Additional casting for the new musical Johnny Baseball includes Tony Award nominee De’Adre Aziza (Passing Strange), Andrew Kober (Hair), Kelly Karbacz (Get Smart with Steve Carell), and WTF regular Brooks Ashmanskas (The Producers; WTF’s She Stoops to Conquer and Last of the Red Hot Lovers). Tom McGowan (“Fraiser”; Wicked) replaces Burke Moses. Previously announced cast includes James Snyder, Joe Cassidy, Alan H. Green, and Roger Robinson. Johnny Baseball runs July 24 – August 3, 2013 on the Nikos Stage.

(via Brooks Ashmanskas, Reed Birney and More Join Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Summer Cast; 2013 Season Kicks Off Tomorrow!)

Songs for a New World

“The beginning of everything. One of the greatest group of people I have ever worked with in my life. The wonderful Daisy Prince helmed the project with care and humor. My childhood pal, Jason Robert Brown, was dazzling us daily with his compositions and vocal arrangements. And at any given moment, I got to witness my favorite performers, Jessica Molaskey, Brooks Ashmanskas and Billy Porter interpret that spectacular music. Rehearsal was heaven on Earth.”

(via THEIR FAVORITE THINGS: The Nance Star Andrea Burns Shares Her Theatregoing Experiences – Playbill.com)

Step-Brother de Jesus! (from Broadway musical “Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me”

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Step-Brother de Jesus! (from Broadway musical “Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me”

This is a song from the hilarious musical starring genius Martin Short, which toured the US and Canada in 2006. I was lucky enough to be a part of it, along with the incredible team of Brooks Ashmanskas, Capathia Jenkins, and Nicole Parker (Mad TV).

It…

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