The three roles Casey Likes is best known for—William Miller in Almost Famous, Marty McFly in Back to the Future: The Musical and now Jason "J.D." Dean in Heathers The Musical—all have one thing in common. …

The star of ‘Almost Famous’ and ‘The Morning Show’ talks to Patrick Smith about forcing out tears in ‘Jay Kelly’, playing the lawman in ‘High Noon’, and bumping into ‘golden god’ Robert Plan…

Tony, Emmy, Grammy, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tom Kitt returned to Birdland on Monday, December 1 for a curated concert featuring guest appearances by Elizabeth Gillies, Lauren Patten, Amanda Reid, El…

Tom Kitt and Cameron Crowe reveal their unconventional process of redeveloping and rewriting their musical “Almost Famous” — before it even closed on Broadway.

Following the release of The Lightning Thief: Original London Cast Recording, producer and composer Rob Rokicki has dropped his new single, “Lincoln.” Featuring vocalist Alisa Melendez (Almost Famous), the …

Rob Rokicki, composer of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, will release a new theatrical rock single titled “Lincoln” on November 14, 2025. The track follows the recent Lightning Thief: Origin…

There are a lot of Broadway stars making their return this season, and we are all the better for it! Do you remember the roles that got them started? Broadway Games: Stars of Today...and Yesterday  DIRECTION…

Here is the second 3-peater in our new series, Broadway 3-peats, which recognizes theater folk who have made a big impression on us three times in a row. This young man has taken the New York theater scene by s…

EXCLUSIVE: Casey Likes, who recently starred on Broadway in Back To The Future and Almost Famous, will star in writer-director Delfine Paolini’s sophomore feature Sky, Zyprexa, Night, which begins production …

Bull Duhram is coming to the stage! Watch in this video as Nik Walker (Crash Davis) and the cast of Bull Durham perform "Winning," ahead of opening night at Paper Mill Playhouse. Directed by Marc Bruni (The Gre…

As summer winds down with the beach chairs stored away, the last of the ripe tomatoes devoured, and the tans finally faded, we now turn to the fall and those extra special shows to get us excited — and to div…

Bull Duhram is coming to the stage! Watch in this video as Carmen Cusack (Annie Savoy) and the cast of Bull Durham perform "The Church of Baseball" ahead of opening night at Paper Mill Playhouse. Directed by Ma…

On paper, this fall isn't nearly as exciting as recent previous seasons. There are not too many shows generating much enthusiasm or even conversation. But there is one thing that several shows have going for th…

54 Below has shared new footage from Casey Likes' recent cabaret show, Back to the Past, which took place on August 27, 29, and 30. The performance featured renditions of "Wanted Dead or Alive," along with Elto…

Billy Crudup, The Morning Show’s Emmy award winner, and Andor’s Denise Gough will star in the world premiere production of classic movie western High Noon in London’s West End this winter — and the…

Today’s new Travalanche post for September 5, 2025 is about an almost famous vaudeville by the name of Eddie Vogt. Previous Travalanche posts for September 5 include ones on: Bob Newhart Loudon Wainwright III…

A.C.T. of CT is presenting the short-lived Tom Kitt-Cameron Crowe musical, adapted from Crowe's cult favorite film.

Paper Mill Playhouse kicked off rehearsals this week for Bull Durham, the first production of its 2025-2026 season. The new musical begins performances Thursday, October 2 ahead of a Sunday, October 12 openin…

The cast and the creative team has been revealed for Bull Durham, the first production of Paper Mill’s 2025-2026 season. The new musical begins performances Thursday, October 2 in a run continuing through Sun…

A.C.T. of CT will present the regional premiere of Almost Famous: The Musical, launching the theater’s highly anticipated 2025–2026 season. This will be the first production of the musical since its 2022 Br…

Creators Tom Kitt and Cameron Crowe will work with A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut to revamp their musical.

Heathers the Musical has returned to New York City! See their first curtain call as their limited engagement kicks off at New World Stages, Stage I, running through September 28, 2025. The video features a firs…

Heathers The Musical is gearing up to make its Off-Broadway return! Featuring book, music, and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe, the show will start performances on June 22, 2025 and will play a li…

Soon enough, we'll be trading in light jackets for shorts and tees, and turning up the A.C. Where did spring go? The last couple of summers were busy, theater-wise, but this year it feels much lighter. It will …

The complete cast and creative team have been announced for Heathers The Musical. Tony Award nominee Kerry Butler, a veteran of 12 Broadway shows including Hairspray, Xanadu, Mean Girls, and Beetlejuice The Mus…

Casting has been announced for the three Heathers, in the off-Broadway return of Heathers: The Musical! McKenzie Kurtz (Broadway: Frozen, The Heart of Rock and Roll, Wicked; Kennedy Center: Schmigadoon!) will p…

Tony nominee Lorna Courtney and Casey Likes will lead Heathers the Musical off-Broadway this summer. The musical will make its New York City return in a limited engagement at New World Stages from June 22 thr…

The Off-Broadway return of Heathers the Musical will be led by Lorna Courtney and Casey Likes. Courtney, known for her breakout performance in & Juliet, will play Veronica Sawyer, with Likes as J.D. The fan…

U Guys, it’s the 100th episode, and Solea Pfeiffer is here! In this episode, Solea shares her journey as a Broadway star, discussing her experiences in incredible roles such as Satine in Moulin Rouge and Eva…

John Cardoza and Solea Pfeiffer take the lead at Moulin Rouge! on October 15 as Broadway's newest Christian and Satine. Cardoza and Pfeiffer assume the roles from the musical's original Tony-winning star A…

It kind of makes sense that so many people are drawing comparisons betweenThe Hills of California, the new Jez Butterworth play that opened this week at the Broadhurst Theatre; and Gypsy, the classic Jule Styne…

In this video, Ben is joined by a 'new guard' of leading men- Casey Likes (Back to the Future, Almost Famous), Kyle Selig (Water for Elephants, Mean Girls) and Vincent Jamal Hooper (The Lion King).

Solea Pfeiffer and John Cardoza will be the next Satine and Christian to lead Broadway's Moulin Rouge! The pair join the company at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on October 15 alongside Pepe Muñoz, who also joi…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Watch Almost Famous star Solea Pfeiffer sing “The Truth Is” from the musical The Violet Hour in this official music video here! On the Studio Cast Recording, Pfeiffer pla…

Drew Gehling will join the company of the hit musical as ‘Shakespeare’ on August 16, 2024. Gehling, who made his Broadway debut in Jersey Boys in 2009, most recently starred on Broadway in the original cast…

Drew Gehling (Jersey Boys, Almost Famous, Waitress) will assume the role of Shakespeare in Broadway’s & Juliet beginning August 16. He takes over for Austin Scott, who joined the company in August 2023…

Opening in 1927 as the Royale Theatre, the house was renamed the John Golden for a few years (the John Golden today is one door down now, of course), then back to the Royale for 65 years. That's the name on sev…

What is a musical without its music? Just a play... and while plays are great too, nothing says Broadway quite like a new musical. A handful of composers and orchestrators were singled out this year for their o…

Christopher Ryan Grant, Van Hughes and Patti Murin will lead La Jolla Playhouse's world premiere of the new musical The Ballad of Johnny and June, about the country music stars Johnny Cash and June Carter. Tony…

 Broadway Games: Where Haven't We Seen You Before: This week's game asks you to pick the one show each Broadway luminary below didn't work on. 1. Jason Robert Brown A. Broadway: The Last Five Years B. Bro…

The College of New Jersey's Lyric Theatre will present 'A Jason Robert Brown Celebration,' with special guest, Broadway's Solea Pfeiffer (Hadestown, Almost Famous, Songs For A New World) on Wednesday, April 17 …

The world-premiere musical Gatsby, the new adaptation of the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald with music by Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine, has its cast. The show will begin performances at the American R…

Billy Crudup, renowned for his roles in ‘The Morning Show’ and ‘Almost Famous,’ is set to take the stage in

From the original Broadway cast of Almost Famous to starring in Titanique, Brandon Contreras really is that girl!

Yogi Berra said the future ain’t what it used to be. We know how he feels. The Broadway arrival of the West End hit “Back to the Future” continues the march of Hollywood brand extensions to the musical st…

The new residency comes after the musical's run on Broadway last season.

Discover the news about Eugene O’Neill Theater Center hosting a workshop residency for the Tony-nominated musical Almost Famous.

