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The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the first time in the 2018-2019 Broadway season, and announced the first round of Tony Awards eligibility rulings. Seven productions were discussed at this meeting: “The Boys in the Band,” “Straight White Men,” “Head Over Heels,” “Gettin’ the Band Back Together,” “Pretty Woman,” “Bernhardt/Hamlet,” and “The Nap.”

The Tonys committee made the following determinations:

“The Boys in the Band” will be considered a revival per the “classic” rule and eligible for Best Play Revival.

Jim Parsons will be eligible for Lead Actor in a Play for “The Boys in the Band.”

Julian Crouch (scenic designer) and Andrew Lazarow (projection designer) will be considered jointly eligible for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for “Head Over Heels.”

Mitchell Jarvis will be eligible for Lead Actor in a Musical for “Gettin’ the Band Back Together.”

Samantha Barks and Andy Karl will be eligible for...

Joe Mantello’s recent Broadway staging of Mart Crowley’s The Boys in the Band will be eligible for a 2019 Tony Award – no surprise there – but theater trivia buffs might quibble with the category: Best Revival of a Play.

Although the gay groundbreaker has been staged many times since its Off Broadway debut in 1968, The Boys in the Band had never made its way to Broadway until Mantello’s star-packed production last April. So revival, or new play?

Revival, says the Tony Awards Administration Committee.

The decision was one of six announced today. Although the committee does not publicly explain its decisions, Boys’ 50-year production history – Broadway notwithstanding – apparently persuaded the committee toward the revival designation.

The designation was made during the first of four scheduled meetings planned by the committee for the 2018-2019 Broadway season. Other determinations made today:

Actors Jim Parsons (The Boys in the Band), Mitchell Jarvis...

We got Gettin' The Band Back Together- Back Together at Broadway Sessions recently. Cast members reunited to tell stories from the show and perform music they love to sing. There were Bon Jovi shout outs a plenty, and laughs galore, just like Gtbbt Cast members Mitchell Jarvis, Garth Kravits, Noa Solorio, Becca Kotte, Ian Ward, Lindsey Brett Carothers, Scott Foster and special guests Eugene Ebner and Jocelin Weiss blew the roof off the joint The cast even treated the audience to our signature Sloppy Plot Synopses, so if you missed the show, now you can know just what you missed...

Producer Ken Davenport has racked up an impressive collection of Tony Award nominations (and a couple of wins) for shows like “Once on This Island,” “Kinky Boots,” and “Spring Awakening.” But co-writing the book (with improv comedy group the Grundleshotz) for “Gettin’ The Band Back Together,” a musical about a 40-year-old Jersey boy who realizes his dream of starting a rock ‘n’ roll band, was surely a singular labor of love. At a recent preview, Davenport actually got up on stage before the show to tell us so, getting a big laugh by sharing the information that his Barry Manilow high-school tribute band called itself “The Barely Manilows.”

The writer-producer’s affection comes through in the show, which opens, appropriately enough, with a song called “Jersey.” “Perfect beaches and snow-capped hills / It’s like New York but you can pay your bills,” sing the hard-working chorus boys and girls, amusingly...

Gettin' The Band Back Together has announced that Mitchell Jarvis Rock of Ages, Fiddler on the Roof will lead the company as Mitch Papadopolous, along with Jay Klaitz Lend Me A Tenor, High Fidelity, Paul Whitty Once, The Full Monty, and Sawyer Nunes Matilda, Finding Neverland as Juggernaut band members Bart a math teacher who isn't any good at math, Sully an Irish cop who dreams about being on Broadway, and Ricky a 16-year-old Jewish rapper who makes Vanilla Ice look cool, respectively.

Tony nominees J. Robert Spencer and Mitchell Jarvis will headline the 2015 Adirondack Theatre Festival presentation of the new folk rockbluegrass musical, The unCIVIL War, July 9-18. Rick Kunzi Book, Music, Lyrics, Justin Zeppa Book, and Adam Barnosky's Music original musical comedy, previously known as Bayonet of Angst, premiered at Nymf in 2014 to rave reviews, and was the winner of four festival awards, including Best Book and Best Ensemble.

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars Well after Broadway orchestra's begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven- o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including Scott Alan and Friends Livin' La Vida Grande Christine Ebersole in Big Noise from Winnetka Mitchell Jarvis in Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living Everywhere and The Songs of F. Michael Haynie.

Mitchell Jarvis, who originated the role of mullet-rocking nunchuck-wielding narrator Lonny Barnett in the smash-hit Broadway musical Rock Of Ages, returns to the show this fall in the role of wild aging rock idol Stacee Jaxx, beginning Monday, September 15. The five-time Tony Award-nominated musical Rock Of Ages - which recently celebrated its fifth anniversary on Broadway and its spot in the Top 30 Longest-Running Broadway Shows in History - continues to offer Broadway's Best Party eight times a week at the Helen Hayes Theatre, 240 West 44th Street.

