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Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tony-Winning ‘MJ' Star Myles Frost Signs With Echo Lake Entertainment
Actor Myles Frost, winner of the 2022 Tony Award for Best Actor in a musical for his performance as Michael Jackson in Broadway's MJ The Musical, has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment. Just 22 at the time of his Tony win, Frost was the youngest winner of the Best Leading Actor/Musical award, and also was nominated for a Grammy for his performance. He was nominated for an Olivier Award nomination when the show transferred to London's West End. More from Deadline Tony Award Winners: 'Maybe Happy Ending' Takes Best Musical & Five Others; 'Purpose' Best Play; Scherzinger, Criss, Snook & Escola Get Lead Acting Prizes – Full List New York City Center Encores! Season To Include All-Black 'La Cage Aux Folles' Starring Billy Porter 'Smash' Sets Broadway Closing After Tony Award Shut-Out Frost made his feature film debut in Ava DuVernay's Origin playing the pivotal role of 'Trayvon Martin' opposite Aunjanue Ellis and Niecy Nash. The film premiered at The Venice Film Festival in 2023. Myles continues to be repped by UTA and Darrell Miller at Fox Rothschild. Echo Lake Entertainment produces and finances film, television and theater. In 2022 Echo Lake produced its first play, Prima Facie, starring Jodie Comer. Its West End run won the company its first Olivier Award and its Broadway run earned Comer a Tony Award for Best Actress. Echo Lake's Broadway production, Stereophonic, received a record breaking 13 Tony Nominations and won the Tony Award last year for Best Play. Echo Lake's current Broadway production John Proctor Is the Villain was nominated for 7 Tony Awards. Best of Deadline List Of Hollywood & Media Layoffs From Paramount To Warner Bros Discovery To CNN & More Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds A Full Timeline Of Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni's 'It Ends With Us' Feud In Court, Online & In The Media
USA Today
01-06-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Broadway Joe? Cowboys free agent to make theatrical debut before lacing up for Dallas
Broadway Joe? Cowboys free agent to make theatrical debut before lacing up for Dallas The Cowboys needed help along the defensive line and went about adding several pieces to the puzzle this offseason. On such signing was Solomon Thomas, a former first-round pick of the San Francisco 49ers who has spent the last few years with the New York Jets. Thomas played for new Dallas defensive line coach Aaron Whitecotton and is looking forward to helping transform the Cowboys' unit into a fierce group that can stop the run, but first he will look to stop the show. A broadway show that is. Thomas will be part of a Broadway production, as he will appear on stage right after the team concludes their OTA schedule. According to the Ft. Worth Star Telegram, Thomas will make a cameo in MJ The Musical on June 13. Thomas will make a cameo in 'MJ the Musical,' in a one-night-only role on June 13. The Stamford product is no stranger to the theater scene and presented an award at the 2024 Tony Awards. Thomas has also worked as a theater correspondent for CBS, and producer Lia Vollack expressed excitement at bringing him aboard. 'Solly has been such a great supporter and friend of Broadway and our show,' said Vollack, 'We couldn't think of a better way to thank him for his time in New York - giving him his Broadway debut!' Thomas is an eight-year veteran and was the No. 3 overall selection in the 2017 draft. He signed with the Cowboys this spring on a two-year deal worth $6 million. He has both inside and outside versatility, but that appears to apply to his talents on and off the field.
Times
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Ballet to Broadway review — a fine showcase for Christopher Wheeldon
As the title of this new mixed bill suggests, the British choreographer Christopher Wheeldon is equally at home in the Royal Opera House and the West End. His Alice's Adventures in Wonderland will close the Royal Ballet season at the end of June, while his Like Water for Chocolate will open the 2025-26 season in October. Meanwhile, his Broadway hit MJ The Musical, the award-winning Michael Jackson show he directed and choreographed, is still running in London and New York. It's this versatility that the Royal Opera House showcases with a quartet of creations ranging from 2007 to 2020. Not all of them are vintage Wheeldon, but the highlight — a new staging of the ballet from An American in Paris, the musical
Calgary Herald
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
Beat it to the Jubilee this fall as Broadway Across Canada brings MJ along with Moulin Rouge and Mamma Mia!
Article content Broadway Across Canada's new season includes two shows still on Broadway, two old favourites, and a non-musical. Article content The new season starts in November with MJ The Musical, which is not the story of Michael Jackson's life, but rather of his Dangerous World Tour of 1992, and how it was created. It features 25 of his greatest hits, including Beat It, Billie Jean, Smooth Criminal and Thriller. There are also medleys of his songs with the Jackson 5, and from his first albums. Article content Article content Article content The second show of the season, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, is still on Broadway, and it is the stage version of Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film set in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. It swept the 2020 Tony Awards, winning 10, including best musical. Article content Back by popular demand is Mamma Mia!, which debuted in London in 1999. It is the story of a girl who doesn't know which of the three men her mother dated one summer in Greece is her father, so she invites all three to her wedding. This farcical story features the music of ABBA, and is estimated to have been seen by more than 70 million people worldwide. Article content The fourth show of the season is Clue, a comedy based on the 1985 film of the famous board game. It is a wildly funny farce and not a musical, a rarity for Broadway Across Canada. Article content The fifth show, which is an option, is the musical Les Misérables. This is the new version of the musical, which uses projections instead of the original turntable. Les Misérables, which opened in 1985, is still playing in London, making it the second-longest running musical in British theatre. Article content
Calgary Herald
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
Broadway Across Canada tour packed with big shows
Article content Broadway Across Canada's new season includes two shows still on Broadway, two old favourites, and a non-musical. Article content The new season starts in November with MJ The Musical, which is not the story of Michael Jackson's life, but rather of his Dangerous World Tour of 1992, and how it was created. It features 25 of his greatest hits, including Beat It, Billie Jean, Smooth Criminal and Thriller. There are also medleys of his songs with the Jackson 5, and from his first albums. Article content Article content Article content The second show of the season, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, is still on Broadway, and it is the stage version of Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film set in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. It swept the 2020 Tony Awards, winning 10, including best musical. Article content Back by popular demand is Mamma Mia!, which debuted in London in 1999. It is the story of a girl who doesn't know which of the three men her mother dated one summer in Greece is her father, so she invites all three to her wedding. This farcical story features the music of ABBA, and is estimated to have been seen by more than 70 million people worldwide. Article content The fourth show of the season is Clue, a comedy based on the 1985 film of the famous board game. It is a wildly funny farce and not a musical, a rarity for Broadway Across Canada. Article content The fifth show, which is an option, is the musical Les Misérables. This is the new version of the musical, which uses projections instead of the original turntable. Les Misérables, which opened in 1985, is still playing in London, making it the second-longest running musical in British theatre.
