Tony winners Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster will take over as the stars of Broadway’s hit revival Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street for a limited engagement beginning in February, producer Jeffrey Seller confirmed today.
As previously announced, Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford will play their final performances as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett on Sunday, January 14, 2024. Tveit and Foster will begin performances on Friday, February 9, 2024, for 12 weeks only. Their final performance will be Sunday May 5.
A first-look photo of Tveit and Foster in character was released today.
Tveit won a 2020 Tony Award for his performance in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, and previously appeared on Broadway in Catch Me If You Can, Next to Normal, Wicked and Hairspray. He has been seen in both seasons of the Apple TV+ musical comedy series Schmigadoon, with additional film and TV credits including Grease: Live, One Royal Holiday, American Horror Stories,...
As previously announced, Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford will play their final performances as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett on Sunday, January 14, 2024. Tveit and Foster will begin performances on Friday, February 9, 2024, for 12 weeks only. Their final performance will be Sunday May 5.
A first-look photo of Tveit and Foster in character was released today.
Tveit won a 2020 Tony Award for his performance in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, and previously appeared on Broadway in Catch Me If You Can, Next to Normal, Wicked and Hairspray. He has been seen in both seasons of the Apple TV+ musical comedy series Schmigadoon, with additional film and TV credits including Grease: Live, One Royal Holiday, American Horror Stories,...
- 10/31/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
We might be getting ready to celebrate the Fourth of July, but for many people, that is the perfect excuse to put on a comfy sweater and curl up with a cup of hot cocoa and enjoy some holiday-themed romance, just not the kind you do with cookouts and fireworks. As the calendar turns from June to July, a number of cable and streaming outlets are hauling out the holly and celebrating Christmas in July.
If getting into the second half of the year means that you are already turning your attention to the year-end holidays, we here at The Streamable will run you through some of the best ways to get into the spirit with the familiar, low-stakes feeling of the very specific brand of holiday rom-coms.
What Holiday Movies Will Hallmark Channel Air During Christmas in July 2023?
What Holiday Movies Will Great American Family Air During Christmas in...
If getting into the second half of the year means that you are already turning your attention to the year-end holidays, we here at The Streamable will run you through some of the best ways to get into the spirit with the familiar, low-stakes feeling of the very specific brand of holiday rom-coms.
What Holiday Movies Will Hallmark Channel Air During Christmas in July 2023?
What Holiday Movies Will Great American Family Air During Christmas in...
- 7/1/2023
- by Matt Tamanini
- The Streamable
Exclusive: Krystal Joy Brown and Curtis Hamilton will lead independent feature, A Christmas Retreat from producers Autumn Federici and Jake Helgren under their production banner, The Ninth House. Helgren will also write and direct.
The story follows Mikaela Leighton (Brown) a beautiful, successful writer of a witty, single-girl-in-the-city series Maya Takes The Town. Mikaela’s late mother was also a famous author, known for hosting an intimate writer’s retreat with a handful of burgeoning writers. This year, Mikaela is knee-deep in the throes of her famous series’ very last book-but having a tough time finding the proper ending, she decides the inspiration she needs is to revive her mother’s renowned writer’s retreat at her father, Irving Leighton’s (James Black) snowy chalet.
Amongst the handful of quirky writers to attend is handsome Levi Mcguire (Hamilton) who is not only a fan of Mikaela’s mother, but who...
The story follows Mikaela Leighton (Brown) a beautiful, successful writer of a witty, single-girl-in-the-city series Maya Takes The Town. Mikaela’s late mother was also a famous author, known for hosting an intimate writer’s retreat with a handful of burgeoning writers. This year, Mikaela is knee-deep in the throes of her famous series’ very last book-but having a tough time finding the proper ending, she decides the inspiration she needs is to revive her mother’s renowned writer’s retreat at her father, Irving Leighton’s (James Black) snowy chalet.
Amongst the handful of quirky writers to attend is handsome Levi Mcguire (Hamilton) who is not only a fan of Mikaela’s mother, but who...
- 5/20/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Hallmark’s 2020 “Countdown to Christmas” has already begun, with a total of 40 new holiday movies set to air this season across the Hallmark Channel and sister network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries — some of which started rolling out well before Halloween.
While there are some fan-favorite Hallmark actors and actresses starring in the lineup, like Candace Cameron Bure, Lacey Chabert, Will Kemp, Holly Robinson Peete and Danica McKellar, there are several newcomers leading films, including Aaron Tveit, Krystal Joy Brown, Victoria Clark, Tom McGowan, Alvina August, Janel Parrish, Jeremy Jordan and Marisol Nichols, among many others.