Featured this summer at 54 Below - Tony nominee Malcolm Gets, appearing in 'Come a Little Closer' Broadway diva Lillias White, featured in 'The Birthday Show' stage vet Mitchell Jarvis, bringing 'It Could Be Worse - Season 2 Launch Concert' to the club and Nellie McKay, appearing in 'A Girl Named Bill The Life and Times of Billy Tipton'.Go on the scene for previews from some of this summer's shows below...

Broadway vets Mitchell Jarvis and Wesley Taylor's critically-acclaimed It Could Be Worse, was a humble yet cherished web series amongst our community. After winning a slew of online indie awards and raising over 70K on Kickstarter to shoot a second season, the awesomely addictive dark comedy was acquired for cable television.The Washington Post said Icbw was what Smash might have beenhad it found a looser and sharper-witted footing.

Featured this summer at 54 Below - Tony nominee Malcolm Gets, appearing in 'Come a Little Closer' Broadway diva Lillias White, featured in 'The Birthday Show' stage vet Mitchell Jarvis, bringing 'It Could Be Worse - Season 2 Launch Concert' to the club and Nellie McKay, appearing in 'A Girl Named Bill The Life and Times of Billy Tipton', all took part in a special press preview event today, July 10, at 54 Below. BroadwayWorld was there and brings you a sneak peek from the event Plus, be sure to check back for our full coverage later on...

Virginia's Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre presents The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's cutting and enduring critique of capitalism and corruption. Directed by Signature Theatre's Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner Tender Napalm, Dreamgirls, Really Really, the production stars Mitchell Jarvis Broadway's Rock of Ages as the charismatic Macheath, known to popular culture as Mack the Knife. Scroll down to see a video of Natascia Diaz singing 'Mack The Knife' from the prodction...

Virginia's Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre presents The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's cutting and enduring critique of capitalism and corruption. Directed by Signature Theatre's Associate Artistic DirectorMatthew Gardiner Tender Napalm, Dreamgirls, Really Really, the production stars Mitchell Jarvis Broadway's Rock of Ages as the charismatic Macheath, known to popular culture as Mack the Knife and Natascia Diaz Jenny Broadway's Man of Lamancha, Signature's Brother Russia, Kiss of the Spiderwoman. BroadwayWorld brings you an exclusive first look at the video below...

Virginia's Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre presents The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's cutting and enduring critique of capitalism and corruption. Directed by Signature Theatre's Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner Tender Napalm, Dreamgirls, Really Really, the production stars Mitchell Jarvis Broadway's Rock of Ages as the charismatic Macheath, known to popular culture as Mack the Knife and Natascia Diaz Jenny Broadway's Man of Lamancha, Signature's Brother Russia, Kiss of the Spiderwoman. Scroll down for a first look at the cast in action...

Virginia's Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre releases a photo of their production of The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's cutting and enduring critique of capitalism and corruption. Directed by Signature Theatre's Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner Tender Napalm, Dreamgirls, Really Really, the production stars Mitchell Jarvis Broadway's Rock of Ages as the charismatic Macheath, known to popular culture as Mack the Knife and Natascia Diaz Jenny Broadway's Man of Lamancha, Signature's Brother Russia, Kiss of the Spiderwoman.

Virginia's Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre announces the cast for The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's cutting and enduring critique of capitalism and corruption. Directed by Signature Theatre's Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner Tender Napalm, Dreamgirls, Really Really, the production stars Mitchell Jarvis Broadway's Rock of Ages as the charismatic Macheath, known to popular culture as Mack the Knife.

Virginia's Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre presents The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's cutting and enduring critique of capitalism and corruption. Directed by Signature Theatre's Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner Tender Napalm, Dreamgirls, Really Really, the production stars Mitchell Jarvis Broadway's Rock of Ages as the charismatic Macheath, known to popular culture as Mack the Knife. Click below to watch a foreboding promo for the show...

Virginia's Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre announces the cast for The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's cutting and enduring critique of capitalism and corruption. Directed by Signature Theatre's Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner Tender Napalm, Dreamgirls, Really Really, the production stars Mitchell Jarvis Broadway's Rock of Ages as the charismatic Macheath, known to popular culture as Mack the Knife. Scroll down for a first look at the cast...

Virginia's Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre announces the cast for The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's cutting and enduring critique of capitalism and corruption. Directed by Signature Theatre's Associate Artistic Director Matthew Gardiner Tender Napalm, Dreamgirls, Really Really, the production stars Mitchell Jarvis Broadway's Rock of Ages as the charismatic Macheath, known to popular culture as Mack the Knife.

