Friday, October 13, 2023

Billy Porter to Release 'Black Mona Lisa' Album Next Month

The album is executive produced by hitmaker Justin Tranter and is comprised of songs that tell Porter’s story authentically, with depth and nuance. To herald the arrival of the record, P…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:33AM
Friday, December 9, 2022

Tony Winner Ali Stroker & David Perlow Welcome Baby Boy by Lindsey Sullivan

Broadway couple Ali Stroker and David Perlow have welcomed a baby boy. Jesse Kenneth Perlow was born on November 8, according to Tony winner Stroker's social media post. Stoker and Perlow w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PM
Monday, October 17, 2022

Theatre Review: ‘Framing My America’ at Strand Theater Company by Max Garner

“The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal”.– Aristotle “Why you wanna fly, Blackbird? You ain’t never gonna fly”.– Nina Simone A world premiere chore…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:52PM
Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Lindsay Lavin The Beatles Unplugged by Sandi Durell

By Andrew Poretz . . . When a young singer named Lindsay Lavin sang a stunning rendition of The Beatles’ “Blackbird” at “The Lineup with Susie Mosher” at Birdland the other week an…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:50AM
Tuesday, March 8, 2022

“Red Winged Blackbird”: Two Brothers Bare Their Hearts—at Live Oak by Jordan Freed

Alyosha Zim Unfolds Exciting Jewish-Buddhist Enigma by Jordan Freed & Barry David Horwitz “Red Winged Blackbird” transcends a debate between Old World Judaism and New Age Buddhism. W…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:15AM
Thursday, February 24, 2022

Invisible No More: Julian Work by Bob Kosovsky, Librarian, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Music Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Julian Work's union stamp for 1948. We in The New York Public Library's Music & Recorded Sound Division are doing what we can to uncover and bring attention to composers from underre…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PM
Monday, September 20, 2021

Blackbird by Christopher Caz

In his thankless role as Ray, Grossman’s performance is perpetually defensive, harried and out of breath. As unlikable a character as Ray is expected to be, Grossman doesn’t quite manage…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:17AM
Monday, June 14, 2021

Her Mohegan name means blackbird and she soars in ‘Where We Belong’ by Bob Ashby

Performing solo, Madeline Sayet personifies her people’s heritage of women as powerful carriers of their culture.

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:25AM
Thursday, June 10, 2021

Jeff Daniels & Celia Keenan-Bolger to Return to Broadway's To Kill a Mockingbird by Broadway.com

Jeff Daniels and Celia Keenan-Bolger will reprise their roles of Atticus Finch and Scout Finch, respectively, in Aaron Sorkin's stage adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway. The pro…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:33AM
Monday, May 3, 2021

BML-Blackbird Names Brad Kaplan as General Manager by Michael Eddy

BML-Blackbird is pleased to announce that Brad Kaplan has been promoted to General Manager. Kaplan joined BML in July of 2019 as a Project Manager bringing over 25 years of entertainment ind…

SOURCE: Stage Directions at 07:26PM
Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Sophia Anne Caruso Set to Star in Screen Adaptation of The School For Good and Evil by Lindsey Sullivan

Former Beetlejuice headliner Sophia Anne Caruso has a new gig! She is set to star alongside High School Musical: The Musical – The Series' Sofia Wylie in The School For Good And Evil, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PM
Monday, July 20, 2020

Invisible Diaries: Garden by Miranda Laurence

This article is part of the Dramaturgs’ Network’s Invisible Diaries series. In a moment of freedom from time and gravity. Noticing information entering my body As if there is nothing e…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:36AM
Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Showtime Is Developing Series Based on the Life of Lena Horne

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Showtime is currently developing limited series based on the life of stage and screen star Lena Horne. Horne's granddaughter, Jenny Lumet, is set to wr…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:54PM
Monday, July 6, 2020
Thursday, June 18, 2020

Thomas Kail and Michelle Williams Welcome First Child Together by Beth Stevens

Celebrated actress Michelle Williams and Tony-winning Hamilton director Thomas Kail welcomed their first child together on June 17, according to Us Weekly. The couple, who worked together …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PM
Sunday, January 19, 2020

Michelle Williams, Sam Rockwell & Renée Zellweger Take Home SAG Awards for Playing Theater Legends by Michael Appler

Michelle Williams, Sam Rockwell and Renée Zellweger brought performances to the screen this year that resurrected three of musical theater's greatest stars. Williams and Rockwell playe…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48PM
Monday, January 13, 2020

