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Hugh Jackman, the Academy Award nominated and Tony, GRAMMY and Golden Globe winning performer, just began performances in From New York With Love at Radio City Music Hall. Let's see what the critics are saying about the new show...Sunday, January 26, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
The School of Drama at UNCSA has announced a $1 million gift from acclaimed actor and two-time Tony Award-winning director of stage and screen Joe Mantello, a graduate of the school’s class of ’84.Sunday, January 26, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
Previews have just begun for Redwood on Broadway and Idina Menzel is excited for New York audiences to see the new musical. She explains more in a recent interview with Tracy Smith and you can watch the full video here.Sunday, January 26, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
Starring Jodi Benson as Mama Rose, OFC Creations will soon present the Gypsy, A Musical Fable. Delaney Benson, Jodi's daughter, will star alongside her as Rose's daughter, Louise. Check out photos from inside rehearsals here!Sunday, January 26, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
U Guys, in this episode I am joined by Maiga Vidal and Linedy Genao (Broadway’s On Your Feet!, Bad Cinderella) to discuss their new musical, Cafe Con Leche. They explore the origins of the show, the importance of cultural representation...Sunday, January 26, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
BroadwayWorld has learned that Evita, which will play the London Palladium this summer, and for which Ariana DeBose is in talks to star, might be headed to Broadway following its London run.Sunday, January 26, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
Timothee Chalamet served as host and musical guest of Saturday Night Live on January 25th, bringing his performance as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown to the SNL stage in a new way.Sunday, January 26, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday . This week, Paige returns with a second "Over to You" episode. Listeners take the wheel...Sunday, January 26, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared on SNL on January 25th, reprising his role as Alexander Hamilton in the show's cold open. Watch his appearance in the video here!Saturday, January 25, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical , starring Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart as the show's title trumpeter and gravel-voiced singer, will play its final Broadway performance at Studio 54 on February...Saturday, January 25, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, February 23, 2025. At the time of closing, the production will have played 151 performances, including 31 previews.Saturday, January 25, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
Jennifer Lopez has released a new look at Kiss of the Spider Woman on her Instagram account. The upcoming movie musical, based on the Broadway show of the same name, is making its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in Park...Saturday, January 25, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
On Thursday, January 23, Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang revealed the 97th Oscars nominations in all 23 Academy Award categories. Watch Jon M. Chu react to Wicked's 10 Academy Award nominations in the video here!Saturday, January 25, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
During a Variety Studio presented by Audible at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, Ronan Farrow revealed that he 'gently nudged' his mother to return to acting, which led her to star in The Roommate on Broadway opposite Patti LuPone.Saturday, January 25, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
Watch Hailey Kilgore celebrate her return to Broadway in Hadestown by singing 'Wait for Me (Reprise)' with a glass of champagne in hand in the video here!Saturday, January 25, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
Ryan Reynolds made a guest appearance last night at Hugh Jackman's Radio City Music Hall concert series to host a mid-show audience Q&A. Watch the Deadpool star's appearance in the video here!Saturday, January 25, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
On a recent episode of the Graham Norton Show, Will Ferrel revealed that he is adapting his film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga for the stage. Learn more about what he said here!Saturday, January 25, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
The Saturday, January 25th 2pm matinee of THE OUTSIDERS has been cancelled due to a Con Edison power outrage. Learn more about the show's upcoming schedule here.Saturday, January 25, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
Watch Nick Fradiani and the company of the national tour of A Beautiful Noise wish Neil Diamond a happy birthday in the video here! A Beautiful Noise is now playing in theatres across America.Saturday, January 25, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
The cast of Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends met the press this week! Check out photos of the show's stars, two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters and Tony Award winner Lea Salonga, and more!Friday, January 24, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
Comedy fans, get ready to laugh out loud! New York is gearing up for an exciting lineup of comedy events in 2025, featuring some of the biggest names in stand-up, improv, and sketch comedy. Whether you're a fan of sharp one-liners,...Friday, January 24, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
On Friday, Harry Connick Jr. stopped by TODAY's Studio 1A to talk about how he’s bringing his acclaimed Broadway production Harry Connick Jr.: A Celebration of Cole Porter back to the stage at the Metropolitan Opera. Watch the interview!Friday, January 24, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play English, directed by Knud Adams, is officially open on Broadway at The Todd Haimes Theatre. Check out photos from the red carpet here! Friday, January 24, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
Watch a video from inside the first rehearsal for Smash on Broadway! Step inside the rehearsal room with Krysta Rodriguez, Robyn Hurder, Brooks Ashmanskas, Marc Shaiman, Caroline Bowman and more.Friday, January 24, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
