A starry lineup of producers are behind the Broadway premiere of Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, the revolutionary Jane Chambers play that first premiered Off-Broadway in 1980. Harriet Newman …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:21PMWith previews set to begin March 2, 2020 toward a March 31 opening, the Broadway-bound Diana – A True Musical Story is one of the new musicals opening on the Great White Way this season. W…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:07PMDue to an injury sustained at Sunday evening’s performance of West Side Story, Ben Cook who plays the character of “Riff” will depart the production poised to open on February 20, 2020…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:28AMFran Drescher charmed and delighted TV audiences from 1993 to 1999 on the long-running sitcom The Nanny, playing a brash cosmetics salesperson who stumbles into a job taking care of the thre…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:32PMBroadway In Chicago, which has grown to be one of the largest commercial touring homes in the country, has announced that it will host the pre-Broadway world premiere of the new musical Once…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:57PMSing Street, which has received a critically acclaimed, world premiere at the New York Theatre Workshop, is enjoying a sold-out engagement, prompting a move to Broadway this spring. The musi…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:08AMThe upcoming world premiere of the jukebox musical MJ is poised to commence preview performances on Monday, July 6th, toward a Thursday, August 13th opening at the Neil Simon Theatre. We a…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:34PMNoah Haidle’s play Birthday Candles, set to star stage and screen actress Debra Messing, will have its Broadway premiere courtesy of Roundabout Theatre Company this spring. Additional cast…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:54PMThe Tony-winning Best Musical of 2015, Fun Home, is heading to the “Big Screen” with a big name attached to the project. Star of stage and screen, Jake Gyllenhaal, will both produce and …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:02PMFans of social media will be excited to learn that Cameron Dallas is joining the hit Broadway production Mean Girls for a limited engagement this January. Dallas, an icon of the web and th…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:15PMOpera star and Tony Award winner for his turn as Emile de Becque in the Lincoln Center Revival of South Pacific Paulo Szot will make his return to the Broadway stage. The actor will join the…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:40AMAs 2019 draws to a close, BroadwayHD has found exciting ways to ring in the New Year with their lasting additions to the online streaming platform. Among the diverse and exciting offering th…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:25AMTo Kill a Mockingbird, the hit Broadway play adapted by Aaron Sorkin from Harper Lee’s perennial classic of the same name, is about to achieve a first. The Broadway production, directed by…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:21AMMusic icon Alanis Morissette, the composer whose songs have been turned into the recent Broadway hit Jagged Little Pill, will be performing with the cast of the musical this New Year’s Eve…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:25PMAs the limited-engagement, Broadway production of the musical The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical wraps up its final weeks on the Great White Way, news has emerged that the produ…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:56AMThe eagerly-anticipated Broadway revival of Caroline, or Change will begin performances on March 13, 2020 and open on April 7, 2020 at Studio 54. Producers have announced some additional cas…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:31PMThe Broadway musical Mean Girls welcomes Catherine Brunell to the hit production currently playing at the August Wilson Theatre. The actress will join the cast in the roles of “Mrs. Heron …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:35AMWith the movie musical of Cats poised to open in movie theatres across the country this December, BroadwayHD has curated a magical playlist that honors the musical’s composer Andrew Lloyd …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:59PM“We need a little Christmas”? Well, we have a whole lot of Christmas for Broadway musical fans. With the holiday season upon us, we at Broadway Direct thought we’d compile a list of th…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 06:50PMFor a fan of Broadway musicals, a year can be measured in the number of cast albums that have been produced and released. And 2019 has produced a bumper crop of them. With the holidays just …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:13PMJohn Benjamin Hickey, currently starring as Harry Wilcox in the two-part Broadway play The Inheritance, will take a hiatus from the production beginning Sunday, January 5, 2020. Hickey is se…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:45PMThe smooth voice of recording artist and Broadway star Harry Connick, Jr. is perfectly paired with the song classics of the late Cole Porter in Harry Connick, Jr. – A Celebration of Cole P…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:51AMThe forthcoming Broadway production of Martin McDonagh’s Olivier-winning comedy Hangmen has its star. Dan Stevens will play the role of Mooney in the piece, directed by Matthew Dunster. Al…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:26AMTelevision star Jordan Fisher will don an arm cast and a blue polo shirt when he joins the Broadway production of Dear Evan Hansen in 2020. The performer will succeed the current Evan Hanse…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:36PMThe month of December is here and so are the latest offerings from BroadwayHD. The premiere streaming platform, bringing us the best of Broadway, The West End, and Hollywood, has given us so…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:55PMOne of the largest operators of legitimate theatre and music venues in the United, the Nederlander Organization, has joined forces with Jam Theatricals, a Chicago based entertainment company…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:13PMAs winter begins to settle in all over the country, the National Tour of Disney’s Frozen is ironically beginning its journey in the warmth of Southern California. The hit musical, based on…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:54AMAre you ready for some holiday magic to bring wonder into your yuletide? Beginning Friday, November 29, that magic can be found at Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre when The Illusionists – M…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:08PMTony Award nominee Ephraim Sykes (Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations) has secured his next leading role in a Broadway musical. Sykes will take on the titular charact…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:58AMMartin McDonagh’s new comedy Hangmen will play Broadway’s Golden Theatre for a strictly limited engagement this spring. The critically acclaimed production by the Royal Court Theatre/Atl…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:39AMThe Broadway revival of Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out, opening April 23, 2020 courtesy of Second Stage Theatre, has its starting lineup. The baseball-themed play, which will begin previe…
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