Thursday, March 28, 2024
Wayne Brady (The Wiz), Amber Iman (Lempicka), Jinkx Monsoon (Little Shop of Horrors, Chicago) and Mykal Kilgore (Motown the Musical) will perform at Miscast24. This year’s edition of the a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:13PMSunday, March 17, 2024
U Guys, this week's BroadwayWorld Recap has all the latest Bway updates! Then I am joined by actor and writer Nik Walker to talk about his amazing career! From performing in two different Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMTuesday, February 20, 2024
Two-time Tony Award winner Christian Borle, Krysta Rodriguez and Tony nominee Ephraim Sykes will star as Albert, Rosie and Conrad Birdie, respectively, in the classic Charles Strouse-Michael…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMTuesday, December 19, 2023
Nicholas Christopher, Leslie Uggams, John Clay III and Tiffany Mann have joined the cast of the New York City Center Encores! presentation of Jelly’s Last Jam. The show, directed by Ro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMMonday, November 27, 2023
Nik Walker, now in the just opened revival of the Monty Python musical Spamalot, chatted with Theater Pizzazz contributor Ron Fassler on what it’s like cavorting onstage with a splendid gr…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:28AMSaturday, August 5, 2023
Oliver's other theatrical credits include Bella: An American Tall Tale, Miracle Brothers, Dreamgirls and Motown the Musical, according to Playbill ...
SOURCE: Google at 05:33AMThursday, June 22, 2023
Costume designer (and Project Runway alum) Emilio Sosa designed a staggering five shows this Broadway season. But he didn’t start out wanting to do costume design, he wanted to work in fas…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:55PMWednesday, November 30, 2022
Arthur Callahan, Company Manager for Ain't Too Proud on Broadway, the National Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, and the National Tour of Motown The Musical, has passed away.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:02PMWednesday, November 16, 2022
The two-time Tony nominee is busier than ever with 1776, A Beautiful Noise and Ain't No Mo'
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Emilio Sosa is making up for lost time. The 55-year-old costume designer admits he wasn't a th…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AMSaturday, October 1, 2022
Broadway cast member Jawan M. Jackson played Melvin Franklin in Motown the Musical, and then again in Ain't Too Proud. When he spoke to Playbill, ...
SOURCE: Google at 01:13AMMonday, September 19, 2022
Marva Hicks, the singer and actor who made her Broadway debut in 1981’s Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music and most recently appeared in 2013’s Motown The Musical, died September 16 in N…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:12PMThursday, September 8, 2022
ROCKERS ON BROADWAY: SHE ROCKS will be presented by The PATH Fund, Inc on Monday, October 3, 2022, at Le Poisson Rouge. Performers include Amanda Green - Tony Award Nominee* (Mr. Satur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMMonday, July 25, 2022
Jawan M. Jackson, the former star of Ain't Too Proud and Broadway.com vlogger has become an official member of The Temptations, stepping into the spot once held by the late Melvin Franklin,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:33PMSaturday, July 16, 2022
http://www.playbill.com/video Charl Brown plays the silky-voiced Smokey Robinson in "Motown The Musical." Ryan Shaw, Sasha Hutchings, ...
SOURCE: Google at 01:03AMMonday, June 6, 2022
Jawan M. Jackson, a former star of Ain't Too Proud and Broadway.com vlogger has become an official member of the iconic music group The Temptations. After playing Melvin Franklin in both A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:37PMTuesday, April 19, 2022
Baby love! Jawan M. Jackson, who was last seen on Broadway as Melvin Franklin in Ain't Too Proud, has welcomed a baby boy with Amber Wright. Brayden Kingslee Jackson was born on April 17. Ja…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:18PMThursday, January 6, 2022
Live from New York, it's a Broadway favorite on Saturday night! West Side Story star, Tony nominee and former Broadway.com vlogger Ariana DeBose will host Saturday Night Live on January 15…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMMonday, December 20, 2021
Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently.
