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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Broadway.com Summer Camp, Day 28! Bea Arthur & Rock Hudson Teach Us How to Get High (Yes, Really) by Lindsay Champion

We’re gonna be honest: Things around the Broadway.com offices have gotten really boring the last few weeks. It’s sweltering, it’s humid, and worst of all, no new Broadway s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:28PM

Witchy Woman! Get an Enchanting Glimpse of Meryl Streep in the Into the Woods Movie by Lindsay Champion

After watching the trailer several hundred times and wallpapering our bedrooms with these awesome photos, we didn’t think it was possible to get any more psyched about the upcoming fil…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:49AM
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Broadway.com Summer Camp, Day 27! Ethel Merman Channels Annie on Sesame Street by Lindsay Champion

We’re gonna be honest: Things around the Broadway.com offices have gotten really boring the last few weeks. It’s sweltering, it’s humid, and worst of all, no new Broadway s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AM
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Jenni Barber on Wicked Fan Art, Her Donating Dentist & Why She Models Her Glinda After Nathan Lane by Lindsay Champion

Try as you might, you simply can’t typecast Jenni Barber. The star made her Broadway debut as shy middle schooler Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and nabb…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14PM

Broadway.com Summer Camp, Day 26! Jessica Simpson Rocks a Leotard in Her High School Production of A Chorus Line by Lindsay Champion

We’re gonna be honest: Things around the Broadway.com offices have gotten really boring the last few weeks. It’s sweltering, it’s humid, and worst of all, no new Broadway s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:23AM
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Goodbye, Santa Fe! Corey Cott Looks Back on His Broadway Journey in Newsies by Lindsay Champion

In the corporate world, employees leaving a job are asked to sit through an "exit interview" with HR about their time at the company. Although that concept doesn't exist for Br…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:43PM
Friday, August 22, 2014

Michael Cera Thinks He’s a Lion, Audra McDonald Is the Raw Meat Fairy & More Lessons of the Week by Lindsay Champion

It’s Friday, and you know what that means—it’s time to get hammered! No, wait, it’s time for the Lessons of the Week, where we highlight the craziest, weirdest and mo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:40PM

Broadway.com Summer Camp, Day 22! Chita Rivera’s Got Plenty of Beehives by Lindsay Champion

We’re gonna be honest: Things around the Broadway.com offices have gotten really boring the last few weeks. It’s sweltering, it’s humid, and worst of all, no new Broadway s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PM

Aaron Tveit, Billy Porter & Stark Sands Say Yeah! The Stars Cheer on the New Touring Cast of Kinky Boots by Lindsay Champion

Wait, do we spy Aaron Tveit in a New York City rehearsal room? No, sadly, he isn’t rehearsing for a new Broadway show—he’s cheering on the new touring cast of Kinky Boots! …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:52AM

Weekend Poll: Which New Show Are You Most Excited to See on Broadway This Fall? by Lindsay Champion

After a long, grueling summer of pool parties, barbecues and non-Broadway-related beach trips, fall is finally, finally just around the corner. And you know what that means—a whole cro…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:47AM
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Wicked's Michael Wartella on Life in Oz, Twitter Superfans & His Drag Alter Ego by Lindsay Champion

Age: 28 Hometown: The Berkshires, MA Current Role: A Broadway debut as Boq, the Munchkin torn between Glinda and Nessarose in Broadway’s Wicked. Stage Cred: Before touring the…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:45PM

Broadway.com Summer Camp, Day 21! ‘Hello, I’m Kristi Chenoweth, Miss Oklahoma City University’ by Lindsay Champion

We’re gonna be honest: Things around the Broadway.com offices have gotten really boring the last few weeks. It’s sweltering, it’s humid, and worst of all, no new Broadway s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:19PM

Broadway Gets Wet! See the Stars of Newsies, Mormon & More Take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge by Lindsay Champion

Your mom is doing it. Your grandma is doing it. Even your dog i s doing i t. Everyone we know is doing the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness for amyotrophic lateral…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Casa Valentina Visits Kinky Boots! Harvey Fierstein’s Shows Collide Backstage by Lindsay Champion

This is just like that time The Jetsons met The Flintstones! Mare Winningham and John Cullum, alums of Harvey Fierstein’s Broadway drag drama Casa Valentina, took a field trip to see K…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:26PM

There's a New Princess in the Kingdom! Cinderella Star Keke Palmer Gets All Glammed Up in Vanity Fair by Lindsay Champion

Keke Palmer is moving to the Cinderella kingdom! The small screen star and talk show host will show off some seriously gorgeous Tony-winning costumes by William Ivey Long beginning September…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PM

There's a New Princess in the Kingdom! Cinderella Star Keke Palmer Gets All Glammed Up by Lindsay Champion

Keke Palmer is moving to the Cinderella kingdom! The small screen star and talk show host will show off some seriously gorgeous Tony-winning costumes by William Ivey Long beginning September…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PM
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

It’s Only a Play’s Rupert Grint on His ‘Intimidating’ Co-Stars, Rooting For the Yankees & Why Wizards Want to Be on Broadway by Lindsay Champion

This fall, Rupert Grint is moving from Hogwarts to the Great White Way. The Harry Potter favorite will make his Broadway debut in It’s Only a Play, a revamped revival of Terrence McNal…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:01PM

Come to the Koberet, Old Chum! Andrew Kober Welcomes His Les Miz Pals & More to 54 Below by Lindsay Champion

What do you get when you combine the talents of “Broadway’s most beloved occasionally-employed actor” Andrew Kober, his Les Miserables co-stars Nikki M. James, Caissie Levy…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PM

Broadway.com Summer Camp, Day 19! Drag, the Super Bowl and Barbra, Together at Last by Lindsay Champion

We’re gonna be honest: Things around the Broadway.com offices have gotten really boring the last few weeks. It’s sweltering, it’s humid, and worst of all, no new Broadway s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:43PM

Go ‘Summer Thuggin’ with Todrick Hall in This Hilarious Grease Parody by Lindsay Champion

Forget Sandy and Danny, this is the summer love story of Sandy and Tiquan! American Idol alum turned viral video maven Todrick Hall is at it again, and this time he’s taking one of our…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PM
Monday, August 18, 2014

Broadway.com Summer Camp, Day 18! Sit Back, Relax and Let Cher Entertain You, Gypsy Style by Lindsay Champion

We’re gonna be honest: Things around the Broadway.com offices have gotten really boring the last few weeks. It’s sweltering, it’s humid, and worst of all, no new Broadway s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:13PM

Call For Weird, Crazy & Campy! Submit YOUR Favorite Ridiculous Videos to Broadway.com Summer Camp by Lindsay Champion

Welcome to Broadway.com Summer Camp! All month long, Broadway.com is bringing you the campiest, craziest, wildest—and did we mention campiest?—videos we can find. And man, have w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:25PM

Hot Shot! Adorable Bonding Moment with On the Twentieth Century's Peter Gallagher & Kristin Chenoweth by Lindsay Champion

It’s almost time to jump on the train! The new revival of On the Twentieth Century arrives on Broadway beginning February 12, 2015, and if Twitter is any indication, stars Kristin…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:21PM

Rocky Has Left the Ring! See Andy Karl Take His Final Bow as the Italian Stallion by Lindsay Champion

Sad news, guys: After 200 performances, Tony nominee Andy Karl and the cast of Rocky the Musical left the Broadway boxing ring on August 17, 2014. But wipe away your tears for a second to ch…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:53AM
Sunday, August 17, 2014

This Week’s Picks! Sing Along with Idina, Get Aca-Awesome with a Mormon & Meet the New Miss Hedwig by Lindsay Champion

Hey you. Yeah, you, the one who insists nothing happens on Broadway in August. Well, you'd better cancel that beach vacation because we're about to prove you wrong. This week, there&…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

Broadway.com Summer Camp, Day 17! Sandy Duncan Gets (Uh, Really) Physical in Her '80s Workout Video by Lindsay Champion

We’re gonna be honest: Things around the Broadway.com offices have gotten really boring the last few weeks. It’s sweltering, it’s humid, and worst of all, no new Broadway s…

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Saturday, August 16, 2014

Broadway.com Summer Camp, Day 16! Get Schooled in Apple Biting, Cooter Slamming & Sas by Rachelle Rak by Lindsay Champion

We’re gonna be honest: Things around the Broadway.com offices have gotten really boring the last few weeks. It’s sweltering, it’s humid, and worst of all, no new Broadway s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM
Friday, August 15, 2014

Broadway.com Summer Camp, Day 15! Boy, If/Then Star Anthony Rapp Is Glad He Got His Glasses at Vision Center by Lindsay Champion

We’re gonna be honest: Things around the Broadway.com offices have gotten really boring the last few weeks. It’s sweltering, it’s humid, and worst of all, no new Broadway s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:16AM

Weekend Poll: Who Should Play Mona in the Broadway Revival of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas? by Lindsay Champion

It’s time to dance a little sidestep because the The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is coming back to Broadway! We’re thrilled that all of our pals from the Chicken Ranch are co…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:12AM
Thursday, August 14, 2014

Aladdin Star Don Darryl Rivera on His Secret Childhood Dream, Meeting Lea Salonga & His Seattle Showmance by Lindsay Champion

Age: 30 Hometown: Seattle, WA Current Role: A Broadway debut as Jafar’s wisecracking right-hand man Iago in the hit musical adaptation of Disney’s Aladdin. Stage Cr…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:10PM
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Squigs Sketches a Moonlit Portrait of Max Crumm & the Cast of The Fantasticks by Lindsay Champion

Follow, follow, follow Broadway.com Resident Artist Justin “Squigs” Robertson to the Snapple Center to pen a whimsical portrait of the hit musical The Fantasticks! The world&rsqu…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:29PM