DEADLINE: Kristin Chenoweth, Kenny Ortega & Monarch Media Team For ‘1300 Miles To Broadway’ Docuseries On Chenoweth’s Broadway Bootcamp

DEADLINE: Kristin Chenoweth, Kenny Ortega & Monarch Media Team For ‘1300 Miles To Broadway’ Docuseries On Chenoweth’s Broadway Bootcamp

Kristin Chenoweth (Schmigadoon!), Kenny Ortega (Julie and the Phantoms) and producers Alan Powell, Steve Barnett and Vicky Patel of Monarch Media are teaming for the docuseries 1300 Miles to Broadway. Inspired by Chenoweth’s Broadway Bootcamp, the series introduces 8th to 12th graders to the world of performing arts through master classes in acting, singing and dancing, and goes on the emotional journey with them as they prepare for a future as performers.

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Meet the Judges of Broadway's Next on Stage: Dance Edition, Season 2!

Meet the Judges of Broadway's Next on Stage: Dance Edition, Season 2!

Broadway's Next on Stage: Dance Edition has returned for Season 2! After three successful seasons of our virtual singing competition and last summer's first season of our virtual dancing competition, we're back again by popular demand with the second season of our online musical theatre dancing competition for student performers sponsored by LaDuca Shoes.

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Good Day Atlanta: Broadway's Tyler Hanes to star in "Holiday Inn"

Good Day Atlanta: Broadway's Tyler Hanes to star in "Holiday Inn"

He starred as Rum Tum Tugger in Broadway revival of "Cats."  He's also been seen in the Broadway productions of in "Hairspray," "On The Town,” "A Chorus Line” and most recently choreographed Kristin Chenoweth’s latest show “For The Girls” on Broadway.

Now, Tyler Hanes who grew up in Marietta is back home for the new Irving Berlin musical "Holiday Inn." Tyler stops by Good Day Atlanta to update on his career and has more on the upcoming show at the Byers Theatre at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center.

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DRAMA. with Connor & Dylan MacDowell: "Sexy Problems" with Tyler Hanes

DRAMA. with Connor & Dylan MacDowell: "Sexy Problems" with Tyler Hanes

Connor and Dylan are joined by special guest Tyler Hanes (Cats, A Chorus Line, Sweet Charity) for an incredible conversation about Tyler’s experience being Rum Tum Tugger on Broadway, learning to deal with rejection, booking Fosse/Verdon with a sock puppet, Michelle Williams, the revival of A Chorus Line, the Ryan Murphyverse, Marco Polo-ing with Kristin Chenoweth, Britney Spears’ near-Broadway debut, and his long-term relationship with actor Van Hansis. 

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Theater People: Tyler Hanes Talks "Cats," "A Chorus Line" & More

Theater People: Tyler Hanes Talks "Cats," "A Chorus Line" & More

YOU GUYS!! We are so so excited to welcome today's guest, Tyler Hanes! I first met Tyler years and years ago when he was making his Broadway debut in "Oklahoma!" and I have been creepily stalking his career ever since. Since then he's stacked up 8 more Broadway credits including "Hairspray," "The Boy From Oz," "A Chorus Line," and Gaby in "On the Town." He is currently starring as Rum Tum Tugger in "Cats" and he is sooooooooo good n the role! And more. It was SUCH a thrill to catch up with him. Enjoy!

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Final Bow: Cats Star Tyler Hanes Preps for Last Call at the Jellicle Ball

Final Bow: Cats Star Tyler Hanes Preps for Last Call at the Jellicle Ball

He's the Mick Jagger of the Jellicle tribe. He's a fickle feline who'd rather have a grouse if you offer him a pheasant. He's Rum Tum Tugger — and he's been given the rock star treatment by triple threat Tyler Hanes since the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS opened on Broadway in the summer of 2016. The musical, which ran for a record-breaking 18 years it's first time around, plays it's final performance at the Neil Simon Theatre on December 30. That means Hanes has only a few more jaunts around the junkyard in his skin-tight body suit and unwieldy fur collar, which, despite some costuming snafus, have marked a joyful era in his performance career. He may never beat Grizabella to the Heaviside Layer, but, he's pledged his faith to the fraternity of Rum Tum Tuggers — and that bond of brotherhood is now and forever.

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CATS Star Tyler Hanes Reveals How Freddie Mercury, Trevor Nunn & His Cat Chimbley Inspired His Rum Tum Tugger

CATS Star Tyler Hanes Reveals How Freddie Mercury, Trevor Nunn & His Cat Chimbley Inspired His Rum Tum Tugger

Tyler Hanes stars as Rum Tum Tugger in the first Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical Cats. He opened the show at the Neil Simon Theatre in July 2016 and remains one of the revival's only original cast members still serving 100% at the Jellicle Ball. BroadwayBox spoke with the triple-threat performer about how he created his own Tugger, his own backstory, and the famous touchstones that inspired him.

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Broadway's Sexiest Man Alive for 2017

Broadway's Sexiest Man Alive for 2017

Bring on the hunks! The results are in for our annual Broadway's Sexiest Man Alive, and the fans (ahem, and the Broadway.com staff) went nuts ranking stage gents on Culturalist. For the second year in a row, the title of Broadway's Sexiest Man Alive went to a curious cat that rocks leather pants onstage and a vlog camera off: Tyler Hanes! Cats' Rum Tum Tugger shared the top 10 with stars like Wicked's Ashley Parker Angel, Dear Evan Hansen's Mike Faist and Ben Platt (who took his final curtain call in the musical on November 19) and more. Take a look at your sizzling top 10, and congrats to all the hunks making the Great White Way red hot!

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BLEEP Magazine: Tyler Hanes, Broadway’s Rum Tum Tugger, talks Cats, theatre outside of New York & The Ensemblist

BLEEP Magazine: Tyler Hanes, Broadway’s Rum Tum Tugger, talks Cats, theatre outside of New York & The Ensemblist

Tyler Hanes is currently starring as Rum Tum Tugger in the wildly successful revival of Cats, the ninth Broadway show on a resume which includes A Chorus LineHairspray, and The Boy From Oz. He’s also featured on the new season of The Ensemblist podcast and we talked about everything from the stamina required to play such a ‘curious cat’ to the joys of theatre outside the “Broadway” umbrella.

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BroadwayBox.com: Cats Star Tyler Hanes Dances Through His Broadway Resume

BroadwayBox.com: Cats Star Tyler Hanes Dances Through His Broadway Resume

Get ready to lose your mind as Tyler Hanes (currently starring as Rum Tum Tugger in the Broadway revival of Cats) dances us through his incredible, varied Broadway resume. As a special treat, he's joined by Cats costar Georgina Pazcoguin for "The Great Lover" ballet from On the Town. See the killer pair together in Cats at the Neil Simon Theatre.

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