Across the arts, these 10 performers took a leap of faith this year and stuck the landing in a big way.

Broadway's Chicago will welcome Angela Grovey to the cast in the role of Matron "Mama" Morton. Grovey replaces Jacqueline B. Arnold in the role, beginning performances at the Ambassador Theatre on September …

Original Broadway Cast, 2012 (Ghostlight) Leap of Faith endured a critical drubbing when it opened on Broadway in 2012, receiving multiple pans for the music by Alan Menken, the lyrics by Glenn Slater, and the …

Theatr Clwyd, Mold Performed and designed with gusto, Jonathan Larson’s zippy musical about creative passion is a fitting show to relaunch this cherished Welsh stage How do you relaunch a cherished theatre? T…

Redwood, starring Tony winner Idina Menzel, will play its final performance at the Nederlander Theatre on May 18. The show, which opened February 13, will haved played 127 performances, including 17 previews, …

Redwood, the new musical starring Tony winner Idina Menzel, will play its final performance at the Nederlander Theatre on May 18. The show, which opened February 13, will haved played 127 performances, includi…

There’s a powerful appeal to the idea of leaving behind the turbulence of the personal — or for that matter, the political — and escaping to a place of beauty, safety and solace. A separate peace within a…

Review: Don Horn’s ‘Gospel’ leap of faith Linda FergusonWith "J.C.: Gospel According to an Angel," the founder of Triangle Productions! and composer Michael Allen Harrison turn biblical debates into a tra…

The new Elton John-scored musical Tammy Faye, about a televangelist couple and their ministry empire, has arrived on Broadway after its run in London's West End. Ahead of previews kicking off at the Palace Th…

Chicago—John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse’s musical about sex, jazz and cold-blooded murder—exists in the chasm between bitter reality and burlesque-flavored fantasy. One moment, an innocent immigrant f…

EXCLUSIVE: Kecia Lewis, who won a Tony Award this year for her featured portrayal of Miss Liza Jane in the Alicia Keys Broadway musical Hell’s Kitchen, has signed with Paradigm Talent Agency. Hell’s Kitchen…

In some circles, Sara Bareilles is still the singer-songwriter perched behind a piano railing against music industry power brokers in “Love Song.” In others, she’s the face of Waitress, the delicately swe…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Today we rewind to 2012, when Leap of Faith opened at the St. James Theatre, where it played for 19 performances.

Tony Award winner Idina Menzel will return to Broadway next year as part of the 2024-25 season in Redwood, a new musical written and directed by Tony Award nominee Tina Landau with music by Kate Diaz and lyri…

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…

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Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the 2010s - not that long ago! You've probably at least heard of most of the shows included here, but how familiar …

The new musical Redwood, starring Tony winner Idina Menzel, has the full cast and creative team for its upcoming La Jolla Playhouse world premiere. Menzel will be joined by De'Adre Aziza (Passing Strange), Nke…

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It has been a decade since the Elden Street Players, an all-volunteer community theatre located in a nondescript office park in Herndon, took a leap of faith and reinvented itself as NextStop Theatre Company, a…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Idina Menzel to Star in Redwood at La Jolla Playhouse Idina Menzel will lead La Jolla Playhouse's final production for the 2023-2024 season. Set for Feb…

This week I share a fun prop from the set of the mega-flop musical Leap of Faith from 2012. Starring Raul Esparza and Leslie Odom Jr., this short-run show told the story of a religious charlatan who finds himse…

After a two-and-a-half-year delay, the costume designer is finally being feted by her peers at the TDF/Irene Sharaff Awards --- How in demand is costume designer Dede Ayite? While interviewing her about receivi…

By trusting their castmates and an ancient story, students took a leap of faith, channeled their grief, and began to heal.

Aladdin original Broadway cast member and current Jafar/Sultan standby Dennis Stowe will assume the role of Jafar beginning on January 25. Tony nominee and fellow original Broadway cast member Jonathan Freeman,…

Leslie Odom, Jr. was a guest-voice on a recent episode of Blue's Clues & You as his character 'Mo Snow' sang 'The Snowflake Song!' The popular Nickelodeon children's series also stars Aladdin alum Josh De…

Watch the full interview here: https://bway.world/BurningManBL Richard Ridge chats with Max Crumm and Tally Sessions, who star in Burning Man: The Musical- a new musical comedy, available on Broadway on Demand…

Tony winners Leslie Odom Jr. and Ellen Burstyn are set to star in the upcoming Exorcist reboot, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Odom Jr., who recently garnered an Emmy nomination for his turn in Hamilton …

Lauren Lovette, the New York City Ballet principal, is retiring from the company but not from dance.

