All stories by Diep Tran on BroadwayStars

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

See Why Ciara Renée, McKenzie Kurtz & Ryan McCartan Are Excited to Put Their Stamps on Frozen by Diep Tran

McKenzie Kurtz is making her Broadway debut as Princess Anna in Frozen and she still can't believe it. "I find myself having out of body experiences a lot," she said at a press event at S…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AM

Watch Rachel Tucker Get Ready for Take Off in Come From Away with Episode One of Back in the Sky by Diep Tran

"I’m very excited; it’s my third day in New York,” said Rachel Tucker in the first episode of her vlog, Back in the Sky. “Jet lag is still very much playing its part.” Tucker h…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36AM
Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Watch Rachel Tucker Get Ready for Take Off in Come From Away with Episode One of Back to the Sky by Diep Tran

"I’m very excited; it’s my third day in New York,” said Rachel Tucker in the first episode of her vlog, Back to the Sky. “Jet lag is still very much playing its part.” Tucker ha…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36PM

Deirdre O'Connell Is Telling a True Crime Story in Dana H., But She Never Uses Her Own Voice by Diep Tran

Deirdre O’Connell has been acting for more than 40 years. An Obie and Drama Desk winner, she’s well-known for her performances in Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation and in the …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PM

The Lightning Thief Composer Rob Rokicki on the Value of Doing Things That Scare You by Diep Tran

Composer Rob Rokicki loves monsters. He may have made his Broadway debut this past fall with the Greek mythology-inspired The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, which he co-wrote w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PM

Let Dot-Marie Jones Hit You With Her Best Shot in These New Rock of Ages Photos by Diep Tran

Dot-Marie Jones has taken over the bar at Rock of Ages. The "Glee" star began her stint as Dennis Dupree on February 24, which has her singing a number of rock songs like "Can't Fight This …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PM

& Juliet, Dear Evan Hansen & Fiddler on the Roof Lead 2020 Olivier Award Nominations by Diep Tran

The 2020 Olivier Award nominations were announced on March 3. The show with the most nominations is & Juliet with nine nominations. & Juliet uses the pop songs of Swedish hitmake…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:06AM
Monday, March 2, 2020

American Buffalo's Sam Rockwell, Laurence Fishburne & Darren Criss Preview Their 'Timeless' Play by Diep Tran

The stars of the Broadway revival of American Buffalo met the press on February 26 at the Atlantic Theatre Company, to talk about their new version of David Mamet's play, about three men w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:12PM

See the Caroline, or Change Cast Celebrate Their Upcoming Broadway Run by Diep Tran

Caroline, or Change, Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori's musical about a black maid living in 1963, will begin its first previews at Roundabout Theatre Company's Studio 54 Broadway space on M…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PM
Friday, February 28, 2020

See Lynn Whitfield and Leslie Uggams in This Exclusive Photo from the Phylicia Rashad-Directed Blue by Diep Tran

Tony winner Phylicia Rashad is revisiting a play she starred in 20 years ago. The first photos from Blue by Charles Randolph-Wright, and directed by Rashad, have been released. The play w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:24PM

See Lynn Whitfield and Leslie Uggam in These Exclusive Photos from the Phylicia Rashad-Directed Blue by Diep Tran

Tony winner Phylicia Rashad is revisiting a play she starred in 20 years ago. The first photos from Blue by Charles Randolph-Wright, and directed by Rashad, have been released. The play w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PM

'It's Been the Greatest Gift of My Life': Andrew Burnap Gets Ready to Say Goodbye to The Inheritance by Diep Tran

Andrew Burnap is currently making his Broadway debut in The Inheritance, Matthew Lopez’s two-part, 6.5-hour play about the effects of the AIDS epidemic on modern gay life. Burnap plays one…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PM
Thursday, February 27, 2020

An Exclusive Look at Lynn Nottage and Ricky Ian Gordon's Intimate Apparel Opera by Diep Tran

We have an exclusive photo of Intimate Apparel, a new opera based on Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage's 2003 drama. The piece, which features music by Ricky Ian Gordon, a li…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:12PM

Get an Exclusive First Look at Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel Opera by Diep Tran

Lynn Nottage is out of the bathroom and getting ready to open her new opera. The new Intimate Apparel opera released an exclusive first look at the show, which is based on Nottage's play o…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PM

'That's Rock 'n' Roll!' Get Inside Madison Square Garden as 18,000 Students Cheer on To Kill a Mockingbird by Diep Tran

The roar of the 18,000-member crowd as the players took their places at Madison Square Garden was enough to knock you back. But this wasn’t a Knicks game; this was an audience of New York…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PM

Meet the Down-to-Earth Cast of Girl From the North Country with These Exclusive Character Portraits by Diep Tran

Girl From the North Country, the new Broadway musical written and directed by Tony-nominated scribe Conor McPherson, features an ensemble cast, gathered to tell a slice-of-life narrative abo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:48AM
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Tracy Letts, Jessie Mueller & the Cast of The Minutes Talk About Their New Political Comedy by Diep Tran

In case you haven't been getting enough politics on your television screens, The Minutes is coming to Broadway. The new play by two-time Tony winner Tracy Letts follows the inner workings …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PM

The We're Gonna Die Team Celebrated Death, and Life, at Their Off-Broadway Opening Night by Diep Tran

Their show may be called We're Gonna Die but that's no reason to be sad. The cast and creative team of the play-with-music celebrated their opening night on February 25 at the Sky Room. Th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PM

Alex Newell Talks His NBC Show Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and Becoming Friends with Bernadette Peters by Diep Tran

Actor Alex Newell has had an extraordinary 2020 so far. Two weeks ago, he wrapped filming on season one of the new NBC television show Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist. He released a music vi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PM

Take a First Look at the New Off-Broadway Play-With-Music Coal Country by Diep Tran

Coal Country, a new play-with-music currently running off-Broadway at the Public Theater, just released its first production photos. The production features music by three-time Grammy-winnin…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:33AM
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

See Dan Stevens and the Cast of Hangmen Discuss Their 'Dark and Funny' Broadway Play by Diep Tran

Martin McDonagh's newest Broadway play Hangmen may sound depressing; it's about an executioner in a small English town who finds himself out of work when capital punishment is abolished, b…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:42PM

Take a First Look at the New Off-Broadway Folk Musical Coal Country by Diep Tran

Coal Country, a new musical currently running off-Broadway at the Public Theater, just released its first production photos. The musical features music by three-time Grammy-winning country/f…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PM

See Lindsay Pearce, Sam Gravitte and Alexandra Billings in Their First Wicked Photos by Diep Tran

Wicked is about to welcome its newest stars. Lindsay Pearce, a runner up on television's The Glee Project, and Sam Gravitte, a former Wicked understudy, will take over the roles of Elph…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48AM

See David Byrne & More Celebrate Beetlejuice, Moulin Rouge! Director Alex Timbers by Diep Tran

Earlier this month, Tony-nominated director Alex Timbers had the rare honor of being an artist with three musicals running at the same time on Broadway. He's the director of the best-selli…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48AM
Monday, February 24, 2020

See David Byrne & More Celebrate Beetlejuice, Moulin Rouge! and American Utopia Director Alex Timbers by Diep Tran

Earlier this month, Tony-nominated director Alex Timbers had the rare honor of being a director with three musicals running at the same time on Broadway. He's the director of the best-sell…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM

See Alexandra Socha & Douglas Sills on the Closing Night of Mack & Mabel at City Center by Diep Tran

We won't send roses, but roses did suit the limited engagement of Jerry Herman's rarely produced musical Mack & Mabel, which played the final performance of its limited engagement on Fe…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM

Take a First Look at the Bob Dylan-Inspired Girl From the North Country by Diep Tran

Like a rolling stone, Girl From the North Country is headed towards its Broadway opening. The new musical, written and directed by Conor McPherson, and featuring the music of Bob Dylan, ha…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM

See Uma Thurman, Bill Irwin & More at the Opening Night of Incantata Off-Broadway by Diep Tran

Off-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre celebrated the opening night of its newest production, Incantata by Paul Muldoon, on February 23. The play, written by Pulitzer-winning poet Muldoon,…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM

See Lindsey Pearce, Sam Gravitte and Alexandra Billings in Their First Wicked Photos by Diep Tran

Wicked is about to welcome its newest stars. Lindsay Pearce, a runner up on television's The Glee Project, and Sam Gravitte, a former Wicked understudy, will take over the roles of Elph…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM
Friday, February 21, 2020

See Aaron Sorkin & the Cast of To Kill a Mockingbird Prepare For Madison Square Garden by Diep Tran

"Those of you who felt that the 1,450 seat Shubert Theatre was perhaps too intimate a setting for To Kill A Mockingbird, we heard you," playwright Aaron Sorkin told the press on February 19…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PM

Grand Horizons' Priscilla Lopez on How to Tell If a Show Is Going to Be a Hit by Diep Tran

Last year, Tony-winning actor Priscilla Lopez got a call from Mandy Greenfield, the artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. The summer theater was producing …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:24PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre