Posts tagged Kendra Kassebaum
Video Footage: Kendra Kassebaum In NEXT TO NORMAL
0Check out thees video highlights from San Jose Repertory Theatre’s production of NEXT TO NORMAL, starring Kendra Kassebaum (former Glinda – San Francisco, Broadway, 1st Ntl. Tour) as Diana Goodman. The production plays until February 3 in San Jose, California. Visit http://ticketing.sjrep.com/single/psDetail.aspx?psn=2665 to purchase tickets.
The video was posted by YouTube user SJRepTheatre.
Kendra Kassebaum Cast In 5th Avenue’s ELF
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Kendra Kassebaum
Kendra Kassebaum (former Glinda – San Francisco, Broadway, 1st Ntl. Tour) has been cast as Jovie in 5th Avenue Theatre’s production of ELF: THE MUSICAL in Seattle, Washington. The production runs from November 30 – December 31. For tickets and more information, visit www.5thavenue.org.
Nessa’s Niblets: October 8, 2012
0Dee Roscioli (Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour; former Elphaba – Broadway, Chicago; former s/b Elphaba – San Francisco, Chicago) replaced Anne Brummel as Grizabella in the national tour of CATS.
Annaleigh Ashford (former Glinda – Chicago, Broadway; former ensemble, u/s Glinda – 1st Ntl. Tour), Courtney Corey (former ensemble, u/s Elphaba – Los Angeles, Chicago), Christine Dwyer (Elphaba – 2nd Ntl. Tour; former s/b Elphaba, former ensemble, u/s Elphaba – 2nd Ntl. Tour), Eden Espinosa (former Elphaba – San Francisco, Los Angeles, Broadway, 1st Ntl. Tour; former s/b Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour, Broadway), Kendra Kassebaum (former Glinda – San Francisco, Broadway, 1st Ntl. Tour), Caissie Levy (former Elphaba, former s/b Elphaba – Los Angeles; former ensemble, u/s Elphaba – Broadway), Idina Menzel (original Elphaba – West End, Broadway, Pre-Broadway), and Julie Reiber (former s/b Elphaba – Broadway, Los Angeles) have all played Maureen Johnson in RENT.
Laura Bell Bundy (former s/b Glinda – Broadway), Shoshana Bean (former Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour, Broadway; former s/b Elphaba, u/s Nessarose – Broadway), Adam Fleming (former ensemble, u/s Boq – Broadway, Chicago; former Boq – Chicago), Richard H. Blake (former Fiyero – Asian Tour, Broadway, 1st Ntl. Tour), Caissie Levy (former Elphaba, former s/b Elphaba – Los Angeles; former ensemble, u/s Elphaba – Broadway), Kate Loprest (former ensemble, u/s Glinda, u/s Nessarose – Chicago), Alli Mauzey (upcoming Glinda – Broadway; former Glinda – 1st Ntl. Tour, San Francisco, Broadway; former s/b Glinda – Broadway), Constantine Rousouli (former ensemble, u/s Fiyero – Broadway), Aaron Tveit (former Fiyero – Broadway), Donna Vivino (former s/b Elphaba – Broadway, 1st Ntl. Tour; former Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour), and Bryan West (former ensemble, u/s Fiyero – Broadway, 1st Ntl. Tour) all performed in the Broadway production of HAIRSPRAY.
Kendra Kassebaum Cast In NEXT TO NORMAL
0Kendra Kassebaum
Kendra Kassebaum (former Glinda – San Francisco, Broadway, 1st Ntl. Tour) has been cast in Arizona Theatre Company’s upcoming production of NEXT TO NORMAL. Ms. Kassebaum will play the leading role of Diana Goodman, a suburban housewife who is struggling with mental illness. The production will play at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson, AZ from September 15-October 6, 2012 and at the Arizona Center in Phoenix, AZ from October 11-October 28, 2012. This production is a co-production with the San Jose Repertory Theatre, where it will play in San Jose, CA from January 10-February 3, 2013. For tickets and more information, please visit www.arizonatheatre.org for the Tucson and Phoenix runs or www.sjrep.com for the San Jose run.
