Thursday, June 13, 2024
The original Broadway cast recording of The Heart of Rock and Roll, the Huey Lewis and the News-scored musical romcom, will be released on June 14. Featuring musical-theaterized versions of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMBefore 2 PM on a Wednesday outside the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, the anticipation is high and the energy is electric. “It’s like 800 high school students,” said The Outsiders' Tony-no…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AMAlan Mingo Jr. will reprise his title performance in The Wiz, joining the featured Broadway cast at the Marquis Theatre on June 13. He replaces Wayne Brady, who played his final performanc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48AMWednesday, June 12, 2024
Tony nominee Robyn Hurder has extended her run as nightclub murderess Velma Kelly in Chicago at Broadway's Ambassador Theatre. Originally slated to fill the role until June 16, she will st…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:32PMThe Broadway League Foundation has announced the nominees who will compete for Best Performance by an Actor and Actress at the 15th annual Jimmy Awards, the yearly showcase of the country's …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMThe cast of the Tony-nominated play Stereophonic will perform at the 77th Annual Tony Awards. They join the casts of Tony Award-nominated musicals and revivals Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMTuesday, June 11, 2024
The immersive off-Broadway sensation Sleep No More has yet again announced its final performance date. The show initially announced plans to close in January, after its 5,000th performance,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PMIn the new Broadway musical The Outsiders, now playing at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Emma Pittman plays Cherry Valance, the sensitive, red-headed cheerleader in a world of battle-ready b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMGrowing up on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, Corey Stoll was seeing theater while he was still, by his own admission, “too young to see theater.” “My dad was a junior high school En…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMCats: The Jellicle Ball, the drag and ball culture-inspired take on the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, has extended its run. The show, which begins performances at the Perelman Performing Ar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMThe winners of the 68th Annual Drama Desk Awards were presented on June 10 at NYU Skirball Center, with Stereophonic winning in seven categories, including Outstanding Play. Water for Elepha…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMFriday, June 7, 2024
The area in and around Times Square in New York, from West 40th Street to West 54th Street and Sixth Avenue to Eighth Avenue, gave the world two indelible art forms: the modern musical and t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:06AMThursday, June 6, 2024
The performers and performances, representing Tony Award-nominated musicals and revivals, have been announced for the 77th Annual Tony Awards.
The night will feature performances by the cas…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMIn 1997, the musical Titanic, with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston, sailed onto Broadway. Running for 804 performances, it won five Tony Awards, including for Best Musical, Best Score and B…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMHello, I’m Dolly, a new musical inspired by the life and career of Dolly Parton and set to her songs, is planned for Broadway in 2026. Parton made the announcement onstage at the CMA Fest …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMLook—a new day has begun. For an appreciation of the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber, that is.
With director Sammi Cannold’s recent feminist dissection of Evita; a stark Broadway-bound…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMWednesday, June 5, 2024
The Broadway phenomenon Hadestown is going way down (under). Anaïs Mitchell’s acclaimed musical will open at Theatre Royal Sydney in Sydney, Australia in February 2025.
The production i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:02PMEdge of the World, a musical with book, music and lyrics by Nick Blaemire and Tony nominee Ethan Slater, will get a one-night-only concert presentation starring Slater himself. The concert e…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PMStereophonic, the most Tony-nominated play of all time, has been extended for 20 additional weeks. Originally scheduled to run for a total of 14 weeks, the play by David Adjmi will run at th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:32AMTuesday, June 4, 2024
Janis Paige, who starred as Babe in the original 1954 Broadway production of The Pajama Game, died in her Los Angeles home on June 2. Her death was confirmed by longtime friend Stuart Lamp…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMThe Hills of California, a new play by Jez Butterworth directed by Sam Mendes, will open on Broadway this fall. The limited engagement will begin September 11 at the Broadhurst Theatre with …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PMIn the new Broadway musical The Outsiders, now playing at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Emma Pittman plays Cherry Valance, the sensitive, red-headed cheerleader in a world of battle-ready b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AMThe full cast has been revealed for Elton John's stage musical adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada in the West End. The show will open on July 9 at Theatre Royal Plymouth before transferri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AMMonday, June 3, 2024
Several additional performers have joined the sold-out, one-night-only performance of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies at Carnegie Hall. The concert, part of Transport Group’…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMTony winner and current Tony nominee Leslie Odom Jr. will embark on a Christmas tour. The tour will kick off in San Francisco, CA on November 29 and run through December 12 with a concert in…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMThursday, May 30, 2024
The Tony-nominated family drama Appropriate has extended its run at the Belasco Theatre by one week. The limited engagement will now end June 30.
The play is nominated for eight Tony Awar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMTony Award winner and MacArthur Fellow Bill Irwin will return with his award-winning show On Beckett. Conceived, written and performed by Irwin, On Beckett explores the writings of Waiting …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PMIn a conversation with Broadway.com last year, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins described what he’s going for in his uniquely lyrical stage directions: “I felt like the idea is to be inspirational…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMCJay Philip, the founder and creative director of Dance & Bmore theater programs in Baltimore, MD, is the winner of the American Theatre Wing's 2024 Excellence in Theatre Education Award…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMHaving made her Broadway debut in Dreamgirls aged just 18, Tony nominee Kecia Lewis admits that she wanted to keep on being the “cute ingénue.”
Four decades later, surrounded by young…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMWednesday, May 29, 2024
After its Broadway run was indefinitely postponed, Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song will now open off-Broadway. Directed by creator Gerard Alessandrini with musical staging by Ge…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:32PM 
