Friday, January 17, 2020
Age: 21
Hometown: Born in Manhattan, raised in Teaneck, New Jersey
Current Role: Maria, the lead in the Ivo van Hove-directed Broadway revival of West Side Story, the classic musical b…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:03PMMauricio Martinez, Mamie Parris, Alex Finke and the cast of Unmasked gave a preview of the new Andrew Lloyd Webber revue on January 16 at Open Jar Studios. The show, which shares a title …
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:03PMThursday, January 16, 2020
Laura Linney may be alone during the entirety of My Name Is Lucy Barton but she was not alone on the opening night red carpet. The one-woman show opened on Broadway on January 15, at the …
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:12PMDamon Daunno, the guitar-strumming leading man of Oklahoma! on Broadway, is finishing his run on the show with a bang. The Tony-winning revival of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's …
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:12PMWednesday, January 15, 2020
Kingsley Leggs may not be on stage for Little Shop of Horrors, but his presence is felt the entire time. That’s because the actor is the voice of Audrey II, the sentient plant who convin…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:03PMTuesday, January 14, 2020
Scarlett Johansson may have just been nominated for her first Academy Award (actually two), but did you know the Marriage Story star is also a Tony winner? To celebrate their Oscar nominatio…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:24AMSean Allan Krill and Elizabeth Stanley in "Jagged Little Pill." (Photo: Matthew Murphy)
Ten years ago, actor Sean Allan Krill lost the love of his life. The two were living in Chicago at t…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:24AMMonday, January 13, 2020
The 25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards, honoring film and television works, was held on January 12 at the Barker Hanger in Los Angeles, CA. It was hosted by screen actor, and original Rent c…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:42AMWednesday, January 8, 2020
Karen Olivo and Tam Mutu in "Moulin Rouge!" (Photo: Matt Murphy)
Tam Mutu almost didn’t audition for Moulin Rouge! The Musical. The actor is making audiences love and hate him nightly …
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:18PMTuesday, January 7, 2020
The names on everybody's lips are Erika Jayne and Paulo Szot! The two stars took their first bows on January 6 in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago. Jayne plays Roxie Hart, the femme …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:54PMThe musical's longtime casting directors explain the art of finding big name celebrities to take on the revival.
Linked From Playbill at 12:03PMMonday, December 16, 2019
Taylor Trensch in "To Kill a Mockingbird." (Photo: Julieta Cervantes)
Taylor Trensch may be known for starring in Dear Evan Hansen and Hello, Dolly!, but he actually prefers plays. “I h…
Linked From Broadway.com at 07:36PMOn November 5, the new cast of Broadway's To Kill a Mockingbird took their first bow together. Now, the show has released a first look at the team of actors currently bringing Harper Lee…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:24PMSing Street, the new musical based on the John Carney film of the same name, opens on December 16 at New York Theatre Workshop. Directed by Tony winner Rebecca Taichman, the show takes place…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:24PMFriday, December 13, 2019
Hadestown celebrated the vinyl release of its Grammy-nominated cast album with an event on December 12 at the Walter Kerr Theatre. The cast and creatives were on hand to mingle with fans …
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:03PMThursday, December 12, 2019
The cast of Grand Horizons by Bess Wohl met the press on December 11. The play follows a longtime married couple, played by Tony Award winner Jane Alexander and Oscar nominee and Emmy w…
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:42PMWay uptown was the place to be on December 11, when the cast and creatives of the In the Heights film threw an exclusive party to celebrate the release of its first trailer. The second f…
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:42PMLaura Linney is about to step out on a Broadway stage by herself. Starting January 4, Linney will star in My Name is Lucy Barton, a solo show by Rona Munro, adapted from Elizabeth Strout's…
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:42PMWednesday, December 11, 2019
Clinton Greenspan in "Aladdin" (Photo: Deen Van Meer)
Clinton Greenspan remembers clearly what happened the night he performed the role of Aladdin on Broadway for the first time. The actor…
Linked From Broadway.com at 04:03PMTuesday, December 10, 2019
On December 9, Greater Clements celebrated its opening night at Lincoln Center Theater. The new play by Samuel D. Hunter is set in a fictional mining town in Idaho thrown into turmoil by g…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:18PM"The Illusionists—Magic of the Holidays" (Photo: Joan Marcus)
When magician Eric Chien was a sophomore at the University of Hawaii, he would do magic tricks on campus. Then one day, he d…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:18PMMonday, December 9, 2019
Chris Giarmo and Tendayi Kuumba perform with David Byrne in "American Utopia" (Photo: Matthew Murphy)
Tendayi Kuumba and Chris Giarmo never thought they would be on Broadway. They’re cur…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:42PMEver since Alanis Morissette penned her hit song “Ironic” in the mid-90s, many have debated whether situations like “rain on your wedding day” is actually ironic. To solve that age-o…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:33PMTuesday, September 19, 2017
Six actors in search of K-pop authenticity star in a new musical that looks at the entertainment factories that produce genre-busting superstars.
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When casting actors to live in Agrabah, it’s a whole new world.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, July 11, 2017
The casting director reveals the key differences between a Phantom and a Piangi, a Carlotta and a Christine.
Linked From Playbill at 12:35PMThursday, June 29, 2017
Casting director Stephen Kopel shares what it takes to play Carole King, The Temptations, and more in the Tony-winning musical.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, June 24, 2017
It’s not just the puppetry—Disney’s longest-running musical searches for performers with abilities that no other Broadway show needs.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, June 13, 2017
What it takes to find kid rock stars in a show that demands near-constant turnover.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, May 31, 2017
Ms. Udofia mined her family background for what she sees as a true portrait of immigrant experiences in her ongoing theater cycle.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:36PMSaturday, May 27, 2017
Handpicked by Kevin Kline, the mastermind behind the wardrobe of the Tony-nominated Broadway revival tells its own vibrant story.
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