Producer and Director of National Geographic's LION Faith Musembi went backstage at The Lion King Broadway to learn how Head of Puppets Lynda White and her team bring lions from the savanna to the stage.
It’s a very good time to be Shoshana Bean. Three months ago, she won her first Tony Award for playing Lucy Emerson in The Lost Boys. In 2025, she picked up her first Grammy Award as a pri…
For Nicholas Christopher, the Tony nomination still doesn’t quite feel real. “You don’t do it for the awards, you don’t do it for the recognition, you do it for the art,” the first…
Here, he arrives quietly. But those who saw Nathan Lane’s seismic, Tony Award-winning star turn in The Producers know what a classic Nathan Lane entrance looks like. Bursting from the ens…
Bob The Drag Queen has conquered a lot of stages"and Broadway has officially joined the list. The comedian and RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8 winner is currently making his Broadway debut as Ha…
Bob The Drag Queen has conquered a lot of stages"and Broadway has officially joined the list. The comedian and RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8 winner is currently making his Broadway debut as Ha…
Broadway's next generation of major musicals took center stage earlier this month as Broadway Across America hosted its 2026 Theatrical Conference, a high-profile gathering of industry insid…
The first two times Nicki Hunter applied to Manhattan Theatre Club, she didn't get the internship. Not enough experience. Come back when you're ready. 16 years later, she's running the place…
The musical adaptation of Imitation of Life will premiere at The Shed in New York City this fall. The project features a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, whose Bro…
Bret Hanna-Shuford, a veteran of six Broadway shows and popular social media influencer, died after a brief battle with a rare and aggressive form of lymphoma and HLH died in Orlando, Florid…
On September 16, students in the Drama Division at The Juilliard School gathered for a conversation with someone whose name appears on theaters around the world"but who rarely steps into the…
Cheyenne Jackson is back on Broadway in Oh, Mary! and buzzing"his word. He describes it as a full-body charge the moment he returns to New York, a jolt of inspiration and familiarity that ma…
After 20 months of touring the country in Mamma Mia!, Carly Sakolove and Jalynn Steele have finally found something they didn't have on the road: rhythm. Now a few months into the Broadway r…
If you're not already following the career of Kevin Zak, now's the time. The actor-turned-writer-director-comedian is in the middle of a breakout year. His buzzy off-Broadway comedy Ginger T…
Broadway first met Tom Kirdahy on the arm of Terrence McNally, the legendary playwright who was his partner in life and art for over two decades. Today, Kirdahy stands as one of the industry…
When Laura Bell Bundy and Kara Lindsay hit the stage as Romy and Michele on October 14, the biggest challenge isn't nailing the infamous interpretive dance from the movie's climax"it's keepi…
Hannah Solow knows what it's like to wait in the wings. For months she was the understudy of Oh, Mary!'s boozy, chaotic Mary Todd Lincoln, watching others get the laughs and applause. But no…
Mira Sorvino has an Oscar on her shelf for Mighty Aphrodite and a cult following thanks to Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. She's starred in thrillers like Mimic and tr…
As Romy to Lisa Kudrow's Michele, Oscar winner Mira Sorvino made Hollywood cult comedy history in the 1997 film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. Now, the actress, gearing up for her B…
Three-time Olivier Award winner Roger Allam and Tony Award and Olivier Award-winning acting legend Ian McKellen will reunite in a film adaptation of their 2023 London stage hit Frank and Per…
Three-time Olivier Award winner Roger Allam and acting legend Ian McKellen will reunite in a film adaptation of their 2023 West End hit Frank and Percy, according to Deadline. Directed by Se…
Here we go again! After nearly two years of touring the country in the ABBA blockbuster Mamma Mia!, Jim Newman, Victor Wallace and Rob Marnell have traded hotel rooms for Broadway dressing r…
Christine Sherrill knows a thing or two about second acts. After years performing in Chicago, raising three sons, and playing standout roles on regional stages, she's finally making her Broa…
This fall, Broadway audiences will get to see theater history made when Chess returns to the Imperial Theatre, 37 years after its original debut there in 1988. Set during the Cold War, the s…
Cynthia Erivo is doing the most"and somehow making it look easy. This week alone, she's getting ready to host the Tony Awards, release her debut solo album and possibly break the internet wh…
