by Steven Hayet. @NotScubaSteve. NEW YORK, NY - After exhausting the catalogue of American & British popular music, Broadway producers, scrambling to find a popular musical artist with t…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:26AMby Catherine Weingarten. @sarahkaneissexy. NEW YORK, NY – Local indie playwright Autumn Crystal Summersmith found herself truly humiliated following a recent talkback for her new play, aft…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:22AMby Aidan Sears. @aidanjsears. SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Confusion arose in the audience last night after the Schaumburg Community Theatre’s performance of Catch Me If You Can, with theater-goers …
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:24AMby Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - The cast of the hit Broadway musical Beetlejuice performed during the 2019 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this morning, delighting viewers with …
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:53AMby Cameron Smith. @CamRayNYC. CAMBRIDGE, England - Following their groundbreaking recent discovery of an unreleased Eugene O’Neill play, researchers at the University of Cambridge have unc…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:57AMby Aidan Sears. @aidanjsears. ROCHESTER, NY - North Valley High School’s production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman opened to glowing reviews last night, with many audience members …
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:36AMby Brendan Leonard. @brennylen. WASHINGTON, D. C. - CNN reports that the upcoming Democratic Presidential Debate will nix the usual topics of health care, gun control and the economy for wha…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:17AMby Alec Brown. @brownta3. NEW YORK, NY - Producers of the long-running Broadway musical Chicago announced today that they’re updating the show’s famous slogan, “Broadway’s Sure Thing…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:35AMby Roxy Arecco. @roxyarecco. NEW YORK, NY - Local method actor Preston Roberts submitted his resignation for a production of Oedipus Rex yesterday after finally reading the play, in which th…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:12AMby Erika Hakmiller. @ErikaFromMaine. NEW YORK, NY - The National Football League released today a new, official translation guide for theatre lovers who are put in situations where they may …
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:35AMby Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - The Theater District's beloved Drama Book Shop - which shuttered its doors earlier this year - is set to reopen in 2020 under the new ownership of…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 02:54PMby Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. NEW YORK, NY - Attendees of this past Sunday’s matinee screening of The Irishman at Broadway’s Belasco Theater expressed their disappointment after the …
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 02:06PMby Rebecca Slaman. @rebeccaslaman. LOS ANGELES, CA - Controversial former U.S. Press Secretary Sean Spicer was spotted at an open call for a regional production of Little Shop of Horrors thi…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:44AMby Zach Raffio. @zachraffio If anyone has established themselves as a centerpiece of the last decade’s musical theatre zeitgeist, it’s beloved Hamilton wordsmith Lin-Manuel Miranda. When…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:19AMby Brendan Leonard. @brennylen. NEW YORK, NY – Producers of the hit musical Dear Evan Hansen were in the delivery room of Mount Sinai West Hospital this afternoon in eager anticipation of …
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:44AMby Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. BELLEVUE, Wash. - Local theatre fan Kaitlyn Womack expressed her outrage today after none of the co-workers at her company Halloween party understood her obscure…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:13AMby Sarah Jae Leiber. @sarahjaeleiber. PHILADELPHIA, Penn. — Local actor and social media wiz Wesley Zimmerman expressed frustration this week while desperately waiting for the death of m…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:20AMby HaleyJane Rose. @haleyisfamous. SEWICKLY, PA - 18-year old Bryan Dowry, a Freshman acting major at Carnegie Mellon University, announced this week that he intends to answer all of his fam…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:51AMby Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. NEW YORK, NY - Rumors and romance swung through the Great White Way last night after paparazzi snapped a pic of the King Kong Puppet - last seen as the titu…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:05AMby Rebecca Slaman. @rebeccaslaman. NEW YORK, NY - Conservatives throughout the U.S. are publicly condemning the current Broadway revival “Oklahoma!” after claiming its’ presence has in…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:33AMby Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. BRANSON, Mo. - The new Disney+ series Encore! - in which host Kristen Bell reunites cast members of high school musicals to recreate their performance years…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:09AMby Laura Ornella. @la.ornella. NEW YORK, NY - Baldwin Wallace grad and New York based actor Elizabeth McCalen turned 27 this past Sunday, receiving a bounty of well wishes from friends and f…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:43AMby Rebecca Slaman. @rebeccaslaman. NEW YORK, NY - Renovations are currently underway at Broadway’s Palace Theater, where construction workers have noted odd, supernatural occurrences broug…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:26AMby Rebecca Slaman. @rebeccaslaman. NEW YORK, NY - Renovations are currently underway at Broadway’s Palace Theater, where construction workers have noted odd, supernatural occurrences broug…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:26AMby Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - Legendary art rock pioneer David Byrne’s “American Utopia” was forced to cancel last evening’s performance after Byrne neglected to plug i…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:49AMby Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - The previously cancelled, now retitled “MJ the Musical”, based on the life of the highly controversial “King of Pop” Michael Jackson, anno…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:33AMby Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - The previously cancelled, now retitled “MJ the Musical”, based on the life of the highly controversial “King of Pop” Michael Jackson, anno…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:30AMby Rebecca Slaman. @rebeccaslaman. NEW YORK, NY. — The Wall Street Journal issued an extensive linguistics report today highlighting a steep, 90% increase in usage of the phrase “so impo…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:17AMby Justin Ayer. @justayer. New York, NY — Innovative theatre director Ivo van Hove announced his changes to the highly anticipated Broadway revival of West Side Story this morning, which i…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 02:05PMby Justin Ayer. @justayer. AUBURN HILL, Mich. - Local pharmacist and Father of three Craig Robbins woke from his slumber late last night after having a nightmare where he had forgotten all t…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:58AMby Brendan Leonard. @brennylen. NEW YORK, NY – MIT’s Sociological Research & Development department released a new research today proving that if you attend a Broadway show and don�…
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