Wednesday, November 29, 2017
When Betsy Wolfe departs the Broadway production of Waitress on January 14, it will be one of the show’s creators who (once again) replaces her. Sara Bareilles will be serving-up seconds w…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:10AMTuesday, November 28, 2017
Springsteen on Broadway, a night of Bruce Springsteen’s music featuring the Boss himself regaling audiences with a string of hits, opened on Broadway October 12th where it has proven to be…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 09:19AMHamilton’s America, the compelling documentary about the Broadway musical and the history behind it, is set to have an encore presentation on Friday, December 1. The presentation will be a…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:10AMMonday, November 20, 2017
It’s that festive time of year again when we’re dashing about, trying to find the perfect holiday gifts for our friends and family. Buying gifts for those of us enamored with Broadway ca…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:32AMContinuing their exciting presentation of Broadway plays and musicals, PBS’s Great Performances series will air Holiday Inn on Friday, November 24th. Based on the classic 1942 film of the …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:21AMThursday, November 16, 2017
The Broadway musical Chicago is about to celebrate its 21st Anniversary on Broadway, and as part of the celebration will include YouTube sensation and Broadway star Todrick Hall, joining the…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:57PMWednesday, November 15, 2017
Broadway’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the musical confection that is based on the children’s book by Roald Dahl and the subsequent film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, wil…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:43PMThe Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera, the unstoppable megahit musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Richard Stilgoe and Charles Hart, is about to turn 30. Fo…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:25AMThursday, November 9, 2017
The hit musical Kinky Boots, with a Tony-winning score by Cyndi Lauper and a Tony-winning book by Harvey Fierstein, has just announced its latest cast change. Jake Shears from the pop group …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:01PMWednesday, November 8, 2017
The long-anticipated musical of King Kong, itself based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Merian C. Cooper, will finally be coming to Broadway, complete with the titular mammoth ape. Set…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:46PMHamilton, the musical sensation that took Broadway by storm in 2015 and then the world over, will now make its premiere in Puerto Rico, with original author and star Lin-Manuel Miranda repri…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:56AMMonday, November 6, 2017
Kiss Me, Kate, the Cole Porter musical loosely based on William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, will receive a Broadway revival courtesy of the Roundabout Theatre Company. Set to op…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:30PMWednesday, November 1, 2017
Matt Crowley’s landmark play The Boys in the Band, an important piece of drama that evolved the direction of gay theatre and its inherent themes when it played Off-Broadway in 1968, will m…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:36PMWith Halloween marked-off for 2017, we look ahead to Thanksgiving and all the exciting things that this day of eating and television offer. One of the greatest and lasting television traditi…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:29AMSaturday, October 28, 2017
The recent Broadway revival of the Noel Coward comedy Present Laughter will be playing a new venue: the PBS TV series Great Performances. On Friday, November 3 at 9 PM ET, the production sta…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:00AMWednesday, October 25, 2017
The live-television musical A Christmas Story, slated to play on Fox this holiday season, continues to add members to its starry cast. Joining the already announced Maya Rudolph, Matthew Bro…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 06:43PMAmazing Grace, the Broadway musical of 2015 that tells the inspiring tale of one of the world’s most-beloved hymns and of the man behind its creation, is now set to begin a national tour t…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:06AMThursday, October 19, 2017
There may be no other holiday with more appeal for theater people than one when you dress up in costumes and makeup and have fun taking on a different persona. Theater people also like their…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:30PMWhen the angels arrive in America, star of stage and screen Lee Pace will be among them. The forthcoming revival of the National Theatre’s production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America:…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:26AMWednesday, October 18, 2017
Coming on top of their recent announcement that Fox’s A Christmas Story Live! has named Andy Walken to play the role of Ralphie Parker, the production has additionally released that Jane K…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:34PMMonday, October 16, 2017
Popular star of film and television Anthony Edwards is the latest addition to the Broadway revival of Mark Medoff’s Tony Award-winning Children of a Lesser God. Edwards joins the already a…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:57PMFriday, October 13, 2017
One of 2017’s most-anticipated musicals was the double-diva deluxe musical War Paint. Starring two-time Tony-winner Patti LuPone (Evita, Gypsy) and two-time Tony-winner Christine Ebersole …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:06AMWednesday, October 11, 2017
This spring, the great innovators of music, from Beethoven to Queen, and Handel to U2, are set to be celebrated when Rocktopia opens on Broadway for a limited-engagement. For six epic weeks,…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:15PMIt may be hard to believe that Christmas is only 75-days away, but with Santa starting to pack his sleigh, holiday entertainment in ramping up. Home for the Holidays, a cavalcade of the seas…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:20AMFriday, October 6, 2017
Many Broadway fans have been waiting on pins and needles to find out who will be starring in Bartlett Sher’s Lincoln Center revival of My Fair Lady. The news is in and this revival of the …
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