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Krystal Joy Brown is a singer, dancer and actor who made her Broadway debut in 2009 in Hair. She is best known for her portrayal of Diana Ross in the Broadway musical Motown: The Musical. Her other Broadway cre…

Award-winning composer Alan Menken is teaming up with lyricist Glenn Slater and scribe James Graham for a musical version of George Orwell's allegorical tale Animal Farm. The production is aiming for a spring 2…

Kathryn Robson is an Emmy Nominee for her latest documentary, co-written with Rachel Mason, called Circus of Books, produced by six-time Emmy winner Ryan Murphy. Circus of Books follows the story of a couple w…

Nottingham PlayhouseIn James Graham’s Covid romcom, a couple who have just met decide to quarantine together, while in a parallel narrative they face isolation alone The playwright James Graham has suggested …

Living near the theater district during the Broadway shutdown, photographer and performer Matthew Stocke has been haunted walking past the empty theater palaces sitting in repose, waiting for the lights and sta…

With performance and training moving online, student dancers, musicians and actors are questioning whether to continue pursuing already highly competitive careers.

Available onlineHope Dickson Leach’s magical, flickering film of past and postponed works is a dazzling theatrical relay race The test of a good production of Peter Pan is the scene where the audience bring …

Bat-Sheva Guez’s short film, In This Life, will be released for free on TV and online on WNET ALL ARTS beginning on August 5.  In five acts, In This Life explores the language of loss, conveying the comp…

Alan Menken and Glenn Slater's animated movie musical Spellbound has a release date. Helmed by Shrek director Vicky Jenson, the feature from Skydance Animation and Paramount is scheduled for release on Novemb…

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas—all right, no it's not, but the Hallmark Channel has announced its forthcoming lineup of holiday movies. A few Broadway favorites are set to star in the merry and b…

“An Odyssey,” “Chimerica” and new musical “The Current War” were announced for in-person audiences. 

Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr., whose Broadway.com vlog Aaron Burr, Sir gave fans an inside look at Hamilton's road to triumph at the 2016 Tony Awards, is revisiting that heady time. In the new Broadway.com series…

The 2021 lineup includes a world premiere by Cathy Marston and the West Coast premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s The Seasons.

The company announced plans for a season with the overall title “Leap of Faith,” acknowledging that everything depends on the state of the COVID epidemic and what San Francisco authorities will permit. As f…

This charming little musical was all the more charming because of its thoroughly stellar cast. The talent on this roster of the original Broadway cast is mind-boggling. Not just chock full of award-winners, thi…

Trafalgar Studios; Royal Court, London; Theatre Royal BrightonSebastian Barry’s tale of two cellmates succeeds despite plausibility issues, while Katherine Parkinson is magnetic in a flimsy play involving a l…

In 2016, like most people, Krystal Joy Brown was feeling down about the election. “At the time I was kinda like, ‘I am really looking into Canada,’” she told Broadway.com’s Beth Stevens in a recent #L…

A couple of weeks ago, The Friday 5 was about 5 shows I'm surprised I've never seen. This week I thought I'd list 5 shows I'm surprised I actually did see! Maybe they were short running shows or maybe they wer…

The first Disney show on Broadway, Beauty and the Beast, went on to become the 10th longest-running show in history. Sure it was based on a beloved animated classic, but the stage version surely wouldn't have l…

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In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk to Tony-winning Broadway star Faith Prince about Liza Minnelli's 1972 live album 'Liza with a Z.' They also discuss Tina Landau, Fanny Brice, Funny Girl, Jule Styne, Judy Ho…

Krystal Joy Brown joins the Broadway production of Hamilton on December 10. The strong-voiced stage veteran takes over the leading role of Eliza in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical, replacing Tony nom…

The holiday season is in full swing! I’m fa-la-la-la-laing with glee about the world premiere of The Christmas Carol: A Queer Fantasia, an updated production of the Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic, Chris…