Performing talent includes Victoria Justice from Nickelodeon's Victorious, Megan Hilty Smash, Sean Saves the World, Wicked, 9 to 5, Constantine Maroulis Rock of Ages, Jekyll and Hyde, Stephen Trask Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Ashley Spencer Grease, Priscilla, Rock of Ages, Wallace Smith Rocky, Godspell, Hair, Lesli Margherita Matilda, Mitchell Jarvis Rock of Ages, Kerry Butler Catch Me If You Can, Xanadu, Rock of Ages, Monique Coleman High School Musical, Brian Gallagher Jekyll and Hyde, Natalie Joy Johnson Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde, bare Justin Sargent Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, Jenna Leigh Green Wicked, bare, James Snyder IfThen, Teresa Stanley The Color Purple, Rock of Ages, Todd Buonopane 30 Rock, amp Katie Thompson Giant.

Title: Dean Slater: Resident Advisor Directed by: Colin Sander Starring: Mitchell Jarvis, Nick Renaud, Glenn McCuen, Jimmy Wong Running Time: 83 minutes, Not Rated, Available on VOD When a coked out R.A. at a trust building camping trip for freshmen gets thrown in jail, accused of trying to steal a cow near the Mexican border, his brother Dean steps in as the new resident advisor and gives three guys lessons in making the most of their college experience. The Negative: Wow, a 83 minute fart joke. Never thought it could be done. The soundtrack is god-awful. There was a musical sequence that I had to put on mute and every  [ Read More ]

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Just when we were about to get Daft Punk's suspiciously catchy summer anthem, "Get Lucky," out of our heads, we heard this very unlikely cover and were sucked into the groove once again.

This video gem turns the track into an Irish waltz. (Strange, we know, but it works.) Kudos to the Postmodern Jukebox and Mitchell Jarvis for bringing the song some additional Irish luck.

Check out Postmodern Jukebox's covers of Psy, Justin Beiber and more on their YouTube channel.

After completing 23 episodes of the backstage web-series known as 'Rock of Ages Productions', Mitchell Jarvis has completed the final work in the series, 'A Rockwork Orange'. This dark and zany parody of 5 of Jarvis' favorite films, is shot exclusively at intermissions of actual Broadway performances of 'Rock of Ages'. From their tiny dressing rooms tucked away in the bowls of the Helen Hays Theatre, the entire cast is represented in this tiny epic.Check it out below...

Kevin McHale is being considered as a cohost of The X-Factor when it returns. If the deal happens, it won't affect his role on Glee, but considering the bruising schedule Glee runs, I don't see how.

Jared Loughner, the man who shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, has pleaded guilty to the charges against him after a psychologist testified that he knew what he was doing and was fit to stand trial. He's expected to receive multiple life sentences.

There is Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte fanfic, and it's now been illustrated for your viewing pleasure.

Mitt Romney is now saying there's no benefit to releasing his tax returns this late in the race, as the press won't have time to comb through them anyway. If your tax returns are that complicated, there's a good chance you're hiding something.

The widely publicized hate crime of Joseph Bakin in Missoula, Montana is now...

Entertainment Weekly and MTV Movies Blog is reporting that Tom Cruise has secured the role of aging rock star Stacee Jaxx in the movie adaptation of the highly-successful, Tony-nominated Broadway show, “Rock of Ages.”Cruise’s involvement with the film dates back to October, when he was first being courted with the role. Cruise’s character, played by Mitchell Jarvis in the Broadway show and MiG Ayessa in the U.S. tour show, sings Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead or Alive”. He also has singing parts in other ensemble songs such as “I Wanna Know What Love Is”. His character is also an egotistical womanizer, so it’s fitting that in the Broadway show he’d be on [...]...

Chicago – “I wanted to explore deep, thoughtful theatre,” deadpans a giddily vitriolic narrator, played here in a last minute swap-out by Mitchell Jarvis, during the eleventh hour of “Rock of Ages”. Although referring to any aspect of this rollicking, trenchantly self-aware jukebox ride in classical terms may either be mawkishly generous or downright offensive to its recalcitrant intent.

After all, in a production adorned with sequined motor jackets, zippy pop hits and fried and dyed locks, no one wants to bogart that joint.

Play Rating: 4.5/5.0

Impishly situated amongst a seemingly relentless throng of hit-or-miss jukebox musicals, “Rock of Ages” is a puckish offering that delivers the sort of raucous treats that stretch beyond the initial charm of its pungent 80s nostalgia. With the searing vocals of a fiery cast dispatching a hayrick of hits from the likes of Bon Jovi, Journey, Pet Benatar, Whitesnake and Poison, all amidst Beowulf Boritt’s stylized backdrop of L.