This year’s slate also includes “The Christmas House,” which stars Jonathan Bennett and features a storyline about a gay couple looking to adopt their first child. Hallmark and its competitor Lifetime have been criticized over the years for not including LGBTQ lead characters and related plots in their Christmas movies. Hallmark said it would commit...
While there are some fan-favorite Hallmark actors and actresses starring in the lineup, like Candace Cameron Bure, Lacey Chabert, Will Kemp, Holly Robinson Peete and Danica McKellar, there are several newcomers leading films, including Aaron Tveit, Krystal Joy Brown, Victoria Clark, Tom McGowan, Alvina August, Janel Parrish, Jeremy Jordan and Marisol Nichols, among many others.
This year’s slate also includes “The Christmas House,” which stars Jonathan Bennett and features a storyline about a gay couple looking to adopt their first child. Hallmark and its competitor Lifetime have been criticized over the years for not including LGBTQ lead characters and related plots in their Christmas movies. Hallmark said it would commit...
- 11/9/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Happy Halloween!!
Sorry, we are not highlighting any spooky fare in this post because networks have already blown past Halloween and Thanksgiving right to Christmas.
We're also watching The Undoing, Fear the Walking Dead, Supernatural, and the premiere of The Good Doctor!
Saturday, October 31
8/7c Candy Cane Christmas (Lifetime)
Since childhood, Candy Cane Lane has been Phoebe’s favorite Christmas tradition. This Christmas, however, the neighborhood decides to skip the decoration, crushing Phoebe’s spirits.
As Phoebe is searching for a new tradition to lift her holiday spirits, she realizes that it’s not the traditions we cherish, but the people we spend them with.
And, while preparing for her new tradition, Phoebe stumbles upon the final thing her Christmas was missing: love!
Beverley Mitchell, Mark Ghanim, Trudy Weiss, Benedicte Belizaire star.
8/7c One Royal Holiday (Hmm)
Just before a Christmas blizzard hits, Anna (Laura Osnes) offers a suddenly-stranded mother...
Sorry, we are not highlighting any spooky fare in this post because networks have already blown past Halloween and Thanksgiving right to Christmas.
We're also watching The Undoing, Fear the Walking Dead, Supernatural, and the premiere of The Good Doctor!
Saturday, October 31
8/7c Candy Cane Christmas (Lifetime)
Since childhood, Candy Cane Lane has been Phoebe’s favorite Christmas tradition. This Christmas, however, the neighborhood decides to skip the decoration, crushing Phoebe’s spirits.
As Phoebe is searching for a new tradition to lift her holiday spirits, she realizes that it’s not the traditions we cherish, but the people we spend them with.
And, while preparing for her new tradition, Phoebe stumbles upon the final thing her Christmas was missing: love!
Beverley Mitchell, Mark Ghanim, Trudy Weiss, Benedicte Belizaire star.
8/7c One Royal Holiday (Hmm)
Just before a Christmas blizzard hits, Anna (Laura Osnes) offers a suddenly-stranded mother...
- 10/31/2020
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Hallmark Channel is getting us in the holiday spirit a little early this year. On Sept. 23, the network unveiled its full movie lineup for the upcoming season, and it's stacked. Just like last year, Hallmark will release 40 original films as part of Hallmark Channel's "Countdown to Christmas" and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries' "Miracles of Christmas." While Hallmark alums like Lacey Chabert and Tamera Mowry-Housley will star in a few films, a few stars will be making their Hallmark debut, including Aaron Tveit, Janel Parrish, Jeremy Jordan, and Marisol Nichols. Read ahead for the full schedule, as well as who is starring.
Related: 10 Hallmark Christmas Movies That Will Make Hopeless Romantics Swoon Hallmark Channel's Countdown to Christmas
Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Et - Jingle Bell Bride: starring Julie Gonzalo and Ronnie Rowe Jr.
Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Et - Chateau Christmas: starring Merritt Patterson and Luke Macfarlane
Oct. 31, 8 p.m. Et - Christmas...
Related: 10 Hallmark Christmas Movies That Will Make Hopeless Romantics Swoon Hallmark Channel's Countdown to Christmas
Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Et - Jingle Bell Bride: starring Julie Gonzalo and Ronnie Rowe Jr.
Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Et - Chateau Christmas: starring Merritt Patterson and Luke Macfarlane
Oct. 31, 8 p.m. Et - Christmas...
- 9/25/2020
- by Kelsie Gibson
- Popsugar.com
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