Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party begins performances tonight at New York City Center where a cast of Broadway stars will give the raucous musical new life for Encores! Off-Center. Running throu…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:31PMMore than 700 people tried their luck at the first-ever Hamilton Broadway ticket lottery on July 13, the night of the show's first preview at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. There's an added bo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:12PMIt's been 15 years since Andrew Lippa's musical The Wild Party was last seen in New York, with a cast of heavy-hitters led by Julia Murney, Brian d'Arcy James, Idina Menzel, and Taye Diggs. …
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:00PMThe original cast of William Finn and Rachel Sheinken's musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee reunited for a one-night-only, 10th-anniversary concert performance of the musical …
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:25PMBroadway will welcome back its favorite magical pair on July 12, when Penn & Teller on Broadway celebrates the opening of a new six-week run. The duo will bring elements of their long-runnin…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:08PMHow do you turn a sprawling young-adult story into a solo show? That's the question for James Lecesne, the Trevor Project cofounder who recently transformed his book Absolute Brightness into…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:08PMWhat do Robert Preston, Craig Bierko, Patti LuPone, Tyne Daly, and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane have in common? At one point in each of their careers, they've performed the classic sho…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:06PMAny audition coach will caution against over-confidence, but there are some times when it's hard…especially when the character breakdown has your name written all over it. Fresh off some e…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:21PM"How do we not mess up what already works?" According to lyricist Glenn Slater, that's one of the main questions he and Andrew Lloyd Webber asked when creating the new musical version of Sch…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:07PMInspired by Finn's personal experiences, A New Brain is a medical tragedy seen through the iris of a Looney Tunes short. After struggling composer Gordon Michael Schwinn (Jonathan Groff) col…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:38PMIn the early 1990s, songwriter William Finn was riding the wave of success of his Tony-winning musical Falsettos when he was struck down with an inoperable brain tumor. His experiences in th…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:52PMThree actresses are getting ready to take Broadway by storm this fall when they make their debuts in the London transfer of John Doyle's acclaimed new production of the musical The Color Pur…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:52PMAt the heart of the Tony-winning musical An American in Paris are three different love stories, all involving the same woman. She is the beautiful ballerina Lise Dassin, played by Tony nomin…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:46PMCarey Mulligan and Bill Nighy share an uncommon commitment to their craft, as evidenced by the audition stories they shared with TheaterMania. At a recent event, Nighy recalled an audition s…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:43PMIn this anecdote from Mulligan, the actress recalls going all out in a Skype audition for "a very famous space film."
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:28PMAmazing Grace, a new musical inspired by the story behind the famed Christian hymn, plays its first performance at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre on June 25. The cast, led by Tony nominee Jo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:08PMSir Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical adaptation of the hit 2003 film School of Rock is set to storm Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre this November. But before the show can graduate to the big s…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:56PMCarole King's famous female power ballad "Natural Woman" made its way to the Broadway stage in 2013 when Jessie Mueller first performed its Tony-winning rendition in Beautiful — The Carole…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:49PMPress room moments with Kelli O’Hara, Annaleigh Ashford, and more of the 2015 Tony Award winners. The victors are announced, the trophies distributed, and celebrations are underway. But…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:51AMBefore recent Drama Desk Awards host Laura Benanti and current star of Broadway's Something Rotten! Heidi Blickenstaff kick off this game of "Guess That Show," they want to make it clear tha…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:06PMThis season, Annaleigh Ashford earned her second career Tony nomination for her performance in the revival of You Can't Take It With You, following her 2013 nod for her featured role in Kink…
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