It's been a busy week on (and off) Broadway! 2025 has officially arrived and the second half of the 2024-25 Broadway season is about to begin. Catch up on all the latest from the week ending January 24, 2025 with videos from English, Oh,...Friday, January 24, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” continues its reign at the top of the global box office, and now, the entire sequence featuring the villain song “Bye Bye” is viewable on DisneyMusic VEVO and YouTube. Friday, January 24, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama English celebrated its Broadway opening at Roundabout Theatre Company's Todd Haimes Theatre on January 23. The evening marked the official Broadway debuts of its five...Friday, January 24, 2025 from BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content
Watch Wicked's next Elphaba, Lencia Kebede, sing 'Defying Gravity' in an emotional video. On March 4, she will make history as the first Black actress to assume the role of Elphaba full time in the Broadway company.Friday, January 24, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
In the new revival of Gypsy , Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita plays demure stripper Tessie Tura, who utters the immortal couplet: “You gotta get a gimmick if you wanna get applause.” Now the veteran...Friday, January 24, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
Sanaz Toossi's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, English , opened on January 23 at Roundabout's Todd Haimes Theatre. The show stars Tala Ashe , Ava Lalezarzadeh , Pooya Mohseni , Marjan Neshat...Friday, January 24, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
The Great Gatsby , the Jazz Age musical now running at the Broadway Theatre, will head out on a North American tour in 2026. The touring production will open on January 31, 2026 at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre, running at the venue...Friday, January 24, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
Casting is complete for Stranger Things: The First Shadow . The theatrical prequel to the Netflix science fiction-horror series will begin performances at Broadway's Marquis Theatre on March 28 with an official opening...Friday, January 24, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
Redwood , the new Broadway musical, starring Tony Award winner Idina Menzel , about a woman discovering a life among the trees, begins performances at the Nederlander Theatre on January 24 ahead of a February 13 opening. Menzel is joined...Thursday, January 23, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
Dead Outlaw , the twisted, toe-tapping musical about an ill-fated bandit, is now on sale. The show, which features music and lyrics by Tony winner David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, a book by Tony winner Itamar Moses and direction...Thursday, January 23, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
Trisha Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream, the YouTube star's one-night-only performance at the St. James Theatre, has its complete cast, creative team and lineup of special guests. The show, set for February 3, will be...Thursday, January 23, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
Alaska Thunderf*ck will return to the role of Kitty Galloway in Drag: The Musical . She takes over for JIMBO the drag clown, who stepped into the role on January 13 and whose final performance is February 7. Alaska returns...Thursday, January 23, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
Real Women Have Curves: The Musical has named additional cast members joining previously announced stars Tatianna Córdoba and Justina Machado , set to play Ana Garcia and her mother Carmen...Thursday, January 23, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
The nominations for the 97th Academy Awards were announced on January 23 by Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott, with a number of artists familiar to Broadway audiences receiving nods. Wicked is in the running for Best Picture—despite...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
The nominees have been announced for the 2025 Glaad Media Awards, recognizing fair, accurate and inclusive representation of the LGBTQ community across television, film, Broadway, music and podcasts. The Outstanding Broadway Production...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
Justin Cooley will reprise his Tony-nominated performance as teenage anagram savant Seth Weetis in the national tour of Kimberly Akimbo. He plays his first performance on February 7 in Las Vegas, NV, with Miguel Gil returning...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
The Drama League has announced the 2025 Special Recognition Honorees of the 91st Annual Drama League Awards. The honorees will be celebrated for their outstanding lifetime contributions to the theater industry and to popular culture....Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical tells the story of its title jazz legend (played at Broadway's Studio 54 by James Monroe Iglehart ), but it's the women around him who make his story worth telling. ...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Latest Broadway Buzz
Broadway’s Wicked is set to welcome a new Elphaba and Glinda this spring. Lencia Kebede will play Elphaba, while Allie Trimm takes on the role of Glinda. They take over the roles from Mary Kate Morrissey and Alexandra Socha ,...Danny Burstein on Going Toe to Toe with Audra McDonald in Gypsy and Honoring His Late Wife Backstage
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When Danny Burstein ’s casting as Momma Rose’s loyal lover Herbie in Gypsy was announced, social media exploded with celebratory posts and comments. After more than three decades on Broadway, a Tony Award for Moulin Rouge!...Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Broadway.com - Latest Buzz
Joel Paley, best known as the book writer, lyricist and director of the hit off-Broadway musical Ruthless!, died on January 11 in Milford, Connecticut. According to the New York Times, his sister Barbara Paley Cohen confirmed his...Tuesday, August 27, 2024 from The Broadway Musical Blog - Musical theater news and gossip from the Great White Way
There are less movie musicals being greenlit nowadays, and the ones that are hope to reinvigorate a genre that was once the highest-grossing in Hollywood. That could certainly be happening this Thanksgiving with the arrival of a certain...Saturday, July 20, 2024 from Playbill News
Ali Louis Bourzgui, Alison Luff, and Adam Jacobs lead the reimagined revival of the 1993 musical and 1969 album.Saturday, July 20, 2024 from Playbill News
Tony winner Kenny Leon directs the revival of the Samm-Art Williams play.Friday, July 19, 2024 from Playbill News
The stage favorite will take us behind the scenes of Classical Theatre of Harlem's A Midsummer Night's Dream .Friday, July 19, 2024 from Playbill News
Richard Maltby, Jr. directs the production at New Hampshire's Weathervane.