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Thursday, August 25, 2016

VIDEO: A Backstage Visit With SOMETHING ROTTEN!'s Brad Oscar by Michael Dale

After making his initial Broadway appearances in ASPECTS OF LOVE and JEKYLL amp HYDE, Brad Oscar's breakthrough Tony-nominated performance as demanding playwright Franz Liebkind in THE PRODU…

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Bid To Meet Jeremy Jordan at NEWSIES Filming, Support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS by Michael Dale

Charitybuzz's new auction offers a chance to meet Jeremy Jordan after enjoying the special filmed performance of NEWSIES.

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VIDEO: DEAR EVAN HANSEN's Benj Pasek and Justin Paul On Creating The Sound Of Loneliness by Michael Dale

Lonely introverts like the title character of the Broadway bound DEAR EVAN HANSEN are not often found at the center of musical, but in past projects like their scoresfor DOGFIGHT and A CHRIS…

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PHOTO FLASH: THE TRUMP CARD's Mike Daisey as Donald Trump by Michael Dale

Master monologist and storyteller Mike Daisey has chosen to make his latest theatre piece, THE TRUMP CARD, completely free to download on the Internet and perform without paying royalties.

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Project Prospero Would Add Library, Rehearsal Rooms To Shakespeare's Globe by Michael Dale

Shakespeare's Globe, which opened in 1997 as the most faithful replication possible of London's 1599 Globe Theatre, has submitted plans to the Southwark Council for the purpose of building a…

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East Village Bea Arthur Residence For Homeless LGBT Set To Open in 2017 by Michael Dale

In her hit television series 'Maude' Bea Arthur played a tough-as-nails liberal with a soft spot for helping those less fortunate, a portrayal that wasn't far off from what she really was.

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VIDEO: Ledinsky's Controversial Donald Trump Music Video Features AVENUE Q Puppets and Cast by Michael Dale

With its attention-grabbing title, Swedish singersongwriter Ledinsky's single 'Donald Trump Makes Me Wanna Smoke Crack' has been mounting up controversy and YouTube hits.

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

VIDEOS: THE COLOR PURPLE's Cynthia Erivo, A Champ On Stage, In The Gym and At The Makeup Table by Michael Dale

Starring on Broadway as the determined survivor Celie in the hit revival of THE COLOR PURPLE eight times a week just isn't enough of a workout for Tony-winner Cynthia Erivo.

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VIDEO: David Lang's Uniquely Staged THE LOSER Has Performer Floating 20 Feet Above Orchestra Seats by Michael Dale

Don't even try getting orchestra seats to the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival production of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang's THE LOSER.

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VIDEO: BLUE MAN GROUP Make Out Parties? Fred Armisen Spills The Crazy Details by Michael Dale

Before he started hitting the airwaves weekly as a cast member of NBC's Saturday Night Live, Fred Armisen was a young musician from Long Island who moved to Chicago to play percussion for th…

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VIDEO: AVENUE Q Cast Featured In Music Video For Ledinsky's Controversial Donald Trump Song by Michael Dale

With its attention-grabbing title, Swedish singersongwriter Ledinsky's single 'Donald Trump Makes Me Wanna Smoke Crack' has been mounting up controversy and YouTube hits.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: HAMILTON's Thomas Kail Discusses The Fusion of Theatre and Rap For #BARS Master Class by Michael Dale

Growing up in Northern Virginia, the first song Thomas Kail ever memorized was Slick Rick's rap 'Mona Lisa.' Its narrative about a guy chatting up a woman he meets in a pizza place opened up…

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VIDEO: Austin Pendleton Directs N.C. Hunter's A DAY BY THE SEA For Mint Theater by Michael Dale

Specialists in introducing contemporary audiences to worthy, but neglected plays, The Mint Theater Company's new production will probably be a first introduction for many of its audience mem…

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VIDEO: An Inside Look At Recording Kristin Chenoweth's 'The Art Of Elegance' by Michael Dale

Kristin Chenoweth's new album, 'The Art of Elegance,' will have a will have a digital release September 23rd and a physical release on September 30th, 2016.

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PHOTO FLASH: FROZEN's Robert Lopez Plays 'Let It Go' As Marie's Crisis Crowd Sings Along by Michael Dale

The Oscar-winning songwriting team of Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez joined the fun at the Greenwich Village piano bar.

