Vassar College honored award-winning actor, singer, and composer Ethan Slater ’14 last night as the 2024 recipient of the AAVC Young Alum Achievement Award during a special program that featured an in-depth c…

Join my channel to gain access to exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQi6IkbVa2SJok8fUZOpKw/joinl • OHMYGOD HEY! With drag performers including Jinkx Monsoon and La Voix having recently …

Check out photos of the cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on the opening night red carpet for the Off-Broadway production running now at New World Stages. The show stars Philippe Arroyo (& …

Single tickets are now on sale for Classic Stage Company's World Premiere of Marcel on the Train, co-written by Marshall Pailet and Tony Award nominee Ethan Slater, and directed by Pailet. Check out a new video…

Tony nominee Lilli Cooper and veteran actor Jason Kravits have been announced as the final stars rounding out the cast of the upcoming off-Broadway revival of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Cooper …

Broadway's The Lion King welcomes two-time Tony Award nominee Gavin Lee to the company as Scar on July 22. He replaces Michael Hollick in the role. Lee has received Tony nominations for originating the rol…

Shakespeare Theatre Company has revealed a sneak peek at casting for the 25/26 Season with several Broadway talents and local favorites leading the list in its first three shows: Merry Wives, The Wild Duck, and…

Broadway's The Lion King will welcome two-time Tony Award nominee Gavin Lee to the company as Scar. Lee will begin performances July 22, replacing Michael Hollick in the role. Lee has received Tony nomination…

Classic Stage Company has announced its 2025-26 Season, which will include a new production, co-written by and starring Ethan Slater. CSC’s season will begin in October 2025 with The Baker’s Wife, featuring…

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 delivers the latest stage and screen news. Plus, she offers …

New Dramatists honored Tina Landau, an award-winning playwright, lyricist, and director (Redwood, Floyd Collins, SpongeBob SquarePants), and Tony Award winner Idina Menzel (Redwood, Wicked, Rent) at its recent …

Heading into awards season, Christopher Gattelli already had one Best Choreography Tony in hand for Newsies, plus a trio of nominations for the Lincoln Center Theater juggernauts South Pacific, The King and I a…

Brandon Espinoza has joined the cast of Joy: A New True Musical as Tony. He replaces the previously announced Mauricio Martínez, who leaves the production for personal reasons. The show will have an eight-wee…

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When you’ve leaped across rooftops in Mary Poppins and tap-danced wearing two fake legs in SpongeBob SquarePants, dipping into the song catalog of a musical genius is a cinch. For Gavin Lee, who snagged Tony …

Idina Menzel returns to Broadway in a new musical. Originally published on TDF StagesView this story online Life-altering trauma, drug addiction…

The Spongebob Musical, starring Ethan Slater in the title role, is now streaming on YouTube. The musical can be watched online at any time. Watch the full Spongebob Squarepants Musical here!

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Spongebob Squarepants songwriter and record producer Andy Paley has passed away at the age of 72. Read the full obituary for Andy Paley here.

Andy Paley, a prolific songwriter, producer and musician who collaborated with such artists as Brian Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Ramones, Madonna, Elton John, Patti Smith and Deborah Harry, and who composed th…

Of the new musicals slated for the 2024-25 Broadway season, Redwood has the greatest air of mystery. It’s a brand-new title with a brand-new score, and not only brings Tony winner Idina Menzel back to Broadwa…

 BOOP!, Redwood, Maybe dates; West Bank Cafe to Close. By: David Sheward July 19, 2024: Two previously announced Broadway musicals have confirmed their dates and theaters, and one more has shifted its open…

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: We are continuing the series with Tai (11), Isabella (13), and Charles (10), who just stopped by the Palace Theatre to check out SpongeBob Squarepants. Curious about what they thou…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Bikini Bottom came to The Laurie Beechman Theatre recently as we welcomed the colorful cast of Spongebob Squarepants for our 2018 season kick off. The results were as delicious and…

Paramount+ is buying up more real estate in Roku City to promote SpongeBob SquarePants ahead of the popular series’ 25th anniversary.  Paramount and Roku have partnered on an immersive campaign that will inc…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The SpongeBob Musical will begin performances on Tuesday, June 7th at Broadway in Chicago's Oriental Theatre (24 West Randolph Street, Chicago, IL). This is a limited engagement th…

By Britin Haller You absolutely don’t have to be a SpongeBob SquarePants fan to appreciate or even fall in love with Nickelodeon’s The SpongeBob Musical from the Slow Burn Theatre Company, now running throu…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Starfish and squirrels and sponges, oh my! Last night marked the most colorful opening of the season so far, as Spongebob Squarepants took its first official Broadway bow at the Pa…

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…

Paramount+ has announced that LET THE CANARY SING, the feature-length documentary exploring the remarkable life and career of Cyndi Lauper, will premiere exclusively on the service in the U.S. and Canada on Tu…

Tony nominee Lilli Cooper and husband Paul McLoughlin welcomed their second son, Desi, on April 8—the day of the North American solar eclipse. Cooper announced the news on Instagram. “Desi Charles McLoughl…

Original Cast, 2017 (Masterworks Broadway) The Spongebob Squarepants album — recorded following the Chicago tryout, before most of the cast transferred to Broadway — succeeds largely through the strange emo…

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 principal cast is set for The Who's Tommy. Ali Louis Bourzgui’s Tommy will be joined by Alison Luff as Mrs. Walker, Adam Jacobs as Captain Walker, John Ambrosino as Uncle Ernie, Bobby Conte as Cousin Kevi…

 “SpongeBob SquarePants” first appeared on the Nickelodeon network in 1999. Featuring outlandish characters and slapstick humor, the show also included an underlying sly wit as well. The result was one of …

40 Years of Broadway: Creative Influencers: The Designers I've been so fortunate to see some of the greatest stage designs of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Many of the master influencers of their t…

Mother Play Cast; Death Becomes Her Musical By: David Sheward September 7, 2023: Casting and dates have been announced for Mother Play by Paula Vogel (Indecent, How I Learned to Drive) to open this coming s…

by Matt Keeley. @reallymattkeeley. GLENCOE, IL - As a tribute to the beloved Nickelodeon animated series, an ambitious regional...

Those familiar with the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants will find themselves in familiar surroundings at Glastonbury Youth and Family Services’ Creative Experiences’ production of The SpongeBob Musica…

Universal Theatrical Group (UTG) has announced that a musical, based on Fannie Hurst’s novel and subsequent Universal Picture films Imitation of Life, is in development. An industry reading of the adaptation …

Adaptations of existing media get new fans in the building, but they also rob new plays of space Pay attention to the posters lining the walls of Tube stations, and at least half of the stage shows will be adap…

Is chirruping dangerous? How many legs can you tap-dance with? And what have they all been smoking? As the SpongeBob SquarePants musical hits Britain, we dive down to Bikini Bottom “Who lives in a pineapple u…

Broadway alums David Byrne and Stephanie Hsu united to perform 'This Is A Life' from 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' with Son Lux at the 95th Oscars. Byrne was the founding member, lead singer and guita…

Oscar®-winning multihyphenate David Byrne, Oscar-nominated Broadway alum Stephanie Hsu and music trio Son Lux will perform the Oscar-nominated song “This Is A Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Onc…

B'way Update: The Cottage, Jerry Mitchell Is Busy, Betty Boop, La La, etc. By: David Sheward February 17, 2023: A new comedy entitled The Cottage will play the Hayes Theater on Broadway this summer. Ins…

The JKTS/2022-2023 Broadway Season Survey Today, we are looking for your input. Below is a 10 question survey, with 5 questions about our website, and 5 about the current Broadway season. All the questions are…

Broadway Jeopardy!  It's game time, Broadway fans! This time, it's Jeopardy!: one Jeopardy round, one Double Jeopardy round, and Final Jeopardy, plus one (not so hidden) Daily Double. Good luck! Today's Jeop…

Nominations have been announced for the 29th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Broadway alums were among those honored. Winners will be announced on February 26 when the event is streamed on Netflix's You…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Sara Bareilles and Joe Tippett Are Engaged Sara Bareilles and Joe Tippett are engaged. The performers met when Tippett played Earl in the world premier…

Ethan Slater is attending Shiz University! The Tony nominee will play Boq in the upcoming Wicked films, according to Variety.  Cynthia Erivo will star as Elphaba with Ariana Grande as Glinda and Jonathan …

The hills are alive in Millburn, New Jersey, as Paper Mill Playhouse's new production of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's The Sound of Music begins its run December 2. The production will continue thr…

Paper Mill Playhouse is now presenting On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan, the first production of Paper Mill’s 2022-2023 season. The production features Linedy Genao (Broadway’s upcomin…

Tony-winning regional theatre Paper Mill Playhouse will kick off its 2022-23 season with On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan. The stars of the bio musical, Linedy Genao and Brandon Espinoza, stop…

Out of the Box Theatrics (Elizabeth Flemming, Founder and Producing Artistic Director; Ethan Paulini, Associate Artistic Director) is thrilled to announce that the company will produce the first Off-Broadway…

Out of the Box Theatrics announced they will produce the first Off-Broadway revival of the critically acclaimed musical, Floyd Collins. The production, to be directed by Christina Sajous (Broadway’s SpongeBob…

First airing in 1999, “SpongeBob SquarePants” is now one of the longest-running cartoons in television history. The show has also inspired at least two spin-off series and three movies, with more on the way…

Broadway star Ethan Slater joins Robert Peterpaul to discuss kindness in the theatre, the spectrum of grief, avoiding self-doubt while recording cast albums, learning positivity from playing SpongeBob

A dozen of promising productions, including a solo show featuring Cecily Strong, new musicals from Taylor Mac and Duncan Sheik, and spouses starring in Long Day's Journey Into Night --- Thrilling musicals aren'…

Watch the full interview here: https://bway.world/JonRuaBL Broadway is back and BroadwayWorld is bringing you all of the interviews you crave with your favorite Broadway stars! Richard Ridge is keeping up with…

Congratulations are in order! Tootsie Tony nominee Lilli Cooper and Paul McLaughlin welcomed their first child, Bodie Cooper McLaughlin, on September 7. The baby was born right around curtain time: 8:05PM, and …

Those who have performed at Feinstein's/54 Below know the ride from the 10th floor green room to the basement stage can take awhile. How to make good use of that time? Playbill invited Broadway's Brynn William…

In this Artist Exploration, Ethan and Charlie discuss having several interests, learning from actors

Wicked has shared a sneak peek from this weekend's Wicked in Concert! In the clip, Stephanie Hsu (Spongebob Squarepants, Be More Chill) performs a rendition of I'm Not That Girl, a song Elphaba sings in Act 1.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Call Me Adam (@callmeadamnyc) If you missed my Instagram Live with Broadway’s “SpongeBob” Ethan Slater, you can watch the REPLAY above ⬆️ or o…

The U.K. and Ireland tour of Beauty and the Beast is set to begin performances at the Bristol Hippodrome August 25 ahead of an official opening September 29. The Disney musical, directed and choreographed by Ma…

The Broadway favorite will make her solo New York cabaret debut later this month at Feinstein's/54 Below.

Broadway Records announced today the release of the world premiere concept recording of EDGE OF THE WORLD: A Concept Album, written by Tony nominee Ethan Slater (SpongeBob Squarepants: The Broadway Musical, Who…

A witch, a squirrel, and soon a mom, this actress opens up about climbing the ranks since she was a

The SpongeBob Musical: Live On Stage! cast includes Ethan Slater as SpongeBob SquarePants, Gavin Lee as Squidward Q. Tentacles, Danny Skinner as Patrick Star, Brian Ray Norris as Eugene Krabs, Wesley T…

This Week in Broadway History: June 1 - 7 🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭   June 1, 1971: Good grief! You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, a smash hit off-Broadway, opened at the Golden Theatre, where it lasted only …

From May 19, 2021. Want the latest Lilli news? Visit http://bway.world/LilliCooper Want more Backstage Live episodes? Visit http://bway.world/BackstageLive Richard Ridge chats with Broadway's favorite father/…

He may have made his mark playing a famous yellow sponge on stage, but this artist is passionate about exploring all colors of a creative career, and looks “forward to building back the most accessible kind o…

We sat down with Phil Sloves of Spongebob Squarepants on Broadway to chat about his journey from ensemble member to "Unconventional Leading Man"... and everything in between.

It's the start of a brand new week as the sun shines down on this Monday morning. It got us thinking of the smile-inducing, deep sea score to SpongeBob SquarePants.

Lilli Cooper | "It Feels Good" | R&H Goes Pop! (Official Audio) Don’t miss a song! Subscribe today! RHGoesPopSubscribe The R&H GOES POP! series is now a full-length album! Stream or download here: https://f…

Chelsea Emma Franko’s journey up the North Mountain wasn’t all ice palaces and sparkly dresses. In fact, she began auditioning for Disney Parks and Live Entertainment at the age of eighteen and kept at it f…

This week, we’re talking about a musical that host Michael Fatica's middle school self would have loved - Spongebob Squarepants. I bet you’re thinking that it's just a musical for kids, but in his conversat…

Stephanie Hsu is a familiar face on both the stage and screen, maybe best known for originating the role of Christine in Be More Chill at Two River Theater, and then on Broadway. She previously made her Broadwa…

Drama Desk Award-winner and Tony Award-nominee Gavin Lee joins David on this episode of "E-Ticket to Broadway" to share his memories of going to Walt Disney World and what it was like creating the role of Bert …

In BroadwayWorld Remix, we want our readers to make their own art for a particular show. For our final 2020 challenge, we're asking for artwork based on your favorite show!