This week, Seth Rudetsky recaps Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' Red Bucket Follies, where Betty Buckley made an appearance and sang “Memory.”.

Casting has been announced for Follies in Concert at Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Rachel Bay Jones will star as Sally Durant Plummer, Stephanie J. Block will star as Phyllis Rogers Stone, Derrick Baskin wil…

Powerhouse vocal performances, stirring dances and community joy swelled inside Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre at this year’s Red Bucket Follies. The heartwarming annual variety show, performed December 9…

The Broadway and touring productions of “Wicked” were the industry’s top fundraisers.

Powerhouse vocal performances, stirring dances and community joy swelled inside Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre at this year’s Red Bucket Follies. See photos!

Broadway stars and productions will come together next week for Red Bucket Follies, a performance celebrating six weeks of in-theater fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Millennial Notes Dacia Maraini Seduces with Longings for Romantic Rapture by Corey Finnegan There’s a reason we call it “falling” in love. Not “rising” or “expanding” or “resetting.” Anyone wh…

The post Theatre Royalty unites for Victorian Opera’s FOLLIES appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Victorian Opera stages an all-star cast production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s Tony-Award-winning musical, Follies, in Australia’s first fully

★★★★ [TITLE OF SHOW], SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE Two decades on, this meta-musical retains its charm Revival of New York show lifts the spirits Not just a backstage musical, a backroom musical! In the 70s, F…

Throughout the holiday season, the Museum of Broadway is celebrating 30 years of Disney on Broadway with Disney on Broadway: 30 Years of Magic. The exhibit features the costumes of beloved stage characters incl…

In celebration of Fanny Brice’s birthday, we inaugurate this new finding aid to help you navigate posts related to the great star of stage, screen, and radio. We hope you find it useful! My Main Fanny Brice P…

The nonprofit’s annual fall fundraising has begun.

Halloween Parody tradition - some theater ghosts   The ghost of Henry Miller first gripes about his theatre being re-named for Sondheim, then comes to like the idea "Losing My Sign" - parody of "Losing My Min…

The incredibly photogenic Lee Remick (1935–91).October 24, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today by Ron Fassler In 1982, when John Pielmeier’s Agnes of God was trying out in Boston, the top billing went to Lee…

Richard Mulligan with his two leading ladies: Valerie Harper and Marlo Thomas in “Thieves” (1974).October 16, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. For those with a sense of theatre history an…

"Act I: No curtain. No scenery. The audience, arriving, sees an empty stage in half-light." Thornton Wilder (Photo: New York Public Library) Audiences accustomed to the realism of Clifford Odetts or the sp…

The post Sondheim’s Follies to open Victorian Opera’s 2025 Season appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

Burstein in Gypsy, Buena Vista By: David Sheward September 19, 2024: Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle winner Danny Burstein (Moulin Rouge, Fiddler on the Roof, Follies) will star as Herbie alongsi…

Tony Award winner Danny Burstein has joined six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald in the upcoming revival of Gypsy in the role of the mild-mannered former talent agent Herbie. Performances will begin N…

You’re aware of one great book about a 1971 Broadway musical production, but do you know another? For years, we’ve all celebrated Ted Chapin’s magnificent Everything Was Possible, about the gestation of F…

Watch a video of The Notebook stars Ryan Vasquez and Joy Woods sing a new version of 'Losing My Mind' from Follies at MCC MISCAST24! This year's event was held on Monday, April 15 at the Hammerstein Ballroom a…

Ryan Vasquez & Joy Woods perform Losing My Mind from FOLLIES at MCC Theater's MISCAST24. MCC Theater’s annual MISCAST gala is a one-night-only musical spectacular featuring Broadway’s hottest stars perform…

On this day in 2011, the Kennedy Center revival of Follies opened on Broadway starring Bernadette Peters, Danny Burstein, Jan Maxswell, Elaine Paige, and more. Watch footage from the critically-acclaimed produc…

It’s been a lazy summer.  Only a few shows have opened. I took no trips. No out-of-town guests came to visit. My husband K and I just spent most of our time lolling around on our terrace and occasionally goi…

I think we can go ahead and call my old friends of The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus a New York institution by now. Among their many programs and activities (their Open Stage Variety Show, the Flatbed Follies, the …

A show unlike any other produced by Paper Mill Playhouse, this special concert features 122 talented young performers, including Rising Star Award winners and nominees. The 2024 New Voices Concert showcases che…

 5 Best Musicals That Need Their First Revival Believe it or not, this edition of F5 was actually brought about by the announcement of yet another revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, which feels like it comes aro…

5 Pop-Rock Albums That Deserve the Illinoise Treatment Over the past several seasons, Broadway has seen some innovative new musicals created from some classic pop-rock albums. Legendary on their own, each …

Jennifer Holliday, Carolee Carmello, Norm Lewis, and more Broadway A-listers brought this musical favorite to Carnegie Hall June 20.

The Transport Group's Follies in Concert had all the makings of a magical evening, but for many of us, the magic was intermittent at best. For a fascinating, multifaceted discussion of the evening, I suggest t…

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere review Follies in Concert @ Carnegie Hall, Cats: The Jellicle Ball @ PAC NYC, American Popular Song Society’s Tribute to Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shi…

Review of the Saturday, June 22, 2024 matinee performance at New York City Center in New York City. A presentation of the Encores! series. Starring Ashley Blanchet, Adam Chanler-Berat, Chuck Cooper, Eddie Coope…

As the most devoted fans of musicals will tell you, the best way to appreciate a musical is probably to listen to its cast album (click here to check out my BroadwayRadio colleague Michael Portantiere’s site…

See photos of Norm Lewis, Kate Baldwin and more performing Follies in concert at Carnegie Hall!

A repurposed logo of David Byrd’s original poster for “Follies” for the one-night only concert at Carnegie Hall, June 20, 2024.June 21, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. Last evening, J…

Jennifer Holliday, Carolee Carmello, and Norm Lewis are among those set to perform the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical for Transport Group.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Paper Mill Playhouse will open its 2011-2012 season with the premiere of a new Disney stage musical, Newsies. Featuring music by eight time Academy Award®-winning composer Alan Me…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: One of the greatest film and stage stars of all time, Ann Miller, returned to the theatre as Carlotta in the now famous Paper Mill Playhouse production of the Stephen Sondheim- Jam…

Suave, sensual and elegant, The Batette Follies of 1939  is the newest show from Australian film, TV, theatre, and publishing maverick, Russall S. Beattie—the visionary who brought us The Empire Strips Back.…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Producers Martin Platt and David Elliott with Mary Cossette, Jamie deRoy, Riki Kane Larimer, Richard Winkler, and Mike Blank, present the New York premiere of Georgie: My Ad…

Several additional performers have joined the sold-out, one-night-only performance of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies at Carnegie Hall. The concert, part of Transport Group’s Anne L. Bernstein …

The Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical is playing Carnegie Hall June 20.

The complete cast has now been announced for Transport Group's concert production of Follies. The sold-out event will play one night only—Thursday, June 20, at 8:00 p.m. at Carnegie Hall.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Drury Lane Productions and Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso (Broadway's Spring Awakening, Rock of Ages) present the pre-Broadway production of Beaches, A New Musical, based on the beloved…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: ELMER GANTRY is a musical version of Sinclair Lewis' best-selling novel, directed by Signature's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer (Broadway's Follies, Million Dollar Quartet). Scha…

Gyllenhaal hosted the final episode of the show's season, with musical guest (and Mean Girls alum) Sabrina Carpenter.

Watch Jake Gyllenhaal sing parodies of Boyz II Men and FOLLIES as host of the final episode of SNL's 49th season!

Fabulous Finds from Broadway Babe feature Alan Menken, Sammy Davis, Jr., Marilyn Maye & Harry Connick, Jr. May 8, 2024:  Broadway Babe, Randie Levine-Miller has come up with a plethora of riches: A not …

Catherine Zeta Jones in "A Little Night Music." (Photo by Joan Marcus) I'm not sure any Stephen Sondheim show is really underrated anymore—there are passionate partisans for every one, from Anyone Can Whist…

2024’s New York City Fringe has come to an end, eighteen nights of shows enjoyable, waspish, querying, high-caliber, and searching (on occasion, all things all at once). I had the privilege of attending eight…