Media: Kassebaum & Struxness In LEAP OF FAITH
0Check out these photos and videos featuring Kendra Kassebaum (former Glinda – San Francisco, Broadway, 1NT) as “Sam” in the upcoming Broadway musical LEAP OF FAITH. Betsy Struxness (former swing, u/s Nessarose – Broadway, San Francisco, Chicago) performs in the ensemble. LEAP OF FAITH begins previews on April 3, 2012. For tickets, visit www.telecharge.com.
Click here to view photos from a press event, courtesy of BroadwayWorld.com.
Embedded below is video footage from the press event, courtesy of BroadwayWorld.com
Kendra Kassebaum Joins Broadway’s LEAP OF FAITH
0Kendra Kassebaum
Kendra Kassebaum (former Glinda – San Francisco, Broadway, 1NT) has been cast in the role of “Sam” in the upcoming Broadway production of LEAP OF FAITH. Ms. Kassebaum reprises the role she played in the Los Angeles Tryout production of the same musical. The show is set to begin previews at the St. James Theatre, in New York City, New York on April 3, 2012. An opening date has not yet been announced. Tickets will be available starting January 23, 2012 at www.Telecharge.com.
Video Footage: Kendra Kassebaum In CINDERELLA
0Check out these videos of Kendra Kassebaum (former Glinda – San Francisco, Broadway, 1NT) as the Fairy Godmother in 5th Avenue Theatre’s production of Roger & Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA in Seattle, Washington. The videos were posted by user 5thAvenueTheatre on YouTube and have been embedded below.
Kassebaum Cast As “Fairy Godmother” In 5th Avenue’s CINDERELLA
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Kendra Kassebaum (former Glinda – San Francisco, Broadway, 1NT) has been cast as the “Fairy Godmother” in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s musical version of CINDERELLA. The production runs from November 25 to December 31, 2011 at the 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle, Washington. For tickets, please visit, www.5thavenue.org.
Nessa’s Niblets: January 18, 2011
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Victoria Matlock
For those who missed the inagural post last week, click here to learn about this new type of post.
Victoria Matlock (former Elphaba, former s/b Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour) originally auditioned to be the standby for Glinda in the Original Broadway Cast of “Wicked”.
Kendra Kassebaum (former Glinda – San Francisco, Broadway, 1st Ntl. Tour) was originally offered the position of standby for Glinda in the Original Broadway Cast of “Wicked”.
Former Elphabas Donna Vivino (former Elphaba, s/b Elphaba – 1st Ntl. Tour) and Caissie Levy (former Elphaba, s/b Elphaba – Los Angeles; former ensemble, u/s Elphaba – Broadway) previously worked together in the Broadway production of “Hairspray”, where Ms. Vivino performed as Shelley and understudied the leading role of Tracy Turnblad and Ms. Levy portrayed the role of Penny Pingleton.
Cast Update: San Francisco Production
0Marcie Dodd (former Elphaba – 2NT, Broadway; Elphaba s/b – Los Angeles; principal Nessarose & Elphaba u/s – Los Angeles; Elphaba u/s & Nessraose u/s – 1NT) has replaced Eden Espinosa (Elphaba – San Francisco; former Elphaba – Los Angeles, Broadway, 1NT; original s/b Elphaba – Broadway; former u/s Nessarose – Broadway) as Elphaba.
Alli Mauzey (former Glinda – Broadway; former s/b Glinda – Broadway) has replaced Kendra Kassebaum (Glinda – San Francisco; former Glinda – Broadway, 1NT) as Glinda.
Cliffton Hall (former Fiyero – 1NT; former ensemble, u/s Fiyero – 1NT) has replaced Nicolas Dromard (Fiyero – San Francisco; former ensemble, u/s Fiyero – 1NT) as Fiyero.
Penelope J. Armstead-Williams has left the cast and was replaced by Angela Ara Brown (former ensemble – Los Angeles, San Francisco).