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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Jersey Boys Gets a New Man in Town with Joseph Leo Bwarie as Frankie Valli by Ryan Gilbert

Just too good! Joseph Leo Bwarie takes over the role of Frankie Valli in the Tony-winning musical Jersey Boys on January 28 at the August Wilson Theatre. Bwarie succeeds Dominic Scaglione Jr…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Monday, January 27, 2014

Dirty Up Those Pretty Faces! Les Miz Finds Kids to Join in Their Crusade by Ryan Gilbert

An army of pint-sized revolutionaries are ready to take Broadway by storm! The Miz kids have been announced for Cameron Mackintosh’s revival of Les Miserables, which stars Ramin Kariml…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:58PM

See Tony Winner Hugh Jackman Explain Why He Can't Use Broadway as an Excuse to Sleep In by Ryan Gilbert

Tony winner and Oscar nominee Hugh Jackman is literally the busiest person ever. In the last five years, he starred in 10 films, including the adaptation of Les Misérables, and two Br…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:13PM

Public Theater's Love's Labour's Lost to Release Original Cast Album Featuring Patti Murin & Colin Donnell by Ryan Gilbert

The Public Theater's world premiere musical Love's Labour's Lost, penned by Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson collaborators Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers, will be preserved with a…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:16PM

Still Wondering Whodunit! Mystery Musical Comedy Murder For Two Extends at New World Stages by Ryan Gilbert

The case hasn't been cracked, so get a clue and get your butt over to New World Stages! The zany musical comedy Murder For Two has been extended at the off-Broadway theater. Initially sc…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AM

Show the World! Watch Carole King & Sara Bareilles Perform 'Beautiful' & 'Brave' Musical Mash-Up at the Grammys by Ryan Gilbert

As far as singer-songwriters go, it doesn't get any better than the legendary Carole King, the subject of the new Broadway musical Beautiful. Actually, the only thing that could make a l…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:35AM

Thuy's Arrival! Korean Star Kwang-Ho Hong Completes the Cast of the New Revival of Miss Saigon in London by Ryan Gilbert

Casting is complete for the new West End revival of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg’s Miss Saigon. Korean star Kwang-Ho Hong will join the previously announced cast as Thuy, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:16AM
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Andrew Keenan-Bolger on Belting 'Defying Gravity,' His Looking Sex Scene and Trolling Grindr by Ryan Gilbert

Andrew Keenan-Bolger won our hearts in Broadway's Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins and as Crutchie in Newsies, but now he's about to make a very un-Disney cameo. In the second epis…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Friday, January 24, 2014

Into the California Sunlight! Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame Will Have Its U.S. Premiere at La Jolla by Ryan Gilbert

Do you hear that? Why, it's the bells of Notre Dame tolling away, and Quasimodo is out there and ready to ring, ring, ring! According to Variety, the stage musical adaptation of Disney&r…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:00AM

Tony Nominee Kathleen Turner Will Return to the West End in Stephen Sachs' Bakersfield Mist by Ryan Gilbert

Tony and Oscar nominee Kathleen Turner will return to London's West End this spring to headline the European premiere of Stephen Sachs' Bakersfield Mist. Turner will star opposite To…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:33AM
Thursday, January 23, 2014

The Elephant Man, Starring Bradley Cooper, Patricia Clarkson & Alessandro Nivola, Will Hit Broadway This Fall by Ryan Gilbert

John Merrick is making his way back to Broadway! A new revival of Bernard Pomerance's Tony Award-winning drama The Elephant Man will star two-time Oscar nominee and Broadway.com Audience…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:46PM

After Midnight's Dule Hill Is Obsessed with Blacklist, Fantasia Barrino & Three Types of Booze by Ryan Gilbert

Theater stars know what’s hot in entertainment, fashion and pop culture, so Broadway.com decided it was high time to tap in to the after-hours obsessions of our favorite stage actors. …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:55PM

Big Men in Town! Joseph Leo Bwarie & Nick Cosgrove to Star as Frankie Valli in Broadway's Jersey Boys by Ryan Gilbert

Joseph Leo Bwarie and Nick Cosgrove are ready to have your eyes adore them! Bwarie and Cosgrove will assume the role of The Four Seasons frontman Frankie Valli in the Broadway cast of Jersey…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:49PM

U.K.'s National Theatre Will Revive Alan Ayckbourn's A Small Family Business; More Plays Announced for Upcoming Season by Ryan Gilbert

Olivier Award nominee Nigel Lindsay will star in a revival of Alan Ayckbourn's A Small Family Business, directed by Adam Penford, at London's National Theatre. The National's upc…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PM

Squigs Hikes the Hills of Ireland for a Portrait of Brian F. O'Byrne & Debra Messing in Outside Mullingar by Ryan Gilbert

It’s one of the hottest Broadway tickets this winter, but lucky Broadway.com artist Justin "Squigs" Robertson snagged a seat to see Emmy winner Debra Messing, Tony winner Br&…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AM

April & Holly Are Back! Kristin Chenoweth & Gwyneth Paltrow Get Cheeky on the Set of Glee's 100th Episode by Ryan Gilbert

