers would agree to keeping the show open after Radcliffe left the cast.
     Radcliffe leaves the cast just in time for the debut of his new film, The Women in Black, based off a book by Susan Hill.

    Radcliffe has had a very good year with the release of the final Harry Potter movie which raised one billion dollars in the global box offices.

Les Miserables Movie Cast Released

     My favorite musical, and wildly popular among any theater nut, Les Miserables, affectionately nick-named "Les Mis", has recently released details on casting decisions on the new updated version of the film. This new adaptation of this well-known hit is set to hit theaters on December 7th of 2012.
     Aaron Tveit, who is most recently known in his performance in Broadway's Catch Me If You Can, has been cast as Enjolros. Tveit is also known for his starring performance as Link Larkin in Hairspray, Fiyero in Wicked, and Gabe in Off-Broadway's Next to Normal. Aaron also is a reaccuring character in the CW's Gossip Girl. I think that Aaron Tveit will be a good fit for this character in such a classic show, showing fully that he can perform in anything.
     Hugh Jackman will take on the leading role of Jean Valjean, the convict who lives his life in hiding from the inspector Javert who is looking to kill him. Hugh Jackman is mainly known from the X-Men series as the character, Wolverine. It has recently been announced that Javert will be played by Russell Crowe. Crowe is best known for his performances as Robin in the 2010 remake of Robin Hood and in Gladiator in 2000.
     Also named to the cast is Anne Hathoway, actress from Bride Wars, Hoodwinked, The Princess Diaries, Alice in Wonderland, and so many more. Hathoway will play the part of Fantine.
     Les Miserables was originally based off of Victor Hugo's novel and opened in London in 1862. Two years later the show opened in New York on Broadway and has been a classic ever since.