Hailey Kilgore is accustomed to building a home among the gods. Since January, she’s been cavorting with Greek deities as Hadestown’s Eurydice—her first time back on Broadway since praying to the Vodou-i…

Maybe Happy Ending: A new musical reminding us that love is never obsolete. Emmy® and Golden Globe Award® winner Darren Criss (Little Shop of Horrors) returns to Broadway alongside Helen J Shen in the new r…

It's April on Broadway, which means there's something new to see every night of the week! Stay in the know with the latest episode of The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal.  Hailey Kilgore plays her final perf…

Maybe Happy Ending: A new musical reminding us that love is never obsolete. Emmy® and Golden Globe Award® winner Darren Criss (Little Shop of Horrors) returns to Broadway alongside Helen J Shen in the new r…

Maybe Happy Ending: A new musical reminding us that love is never obsolete. Emmy® and Golden Globe Award® winner Darren Criss (Little Shop of Horrors) returns to Broadway alongside Helen J Shen in the new r…

Maybe Happy Ending: A new musical reminding us that love is never obsolete. Emmy® and Golden Globe Award® winner Darren Criss (Little Shop of Horrors) returns to Broadway alongside Helen J Shen in the new r…

Maybe Happy Ending: A new musical reminding us that love is never obsolete. Emmy® and Golden Globe Award® winner Darren Criss (Little Shop of Horrors) returns to Broadway alongside Helen J Shen in the new r…

Maybe Happy Ending: A new musical reminding us that love is never obsolete. Emmy® and Golden Globe Award® winner Darren Criss (Little Shop of Horrors) returns to Broadway alongside Helen J Shen in the new r…

LYRICS SO HERE WE ARE, IN SOME MOTEL, TRYING TO DO WHAT NEITHER OF US DOES WELL: WE HAVE TO NOT BE ALONE. I’M CRINGING LESS, I’M LAUGHING MORE, AS I FORGET THE STRANGER YOU WERE BEFORE. WE'RE SLOWLY GETTING…

The Tony winner will offer songs from Shucked, Once on This Island, and more.

LYRICS WHEN YOU’RE IN LOVE YOU ARE THE LONELIEST YOU’RE ONLY HALF WHEN ONE IS WHAT YOU WERE YOU’RE PART INSTEAD OF WHOLE WHEN YOU’RE IN LOVE YOU ARE THE LONELIEST SITTING BY YOUR SIDE AS THE DAY DRIFTS…

LYRICS HI, TINY FRIEND, CAN YOU SAY HELLO? TELL ME WHY, TINY FRIEND, DOES YOUR TUMMY GLOW? DO YOU FLY JUST FOR FUN? OR TO GET SOMEWHERE BY THE DAWN? NEVER FLY AWAY, LITTLE ROBOT. DON’T YOU WANNA STAY, LITTLE …

LYRICS TODAY THE AIR IN SEOUL IS VERY CLEAR AND WARM. TODAY THE SMILES TOO ARE WARMER THAN THE NORM. THOUGH THE CHANGE IS NOT PROFOUND, THERE’S A SPECIALNESS GOING AROUND – LET’S ENJOY THE DAY! A FRIENDL…

LYRICS WE’RE GETTING CLOSER! I SMELL THE SALT IN THE AIR! WILL HE BE WOUNDED? AND IS IT MY JOB TO CARE? HERE WE GO... JEJU’S ALMOST IN VIEW! BUT WHAT ELSE CAN I DO? EXCEPT FOR HITTING THE ROAD! AND NO …

LYRICS I THINK WE’RE READY. I’M FEELING NOT AT ALL SCARED. I’VE GOT THE CHARGER. I’VE GOT THE PLAYLIST PREPARED. AND I KNOW – NOW THERE’S NO TURNING BACK HOW MUCH SHIT DID YOU PACK? WE’RE F…

LYRICS DIG OUT MY SUITCASE BRUSH OFF THE LAYER OF DUST PACK UP MY LIFE HERE AND THEN IT’S JEJU OR BUST HERE I GO! TIME TO GIVE IT A SHOT HOPE THE CAR FITS A LOT ‘CAUSE NOW I’M HITTING THE ROAD MY BO…

LYRICS GOODBYE, MY ROOM. I‘LL MISS EVERY PART OF YOU. YOUR CONCRETE AND WOOD; THE FADED PATCH OF CARPET WHERE I STOOD. BRIGHT BUSY MORNINGS AND LONG AFTERNOONS IN YOUR WARM EMBRACE. NO MERE “PLACE” – Y…

Jordan Fisher sings “Waiting For Life” from Once on this Island at Maestra Amplify 2025. Filmed by @bwaySHO See you at the SHO! #jordanfisher #onceonthisisland

LYRICS WHY, LOVE? WHY DID WE BOTHER TO TRY LOVE? WHY DID WE FOOLISHLY STOP TO SAY HELLO INSTEAD OF GOING OUR WAY? BUT YOUR HEART WAS FREE, AND MINE WAS ON MY SLEEVE. WERE WE BRAVE, OR WERE WE JUST NAÏVE? SO …

LYRICS LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA SITTING BY YOUR SIDE AS THE DAY DRIFTS BY SEEING HOW YOU FROWN WHEN YOU GET IMPATIENT HELPING YOU HOLD ON TO A MOMENT THAT MADE YOU HAPPY AH... Maybe Happy Ending: A new musi…

LYRICS TODAY THE AIR IN SEOUL IS VERY CLEAR AND WARM. TODAY THE SUNLIGHT TOO IS WARMER THAN THE NORM. AND IT SHINES ON EVERY SPOT WHERE CLAIRE WAS, BUT WHERE NOW CLAIRE IS NOT... MY LITTLE ROOM – SHE CHANGED…

LYRICS THEY SAY WHEN YOU’RE LOVERS, YOU GOTTA TRY DANCING... SO LET’S GIVE IT A TRY! AND AFTER I’VE LEARNED NOT TO STEP ON YOUR TOE – THEN I CAN LET YOU GO. THEY SAY NOTHING’S BETTER THAN DOING NOTHI…

On Broadway, he was a part of the original casting teams for Once On This Island, Master Class, Marie Christine, and 33 Variations.

LYRICS I’M NOT A SENTIMENTAL PERSON THAT’S WHAT THEY ALWAYS TOLD ME DON’T NEED SOMEONE TO HOLD ME I’D RATHER STAND APART I’M NOT A SENTIMENTAL PERSON. IT’S NOT WHAT I’M DESIGNED FOR CAN’T SAY I…

LYRICS EVERYTHING MUST END EVENTUALLY. LIVING WITH PEOPLE HAS TAUGHT THIS TO ME. I WAS BRAND NEW AND NAÏVE LOOKING FOR WHAT TO BELIEVE IN WHEN I FIRST SAW THEM KISS I CHOSE TO BELIEVE IN THIS PICTURE HIS EYES …

LYRICS THE ENDING’S NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. BUT AS ENDINGS GO, OURS IS NOT SO BAD. NO TEARS, NO REGRET, NO BROKEN HEART AND SURE, NO MEMORIES OF WHAT WE HAD, BUT MAYBE LETTING GO AND MOVING ON BEFORE WE …

LYRICS IT’S THE WAY THAT IT ALWAYS WAS. YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW, YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW. THE BODY DOES WHAT IT ALWAYS DOES: THINGS’LL BREAK SOMEHOW, YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW. YOU KNOW YOU ONLY LAST SO LONG, YO…

LYRICS I FIND HIM IN HIS READING CHAIR. WHEN HE LOOKS UP AND SEES I'M THERE, HE STANDS IN WONDER. HE CHOKES UP AS HE SAYS MY NAME, EXPLAINING WHY HE NEVER CAME TO ME. I HUG HIM. I TELL HIM I'VE BEEN BUSY TOO, S…

LYRICS WHY, LOVE? WHY DID WE BOTHER TO TRY LOVE? WHY DID WE FOOLISHLY STOP TO SAY HELLO INSTEAD OF GOING OUR WAY? BUT YOUR HEART WAS FREE, AND MINE WAS ON MY SLEEVE. WERE WE BRAVE, OR WERE WE JUST NAÏVE? SO TE…

Maybe Happy Ending: A new musical reminding us that love is never obsolete. Emmy® and Golden Globe Award® winner Darren Criss (Little Shop of Horrors) returns to Broadway alongside Helen J Shen in the new r…

Miki joins the pod squadd to share their journey with Shucked, from its early days as The Hee Haw Musical to Broadway and beyond. They discuss the evolution of the production, the creative team's commitment to …

LYRICS WE WANTED TO KEEP THE WHOLE THING UNDER WRAPS. YOU MIGHT HAVE OBSERVED SOMETHING FISHY PERHAPS AND WONDERED WHAT IT MEANS... NOW WE’RE READY TO SPILL THE BEANS! I...LOVE....JENNY! AND IT’S TIME YOU K…

Maybe Happy Ending: A new musical reminding us that love is never obsolete. Emmy® and Golden Globe Award® winner Darren Criss (Little Shop of Horrors) returns to Broadway alongside Helen J Shen in the new r…

Maybe Happy Ending: A new musical reminding us that love is never obsolete. Emmy® and Golden Globe Award® winner Darren Criss (Little Shop of Horrors) returns to Broadway alongside Helen J Shen in the new r…

LYRICS NEW YORK SET THE PERFECT MOOD ON THE DAY WE MET. THE PATTER OF RAIN AND SOMEWHERE A JAZZ QUARTET. MY UMBRELLA COULD HANDLE TWO – I EVEN KEPT YOUR SHOULDER DRY. AND SINCE WE BOTH WERE SHY, WE BARELY SPO…

Tony Award nominee Daniel Breaker and Grammy Award nominee Merle Dandridge join the cast of Hadestown at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre on February 18. Known for originating roles on Broadway in Shrek: …

Hadestown welcomes a new Orpheus and Eurydice and welcomes back a former Hades on January 14. Tony nominee Hailey Kilgore takes over the role of Eurydice in the show, while Colombian-American actor Carlos Vald…

Tony Award nominee Daniel Breaker and Grammy Award nominee Merle Dandridge will join the cast of Hadestown on Broadway. The duo begin performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre on February 18, succeeding Lillias …

Tony Award winner Alex Newell will star in the one-night-only concert presentation of Little Shop of Horrors at the Catch One nightclub in Los Angeles on January 17, 2025. Newell will perform the role of Audrey…

Hadestown is about to welcome a new Orpheus and Eurydice—and welcome back a former Hades. Tony nominee Hailey Kilgore takes over the role of Eurydice in the show, while Colombian-American actor Carlos Valdes…

You could say Phillip Boykin, with his basso profundo and imposing stage presence, was born to play a mythological villain—and he wouldn't argue with you. "There are several roles that I think were written fo…

Opening in 1913 with the play, The Great Adventure, The Booth Theatre  was named for American actor Edwin Booth, not the other one. Interestingly enough, a revival of Our American Cousin did play there, but t…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the Tony Award winning Best Revival will close this Sunday, January 6, 2019. When it closes this production will have played 29 previews and …

Running June 27-July 3, Dreamgirls at the Muny featured Tiffany Mann (Be More Chill) as Effie Melody White, Aisha Jackson (Frozen) as Deena Jones, Courtnee Carter (Once on This Island) as Lorrell Robinson, Char…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Below, meet CMU alumni and 2018 Tony nominees Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer (Best Lighting Design of a Play for The Iceman Cometh and Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Onc…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: To celebrate the special day, Kids Night on Broadway Ambassadors Lea Salonga (Once on This Island), Ethan Slater (SpongeBob Squarepants), and Christy Altomare (Anastasia) joined B…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: How did some of your favorite songs come to be? BroadwayWorld is getting the story behind the song in exclusive interviews from your favorite Broadway composers. Below, watch as St…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: How did some of your favorite songs come to be? BroadwayWorld is getting the story behind the song in exclusive interviews from your favorite Broadway composers. Below, watch as Ly…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: We are continuing the series with Tai (11), Isabella (13), and Charles (10), who just stopped by the Circle in the Square Theatre to check out Once on This Island. Curious about wh…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The new Broadway production of Once On This Island, which officially opens on Sunday, December 3rd at the Circle in the Square Theatre (235 W. 50th street, NYC), is directed by Ton…

Opening in 1927 as the Royale Theatre, the house was renamed the John Golden for a few years (the John Golden today is one door down now, of course), then back to the Royale for 65 years. That's the name on sev…

BSR Podcast host Darnelle Radford sits down with two of the artists behind the Arden's hit production of Once on This Island, running through June 23.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The new Broadway production of Once On This Island officially opened last night, December 3rd, at the Circle in the Square Theatre (235 W. 50th street, NYC), and is directed by Ton…

