Friday, May 31, 2019
The soundtrack for the live-action remake of Aladdin manages to tweak the classic score just enough to not sound like a pale imitation while keeping the core of the magic that's made it one …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMSaturday, April 27, 2019
Origin stories are a weird thing, and nowhere on Broadway right now is there an odder origin story than Be More Chill. For star Stephanie Hsu, it started with a fake lemonade ad skit in the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMFriday, April 26, 2019
The onslaught of jukebox musicals doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon, which, in turn, means that there are an awful lot of cast albums that also double as very well-sung cover albums. Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMSaturday, April 20, 2019
Previously a folk singer-songwriter, Anais Mitchell is blazing new ground on Broadway this season, both with her unique jazz-folk interpretation of classical Greek mythology and as the first…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMMonday, April 8, 2019
With his new album Call Me Old-Fashioned, Tony nominee Max von Essen proves that he's found the perfect balance between modern Broadway star and golden age elegance.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMThursday, April 4, 2019
Reviewing the cast album for Ain't Too Proud, the new bio-musical tracing the origins of the Motown vocal group the Temptations, is an unusually tricky task. How does one really review music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMFriday, March 29, 2019
With his new album Coming Home to You, Michael Ball expands his reach with a sound that's part country, part easy listening pop. It's an admirable effort, but one that sometimes falls flat.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMSaturday, March 16, 2019
Musical theatre is the land of collaboration, and anyone who's ever tried to write a musical knows that it can be a land filled with landmines. But for the ladies of the new musical Marie, D…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMTuesday, March 5, 2019
The newly released West End cast recording of Heathers includes all the fan-favorite songs from the original version, as well as a few new additions. For longtime fans, it's a welcome treat …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMThursday, January 24, 2019
It is a truth universally acknowledged that there can never be enough Jane Austen adaptations - at least not for Austenites like me. Coincidentally, the theatre world is newly home to not on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMFriday, January 18, 2019
In 2010, the musical comedy Band Geeks premiered at Goodspeed, and now, almost nine years later, its score is finally available for listening. The EP of Band Geeks features seven of Mark All…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMThursday, December 20, 2018
There are few things as difficult as penning a follow-up to a beloved classic. That's the challenge that faced the writers of Disney's Mary Poppins Returns, the next-generation sequel to the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMFriday, December 14, 2018
When it comes to sweeping, grand romances, the musicals from the golden age of the mid-20th century can't be beat - including Brigadoon, which most recently received a production at New York…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMTuesday, December 11, 2018
The intersection of Broadwayopera and sacred music seems like a natural fit. Both are often larger than life, both speak to a very specific message, and both use a wide range of instrumentat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMFriday, December 7, 2018
Since its inception in 2015, the Broadway Princess Party concert series has gone from a cute one-time show to a fan favorite at Feinstein's54 Below to a nationwide tour complete with a full-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMThursday, November 29, 2018
With his latest album, As Time Goes By, Boe tackles a slightly different genre, covering a variety of mid-century standards with a lounge-style, big-band sound. This branching out is a delig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMFriday, November 23, 2018
When it comes to how I got here stories, sta Hostetter's is both incredibly unique and incredibly familiar. The costume designer, currently represented off-Broadway by Roundabout's Usual Gir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PMFriday, November 16, 2018
Melissa Errico is one of the most reliable theatre divas in contemporary musical theatre. With her fierce belt and a knack for finding the most interesting moments in music, it's no surprise…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMMonday, October 15, 2018
Figure skating and musical theatre feel like perfect partners both involve heightened drama, intense training, and occasionally questionable costume choices. So it seems incredible that ther…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMMonday, October 8, 2018
As far as wacky titles go Who's Your Baghdaddy Or, How I Started The Iraq War is a doozy. First-time listeners might be a little wary of this wacky, weird concept, but they'd be missing out.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMWednesday, September 26, 2018
The album for the new dance musical The Beast in the Jungle is not your typical cast recording. Actually, it's not a cast recording at all, but a score recording that's purely instrumental. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMTuesday, September 4, 2018
If you haven't heard of Abby DePhillips yet, now would be a good time to get acquainted. The social-media maven and up-and-coming producer is a rarity in the theatre world a star in the maki…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMSaturday, August 18, 2018
Linda Eder's career has had the kind of variety many performers would envy everything from Broadway to solo albums to concert halls. If You See Me, her latest release, is her seventeenth sol…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AMWednesday, August 8, 2018
There's a fairly good chance that Lynn Ahrens wrote one of your favorite songs. Over the past few decades, she's written songs for beloved titles such as Schoolhouse Rock, Anastasia, Once on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33PMMonday, August 6, 2018
There's a good reason that Measure For Measure is considered one of Shakespeare's problem plays. It's a weird blend between comedy featuring that immortal device of classical theatre, the be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMFriday, August 3, 2018
Most performers have a youthful origin story - some memory of watching a musical or being in a community production that introduced them to the magic of the stage and inspired their future p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMThursday, July 19, 2018
If there's a word to define Ariana DeBose, it's 'authentic.'The actress - currently appearing in her Tony-nominated role of Disco Donna in Summer The Donna Summer Musical on Broadway - revel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PMThursday, July 5, 2018
The name Jason Robert Brown on a piece of music can strike joy in the hearts of singers and listeners and mild trepidation in the hands of pianists everywhere. The Tony-winning composer has …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMWednesday, July 4, 2018
Finding the art in forward motion. That's how producer Sally Cade Holmes describes her work, and it's an apt - and elegant - description of the nebulous, multifaceted world of theatre produc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42PMWednesday, June 27, 2018
Six days a week, a hour or so before the stars of Summer The Donna Summer Musical sign in on the callboard, dresser LJ Wright arrives at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to help lay the groundwork …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMWednesday, June 20, 2018
What place does a fairytale have in the modern world Unlike Cinderella's slipper, there's no one perfect fit of an answer, but two of Broadway's favorites have been exploring this question t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PM 