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Billy Crudup & James Corden Among Winners at Critics' Choice Awards by Diep Tran

The 25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards, honoring film and television works, was held on January 12 at the Barker Hanger in Los Angeles, CA. It was hosted by screen actor, and original Rent c…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42AM
Monday, January 6, 2020

Michelle Williams, Brian Cox, Elton John & More Broadway Alums Win 2020 Golden Globe Awards by Andy Lefkowitz

A slew of stage stars were honored for their work on-screen at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 2020 Golden Globe Awards on January 5. Ricky Gervais hosted the event from The Beverl…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03AM
Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Michelle Williams and Tony-Winning Director Thomas Kail Are Engaged and Expecting by Broadway.com

There’s a new Broadway baby on the way! Oscar and Tony nominee Michelle Williams is engaged to Thomas Kail, who is perhaps best known as the Tony-winning director of Hamilton, according t…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:06PM
Thursday, December 12, 2019

Cynthia Erivo & More Stage Stars Nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards by Andy Lefkowitz

Nominations are here for the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best acting work in television and on film. A slew of stage stars fill out the list of nominees for the awar…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42AM
Monday, October 7, 2019

Jeff Daniels to Play Former FBI Director James Comey in Limited Series Based on His Book by Andy Lefkowitz

Jeff Daniels, the stage-and-screen star about to conclude his Tony-nominated run in To Kill a Mockingbird, will next appear as former FBI Director James Comey in CBS Studios' new limited ser…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PM
Monday, September 23, 2019

Pose Star Billy Porter Among 2019 Emmy Award Winners: 'The Category Is Love!' by Broadway.com

Billy Porter, the Broadway veteran most known for his Tony-winning turn in Kinky Boots, took home the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series on September 22; he is the …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54AM
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Billy Porter, Fosse/Verdon Among 2019 Primetime Emmy Nominees by Andy Lefkowitz

Nominations for the 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards were revealed on July 16. The list includes a slew of series and stars of interest to Broadway fans, including Tony-winning actor Billy Porter …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PM
Friday, June 14, 2019

Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles Cancels Broadway Return Engagement by Andy Lefkowitz

The recently announced return run of the celebrated concert Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles has been canceled. The show had initially been scheduled to play the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from Ju…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AM
Thursday, June 13, 2019

‘Blackbird’ takes a steely and unflinching look at a powder-keg topic by Brendan Kiley

“Blackbird,” David Harrower’s 2005, Olivier Award-winning play, currently staged at 18th and Union by White Rabbits Inc., is a small, powerful, two-character nail bomb.

SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 06:00PM
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

To Kill a Mockingbird Star Jeff Daniels on His Admiration for Aaron Sorkin, Playing Tevye in High School & More on Show People by Broadway.com

Jeff Daniels won Emmy Awards for Aaron Sorkin'sThe Newsroom as well as Godless and garnered Tony nominations for his performances in God of Carnage, Blackbird and now Sorkin's adaptation …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PM

On the Couch with Tim Munro by Arts Review

Who is Tim Munro? I’m a Aussie musician based in Chicago. How DO I describe myself? I’m a flute player by training, but I’m also a broadcaster, writer, curator, and occasional musical …

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:33AM
Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles Will Return to Broadway for Limited Summer Run by Andy Lefkowitz

Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles, the celebrated concert which played a 300-performance run on the Great White Way back in 2010, has joined the lineup of shows in the upcoming In Residence o…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PM
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Citizens of Mockingbird: Jeff Daniels on Becoming Atticus Finch, the Iconic Hero Without a Cape by Paul Wontorek

In adapting Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird for the stage, award-winning scribe Aaron Sorkin looked at the iconic characters of the recently named "best-loved" American novel with fre…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:00AM
Thursday, December 13, 2018

People You Should Know . . . Anna Stromberg by Zack Calhoon

(Photo by Loretta Richert)Anna Stromberg has performed in many Off-Broadway theatres living in NYC for ten years before moving to Los Angeles a few years ago. She was a longtime member …

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:04PM
Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Susan Sarandon replaces Diane Keaton in Roger Mitchell’s Film by Blouin Artinfo

Entertainment daily First Post has reported that Susan Sarandon will now star in Roger Michell’s next after Diane Keaton left the film. Insiders claim that Keaton was emotionally attached …

SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 02:37PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards