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New Appearances!!
Check the list below to see if Christiane is coming to your town and check back often for more announcements!!
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Playbill.com's new series features brief chats with Broadway actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they are looking forward to and more. Here, via e-mail, we speak with singing actress |
Broadway star Christiane Noll, Tony nominated for her role as Mother in the revival of Ragtime, and Composer/Lyricist Scott Alan have released a brand new Christmas song which is now available on iTunes. 'A Mothers Wish (For Christmas Day),' which was originally recorded and intended for Alan's third studio release 'What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up,' tells the story of a mothers wish for her sons safe return, from his services in the war, for Christmas day. Due to popular request and demand, the song has now officially been released digitally. The song was arranged and orchestrated by Jamey Ray and Jesse Vargas and features a full string section. To purchase the song, follow this link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-mothers-wish-for-christmas/id484766636 |
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Reading of Sense & Sensibility Musical Featured Christiane Noll, Sebastian Arcelus, Brandi Burkhardt
Ragtime Tony nominee Marcia Milgrom Dodge directed an invitation-only reading of a new musical based on Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility June 23 at Playwrights Horizons. The reading featured the talents of Tony nominee Christiane Noll (Ragtime) and Brandi Burkhardt (Tale of Two Cities) as the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne; Robert Petkoff (Ragtime, Spamalot) as Colonel Brandon; Sebastian Arcelus (Elf, Jersey Boys) as Edward Ferrars; and Jeremiah James (Teatro) as John Willoughby with two-time Tony nominee Mary Testa (Xanadu) as Mrs. Jennings, Drama Desk winner Jim Brochu (The Zero Hour) as Sir John, Erin Mackey (Sondheim On Sondheim, Wicked) as Lucy Steele, Jamie LaVerdiere (The Pirate Queen) as John Dashwood, Erin Maguire as Fanny Dashwood, Kay Walbye (Urinetown) as Mrs. Dashwood/Mrs. Ferrars, ensemble members Janna Cardia, Chris Critelli, Christy Morton and Edward Prostak and narrator Anthony Dodge. Click Here For Playbill.com Article! |
Photo by Joseph Marzullo/WENN
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Musicals of 1997!! Photos & Sounds!
Christiane Noll made her directorial debut with this concert and choreography was by Jeffry Denman. Ross Patterson was the musical director. The 11th season of the acclaimed Broadway By The Year concert series concluded June 20 with The Broadway Musicals of 1997. Lillias White, Chuck Cooper, Karen Ziemba, Christiane Noll, Linda Eder, Robert Cuccioli and more took part in the evening. Read the Playbill.com story and Click Here for sounds from the evening!
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Photos by Krissie Fullerton of Playbill.com
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Playbill.com: Christiane Noll Journeys to Kuala Lumpur, Performs With Malaysian Philharmonic
Tony Award nominee Christiane Noll kicked of her June with a concert trip to Kuala Lumpur where she performed with Debbie Gravitte and Doug LaBrecque. Having documented previous trips to the Czech Republic, Beijing and Vancouver, Noll continues the travelogue with photos from the beautiful Malaysian capital city. Click Here For Playbill.com Article! |
Photos by Christiane Noll
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Scott Alan Broadway at Birdland' Concert!
The Broadway at Birdland concert series is proud to present the return of composer/lyricist Scott Alan to the stage on Monday, April 18 at 7pm. He has sold out concerts in New York City at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre, The Laurie Beechman Theatre and Birdland, Brisbane, Australia's Powerhouse Theatre, Melbourne, Australia's Malthouse Theatre, San Francisco's Rrazz Room, the West End's The Duchess Theatre in London as well as two back to back West End concerts at the Leicester Square Theatre and The New Players Theatre. In October, 2008, Alan released the follow up CD, "Keys," which features more Broadway and West End elite singing his work, including Sutton Foster, Norm Lewis, Kerry Ellis, Randy Graff, Megan Hilty, Hadley Fraser, Julia Murney, and many more. In the fall of 2010, Alan released his newest album, "What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up," featuring Christiane Noll, Darius de Haas, Christopher Sieber, Willemijn Verkaik, Patina Miller and more. $25/$35 cover, $10 food/drink minimum. For tickets call 212-581-3080 or www.BirdlandJazz.com |
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Photos from 1932!
 Click Photo so see all the Broadway.com photos from the event by Genevieve Rafter Keddy!
On Monday, March 21, The Town Hall's critically acclaimed Broadway by the Year's®11th Season continued with The Broadway Musicals of 1932, a year that brought us famous shows by musical theater icons such as Kern and Hammerstein (Music in the Air), Irving Berlin, (Face the Music), Cole Porter (Gay Divorce) and Dietz and Schwarz (Flying Colors), among others. Produced by The Town Hall, The Broadway Musicals of 1932 was created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel. Siegel took the audience on a musical travelogue, exploring the history of the Great White Way and providing social anecdotes while showcasing the beloved hits and lesser-known gems from the golden age of Broadway. The show was directed by Scott Coulter and choreographed by Jeffry Denman, who both performed in the show as well. Ross Patterson was the musical director. BroadwayWorld was on hand as usual and brings you photo coverage below! Some of the legendary songs on the bill were "April in Paris," "Night and Day," "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee," It's Only a Paper Moon," "Brother Can You Spare a Dime," "Soft Lights and Sweet Music" and "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues." Featured in the cast were Christiane Noll (Tony Nominee for Ragtime), Jeffry Denman (Drama Desk nominee for Yank!), Meredith Patterson (White Christmas), William Michals (South Pacific), KendRick Jones (Scottsboro Boys), Jason Graae (Nightlife Award winner), Scott Coulter (Nightlife Award winner), Bill Daugherty (multi-award winning vocalist) and Carole J. Bufford (11 O'clock Numbers at 11'O Clock at Feinstein's). Celebrating its 90th Anniversary Season, The Town Hall was built in 1921 by a group of suffragettes, and began as a lecture hall and public forum for debates where "American Town Meetings on The Air" was broadcast live for 25 years. Over the decades, the stage has been graced by Eleanor Roosevelt, Carl Sandberg, Margaret Sanger, Billie Holiday, Igor Stravinsky, Bob Dylan and MiLes Davis. Today the hall flourishes as a popular, affordable venue, boasting the hottest acts in rock, pop, folk, cabaret, world music, comedy and dance, including Billy Joel, Blondie, Elvis Costello, Natalie Merchant, Graham Nash, Liza Minnelli, Cyndi Lauper, Norah Jones, Andre Watts, Henry Rollins, Joe Jackson, Pink Martini, Regina Spector, Brian Adams, Aimee Mann, Robin Williams, Dawn Upshaw, Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, Al Gore, Bruce Springsteen, Jay Leno, Dave Matthews, Vanessa Williams, and Ben Folds. For over two decades, The Town Hall has hosted live broadcasts of Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion. In its annual show, Rising Stars, The Town Hall gives recent graduates from the nation's leading performing arts schools a chance to showcase their talents and perform on the legendary stage. Over the past two-and-a-half decades, The Town Hall has produced the Feature Film Seminar Series and a number of new and critically acclaimed musical series, which include The Century of Change, Not Just Jazz, Broadway By The Year®, The Broadway Cabaret Festival and The Summer Broadway Festival. For more information, visit www.the-townhall-nyc.org Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy |
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Small Town, Big Talent: South Orange Lures Talent From the Apple
Heard about that Spider-Man musical? Analysts are predicting it'll cost $50 Million to produce. That's Manhattan theater prices for you. It's no wonder some Broadway talent has decided to mount some much less expensive productions-- west of the Hudson River. At the South Orange Performing Arts Center, they've even got a Tony-nominated actress in a new staged reading of a show called "The Girl In The Frame." "We all live out here," said Christiane Noll, who got her Tony nod for the Broadway production of Ragtime. "And we all thought why in the world is there no resident theater company that exists here," she said of the Performing Arts Center, known to locals as SoPac. Since others in the troupe refer to South Orange as the place where Broadway "comes home to sleep," it seemed a natural fit ro try and experiment: start producing plays with Broadway actors, writers and producers. The company is called Midtown Direct Rep, named for the NJ Transit train which links the community to Manhattan within 35 minutes. "You don't actually have to get on the train," said Jeremy Dobrish, the artistic director. "People are seeing performers, who they've seen on Broadway, here in their backyard." Read more & see video: HERE!!!
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SOPAC Forms Midtown Direct Rep Theater Company
With the formation of Midtown Direct Rep, Maplewood/South Orange Broadway locals now have a theatrical home close to home, and SOPAC has a resident theater company comprised of seasoned Broadway veterans. With perhaps more professional theater artists per capita than any other suburb of NYC, Maplewood/South Orange has the unique distinction of being where Broadway comes home to sleep. To date, these talented Broadway performers, directors, musicians, and producers have lacked a local outlet for their theatrical endeavors. Likewise, SOPAC, the state-of-the-art, 400+ seat theater and performance venue, has never worked with a resident theater company dedicated to producing new theatrical work. According to Jeremy Dobrish, Midtown Direct Rep Co-Artistic Director, "Midtown Direct Rep was formed because there's an incredible amount of theater talent that has chosen to make their homes in this area, and we wanted to be able to do great work with other professionals within our own community at a state of the art facility like SOPAC." "It's always been our desire for SOPAC to join hands with local talent," says Ondine Landa Abramson, Executive Director of SOPAC. "We're thrilled this is coming to fruition!" Read more: HERE!!!
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The South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) today announced the formation of Midtown Direct Rep, a new theater company in residence comprised of a group of accomplished theater artists who call Maplewood/South Orange home.
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(201) Daily Feature on Christiane! The many talents of Broadway, concert and cabaret performer Christiane Noll By Ian Spelling "My career so far has been a series of really cool experiences," says Christiane Noll, the talented singer and stage actress who grew up in Leonia and currently lives in Maplewood with her husband Jamie LaVerdiere and their year-old baby daughter. "I'd say a few of the highlights have been playing Mother in [the acclaimed but short-lived Broadway production of] Ragtime, singing with Placido Domingo at the Washington National Opera, and sharing a dressing room with Donna McKechnie and hearing all of her stories. I've done voice-overs for animated films like The King and I. Oh, and singing with Julie Andrews at the Hollywood Bowl. That was amazing. There are thousands and thousands of gifted, talented people, and to be one of the ones that solely makes a living doing this -- and I have a house in New Jersey and my husband and a baby -- I consider myself very fortunate." "I'll be performing again with Julie Andrews, in London in May, and I'm lining up several other symphony concerts and one-woman shows. I actually thought I'd still be doing Ragtime, so there's been a little bit of scrambling to figure out what's next. At least Ragtime opened; that's what I keep telling myself. People say, 'Oh, I'm so sorry that closed [prematurely],' but at least we had a chance to run a while, which doesn't always happen. I'd rather open to great reviews and have something close than not open at all. At least some people will have seen it, and there's some acknowledgement of the work everyone is doing." "My mom is still in Leonia. For shopping, we still go to anything Route 4 and Route 17. If you can't find something somewhere else, inevitably you will be able to find it in one of the seven or eight malls in that one five-mile radius. And, in terms of restaurants, we love Amarone Ristorante in Teaneck and Mo'Pho' in Fort Lee. And I still remember going to the Original Pancake House in Fort Lee."
"Leonia was a wonderful little town. They always call it a bedroom community; lots of professionals, artists, teachers and musicians. A lot of the people work in New York City, but want a small-town atmosphere and a house with a yard and trees. You could run outside and not worry about having to cross at the green and not in between. And growing up, Leonia and Bergen had incredible music and arts education programs. We got to perform and travel. I don't know if those programs still exist, but I feel so lucky to have had that opportunity."
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