The Tony Award-winning actor and producer LaChanze has launched a new multimedia production company. LaChanze Productions will be focused on producing original works by new voices and making theater exciting an…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical opens tonight at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre! The three actresses who play the role of musical icon Donna Summer are Tony Award winner LaChanze (Th…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Shubert Alley was the place to be on Friday afternoon as the best of Broadway gathered to perform from just about every show on the Great White Way! BroadwayWorld was in attendance…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The revival of the Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated Best Musical Once On This Island, directed by Tony nominee Michael Arden and choreographed by the critically-accla…

A thoughtfully reimagined production of Once on This Island smartly overcomes elements of the 1990 musical that haven’t aged well. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

This video featutres Broadway veteran and Tony Nominee Kecia Lewis in the hit Broadway musical ‘Hell’s Kitchen’, which is nominated for thirteen Tony Awards including Best Musical this season. Kecia shine…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The new musical ROCKY, starring Andy Karl and Margo Seibert, opens tonight, March 13, at Broadway's historic Winter Garden Theatre. ROCKY features an original score by Stephen Flah…

Alex Newell and the Gospel of a Diva, a solo show written and performed by its title Tony Award-winning star, will have three performances at Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre from June 27 through 29. Directed by…

Food for life at the Weitzman, Once on This Island at the Arden, the return of The Elephant in the Room, and a lively performance by Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

Death Becomes Her, a new musical starring Tony nominee Megan Hilty (Wicked), Tony nominee Jennifer Simard (Company), two-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber (Spamalot, Company) and Grammy Award-winning for…

Watch Olivia Puckett sing 'Easy to Be Hard' from Signature Theatre's production of the rock musical HAIR in action in this all-new video. Hair has music by Galt MacDermot and book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and…

After a wildly successful run of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding at Manhattan Theatre Club on Broadway earlier this season, Jocelyn Bioh has been hard at work developing projects for the stage and screen, both b…

On stage, “chemistry” usually refers to a romantic pairing, but in the case of the new musical Hell’s Kitchen, it’s the perfect description for the teacher-pupil bond between Broadway veteran Kecia Lewi…

 Broadway Games: Where Haven't We Seen You Before: This week's game asks you to pick the one show each Broadway luminary below didn't work on. 1. Jason Robert Brown A. Broadway: The Last Five Years B. Bro…

The world-premiere musical Gatsby, the new adaptation of the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald with music by Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine, has its cast. The show will begin performances at the American R…

LCT’s director of education Kati Koerner tells Broadway News about the first-of-its-kind initiative.

Marty Thomas joins The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley) to perform a medley all about waiting. Songs include: Waiting For Tonight (Jennifer Lopez), Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche) (98 Degrees), Wai…

Two-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber and former Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams have joined the cast of Death Becomes Her. The musical—adapted from the 1992 horror-comedy film directed by Robert…

The Queen of Versailles, the new musical reuniting Wicked composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz with Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, has its full creative team. The show will have its world premiere…

The Tony winning composer, known for Ragtime, Once On This Island, and more, graduated from the Pennsylvania institution.

A lot of artists, especially the ones working in live theater, made big pandemic career pivots. Only for LaChanze could such a pivot summon two Tony Awards. LaChanze—an award-winning stage actor best known f…

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s 1998 Tony Award-winning score for Ragtime (book by Terrence McNally) has many virtues—strong songs, strong characters, moments of great drama—but for my money, it cannot…

40 Years of Broadway: Big Trends: Does Size Matter? It seems fitting that the two current longest-running shows on Broadway are Chicago and The Lion King, when considering the trends we are talking about tod…

Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the 1990s. You've probably at least heard of most of the shows included here, but how familiar are you with the son…

LaChanze sings Waiting for Life To Begin at the Once on this Island reunion in 2002

In this video, Jayke is joined by Tony Nominated actress, Kenita Miller, to talk all about her amazing career! We talk about her Tony nominated performance as Lady In Red in For Colored Girls, as well as her …

Two new company members will join Hadestown on Broadway in September. Pop music sensation Betty Who will take on the role of Persephone and Tony Award nominee Phillip Boykin will play Hades beginning September …