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VIDEO: Jessie Mueller, Sara Bareilles and WAITRESS Cast Members Perform at CD Signing by Michael Dale

Grammy-nominated composerlyricistSara Bareilles, who made her Broadway debut last season with her Tony-nominated score for the hit musical WAITRESS, hosted a sampler of songs from the show a…

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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

VIDEO: Bette Midler On Gender Relations, Planting Trees and The Challenge of HELLO, DOLLY! by Michael Dale

The last time Bette Midler graced a Broadway stage, she was the sole cast member of John Logan's I'LL EAT YOU LAST A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS.

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PHOTO FLASH: A Sneak Peak at Brandon Victor Dixon as HAMILTON's Aaron Burr by Michael Dale

Tonight, two-time Tony Award nominee Brandon Victor Dixon makes his debut as Aaron Burr in Lin-Manuel Miranda's revolutionary smash hit Hamilton on Broadway.

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Mel Brooks Is Back In The BLAZING SADDLES; Screening And Conversation at Radio City Music Hall by Michael Dale

At the end of Mel Brooks' Broadway musical adaptation of his film classic 'Young Frankenstein,' there's the quick lyrical suggestion that a song and dance version of his 1974 western spoof '…

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Can Christina Bianco Just Be Herself on THE BLIND DATE PROJECT? by Michael Dale

The well-intended advice many will offer before a first date is to 'just be yourself, but that may not be easy for the crazily talented Christina Bianco, who's had major success being other …

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Chicago's Theater Wit To Produce Mike Daisey's THE TRUMP CARD In October by Michael Dale

Master monologist and storyteller Mike Daisey has chosen to make his latest theatre piece, THE TRUMP CARD, completely free to download on the Internet and perform without paying royalties.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10AM[SHARE]

OH, HELLO's Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland 'Steamed' at New Yorker Cartoonist Matthew Diffee by Michael Dale

You might say there are three ways to tell if you've really made it on Broadway. You get your portrait up on the wall at Sardi's, you get spoofed by FORBIDDEN BROADWAY or you're the subject …

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Monday, August 22, 2016

Bid To Meet Lin-Manuel Miranda at HAMILTON's Chicago Opening, Support onePULSE Foundation by Michael Dale

Charitybuzz's new auction offers a chance to meet Lin-Manuel Miranda at the opening night party for HAMILTON on Chicago.

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WAITRESS Cast Performs Tuesday at Barnes & Noble; Watch It Live On Facebook by Michael Dale

The hit Broadway musical Waitress' Tony-winning star Jessie Mueller and its Grammy-nominated composerlyricist Sara Bareilleswill be signing copies of their original cast recording at Manhatt…

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The Audience Asks The Questions at AN EVENING WITH CAROL BURNETT by Michael Dale

For eleven seasons 'The Carol Burnett Show' kept America laughing with some of the cleverest and freshest sketch comedy to hit television. Some of the biggest off-the-cuff laughs came when, …

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AUDIO: Kristin Chenoweth Raves About HAMILTON's Relevance In Modern America by Michael Dale

Kristin Chenoweth has a lot on her plate to talk about these days. In addition to her busy schedule of concert touring she's prepping to play Velma Von Tussle in Hairspray LIVE on NBC Wednes…

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VIDEO: CHICAGO Designer William Ivey Long Recalls Advice He Gave To Melanie Griffith by Michael Dale

Beginning with Gwen Verdon in the original and resuming with Ann Reinking in the revival, some of Broadway's most talented triple-threats have taken on the role of Roxie Hart in Broadway's C…

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VIDEO: Watch Complete Performance of Michael Cerveris' TAKE ME HOME Concert To Benefit West Virginia Flood Relief by Michael Dale

Last night FUN HOME's Tony Award-winning star Michael Cerveris, who was raised in West Virginia, presented a very special concert to benefit the rebuilding efforts of West Virginians in the …

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VIDEO: Trampolinist Lee Brearley Bounces From Sydney's Olympics To Broadway's PARAMOUR by Michael Dale

Broadway audiences are accustomed to seeing world-class dancers take fight in the musicals that fill Times Square's stages, but Cirque du Soleil Paramour offers a rare opportunity to see wor…

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Novelist, Playwright Truman Capote's Ashes To Be Auctioned by Michael Dale

Though he gained worldwide fame as the author of 'In Cold Blood' and 'Breakfast at Tiffany's,' you didn't have to be an avid reader to immediately recognize Truman Capote.

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Saturday, August 20, 2016

PHOTO FLASH: The Public Works' TWELFTH NIGHT Boasts Over 200 Cast Members by Michael Dale

Public Works, The Public Theater's local and national initiative that invites diverse communities across New York to join in creating ambitious works of theater, celebrates its fourth year w…

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All that Chat

2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off