Articles tagged:Team Starkid

Posted: Thu Apr 12 9:36 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Team StarKid announces new tour and new online release

Team StarKid—a Chicago-based theater company that originally formed at the University of Michigan, when its members had a viral hit with "A Very Potter Musical"—recently announced a second national tour, called Apocalyptour, featuring a cast of StarKid veterans performing hits from the company’s acclaimed original comedy musicals (including AVPM and ...

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Posted: Thu Feb 23 11:54 a.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff
Starkid to premiere new show in Chicago, 'Holy Musical B@man!'

University of Michigan-born theater troupe and Internet sensation Team StarKid will soon premiere its newest Chicago production, "Holy Musical B@man!", an original musical comedy parody from the creative team behind the viral hits "A Very Potter Musical" and "Starship." This superhero-send up features a book by Matt Lang and Nick ...

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Posted: Tue Feb 14 9:13 a.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
Starkid Joe Moses tending bar and selling out his one-man show in New York

Joe Moses as Severus Snape in "A Very Potter Musical."Joe Moses —one of the founding members of Team Starkid, the theater troupe born at the University of Michigan that hit viral gold with "A Very Potter Musical"—is featured in the New York Times Magazine, in an article (with photo gallery) ...

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Posted: Mon Jan 9 2:54 p.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
Darren Criss' Starkid friends come to see 'How to Succeed'

Broadway.com reports that on Saturday, Jan. 7, members of Starkid - the Chicago-based stage production company that began life at the University of Michigan when Darren Criss and his friends created and staged "A Very Potter Musical," which went viral via YouTube—arrived in New York City to see their friend ...

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Posted: Thu Jan 5 12:26 p.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
U-M's Darren Criss earns warm reviews in Broadway's 'How to Succeed'

University of Michigan grad and "Glee" star Darren Criss, who on Tuesday took over Daniel Radcliffe's lead role in the Broadway production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," earned praise from The New York Daily News (who called Criss' opening night performance "as slick and shiny as ...

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Posted: Sat Nov 5 2:23 a.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
StarKid thrills loyal fans at the Michigan Theater

StarKid performers featured on the SPACE Tour: front, from left to right, Meredith Stepien, Jaime Lyn Beatty, Lauren Lopez; and back, from left to right, Joseph Walker, Joey Richter, Dylan Saunders, Brian Holden. Dylan Saunders - part of the Chicago-based group of recent U-M drama and musical theater grads who ...

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Posted: Tue Nov 1 5:56 a.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
Online sensation StarKid coming home to launch tour in Ann Arbor

Team StarKid. a theater troupe composed of recent University of Michigan grads that became an online sensation, will kick off a tour of concert-style shows on Nov. 4 at the Michigan Theater. The tour will feature the group’s “greatest hits,” largely drawn from the company’s original stage productions that went ...

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Posted: Wed Oct 5 6:30 p.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com

Starkid—the Chicago-based theater company composed of former University of Michigan drama and musical theater graduates, whose original stage musicals (“A Very Potter Musical” and “A Very Potter Sequel” among them) exploded as viral hits online—will present a “greatest hits type stage show” at the Michigan Theater on Friday, Nov. 4.

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Posted: Thu May 5 10:09 a.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
Darren Criss and Team Starkid's 'Starship' now available online

A scene from Team Starkid's newest show, "Starship." Team Starkid — a troupe of recent U-M drama and musical theater grads (including “Glee” star Darren Criss) that has created original musicals that have become online sensations (“A Very Potter Musical,” “A Very Potter Sequel,” and “My and My D***”) — ...

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Posted: Mon Apr 4 2:20 p.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
Darren Criss and Team Starkid's 'Very Potter Threequel' won't happen this summer

U-M grad Darren Criss now stars on "Glee." Last fall, AnnArbor.com reported that Team Starkid — a group of University of Michigan theater and musical theater alumni (including "Glee" star Darren Criss) who created and produced original musicals, like "A Very Potter Musical" and "A Very Potter Sequel," which went ...

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Posted: Tue Nov 30 12:45 p.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com
'Glee''s Darren Criss may return to Ann Arbor for new Potter musical; Team Starkid sets Chicago premiere

U-M grad and "Glee" star Darren CrissTeam Starkid —Â the young creative team behind the University of Michigan-born viral online hits "A Very Potter Musical" and "A Very Potter Sequel" —Â recently announced, via an interview with WizardingLife.com, two news items: Not only is the team on the verge of ...

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Posted: Wed Jul 14 5:47 a.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com

Team Starkid — a production company largely composed of University of Michigan musical theater grads — has posted a new video to announce the online debut of its most recent venture, "A Very Potter Sequel," on Thursday, July 22 at 8 p.m. on YouTube.

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Posted: Fri May 21 11:24 a.m. by Bob Needham Entertainment director, AnnArbor.com
Anticipating the "Lost" finale; My Dear Disco video; Simon talks to Oprah

From left, Emilie de Ravin, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway and Evangeline Lilly in "Lost." The series finale of "Lost" airs at 9 p.m. Sunday on ABC, and the hype machine is in overdrive. A story at ABC News (isn't synergy wonderful?) lays out some of the big questions going into ...

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Posted: Thu May 20 11:02 a.m. by Bob Needham Entertainment director, AnnArbor.com
Idol down to 2; BoarsHead closing; vlogging a Potter sequel; and more

Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze "American Idol" finally got down to the last two contestants last night, and MTV.com has a full report as the competition comes down to Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze. USAToday has some reaction from fans, and, in a separate post, notes that Bowersox will sing ...

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Posted: Sat May 15 1:48 a.m. by Jenn McKee Entertainment Journalist, AnnArbor.com

On Friday night, half an hour before the opening night performance of “A Very Potter Sequel” - the highly anticipated new show built on the blockbuster online success of last year’s “A Very Potter Musical” - a stand-by line with about 35 people stood in one hallway of U-M’s Walgreen ...

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