‘Cabaret’ Revival Opens on Broadway, Final Week of Broadway Season, Star-Studded ‘Follies’ Concert “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of…

Tickets are now on sale to see Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin, Hamilton, Spamalot) in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical.With book by Aurin Squire, the show features songs mad…

A huge, all-star cast will perform the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical Follies for one night only at Carnegie Hall. The concert, part of Transport Group’s Anne L. Bernstein Concert Series, will take pl…

Follies, featuring an all-star cast of Tony Award winners and nominees, will be the tenth presentation in the company’s Anne L. Bernstein Concert Series. The performance will play for one night only

Jennifer Holliday, Norbert Leo Butz, and Donna Murphy are among those set to perform the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical for Transport Group.

Follies, featuring an all-star cast of Tony Award winners and nominees, will be the tenth presentation in the Transport Group's Anne L. Bernstein Concert Series—for one night only—at Carnegie Hall. Learn ho…

Multi-Olivier and BAFTA Award-winning Imelda Staunton is back where she belongs in Hello, Dolly! Coming to The London Palladium for a limited summer season, this brand-new production re-unites Imelda with dire…

★★★★☆ Suzan-Lori Parks melds the Thomas Jefferson/Sally Hemings mystery with the struggle for freedom in our own day The post Sally & Tom: Follies of a Founding Father appeared first on New York S…

Today is the birthday of the great showman Flo Ziegfeld — seemed like the proper time to let you know about The Ziegfeld Girls Revue, playing at the The Green Room 42 (and livestreaming) on April 13. Presente…

Staunton reunites with Follies director Dominic Cooke to bring ‘old musical to a new audience’ at the Palladium in July After a four-year delay caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Imelda Staunton is finally ta…

Only recently did I conclude that I was a fan of director Edmund Goulding (1891-1959), having passed that crucial moment when I was realized that several movies I like had a key artist in common. I’ve done tw…

Created by famed Australian film, TV, theatre, and publishing maverick, Russall S. Beattie—the visionary who brought us The Empire Strips Back—is a new show The Gotham Follies of 1939. This sexy show is …

Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School's Department of Theatre Arts show off their custom built Playbills for their production of The Will Rogers Follies. Build your own Playbill at https://www.playbillder.co…

Most of our Broadway favorites have careers beyond the stage; others come to Broadway from TV and/or film. In any case, if we look around enough, they seem to be everywhere. Broadway Games: Where Haven't We Se…

David James Robinson will direct the 45-member company of the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman classic.

While “Pride” has come to stand for Gay Liberation in contemporary times, Beatrice has named her house after Jane Austen’s novel as it is made clear when she names her new guesthouse “Prejudice” at th…

Review of the Sunday matinee performance on January 7, 2024 at the Barrymore Theatre in New York City. Starring Chip Zien, Sierra Boggess, Julie Benko, Sean Bell, Danny Kornfeld, Zal Owen, Eric Peters, Bruce La…

Plus, who hosts the New Year's Day brunch of every Broadway lover's dreams and where you can see Seth live next!

2014 Revival of “On the Town” with Clyde Alves, Tony Yazbeck and Jay Armstrong Johnson in the front line.December 30, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler This week’s two previous On the To…

Plus, footage from this year's Red Bucket Follies, including Sierra Boggess paying tribute to Phantom of the Opera.

Tune in every day this month as we share holiday music videos from our favorite Broadway stars, as well as a few new original videos.

Watch highlights from the Red Bucket Follies in an all new video! The variety show, which took place December 4 and 5, honored the 46 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies that participated in f…

After a four-year hiatus, the star-studded variety show, produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares, returned to Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre.

An exultant and effervescent Red Bucket Follies returned after a four-year, pandemic-induced hiatus to celebrate six weeks of enthusiastic and dedicated fundraising. The star-studded variety show, performed Dec…

In his new book Poster Child, artist David Edward Byrd shares how he created the iconic posters for the original productions of Follies, Godspell, Little Shop of Horrors, and many others.

https://www.playbill.com/article/red-bucket-follies-return-raises-over-4-5-million-for-broadway-cares. 1) Jennifer Lopez Attached to 'Kiss of the ...