40 Years of Broadway: By Request: Differences of Opinion  Before we started our celebration I asked you to make suggestions of the kinds of things we should post about. You had a lot of really great ideas! S…

40 Years of Broadway: Creative Influencers: The Designers I've been so fortunate to see some of the greatest stage designs of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Many of the master influencers of their t…

Casey Likes fully expected to be performing on Broadway this year, but the plan was for him to be riding shotgun with Stillwater instead of sitting behind the wheel of a DeLorean. He’d appeared as teen rock j…

40 Years of Broadway: 5 Things I've Learned Slave Play and Be More Chill Learn some history. Sorry, young readers out there, but musical theater did not start with Be More Chill, and there were centuri…

"Back to the Future: The Musical," the time travel adventure, joins a long line of problematic screen to stage musicalizations which do not improve on the originals in any way. Joining the list that includes in…

Original Broadway Cast, 2022 (Masterworks Broadway) Meet the semi-jukebox musical: Almost Famous, based on the film about a 1970s rock band and the teen journalist William (Casey Likes) who embeds himself on to…

Yogi Berra said the future ain’t what it used to be. We know how he feels. The Broadway arrival of the West End hit “Back to the Future” continues the march of Hollywood brand extensions to the musical st…

2023 - 2024 Broadway Musical Logo:>>>>Back to the Future: The Musical<<<< If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right?  The Back to the Future logo is nearly as iconic as the film it comes f…

Solea Pfeiffer will take over the role of Eurydice in Hadestown beginning August 15. Pfeiffer succeeds Eva Noblezada, who originated the role on Broadway and will depart the production on August 13. In additi…

The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal, the weekly nationally-syndicated, Broadway-focused TV program, co-produced by Broadway.com’s parent company the John Gore Organization, has been honored with four 2023 Ne…

Billy Crudup, known for his work in “Almost Famous” and “The Morning Show,” reprises his off-Broadway role. 

A personal interview with the visionary and multi-talented Matthew C. Yee reveals exclusive insights into his musical Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon, directed by Amanda Dehnert and currently premiering in Chica…

She’s played Evita and Penny Lane in Almost Famous. Now she's playing someone who is mixed race and demanding to be heard—much like herself.

The 76th annual Tony Awards were presented on June 11, 2023 at New York City's United Palace. Find out who took home trophies on Broadway's biggest night! Winners of the 2023 Tony Awards are marked in bold.  …

Enjoy songs from sone of the Tony nominated show sof the season, including: Some Like It Hot, Shucked, Parade, & Juliet, Into the Woods, Kimberly Akimbo, KPOP, Almost Famous, and more!

Heading back to the future & re-creating this iconic moment with @justcaseylikes! Who else can’t wait for Back to the Future coming to Broadway & loved seeing him in Almost Famous? Thanks @jackieleibz for t…

Get an insider's look at the Almost Famous Original Broadway Cast Recording listening party.

The Oscar-winning screenwriter and Tony Award-nominated lyricist exposes what it was like to turn his life into a movie and then a musical.

See photos from the Almost Famous Original Cast Recording Listening Party, celebrating Cameron Crowe and Tom Kitt’s 2023 Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score.

The year is 1973 and it’s all happening. Led Zeppelin is king, Richard Nixon is President, and idealistic 15-year-old William Miller is an aspiring music journalist. When Rolling Stone magazine hires him to g…

The 2023 JKTS Awards It's that time of year once again! Here are the things that stood out to us - some serious, some just for fun. Why not "award" them? Maverick Award Justin David Sullivan - & Julie…

2022 - 2023 Season Wrap-up:  Broadway Logos - The Best and the Worst We make it no secret that we love Broadway show art and advertising campaigns here at JK's TheatreScene. And we are thrilled that a lot of …

Cameron Crowe, Tom Kitt, Casey Likes, Solea Pfeiffer and more will join the streaming series hosted by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley.

“Stars In The House” co-hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley are reuniting the cast of Almost Famous the Musical after their run on Broadway last fall.

With Gerard Canonico, Julia Cassandra, Rob Colletti, Brandon Contreras, Cameron Crowe, Drew Gehling, Tom Kitt, Claire Kwon, Anika Larsen, Casey Likes, Danny Lindgren, Erica Mansfield, Alisa Melendez, Solea Pfei…

Trends of the 2022/2023 Broadway Season: On Stage Logos Now that the season is behind us, pre-Tonys time is when we like to look at recurring trends. Being the show art lover that I am, I couldn't help but n…

Over the past two weeks, you've been nominating your Broadway favorites in a variety of categories not covered by The Tony Awards. Well, the hundreds of nominations have been tabulated, and it's pretty terrific…

DON'T FORGET! The 2023 JKTS Awards Nominations close on Friday, May 5  CLICK THIS LINK TO NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITES: https://poll-maker.com/Q7DDCXHNS The 2023 Tony Awards Nominations: Our Thoughts Like …

DON'T FORGET! The 2023 JKTS Awards Nominations close on Friday, May 5   With such a rich, varied, and pretty accomplished season now behind us, it's time to crown the winners and finish the season. We can'…