Happy 1st Anniversary "Rock of Ages"

Hey Rockers!

While the ACTUAL date of the 1st birthday of Broadway's "Rock of Ages" is today (Wednesday, April 7), the show is dark, so a bash was thrown last night at Tony's di Napoli for the cast, crew, producers and Brooks Atkinson staff to celebrate the anniversary with lots of good food, speeches, music, and a gorgeous cake. However the highlight was a video created by the producers, featuring the fans of the show (including a few famous ones!) talking about how the show touched their lives.

Here it is...


In addition, the show's star, Constantine Maroulis was added to Tony di Napoli's Wall of fame with a portrait unveiling, hosted by restaurant manager Bruce Dipflmaier and Wall of Fame producer Valerie Smaldone. Here's a list of links to terrific photo and video coverage of the portrait's unveiling (we'll update the links as more sites post their coverage):

BroadwayWorld
Broadway.com
Corine's Corner
TheaterMania


Congratulations to Constantine on the portrait and the "Rock of Ages" company on celebrating their first of hopefully many years of rocking hearts and melting faces all over the world!

Rock on,

Miss Lizzy

Rock of Ages Star Constantine Maroulis' Portrait Unveiling at Sardi's

Hey, Rockers!

On a gorgeous, sunny, cool and breezy March afternoon in New York City, at the legendary Sardi's Restaurant, "Rock of Ages" star Constantine Maroulis was honored with a caricature portrait to hang in the restaurant's gallery of Broadway luminaries.

Along with current and past members of the "Rock of Ages" cast, family, and friends, veteran rocker (and Sopranos star) Steven Van Zandt also attended the event.

First, the big reveal...



Then...the man of the hour sat down to sign his portrait...



And finally, a shout out to all of us here on The Cry of the Strip!



For you still-photo fans, here are a few pics capturing the event:

Costantine and some of his "Rock of Ages" castmates

Constantine with his very proud sister Anastasia and mother Constance

Special guests Steven and Maureen Van Zandt with Constantine

Constantine and his portrait

And soon to grace the walls of Sardi's...

Congratulations, Constantine...and ROCK ON!

Miss Lizzy