Ariana DeBose Wins L.A. Critics Award
Tony nominee and former Broadway.com vlogger Ariana DeBose is wowing audiences as A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:42PMFriday, December 17, 2021
Ain’t Too Proud star Jawan M. Jackson stopped by the Playbill Studio to sing his version of Irving Berlin's “White Christmas,” joined by Aaron Marcellus, in a new episode of Playbill�…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:18PMWednesday, December 15, 2021
Jawan M. Jackson is a man of many talents. Singer, actor, and songwriter, the Detroit native knows a thing or two about Motown, and his roles in Broadway’s Motown the Musical and Ain’t T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:55AMFriday, December 3, 2021
To celebrate the holiday season, the Playbill Studio is hosting the Holiday Concert Series, with a new episode released every Friday in December.
In this first installment, Broadway's Morga…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:48PMTuesday, September 21, 2021
Age: 32
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts
Current Role: Nik Walker joined the cast of Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations as Otis Williams on February 28, 2020, repla…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PMWednesday, August 11, 2021
Watch the full interview here: https://bway.world/BrandonVDixonBL
Want more Backstage Live episodes? Visit http://bway.world/BackstageLive
Richard Ridge chats with Brandon Victor Dixon, wh…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:54AMSaturday, May 15, 2021
Charl Brown guest hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley's daily series benefiting The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, May 13, 2021
He just can’t wait - Londoner Kayi Ushe is set to take over the role of ‘Simba’ when Disney’s award-winning musical, THE LION KING, returns to the London stage this Summer! Having pe…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:36PMThursday, April 22, 2021
Sign up for Brittney's class on April 25 here: https://events.broadwayworld.com/event/masterclass-brittney-johnson-4-25-12-pm-et/
Brittney teaches acting through song, monologue and scene w…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:54PMFriday, March 19, 2021
Covington starred on Broadway in 'The Color Purple.' Her other stage roles include 'The Heart of Rock & Roll,' 'Motown the Musical,' 'The Book of Mormon,' and 'Dreamgirls.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMTuesday, February 2, 2021
The actor, vocal coach, and producer will also be part of a virtual reading of Black Butterfly, which she co-wrote with Mary McCallum.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AMMonday, February 1, 2021
The Prom and West Side Story film star Ariana DeBose has her next project lined up. The Tony nominee is set to play Kira Foster, a promising biological engineer, in director Gabriela Cowper…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMFriday, December 18, 2020
An interview with Ryan Shaw In our new digital era, it was an honor to have a Zoom sit-down with 3-time Grammy nominee and Broadway star Ryan Shaw on his new tribute album to Marvin Gaye, …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:39PMFriday, December 11, 2020
Nik Walker is an artist, educator, and activist who made his Broadway debut in Motown The Musical. He spent 3 years with the Broadway and touring companies of Hamilton, adding both Aaron Bur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMWednesday, November 18, 2020
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Equity in the Arts and Culture Committee of the Brooklyn NAACP, in collaboration with Tony® and Grammy® Award nominee Valisia LeKae (Motown the Mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMWednesday, June 10, 2020
Four-time Grammy winner Lionel Richie's catalog of chart-topping hits is inspiring an original Disney movie musical. The film, titled All Night Long, is named after his hit song from 1983…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMTuesday, June 9, 2020
Last summer, Brittney Johnson made history as the first Black woman to play Glinda in the musical Wicked. Brittney had previously been seen on Broadway in Motown the musical, Beautiful: The …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:21PMThursday, June 4, 2020
Black Broadway veterans and other performers dance in various (emptied-out) New York City landmarks, in a video that director Tavia Riveè (Motown the Musical) has entitled “Dream Like New…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:17PMWednesday, March 11, 2020
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 St…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:18PMFriday, January 31, 2020
While performing in theatre – starring in majority black, Asian and minority ethnic casts, such as Motown the Musical and The Lion
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMFriday, December 27, 2019
As karaoke versions of musicals take off, we chat to punters at two West End shows – strictly during the interval, of course – to gauge opinion on audience participation
‘It’ll have …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMWednesday, December 18, 2019
Monday, December 16, 2019
Casting is here for the new musical Gun & Powder, set to make its world premiere at Arlington, Virginia's Signature Theatre next year. The previously announced world premiere, directed b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:03PM