Thursday, May 30, 2024
In 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 05:32PMThe Tony Award-winning actor and producer LaChanze has launched a new multimedia production company. LaChanze Productions will be focused on producing original works by new voices and making…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMThe Outsiders, the Tony-nominated musical based on the novel by S.E. Hinton and the 1983 film, will embark on a national tour. The tour will kick off in Tulsa—where the story is set—at t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMTuesday, May 28, 2024
Lempicka, the musical about Art Deco artist Tamara de Lempicka that prematurely ended its Broadway run on May 19, will release its original Broadway cast recording two weeks later than plan…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:32PMAt a recent performance of Uncle Vanya at Lincoln Center, a couple of audience members returned to their front-row seats after intermission with a bag of pretzels each, then proceeded to mun…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMIn 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 01:36PMThe Off Broadway Alliance, an organization of off-Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing professionals, has announced the winners of the 13th Annual Off B…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMFollowing two sold-out runs off-Broadway, Job, a new play by Max Wolf Friedlich, will open on Broadway, starring original cast members Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon. Job will begin perfor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMTony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt will reopen Broadway’s Palace Theatre on May 28. The Dear Evan Hansen and Parade star will perform a limited 18-performance concert residency i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMFriday, May 24, 2024
Golden Globe-winning actress Brooke Shields has been elected president of Actors’ Equity Association, the actor-stage manager union. Shields replaces Kate Shindle, president of AEA since 2…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PMIn 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 11:18AMThursday, May 23, 2024
New York Theatre Workshop’s 2024–25 season will include a Nat “King” Cole musical co-written by Tony and Academy Award winner Colman Domingo.
Premiering in spring 2025, and featurin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMFor the production of Cabaret that opened in London in 2021, the scenic designer Tom Scutt converted the 1882 Playhouse Theatre—an old Victorian music hall with a gaudy, neo-Baroque interi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMWednesday, May 22, 2024
Tony nominee Lilli Cooper has climbed aboard the Encores! presentation of the musical Titanic, joining her Tony-winning father Chuck Cooper and brother Eddie Cooper. Her previous Encores! …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PMLincoln Center Theater/LCT3 will present the world premiere of Six Characters by Phillip Howze, directed by Dustin Wills. Performances will begin on July 13 at the Claire Tow Theater, with a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMThe Broadway League has presented its 2024 League Awards honoring excellence and achievement for Touring Broadway. The awards were bestowed during this year’s Broadway League Spring Road C…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMSteven Pasquale will star in the Kennedy Center’s upcoming production of the Maury Yeston–Arthur Kopit musical Nine. Directed by three-time Tony winner Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton), t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMThe upcoming Broadway production of Romeo + Juliet, starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, has set its dates, venue and design team. The Sam Gold-directed production will begin performances …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMThe Tony-nominated dance musical Illinoise is to release an original cast recording. Illinoise: A New Musical, featuring new arrangements of the 2005 Sufjan Stevens album Illinois and perfo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMTuesday, May 21, 2024
How to Dance in Ohio, the Broadway musical inspired by Alexandra Shiva's award-winning documentary of the same name, will make its international premiere in the U.K. in 2025, at a venue to …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PMIn 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 01:32PMThe Grammy-nominated British singer-songwriter Yola will make her Broadway debut as Persephone in Hadestown. Replacing Ani DiFranco in the role, she will begin performances at the Walter Ker…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMThe Chita Rivera Awards, an annual celebration of excellence in dance and choreography in film and theater, had its 2024 ceremony on May 20 at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMMonday, May 20, 2024
The new musical Mystic Pizza, adapted from the 1988 romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts, will embark on a national tour in January 2025. The tour will officially open at the Riverside The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PMNick Fradiani will play the title role in the national tour of A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical. The announcement was made on the May 19 season finale of American Idol, on which F…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AMFriday, May 17, 2024
The musical Swept Away, with music and lyrics by the folksy musical trio the Avett Brothers, is coming to Broadway this fall, starring John Gallagher, Jr., Stark Sands, Adrian Blake Enscoe a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:32PMThe 90th Annual Drama League Awards were held on May 17 at a luncheon ceremony at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, hosted by Frank DiLella.
The ceremony included the presentation of seven competitive…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMRoundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of Home, directed by Kenny Leon, begins performances at the Todd Haimes Theatre on May 17. The play, by Tony-nominated playwright Samm-Art Will…
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