Also, Marina Pires performs the title tune from the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical.

Now playing at the Glimmerglass Festival is Sunday In The Park With George, led by Broadway veteran John Riddle. The cast also includes Marina Pires as Dot/Marie, John Riddle as George, Luretta Bybee as Old Lad…

By David Sheward July 24, 2025: The Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, NY celebrates its 50th anniversary season with departures from traditional operatic fare. In addition to Stephen Sondheim and James La…

By David Sheward July 21, 2025: Musical styles are mixed to maximum emotional effect in unusual productions in one new outdoor venue in Manhattan and at the 50th anniversary season of a long-established festi…

Jacklynn Hyde, as Nicole Kidman in the AMC Theaters commercials, introduces The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley), who perform a medley of Magic Dance (David Bowie, from Labyrinth), Hot in Herre (Nelly)…

The musical theater titan left behind material from beloved shows like “Sweeney Todd” and “Sunday in the Park With George.”

Check out this week's top virtual show programs from BroadwayWorld's Stage Mag! This week includes productions from the The Norton Singers, Prairie Repertory Theatre, and Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre. Stage …

Watch a video of Liz Gillies performing "Somewhere That's Green" in Little Shop of Horrors! The “Victorious” and “Dynasty” star returns to the musical as Audrey tonight, alongside star of stage and scre…

Call Me Izzy, a one-woman play written by Jamie Wax and directed by Sarna Lapine, celebrated its Broadway opening on June 12. Tony nominee and six-time Emmy winner Jean Smart performs the solo show at Studio 5…

These swerves of impulses could easily go off the tracks but the combination of the steady direction of Sarna Lapine (“Sunday in the Park With George“) and Smart’s riveting performance make Izzy’s world…

Sometimes the only refuge from the brutalities of a life pre-destined for loneliness, poverty and violence is a poetic voice. In playwright Jamie Wax’s one-hander “Call Me Izzy,” Jean Smart returns to Bro…

Frank “Fraver” Verlizzo, the theater poster designer whose imagery defined decades of Broadway hits, has released a new novel. Verlizzo, known for his poster designs for the original Broadway productions of…

Check out first look photos of the world premiere production of Call Me Izzy on Broadway starring six-time Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress Jean Smart (“Hacks”, The Man Who Came To Dinner…

Filmmaker and star of stage and screen Graham Phillips (Sunday in the Park with George, Blockers, “Riverdale”) will join the cast as Seymour, reuniting with former 13: The Musical co-star Elizabeth Gillies …

Manhattan Theatre Club just hosted its 2025 Spring Gala, which was held on Monday, May 19 at Cipriani 42nd Street. The evening was hosted by three-time Tony Award recipient Bernadette Peters and honored Academy…

The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley) perform a medley of Matchmaker, Matchmaker (Fiddler on the Roof), HOT TO GO! (Chappell Roan), Hot in Herre (Nelly), It's Hot Up Here (Sunday in the Park with George…

Bernadette Peters has long been heralded as one of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim’s greatest interpreters. The actress originated roles in Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods and starred in…

On Monday, April 14, 2025, accomplished actor Mandy Patinkin (“The Princess Bride,” “Sunday in the Park With George,” “Evita”) was presented with the 14th annual (excluding 2020 and 2021) Sondheim A…

Your feelings about the new Sondheim revue, Old Friends, will probably depend on your familiarity with the composer-lyricist’s work as well as whether you enjoy songs sung out of context. I grew up with Sondh…

After three Broadway revues of Stephen Sondheim’s music you would think a fourth wouldn’t offer anything fresh, have any surprises, or be anything special. Think again. “Old Friends” began life as a Lon…

With this week's announcement that the live-filmed production of Merrily We Roll Along will be released in theaters, we got to thinking about other productions we'd love to see a pro-shot of. I mean we know ma…

Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021). Photo by Richard Avedon.March 22, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. “Oh, if life were made of moments,Even now and then a bad one — !But if life were o…

My ticket stub from 56 years ago (note the tape marks). It used to hang on my bedroom wall.Fifty-six years ago yesterday afternoon, I took my seat as a just-turned twelve-year old in seat E 102 in the last row…

Nashville Repertory Theatre's upcoming production of Sunday in the Park with George will begin performances this spring. PLAYBILL.COM.

BroadwayWorld talks with 'The Gilded Age' and 'Sunday in the Park with George' actor Claybourne Elder about his nonprofit, City of Strangers, which gives away Broadway tickets to people who can’t afford them.

Bernadette Peters makes her return to Broadway in Sondheim's Old Friends at MTC. She was one of Sondheim's main muses, creating many of the legendary productions together, such as Sunday in the Park with Geor…

Stephen Sondheim is my musical theatre god. My top 3 favorite shows of all time are Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods and Sweeney Todd. That said… I’ve never agreed with the conventional notion…

As Norma Desmond says, "It's a return." So far in 2025, here are five Broadway folk who are not making a comeback that we can't wait to see again! Friday 5: 5 2025 Broadway Returns Nicholas Barasch - Frede…

Three years after Stephen Sondheim's passing, a video of him reading the lyrics for 'Sunday' from Sunday in the Park With George has resurfaced. Popular social media account The Sondheim Hub shared the video fe…

Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford and her husband, actor Joe Tapper, welcomed their second child on October 8. The couple shared exclusive photos of their new family of four with People, featuring Ashford …

Schmigadoon! creator Cinco Paul has teased new characters written for the canceled third season of the show, including mashups of characters from Sunset Boulevard, Sunday in the Park with George, Side Show, and…

Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford completes the Broadway cast of Simon Rich's All In: Comedy About Love, directed by Alex Timbers. Performances begin at the Hudson Theatre on December 11 with a rotating ca…

Broadway veterans Max Chernin and Talia Suskauer will lead the national tour of Michael Arden's Tony-winning revival of Parade as Leo and Lucille Frank. They begin performances in January 2025, but offered Bro…

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…

Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford revealed on Instagram that she is expecting her second child with husband Joe Tapper. The two married in July 2013 and had a son, Jack, in September 2016. Ashford's Instagram…

The Glimmerglass Festival will present a world premiere, two company premieres including Sunday in the Park with George, and a revival of the company’s first commission for young people in its 2025 season.

A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical has found the full company to take the production on the road for a multi-year North American tour. The tour will launch in September at the Providence Performing Art…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Graham Phillips and Krystina Alabado are currently starring in Pasadena Playhouse's production of Sunday in the Park with George and were recently joined in the rehearsal room by L…

Two stars from Broadway and London’s West End – Laura Michelle Kelly and David Shannon – will lead Nashville Repertory Theatre’s production of Sunday in the Park with George, which will be presented Apr…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Jake Gyllenhaal makes his musical Broadway debut in the revival of Sunday in the Park with George, set to begin previews at the historic Hudson Theatre on February 11, and offici…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Broadway's Future Songbook Series -- presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul -- just presented the songs of award-winning lyricist Jill Abramovitz. Produced and hosted by John Zn…

Does Stephen Sondheim make you want to throw ass? Does the score of Sunday in the Park with George make you want to hit the dance floor? Do Annaleigh Ashford’s vocals make you want to serve <*#+ on TikTok?…

 “Sunday in the Park With George,” “Nine,” “Red”: Stories about artists and the process of making art have long fascinated theater audiences. This season’s Tony nominations add new tales of creat…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Making his Broadway debut and nominated for a Tony Award, director Sam Buntrock sat down with BroadwayWorld.com for this exclusive interview to discuss his past, bringing his innov…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: This week on Broadway Beat catch Opening Night of The Little Mermaid and meet the cast of Sunday In The Park With George which begins previews later this month. Learn more: https…

Harrington's work has shined on Broadway for decades, in shows including Sunday in the Park with George, Annie, and many more.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: BroadwayWorld was on hand to speak with Jake Gyllenhaal, Annaleigh Ashford and the rest of the company right after the curtain went down. Go inside the big night below! Learn mor…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: BroadwayWorld has an exclusive first look at the cast of Pasadena Playhouse's production of Sunday in the Park with George in rehearsal, led by Graham Phillips as George Seurat/Ge…

Michael Weber directs the Pulitzer Prize-winning Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical.

The actor just earned his first Tony nomination for playing the bass and monologuing about houseboats.

The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley) perform a medley of Hot in Herre (Nelly), It's Hot Up Here (Sunday in the Park with George), Hot Hot Hot (Buster Poindexter), and Rock Your Body (Justin Timberlake)…

The Drama Desk board has announced the recipients of two special awards, to be presented at the 68th annual Drama Desk Awards celebration. The ceremony will be held at the NYU Skirball Center on June 10. Andr�…

In telling the life story of Tamara de Lempicka, the show begins with a fascinating premise. Unfortunately, neither the score nor the book lives up to her high standards. Unlike "Sunday in the Park with George"…

Theater Review By Ron Fassler . . . . Once the new Broadway musical Lempicka begins, two things become instantly apparent: 1) a musical history lesson is in store, and 2) it is going to present a thoroughly rev…

Tony Award winner Shuler Hensley will direct and star in a one-night only performance of Fiddler on the Roof in Concert. The event will take place in the Michael Klein Music Tent in Aspen, CO on July 23. Hensl…

“A blank page or canvas” aren’t the only things that offer “so many possibilities,” as SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE tells us. So does a bare stage. Eamon Foley certainly knew how to use it in his re…

Watch Graham Phillips and Talia Suskauer sing 'Move On' in Axelrod Performing Arts Center's production of Sunday in the Park with George, which plays its final performance this afternoon.

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Directed and Choreographed by Eamon Foley Axelrod Performing Arts Center Reviewed by David Spencer I write this on Wednes…

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Stephen Sondheim musical continues at the New Jersey venue through March 24.

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about The Notebook, Doubt, Brooklyn Laundry, Sunday in the Park with George @ The Axelrod Performing Arts Center, and American Theater Group’s A Litt…

Broadway Backwards, the annual, one-night-only performance of show tunes with an LGBTQ+ twist, played the New Amsterdam Theatre on March 11. The event raised a record-breaking $917,651 to benefit Broadway Cares…

In this video, watch highlights from The Axelrod Performing Arts Center's bold reimagining of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, Sunday in the Park With George.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Stephen Sondheim musical is currently playing New Jersey's Axelrod Performing Arts Center.

Get an exclusive first look at The Axelrod Performing Arts Center's bold reimagining of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, Sunday in the Park With George.

The New Jersey venue stages Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical through March 24.

Tony and Academy Award winner Denzel Washington and Tony and Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal are set to star in a 2025 Broadway revival of Shakespeare’s Othello, directed by Kenny Leon. Washington will…

Watch as Talia Suskauer and Graham Phillips talk about bringing Stephen Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park with George to the Axelrod PAC and what the show means to them.

The sexy and unsmiling glamor of Tamara de Lempicka’s paintings is exponentially more recognizable than her name. Her work famously set the mood for Madonna’s 1990 “Vogue” music video, directed with sta…

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center in collaboration with Grind Arts Company will present a bold new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece Sunday in the Park With…

The New Jersey theatre has partnered with Grind Arts Company for the new production of the Pulitzer-winning Stephen Sondheim musical.

Tony Award nominee Benjamin Walker (American Psycho, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) will star in Opening Night, the musical adaptation of the John Cassevetes psychodrama by Ivo van Hove and Rufus Wainwright. Per…

Review of the Saturday matinee performance on January 6, 2024 at The Shed's Griffin Theater in New York City, New York. Starring Francois Battiste, Tracie Bennett, Bobby Cannavale, Micaela Diamond, Amber Gray, …

Ring in the Old, Ring in the New By Steven Leigh Morris Michael Hayden, Sarah Uriarte Berry, in “A Little Night Music” (2023) at the Pasadena Playhouse (Photo by Jeff Lorch) Danny Feldman, Artistic Direc…

The show: “Here We Are” at The Shed at Hudson Yards in New York City When it was announced nearly 10 years ago that Stephen Sondheim would be collaborating with playwright David Ives on a new musical based …

By: David Sheward December 5, 2023: It should come as no surprise that Here We Are, the final effort by Stephen Sondheim, is unlike any other work from the late master of the American musical theater. Never …

ReDISCoveries: Assassins (Original Cast Recording) Jeff has kindly invited me to revisit and review some of the older cast recordings in my collection. Every other week or so, I’ll write about a new CD, offer…