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Monday, February 3, 2020

Celebrating Black History Month: Adrienne Warren Honors 'One of Our Greats' George C. Wolfe by Michael Appler

In honor of Black History Month, Broadway.com is asking actors, directors and playwrights to tell us about a black theater artist who inspired them. Stars jumped at the chance to honor tho…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:12PM

Legends on Legends: For Black History Month, Adrienne Warren Honors 'One of Our Greats' George C. Wolfe by Michael Appler

In honor of Black History Month, Broadway.com is asking Broadway actors, directors and playwrights to tell us about a black theater artist who inspired them. From Alvin Ailey to Audra McD…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PM

See Dear Evan Hansen's Jordan Fisher Take His First Bow as a Broadway Leading Man by Michael Appler

Jordan Fisher just took his first bow as Evan Hansen, joining Ben Platt, Taylor Trensch and Andrew Barth Feldman as the fourth actor to play the title role of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's To…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PM

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice May Be Set in the '60s, But What It Says About Sex and Communication is Thoroughly Modern by Michael Appler

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, both the 1969 film by Paul Mazursky and the new off-Broadway musical from Duncan Sheik, Jonathan Marc Sherman and Amanda Green, is a comedy of manners,…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PM
Friday, January 31, 2020

How NFL Star Nnamdi Asomugha Began a New Career on Broadway in A Soldier's Play by Michael Appler

Age: 38 Hometown: Born in Lafayette, Louisiana to Nigerian parents, raised in Los Angeles, California.  Current role: Nnamdi Asomugha is making his Broadway debut as Private First Class …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:18PM

See Erika Henningsen, Tony Yazbeck & the Cast of Flying Over Sunset on the First Day of Rehearsal by Michael Appler

Get ready for a trip! The company of Lincoln Center Theater's new Broadway musical, Flying Over Sunset, held their first day of rehearsals on January 30. Created and directed by James La…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:18PM
Thursday, January 30, 2020

Disney Theatrical President Tom Schumacher on Writing the 'Book I Wanted as a Kid' by Michael Appler

Thomas Schumacher, the president of Disney Theatrical Productions, has ushered beloved Disney properties like The Lion King, Aladdin and Frozen to the Broadway stage after beginning work wi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:42PM

Raise Your Cup: See The Cast of Hadestown Celebrate Their Grammy Win by Michael Appler

The cast and creators of Hadestown have added another award to their crowded shelf. The Tony-winning Best Musical just took home a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album. On January 29, the …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PM
Wednesday, January 29, 2020

I Hope We Get It: Antonio Banderas Says He's in Talks to Bring His Spanish A Chorus Line to New York by Michael Appler

Tony nominee Antonio Banderas might be campaigning for an Oscar this season, but he's also been high-kicking in A Chorus Line for the past year. Banderas opened a theater and school in hi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AM
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

The Phantom of the Opera's Maree Johnson on Why Madame Giry is the Strong Female Role We Need by Michael Appler

Maree Johnson plays Madame Giry, the inscrutable and mystifying ballet mistress curiously familiar with the opera's more rowdy downstairs tenant, in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. Ta…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:36PM

Got It All Figured Out: Watch Jagged Little Pill's Celia Rose Gooding, Lauren Patten & More Perform 'Hand in My Pocket' by Michael Appler

The cast of Alanis Morissette's jukebox musical Jagged Little Pill performed on Late Night with Seth Meyers on January 27. Led by Celia Rose Gooding and Lauren Patten, the ensemble sang "…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PM

Beginning of the Road: See the Cast of Roundabout Theater's 72 Miles to Go... in Rehearsal by Michael Appler

Roundabout Theater Company's world premiere play 72 Miles to Go..., set to being performances at the Laura Pels Theatre on February 13, is now in rehearsals. Featuring Elena Ramirez, Tyl…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36AM
Monday, January 27, 2020

'We Started Salivating From Minute One': The Original 1981 Cast of A Soldier's Play Remember Its Beginnings by Michael Appler

In the late fall of 1981, a handful of little-known actors gathered on the stage of a 300-seat off-Broadway theater on West 55th St. in Manhattan. The actors—among them were Denzel Washing…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PM

Dear Evan Hansen Alum Alex Boniello Doesn't Want to Play Sad Characters Anymore by Michael Appler

Alex Boniello is tired. The two-time Broadway alum took his final bow as Dear Evan Hansen’s Connor Murphy—the troubled, outsider teen whose suicide places Evan in an impossible moral dil…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PM

A Story to Tell: Go Behind the Scenes with These Exclusive Backstage Photos at The Inheritance by Michael Appler

The Inheritance has a cast of 13 men, each engaged in telling Matthew Lopez's cross-generational study of gay life, community and the legacy of AIDS in America. For the actors who take on…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PM
Friday, January 24, 2020

Groovy Baby! Take a First Look at Jennifer Damiano and the Off-Broadway Cast of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice by Michael Appler

Oh, the argyle. Take a look at the first photos released from the New Group’s world premiere Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, set in 1969 Los Angeles as the sexual revolution swept u…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:36PM

Ain't It Grand! Inside the Opening Night of the New Broadway Comedy Grand Horizons by Michael Appler

Grand Horizons, Bess Wohl's comedy about a wife who wants to divorce her husband after 50 years of marriage, opened on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theater on January 24. Directed by Tony no…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PM

Take a First Look at the New Off-Broadway Play 72 Miles to Go... by Michael Appler

The cast and creatives of Roundabout Theatre Company's new off-Broadway production of 72 Miles to Go... posed for pictures with the press on January 23. Written by Hilary Bettis and directe…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PM
Thursday, January 23, 2020

At Ease! David Alan Grier, Blair Underwood & More Bow at Opening Night of A Soldier's Play on Broadway by Michael Appler

A Soldier’s Play, Charles Fuller’s 1981 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama that never came to Broadway, has finally received its due. The Kenny Leon-helmed production made its opening night Br…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM

Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Perform Freestyle Love Supreme 15 Years Ago in Trailer for New Documentary by Michael Appler

Sundance Film Festival has released the first trailer of the upcoming documentary We Are Freestyle Love Supreme, a 15-year retrospective of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail's hip-hop im…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM

Broadway Baby! Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita Are Expecting Their First Child by Michael Appler

Tony nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Broadway producer Justin Mikita are expecting their first child. Ferguson, who will appear on Broadway this season in a revival of Take Me Out, announc…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM

Cynthia Erivo, Idina Menzel, Elton John & More to Perform at 2020 Oscars by Michael Appler

The 2020 Oscars will feature performances from each of the songs nominated in the Best Original Song category. Cynthia Erivo, who was nominated for two Academy Awards this year as the star …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM
Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Attention! See A Soldier's Play Stars David Alan Grier, Blair Underwood & More in These Exclusive Portraits by Michael Appler

A Soldier's Play celebrated its Broadway opening night at the American Airlines Theatre on Janaury 21, 38 years after it first opened off-Broadway. Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:03PM

Leslie Uggams and Lynn Whitfield to Star in Phylicia Rashad-Directed Blue at the Apollo by Michael Appler

Blue, writer Charles Randolph-Wright and composer Nona Hendrix's musical play, will receive a 16-week engagement at Harlem's Apollo Theater. Tony-winning actress Phylicia Rashad will dire…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PM
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

😍😍 See the Stars of the Off-Broadway Emojiland Celebrate Their Opening Night by Michael Appler

Emojiland, off-Broadway's newest confection, opened on January 19 at the Duke on 42nd Street theater. The new "textistential" musical tells the story of a band of emojis—living, obviousl…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:18PM

Lesli Margherita Will Have You Know That Emojiland Is 'So Much Deeper Than People Think' by Michael Appler

Lesli Margherita, who Broadway.com fans might remember from her lovable backstage vlogs Looks Not Books and Ship Happens, is playing an emoji in Keith Harrison and Laura Schein’s new off-…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:18PM

Imagine: Watch Billy Porter Surprise Audiences of The View with a Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute by Michael Appler

Audiences of The View were already moved by the Martin Luther King Jr. Day appearance of the Cardinal Shehan School community and Krieger Schechter Day School choirs. The celebratory pe…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PM

😍😍😍😍 See the Cast of Emojiland Perform Onstage and Pose on Opening Night by Michael Appler

Emojiland, off-Broadway's newest confection, opened on January 19 at the Duke on 42nd Street theater. The new "textistential" musical tells the story of a band of emojis—living, obviousl…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PM
Sunday, January 19, 2020

Michelle Williams, Sam Rockwell & Renée Zellweger Take Home SAG Awards for Playing Theater Legends by Michael Appler

Michelle Williams, Sam Rockwell and Renée Zellweger brought performances to the screen this year that resurrected three of musical theater's greatest stars. Williams and Rockwell playe…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48PM
Friday, January 17, 2020

Adam Driver Is an Oscar Nominee for Marriage Story; Here's His Broadway Story by Michael Appler

Adam Driver just received his second Oscar nomination. This time it's for playing Charlie in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story—one of the four major films the actor released this year. But …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:48PM

The Irishman Oscar Nominee Al Pacino Has Been on Broadway a Dozen Times by Michael Appler

Al Pacino just received his first Oscar nomination in 27 years for playing Jimmy Hoffa, and getting de-aged, in Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman. And while the Oscar winner’s roles in Th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:03PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards