In Theaters Now

I was in the recording sessions for the film soundtracks of two movies in theaters now, The Intern and The Walk. Don't miss out, go watch and listen for my violin! 

The Intern - starring Anne Hathaway and Robert De Niro

► Download APP (iOS): http://goo.gl/EyzIaF ► Download APP (Android): http://goo.gl/AOLpgm ► Click to Subscribe: http://goo.gl/8WxGeD Robert De Niro stars as Ben Whittaker, a 70-year-old widower who has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin (Hathaway).

The Walk - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Guillaume Baillargeon

This is a true story and unlike anything you've seen before. Experience the first step of the impossible dream in IMAX. Release Date: October 2, 2015 Official Links: http://www.thewalkmovie.com/ www.facebook.com/TheWalkMovie Subscribe to Sony Pictures for exclusive content: http://bit.ly/SonyPicsSubscribe Synopsis: The Walk is the true story of a young dreamer, Philippe Petit, and a band of unlikely recruits who together achieve the impossible: an illegal wire walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.

Video: NY Theater Music Festival

In July I performed in a one-night-only concert celebrating the Pultizer and Tony-winning Next to Normal.  I originated the violin role for this magnificent musical and this concert combined Tom Kitt, the composer, on piano with cast and band members from all the past productions of the show. Here's a video from that performance.

http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/video The New York Musical Theatre Festival presented Tom Kitt and Friends, a one-night-only concert celebrating the Pultizer and Tony-winning Next to Normal which originated at NYMF as Feeling Electric.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival presented Tom Kitt and Friends, a one-night-only concert celebrating the Pultizer and Tony-winning Next to Normal which originated at NYMF as Feeling Electric. On hand were Alice Ripley, Jennifer Damiano and Louis Hobson from the Broadway cast, Amy Spanger, Joe Cassidy, (both from the 2005 Feeling Electric cast), Ben Schrader (the 2002 workshop cast) and more who sang iconic tunes like "Superboy and the Invisible Girl" and "I Miss the Mountains" as well as cut songs like "Blue Skies and Sunshine" and "Growing Up Unstable." The band featured Christian Hebel (violin), Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf (cello), Brian Hamm (bass), Trey Files (drums), Eric B. Davis (guitar) and Kitt himself on piano. 

Broadway Style Guide: 18 Top Looks From Spring Awakening Opening Night.

Excited to be included in the top style picks for Opening Night by Broadway Style Guide. Check it out. 

18 Top Looks From Spring Awakening Opening Night

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Spring Awakening Opening Night September 28, 2015

Red carpet appearance along with my dear friends Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos at the opening night of Spring Awakening on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York CIty.

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Spring Awakening on Broadway

I was so honored to be part of the Deaf West Theater’s production of SPRING AWAKENING in Los Angeles, which floored the critics when it premiered in California. Now this brilliant production is coming to Broadway in New York!  I am on the creative team as Music Coordinator and will also be playing violin on stage in the show every night. 

Deaf West’s innovative new production takes this already revolutionary musical to electrifying new heights by choreographing sign language into the production, intensifying the rift between the lost and longing teenagers and the adults who refuse to hear them. Directed by Michael Arden, Deaf West’s SPRING AWAKENING is full of knockout performances, explosive music and soul-stirring emotion, but it’s only on Broadway through January 9.

You don't want to miss this limited 18 weeks Broadway run of this spectacular show. Opening night for previews is on September 8, 2015 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.  Opening night is on September 27, 2015. For more information, visit www.springawakeningthemusical.com.

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Christian Hebel at NY Theater Music Festival

I am looking forward to playing violin for Next to Normal during the New York Musical Theater Festival. For one night only, the show will take place at PTC Performance Space (555 W. 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036) on Monday, July 13 at 8:00 pm. 

Broadway's Next To Normal, which won the Pulitzer in 2009, originated in 2005 at NYMF as Feeling Electric which I was a part of. I had the honor of  originating the violin music in both Feeling Electric and Next to Normal. 

Tickets are available now at www.nymf.org/tickets.

For more information, go to www.nymf.org

Strolling in Paris

Spring Awakening Opening Night - May 28, 2015

I  am so proud of this production. We have opening night tonight of Spring Awakening. This cast, these musicians, the crew, this creative team, are a special bunch and each so extremely talented. It is a privilege to share the stage with them every night and be creative with one another. I have been very lucky to be a part of some very brilliant pieces of theater from the very beginning stages such as The Last Five Years, A Light in the Piazza, Wicked, Next To Normal. Even though this is a revival, it is being done in an entirely new and beautiful way. I am confident you will be hearing more about this production. It is something special. ‪

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The show runs till June 7, 2015.  Don't miss out on this special show! Tickets are still available, click here for information. 

Barely Lethal Movie Opens this Friday!

Guess who has a cameo in the movie Barely Lethal? Yes, I am in the movie! 

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Barely Lethal is about a teenage special ops agent yearning for a "normal" adolescence fakes her own death and enrolls as an exchange student in a typical American high school. She quickly learns that surviving the treacherous waters of being a teenager can be more difficult than international espionage.

The movie premiered on May 27, 2015 in Los Angeles, and  opens in theaters on Friday, May 29. Go check it out and find out what role I played in the movie.

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Christian Hebel and Rachael Harris at premiere of Barely Lethal movie

Christian Hebel joins George Benson Tour 2015

I am excited to announce that I will be performing with George Benson, a ten-time Grammy Award-winning musician, guitarist and singer-songwriter, on the following dates during his 2015 Tour in France. 

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July 3, 2015 - L'Olympia - Paris, France

July 4, 2015 - La Défense Jazz Festival - Paris, France

July 7, 2015 - Théâtre Antique, Vienne, France

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Stay tuned for additional tour dates.

For more information, visit  - georgebenson.com

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Rachael Harris Elopes with Christian Hebel – with Neil Patrick Harris as Their Witness!

“Musician Christian Hebel’s proposal to actress Rachael Harris was perfectly romantic.

He popped the question in Capri, Italy, after the couple attended the wedding of pals Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka.

About eight months later, they said “I do” in a more low-key – but every bit as special – way, eloping with a small ceremony at New York’s City Hall, their rep tells PEOPLE.

Harris, Burtka and Kelly Ripa served as witnesses. After exchanging vows, the newlyweds took the subway for lunch at Gramercy Tavern.

”It was a beautiful, sunny spring day!” the rep says. ”

— People Magazine (click "source" above for link to article)

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Photos by Laura Boyd 

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jay Scheib and Christian Hebel: Artistic Directors for 2015 YoungArts New York Week.

Christian is honored to be Artistic Director along with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Jay Scheib for 2015 YoungArts Week. 

For tickets and information about Young Arts NYC, click here

Christian Hebel in Spring Awakening 2015 Los Angeles

Christian Hebel will be performing onstage in  the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening for a limited 22-performance engagement Thursday, May 21 to Sunday, June 7, 2015 (press opening May 28) in the Bram Goldsmith Theater at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles. 

Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater/Music by Duncan Sheik/ Directed by Michael Arden

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Based on Frank Wedekind’s controversial 1891 expressionist play and featuring an electrifying score, Spring Awakening follows the lives of a group of adolescents as they navigate their journey from adolescence to adulthood in a fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll. Deaf West Theatre’s innovative new production of the Tony Award-winning musical - performed simultaneously in American Sign Language and spoken English by a cast of 25 - was heralded as an “emotional triumph” by the Los Angeles Times and enjoyed a sold-out engagement at downtown L.A.'s Rosenthal Theatre in the fall of 2014.

Tickets are now on sale.  Tickets are $19 - $99 and are available at www.thewallis.org or by calling 310-746-4000 or in person at The Wallis Ticket Services located at 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Don't miss this performance!  Show has been extended till June 14, 2015! Get your tickets now!

Kelly Clarkson's Album: Piece by Piece

I was so happy to have played on Kelly Clarkson's latest album Piece by Piece. This brand new studio album was released on March 3, 2015. The week ending March 8, it was the No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart and No. 1 on top album sales chart. Check it out. 

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Track list:

1. “Heartbeat Song”

2. “Invincible”

3. “Someone”

4. “Take You High”

5. “Piece By Piece”

6. “Run Run Run” featuring John Legend

7. “I Had a Dream”

8. “Let Your Tears Fall”

9. “Tightrope”

10. “War Paint”

11. “Dance With Me”

12. “Nostalgic”

13. “Good Goes the Bye”

Christian Hebel attends YoungArts Backyard Ball

After teaching a MasterClass, I attended the YoungArts Backyard Ball on January 10, 2015. It was the culmination of National YoungArts Week, celebrating the nation’s most talented emerging artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts. 

During the evening, three prominent awardees were recognized for their invaluable commitment to the arts:

• Jeff Koons; renowned visual artist 
• Josh Groban; Grammy-nominated recording artist, YoungArts Master Teacher and 1999 YoungArts Winner in Theater
• Chris Young: Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and 2003 YoungArts Winner and U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts, 

Christian Hebel with Josh Groban YoungArts Backyard Ball January 10, 2015 Miami, FL. Photo from Contact Music. 

The evening was emceed by YoungArts Alumna and Master Teacher, actress Zuzanna Szadkowksi and included a post-dinner performance directed by renowned Tony Award-winner, dancer, choreographer and YoungArts Artistic Advisor, Bill T. Jones. The performance featured YoungArts Alumni in music, voice, theater and dance from around the nation.

For more information on YoungArts, visit their website, www.youngarts.org