They're baaaaaaack! Put your too-friggin-cute-for-words hats on because Tony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth and Oscar and Emmy winner Gwyneth Paltrow are getting Glee-ful. The hit Fox…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AM

Tap Into Your Inner Idina Menzel! Disney to Release Sing-Along Version of Frozen in Theaters by Ryan Gilbert

Listen up, because this is music to our frostbitten ears! Since you've already seen Frozen at least twice in theaters, bought the soundtrack on iTunes and memorized all of Bobby Lopez an…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36AM
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Thumbs Up! Tim Federle's New Book Five, Six, Seven, Nate! Deserves a Standing Ovation by Ryan Gilbert

Katniss Everdeen fought to the death in a televised battle and Harry Potter overcame Lord Voldemort, but Nate Foster has an even bigger challenge ahead of him: Making his Broadway debut as A…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:39PM

OMFG! 'Meryl F**king Streep' Drops In to Wish Outside Mullingar Star Debra Messing Good Luck by Ryan Gilbert

Emmy winner Debra Messing said it best: "MERYL F**KING STREEP." I mean, honestly, what else is there to say? Here's how the story goes... Messing, who is making her Broadway de…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:28PM

New Plays from Billy Porter, Theresa Rebeck & David Ives on Tap for Primary Stages' 30th Anniversary Season by Ryan Gilbert

Happy 30th anniversary! Off-Broadway's Primary Stages will produce new plays by Tony winner Billy Porter, Theresa Rebeck (Smash) and David Ives (Venus in Fur) as part of their 2014-15 se…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:29PM

Michael Park, Laura Osnes, Sally Murphy & More to Star in Off-B'way Revival of The Threepenny Opera by Ryan Gilbert

Beggars! And brothels! And Bertolt Brecht! The Atlantic Theater Company has announced complete casting for its off-Broadway revival of The Threepenny Opera. Emmy winner Michael Park, Tony no…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:00PM

Satisfaction! Mick Jagger Wants to Bring Oscar-Nominated Doc 20 Feet From Stardom to Broadway by Ryan Gilbert

It looks like you can always get what you want! Legendary Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and his producing partner Victoria Pearman are in talks to turn the Oscar-nominated documentary …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:55AM

Couldn’t Keep It In! Avenue Q's Princeton, Trekkie, Kate Monster & Rod Rock Out to Frozen's 'Let It Go' by Ryan Gilbert

Princeton and Kate Monster dueting on "Love is an Open Door"? Trekkie singing "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?"? Rod belting "Let It Go"? Like everyone else who…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:53AM

Janis Is Out & The Realistic Joneses Are In! Will Eno's New Drama Will Play Broadway's Lyceum Theatre by Ryan Gilbert

The Broadway premiere of Will Eno's The Realistic Joneses, starring Golden Globe winner Michael C. Hall, Emmy winner Toni Collette, Oscar winner Marisa Tomei and Tony and Pulitzer Prize …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:23AM
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Bye, Bye Baby! A Night With Janis Joplin, Starring Mary Bridget Davies, Will End Run at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre by Ryan Gilbert

Get it while you can! The Broadway journey for The Queen of Psychedelic Soul is coming to an end. A Night With Janis Joplin, starring Mary Bridget Davies, will play its final performance at …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:03PM

Fatboy Slim & David Byrne’s Hit Disco Musical Here Lies Love Will Return to Off-Broadway's Public Theater by Ryan Gilbert

The Public Theater's acclaimed production of the David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical Here Lies Love will return to the off-Broadway theater this March for an open-ended engagement. According…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:56PM

Broadway Grosses: Twelfth Night Breaks Records, Beautiful Packs the House & Bridges Joins the Boards by Ryan Gilbert

Audiences are still clamoring to catch Mark Rylance pull double-duty as the neurotic, lovestruck Countess Olivia in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and then as the murderous titular…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:21PM
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Debra Messing Debuts, Stark Sands Says Goodbye & Pippin Gets a New Granny in This Week's Datebook by Ryan Gilbert

If you’re a fan of famous faces, the week of January 20-26 is your time to get busy! On tap on stages around NYC are Carol Channing, Annie Potts, Debra Messing and Sutton Foster, plus …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Friday, January 17, 2014

Joshua Johnston Follows in Mom Patti LuPone's Acting Footsteps in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Ryan Gilbert

Like mother, like son! Joshua Johnston, son of two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone, is currently performing at the Pearl Theatre in The Acting Company's  repertory productions of Rose…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PM

Olivier Award Nominee Brent Barrett Returns to Razzle Dazzle 'Em as Billy Flynn in Broadway's Chicago by Ryan Gilbert

Olivier Award nominee Brent Barrett will once again assume the role of slick lawyer Billy Flynn in Broadway's Chicago beginning January 20. Barrett replaces Ryan Silverman, who will play…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PM

Tony Nominee Kenny Leon on Broadway-Bound Holler If Ya Hear Me: 'Hopefully, It Will Change the World' by Ryan Gilbert

If you’re a Tupac Shakur fan, you may have been surprised to hear that Holler If Ya Hear Me, a new musical inspired by the music of the late rapper, is heading to Broadway's Palace…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:38PM

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