1976: Deidre Hall debuted on Days of our Lives.
1984: Guiding Light's Billy was out to destroy Reva.
1993: Days' Lucas and Sami went on their first date.
All My Children's Erica got emotional with her friends."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1952: The first television version of One Man's Family aired for the final time. The once-a-week primetime take-off of the popular radio soap opera was...
1984: Guiding Light's Billy was out to destroy Reva.
1993: Days' Lucas and Sami went on their first date.
All My Children's Erica got emotional with her friends."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."
― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1952: The first television version of One Man's Family aired for the final time. The once-a-week primetime take-off of the popular radio soap opera was...
- 6/21/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Four time Grammy Award winner Renee Fleming just made her Broadway debut alongside Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills, two-time Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Jerry O'Connell,Blake Hammond and Scott Robertson in Living on Love by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Dipietro, based on the play Peccadillo by Garson Kanin, and directed by three-time Tony Award winnerKathleen Marshall. Living on Love opened last night, April 20, 2015 at the Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street.BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and below, you can check out interviews with the full company after they took their first official bows...
- 4/26/2015
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Four time Grammy Award winner Renee Fleming just made her Broadway debut alongside Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills, two-time Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Jerry O'Connell,Blake Hammond and Scott Robertson in Living on Love by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Dipietro, based on the play Peccadillo by Garson Kanin, and directed by three-time Tony Award winnerKathleen Marshall. Living on Love opened last night, April 20, 2015 at the Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street.BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the curtain call below...
- 4/21/2015
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Four time Grammy Award winner Renee Fleming just made her Broadway debut alongside Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills, two-time Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Jerry O'Connell,Blake Hammond and Scott Robertson in Living on Love by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Dipietro, based on the play Peccadillo by Garson Kanin, and directed by three-time Tony Award winnerKathleen Marshall. Living on Love opened last night, April 20, 2015 at the Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street.BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the red carpet theatre arrivals below...
- 4/21/2015
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Four time Grammy Award winner Renee Fleming just made her Broadway debut alongside Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills, two-time Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Jerry O'Connell, Blake Hammond and Scott Robertson in Living on Love by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Dipietro, based on the play Peccadillo by Garson Kanin, and directed by three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall. Living on Love opened last night, April 20, 2015 at the Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street.BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the after party below...
- 4/21/2015
- by Linda Lenzi
- BroadwayWorld.com
Four time Grammy Award winner Renee Fleming makes her Broadway debut alongside Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills, two-time Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Jerry O'Connell, Blake Hammond and Scott Robertson in Living on Love by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Dipietro, based on the play Peccadillo by Garson Kanin, and directed by three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall. Living on Love opens tonight, April 20, 2015 at the Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street. Let's see what the critics had to say...
- 4/21/2015
- by Review Roundups
- BroadwayWorld.com
Four time Grammy Award winner Renee Fleming makes her Broadway debut alongside Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills, two-time Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Jerry O'Connell, Blake Hammond and Scott Robertson in Living on Love by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Dipietro, based on the play Peccadillo by Garson Kanin, and directed by three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall. Living on Love opens tonight, April 20, 2015 at the Longacre Theatre. Scroll down to learn more about the cast and watch interviews with the company...
- 4/20/2015
- by Meet the Cast
- BroadwayWorld.com
Four time Grammy Award winner Renee Fleming makes her Broadway debut alongside Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills, two-time Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Jerry O'Connell, Blake Hammond and Scott Robertson in Living on Love by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Dipietro, based on the play Peccadillo by Garson Kanin, and directed by three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall. Living on Love opens tonight, April 20, 2015 at the Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street. The production will play an 18-week engagement through Sunday, August 2, 2015.
- 4/20/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Four time Grammy Award winner Renee Fleming makes her Broadway debut alongside Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills, two-time Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Jerry O'Connell, Blake Hammond and Scott Robertson in Living on Love by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Dipietro, based on the play Peccadillo by Garson Kanin, and directed by three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall. Living on Love is currently in previews and opens on Monday, April 20, 2015 at the Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street. The production will play an 18-week engagement through Sunday, August 2, 2015. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below...
- 4/10/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Broadway's newest comedy Living on Love, written by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Dipietro, based on the play Peccadillo by Garson Kanin, and directed by three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall, is currently in previews at the Longacre Theatre, with opening night set for Monday, April 20, 2015. The production stars four-time Grammy Award winner Renee Fleming, Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills, two-time Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Jerry O'Connell, Blake Hammond and Scott Robertson.Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the company in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographer Walter McBride...
- 4/5/2015
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Four time Grammy Award winner Renee Fleming makes her Broadway debut alongside Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills, two-time Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Jerry O'Connell, Blake Hammond and Scott Robertson in Living on Love by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Dipietro, based on the play Peccadillo by Garson Kanin, and directed by three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall. Living on Love begins performances tonight, April 1, 2015 and opens on Monday, April 20, 2015 at the Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street.
- 4/1/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The producers of Broadway's newest comedy Living on Love just announced that Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills, 2-time Emmy Award nominee Anna Chlumsky, Blake Hammond and Scott Robertson will join 4-time Grammy Award winner Renee Fleming in the production. Living on Love, by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Dipietro, based on the play Peccadillo by Garson Kanin, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall, begins performances on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 and opens on Monday, April 20, 2015 at the Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street. The production will play an 18-week engagement through Sunday, August 2, 2015. Tickets are now on sale to the general public. For more information, visit www.LivingonLoveBroadway.com...
- 1/23/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
[Press Release] New York, NY - (November 6, 2013) First Date, the critically acclaimed musical comedy which opened on August 8, 2013 at Broadway’s Longacre Theatre (220 W. 48th Street), will play its final performance on Sunday, January 5, 2014, at 3pm, having played 34 previews and 174 regular performances. First Date began performances on Broadway on July 9, 2013, and has a book by Austin Winsberg, music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner, direction by Bill Berry, musical staging by Josh Rhodes, orchestrations by August Eriksmoen, and musical supervision, vocal and incidental arrangements by Dominick Amendum. First Date stars Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez, features Sara Chase, Kristoffer Cusick, Blake Hammond, Kate Loprest and Bryce Ryness, in a cast that includes...
- 11/7/2013
- by Zoë Gulliksen
- The Daily BLAM!
Kristoffer Cusick bounced from Hardbody to First Date on Broadway
First Date is a new Broadway musical about a blind date between Aaron (Zachary Levi from Chuck fame) and Casey (Krysta Rodriguez from Smash) and feeds into the fears, anxieties and other emotional traps that go along with dating.
The other actors play multiple characters throughout the musical, but Casey’s gay Bff, Reggie (played by Kristoffer Cusick) stands out not just for the burst of energy he brings to every moment he has in the show, but also by the fact that he’s someone we can probably all relate to.
I spoke with Cusick recently about landing the First Date role just as another Broadway gig was ending. He also shared his thought about being out professionally and being comfortable with who he is.
TheBacklot: How did First Date first come along?
Kristoffer Cusick: It was sort...
First Date is a new Broadway musical about a blind date between Aaron (Zachary Levi from Chuck fame) and Casey (Krysta Rodriguez from Smash) and feeds into the fears, anxieties and other emotional traps that go along with dating.
The other actors play multiple characters throughout the musical, but Casey’s gay Bff, Reggie (played by Kristoffer Cusick) stands out not just for the burst of energy he brings to every moment he has in the show, but also by the fact that he’s someone we can probably all relate to.
I spoke with Cusick recently about landing the First Date role just as another Broadway gig was ending. He also shared his thought about being out professionally and being comfortable with who he is.
TheBacklot: How did First Date first come along?
Kristoffer Cusick: It was sort...
- 9/24/2013
- by Jim Halterman
- The Backlot
Tony Award-winning producer Junkyard Dog Productions Memphis has just announced that leading man Zachary Levi, star of TV's Chuck, Disney's feature film Tangled and the upcoming Thor The Dark World, will make his Broadway debut starring opposite Broadway and television ingenue Krysta Rodriguez Smash, The Addams Family in First Date, Broadway's new romantic musical comedy. With a book by Austin Winsberg Gossip Girl, music and lyrics byAlan Zachary and Michael Weiner Secondhand Lions, Twice Charmed and musical staging by Josh Rhodes Rodgers amp Hammerstein's Cinderella First Date is directed by Bill Berry Producing Director of The 5th Avenue Theatre. Featuring Sara Chase Arrested Development, The Toxic Avenger, Kristoffer Cusick Wicked, Rent, Blake Hammond Sister Act, Billy Elliot and Kate Loprest Boardwalk Empire, Hairspray, the cast of First Date also includes Vicki Noon Wicked, Mamma Mia. First Date begins performances Tuesday, July 9, 2013, and opens Today, August 8, 2013, at Broadway's Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street.
- 8/8/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Featured this week were the casts of Spider-man Turn Off The Dark, Big Fish Norbert Leo Butz, Kate Baldwin and Zachary Unger, First Date Zachary Levi, Krysta Rodriguez, Sara Chase, Kristoffer Cusick, Blake Hammond, Kate Loprest and Bryce Ryness and Kinky Boots Timothy Ware, Andy Kelso, Paul Canaan, Kevin Smith Kirkwood, Kyle Taylor Parker, Kyle Post, Nathan Peck and Joey Taranto. Check out photos below...
- 8/4/2013
- by Genevieve Rafter Keddy
- BroadwayWorld.com
This Thursday, August 1, Michael Urie, star of Buyer and Cellar and formerly on Ugly Betty amp Partners, will be co-hosting the fourth week of 106.7 Lite FM's Broadway in Bryant Park. The event will also feature perfermances from the casts of Let It Be, Spider-man Turn Off The Dark, Big Fish Norbert Leo Butz, Kate Baldwin and Zachary Unger, First Date Zachary Levi, Krysta Rodriguez, Sara Chase, Kristoffer Cusick, Blake Hammond, Kate Loprest and Bryce Ryness and Kinky Boots Timothy Ware, Andy Kelso, Paul Canaan, Kevin Smith Kirkwood, Kyle Taylor Parker, Kyle Post, Nathan Peck and Joey Taranto.
- 7/30/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Zachary Levi, star of TV's 'Chuck,' Disney's feature film Tangled and the upcoming Thor The Dark World, will make his Broadway debut starring opposite Broadway and television ingenue Krysta Rodriguez 'Smash,' The Addams Family in First Date, Broadway's new romantic musical comedy. Featuring Sara Chase 'Arrested Development,' The Toxic Avenger, Kristoffer Cusick Wicked, Rent, Blake Hammond Sister Act, Billy Elliot and Kate Loprest'Boardwalk Empire,' Hairspray, the cast of First Date also includes Vicki NoonWicked, Mamma Mia. First Date opens Thursday, August 8, 2013, at Broadway's Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street. The check out the full marquee at the Longacre Theatre below...
- 7/15/2013
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
Leading man Zachary Levi, star of TV's 'Chuck,' Disney's feature film Tangled and the upcoming Thor The Dark World, makes his Broadway debut starring opposite Broadway and television ingenue Krysta Rodriguez 'Smash,' The Addams Family in First Date, Broadway's new romantic musical comedy. With a book by Austin Winsberg 'Gossip Girl', music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner Secondhand Lions, Twice Charmed and musical staging by Josh Rhodes Rodgers amp Hammerstein's Cinderella First Date is directed by Bill Berry Producing Director of The 5th Avenue Theatre. Featuring Sara Chase 'Arrested Development,' The Toxic Avenger, Kristoffer Cusick Wicked, Rent, Blake Hammond Sister Act, Billy Elliot and Kate Loprest 'Boardwalk Empire,' Hairspray, the cast of First Date also includes Vicki Noon Wicked, Mamma Mia. First Date begins performances tonight, July 9, 2013, and opens Thursday, August 8, 2013, at Broadway's Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street.
- 7/9/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tony Award-winning producer Junkyard Dog Productions Memphis has just announced that leading man Zachary Levi, star of TV's 'Chuck,' Disney's feature film Tangled and the upcoming Thor The Dark World, will make his Broadway debut starring opposite Broadway and television ingenue Krysta Rodriguez 'Smash,' The Addams Family in First Date, Broadway's new romantic musical comedy. With a book by Austin Winsberg 'Gossip Girl', music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner Secondhand Lions, Twice Charmed and musical staging by Josh Rhodes Rodgers amp Hammerstein's Cinderella First Date is directed by Bill Berry Producing Director of The 5th Avenue Theatre. Featuring Sara Chase 'Arrested Development,' The Toxic Avenger, Kristoffer Cusick Wicked, Rent, Blake Hammond Sister Act, Billy Elliot and Kate Loprest 'Boardwalk Empire,' Hairspray, the cast of First Date also includes Vicki Noon Wicked, Mamma Mia. First Date begins performances Tuesday,...
- 5/21/2013
- by Jennifer Broski
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tony Award-winning producer Junkyard Dog Productions Memphis has just announced that leading man Zachary Levi, star of TV's Chuck, Disney's feature film Tangled and the upcoming Thor The Dark World, will make his Broadway debut starring opposite Broadway and television ingnue Krysta Rodriguez Smash, The Addams Family in First Date, Broadway's new romantic musical comedy. With a book by Austin Winsberg Gossip Girl, music and lyrics byAlan Zachary and Michael Weiner Secondhand Lions, Twice Charmed and musical staging by Josh Rhodes Rodgers amp Hammerstein's Cinderella First Date is directed by Bill Berry Producing Director of The 5th Avenue Theatre. Featuring Sara Chase Arrested Development, The Toxic Avenger, Kristoffer Cusick Wicked, Rent, Blake Hammond Sister Act, Billy Elliot and Kate Loprest Boardwalk Empire, Hairspray, the cast of First Date also includes Vicki Noon Wicked, Mamma Mia. First Date begins performances Tuesday, July 9, 2013, and opens Thursday, August 8, 2013, at Broadway's Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street.
- 5/20/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
New York — A couple of stars from TV's "Chuck" and "Smash" will soon be dating on Broadway.
Producers said Monday that Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez will headline the new romantic musical comedy "First Date" by "Gossip Girl" writer Austin Winsberg.
The music and lyrics are by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner.
"First Date" centers on an uptight young investment banker who meets a serial-dater at a local bistro. A chorus of diners become various characters – family members, clergy and old lovers.
The show will be seen at The Longacre Theatre beginning July 9 with an opening set for Aug. 8.
The rest of the cast includes Sara Chase ("Arrested Development"), Kristoffer Cusick ("Wicked"), Blake Hammond ("Sister Act"), Kate Loprest ("Boardwalk Empire," and Vicki Noon ("Wicked").
The show, co-produced by The 5th Avenue Theatre, played at A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle last year. It will be directed by Bill Berry, the producing...
Producers said Monday that Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez will headline the new romantic musical comedy "First Date" by "Gossip Girl" writer Austin Winsberg.
The music and lyrics are by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner.
"First Date" centers on an uptight young investment banker who meets a serial-dater at a local bistro. A chorus of diners become various characters – family members, clergy and old lovers.
The show will be seen at The Longacre Theatre beginning July 9 with an opening set for Aug. 8.
The rest of the cast includes Sara Chase ("Arrested Development"), Kristoffer Cusick ("Wicked"), Blake Hammond ("Sister Act"), Kate Loprest ("Boardwalk Empire," and Vicki Noon ("Wicked").
The show, co-produced by The 5th Avenue Theatre, played at A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle last year. It will be directed by Bill Berry, the producing...
- 5/20/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The national tour of The Addams Family, a new musical based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams is now on tour. Check out production highlights from the show below Joining Tony Award nominee Douglas Sills as Gomez and Sara Gettelfinger as Morticia are Tony Award nominee Martin Vidnovic as Mal Beineke, two-time Tony Award nominee Crista Moore as Alice Beineke, Blake Hammond as Uncle Fester, Pippa Pearthreeas Grandma, Tom Corbeil as Lurch, Patrick D. Kennedy as Pugsley, Brian Justin Crum as Lucas Beineke and Cortney Wolfson as Wednesday.
- 11/2/2011
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
On episode 2.44 of We Love Soaps TV, Damon L. Jacobs and Kevin Mulcahy Jr. travel to Gossip in New York City to attend the Then We Got Help! Season Two launch party. Along the way they speak with executive producers Julie Ann Emery and Kevin Earley (who also star), and actor Blake Hammond (who plays Eric opposite Nicholas Rodriguez's Dan).
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- 3/23/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
Remember "Elf"? The Jon Favreau-directed 2003 family comedy starring Will Ferrell as an elf exiled from Santa's workshop? Well it's coming to Broadway. And that theater adaptation now has a cast, or a large chunk of one at any rate.
NewYorkTheatreGuide.com reports on the announcement of the star-studded main cast, which includes Tony Award winner Beth Leavel (Emily), Tony Award nominee Mark Jacoby (Walter), Matthew Gumley (Michael), Valerie Wright (Deb), Michael McCormick (Mr. Greenway), Michael Mandell (Store Manager) and six-time Emmy Award winner George Wendt (Santa). Still to be revealed are the actors in the starring roles of Buddy and Jovie, Ferrell's and Zooey Deschanel's characters, respectively. Also in the cast, in unnamed roles, are Timothy J. Alex, Callie Carter, Cara Cooper, Lisa Gadja, Asmeret Ghebremichael, Blake Hammond, Emily Hsu, Jenny Hill, Nancy Johnston, Marc Kessler, Matt Loehr, Lee Wilkins and Kirsten Wyatt.
"Elf" opens at the Al...
NewYorkTheatreGuide.com reports on the announcement of the star-studded main cast, which includes Tony Award winner Beth Leavel (Emily), Tony Award nominee Mark Jacoby (Walter), Matthew Gumley (Michael), Valerie Wright (Deb), Michael McCormick (Mr. Greenway), Michael Mandell (Store Manager) and six-time Emmy Award winner George Wendt (Santa). Still to be revealed are the actors in the starring roles of Buddy and Jovie, Ferrell's and Zooey Deschanel's characters, respectively. Also in the cast, in unnamed roles, are Timothy J. Alex, Callie Carter, Cara Cooper, Lisa Gadja, Asmeret Ghebremichael, Blake Hammond, Emily Hsu, Jenny Hill, Nancy Johnston, Marc Kessler, Matt Loehr, Lee Wilkins and Kirsten Wyatt.
"Elf" opens at the Al...
- 8/12/2010
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
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