When the 2025 Tony Award nominations were announced, Mia Farrow wasn't watching a livestream or refreshing her social media feeds"she was simply washing her hair. So when her publicist, Mari…
Celia Keenan-Bolger did not expect a Tony Award this season"at least not the kind that would come via a Zoom meeting. "I just was like, 'What?' and burst into tears," she recalls, of learnin…
One eight-minute FaceTime call and the promise of a dressing room the size of an apartment"that's all it took for Solea Pfeiffer to convince Jordan Fisher to join Moulin Rouge! The two had r…
This week's lineup is all about fresh faces and new angles. Jeffrey Seller tells his own story for a change, Hadestown welcomes two rising stars to the underworld and Creditors crackles down…
Drama in the classroom, harmonies in the city and a brand-new musical about women, family, and finding your voice. This week, Hugh Jackman and Ella Beatty heat up the Minetta Lane, Real W…
Jinkx Monsoon has never been one to do things the traditional way. But in Pirates!, the Roundabout Theatre Company's joyously irreverent, jazz-infused adaptation of The Pirates of Penzance, …
Natalie Venetia Belcon always felt most comfortable on stage. Or at sea. "On stage and in the middle of the ocean with all those weird creatures"that's where I feel most at home," she says. …
From pop princes to Pirate Kings to pre-Wicked witches, this week's lineup covers a lot of territory. Joey Fatone is back in & Juliet, Pirates! opens with flair and brass, and…
Photographer Jenny Anderson is a well-respected part of the Broadway community"a colleague I trust and admire when I see her at industry parties, opening nights or holding down a prime spot …
A buzzy new play takes on The Crucible in a Georgia classroom, Jordan Fisher turns up the heat in Paris, and Ashley Graham steps into the Broadway spotlight for the very first time. From bre…
Age:Â 41 Hometown:Â Neath, South Wales David Thaxton (Photo: Andy Henderson) Current Role:Â David Thaxton makes his Broadway debut in Jamie Lloyd's Olivier Award-winning revival o…
Lea Michele is thrilled to share a milestone moment: "April marks 30 years that I've been working on Broadway!" she gushed during an interview for an upcoming episode of The Broadway Show wi…
Broadway this week offers a tribute to a musical titan, a stage debut for a cult-favorite TV show, and a genre-bending Western about a corpse with staying power. From a cast of theater royal…
Broadway is giving us the full spectrum of masculinity this week: a bunch of desperate salesmen, one legendary showman, and a hopeless romantic who sings his feelings in reverse. With big na…
From Sarah Snook's shape-shifting tour de force in The Picture of Dorian Gray to the theatrical wizardry of Stranger Things and the long-awaited revival of Floyd Collins, this week's theater…
Clooney! Denzel! Culkin! Gyllenhaal! As Broadway bursts with genuine Hollywood star power across just four New York City blocks, the electricity is undeniable. In just a few days, Denzel …
There's no doubt we're at the starting line of an exciting spring season, with 18 plays and musicals set to open before the April 27 Tony Awards eligibility cutoff. With five of those shows …
Winning a Pulitzer Prize and staging productions at prestigious theaters didn't mean playwright Sanaz Toossi was ready to stop fine-tuning English. "I'm never done," she told one of the play…
The late, great Walt Disney, one of the most influential artists of all time, continues to shape popular culture 58 years after his passing. His creative legacy is everywhere"in Disney's ani…
In 2011, Water for Elephants star Sara Gettelfinger landed maybe the biggest break in a theater career filled with numerous highlights: a genuine leading lady turn as Morticia Addams in t…
"I've made a career playing gay men," says Gideon Glick, who boasts a resume marked by the memorable queer Broadway characters he introduced in Spring Awakening, Significant Other and, le…
Broadway advertising visionary Vinny Sainato, 55, died on January 8 in Ipswich, Massachusetts after a battle with cancer. As Art Director at SpotCo and Vice President of Creative Service…
American Dance Machine for the 21st Century (ADM21), the reboot of the legendary Broadway choreography restoration project American Dance Machine, has launched its latest video. Led by Tony …
After past fan confusion over the topic of the gender identity of one its lead characters, producers of the Tony-nominated musical Jagged Little Pill have announced script changes for the up…
MGM movie musical icon Jane Powell died on September 16, 2021 of natural causes at her home in Wilton, CT. She was 92. After making her Hollywood debut in Song of the Open Road in 1944, Pow…
Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway, Michael Riedel's follow-up to his acclaimed bestseller Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway, is set for release. The Simon and Schuster book wi…