Stage veteran Jessica Phillips steps into the Broadway production of Dear Evan Hansen beginning on November 26. Phillips repeats her national touring performance as Heidi Hansen, replacing Lisa Brescia, who to…

I loved going back in time with Jacob Hoffman as he gets ready to make his New York solo & Green Room 42 debut with his show Jacob Hoffman's Kindergarten Thanksgiving Spectacular. We had a blast talking ab…

Krystal Joy Brown is headed into the Broadway production of Hamilton. The strong-voiced stage veteran will take over the leading role of Eliza in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical beginning on December…

Order up! Casting has been announced for the New York premiere of Seared by Pulitzer Prize finalist and two-time Emmy Award nominee Theresa Rebeck. Four-time Tony nominee Raúl Esparza will star as hot-headed c…

New York stage veteran Ann Sanders and Ivan Hernandez join the company of Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen as Cynthia and Larry Murphy on August 6. They replace original cast members Jennifer Laura Thompson and Mic…

A new pair of Murphys are joining the Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen. Ann Sanders and Ivan Hernandez will take over the roles of Cynthia and Larry Murphy beginning on August 6, replacing original cast members J…

With the spring rush and awards season behind us, it's time to get back to our regularly scheduled content! Today, we continue our popular series Around the U.S.A. in 80 Musicals, focusing this time on the Midw…

“Unless your being innocent is as interesting to them as being guilty, you will not be believed.” Egyptian American playwright Yussef El Guindi is mostly known to Chicago audien…

Brandi Nichols grew up in Newport, Oregon, where she regarded herself as mainly a tap dancer, with a toe dipped into the musical theater world. After high school, Nichols spent a summer in Australia, and then m…

Today on the blog, we welcome Mean Girls ensemblist Daryl Tofa to Broadway and learn about his journey to the Mainstem. Daryl Tofa …

Stories of late bloomers are not unheard of Andrea Bocelli began his professional opera career at 34, Julia Child published her first cookbook at 49 and Vera Wang didn't become a designer until 40. A special ed…

I'm pretty sure that if you take the time to read theater blogs, you love going to the theater. And you probably keep track of which shows you've seen. Maybe you keep all of your tickets, or collect each show's…

Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated writer and producer Kenya Barris has entered into a multi-year overall deal to produce a new series exclusively for Netflix. The creator of the hit, Peabody award-winning comedy …

I've done a couple of columns about when my "favorite" show of the season was not the "best" musical of the season. So, in an effort to be more positive...This may be a tad premature, since there's st…

Broadway favorite Jessica Phillips is set to join the national tour of Dear Evan Hansen, taking on the role of Heidi Hansen. Phillips joins the previously announced Ben Levi Ross, who will play the title role i…

Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. and current Waitress star Katharine McPhee will host the 2018 Tony Award nominations announcement on May 1 at 8:30am. The pair of Smash alums will break the exciting news live from t…

Videology Bar & Cinema will be hosting the screening of the 1983 American romantic drama film "Flashdance."The film is directed by the English film director, writer, and producer Adrian Lyne. The musical sc…

After years of putting out songs featuring some of the industry's greatest singers, I am very excited and scared to be taking a huge leap of faith in releasing a video to a song where it is my voice alone.

Tony Award winning Broadway star Leslie Odom, Jr. will soon be performing at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.American actor and singer Leslie Odom, Jr. has appeared on several theatrical productions, as…

'We opened for an eight-week limited engagement and could not give a ticket away for three weeks.' That's how Harvey Fierstein described the giant leap of faith that, in 1981, brought a trio of his one-act p…

Sooner or later the question of God raises its troubling head for most of us. Does he exist or doesn’t he? Or has he died, as Nietzsche postulated? And if he exists, where exactly does he? In the old days, on…

Christopher Ashley has won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical forCome From Away. He also received nominations for MEMPHIS and THE ROCK HORROR PICTURE SHOW. His other Broadway credits include Xa…

By April Stamm When the whole point is inane, frustrating, and annoying repetition, how could there possibly be hope for entertainment? Moviegoers asked themselves the same question in 1993, but the leap of fai…

"Dear Theodosia" has a whole new meaning for Hamilton Tony winner Leslie Odom Jr. and his wife and fellow performer Nicolette Robinson, who welcomed their first child on April 23. The couple has …