From BroadwayWorld's Archive: In honor of Throwback Thursday, BroadwayWorld is celebrating the past with a new series that will take you back in time with some of our favorite vintage video features. That's rig…

Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit and singer Joanna “JoJo” Levesque will return to Broadway’s Moulin Rouge!  Tveit, an original cast member, will reprise his performance as Christian with JoJo returning to t…

At one Missouri drama program, students are encouraged to grow as actors, technicians, and designers.

A huge, all-star cast will perform the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical Follies for one night only at Carnegie Hall. The concert, part of Transport Group’s Anne L. Bernstein Concert Series, will take pl…

Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit is extending his stay at the Café Carlyle. Tveit, who ends his run as the title character in Broadway's Sweeney Todd on May 5, will perform his debut residency at the celebrated…

Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit is trading the pie shop for the elegant confines of the Café Carlyle. Tveit, who ends his run as the title character in Sweeney Todd on May 5, will perform at the celebrated Upper…

Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the 2010s - not that long ago! You've probably at least heard of most of the shows included here, but how familia…

Tony Award winners Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster take over the lead roles of Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street on February 9 for a limited engagement at the Lunt-Fo…

While we await more Smash news, we are celebrating the genius of Shaiman and Wittman with just a few a of our favorite songs from musicals like Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can, Some Like It Hot, and more!

The Tony Award-nominated revival of Sweeney Todd is welcoming a new pair of stars. Tony-winning performers Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster will take over the roles of Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett, respectively, b…

Kerry Butler joins The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley) to perform a medley from all the musicals she's done on Broadway. Songs include: On My Own (Les Misérables), Bright New Day (Blood Brothers), B…

Novelist and screenwriter whose tales of women taking control of their own destinies included The Life and Loves of a She-Devil • Writer Fay Weldon dies aged 91 The novelist Fay Weldon, who has died aged 91, …

Some familiar faces are heading to Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Aaron Tveit will reprise his Tony-winning turn as Christian at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre for a limited time beginning January 17, 2023. Current sta…

Jeff and guest Jay Armstrong Johnson discuss the musical CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, book by Terrence McNally)

Broadway superstar Kearran Giovanni ("Catch Me if You Can," "Tarzan," TV's "Major Crimes") joins pal David to share her love of Disney and the Theme Parks! From loving the films as a kid (specifially "The

It's been a spectacular year for Derek Klena. He and wife Elycia just welcomed a baby boy, he stars in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, and he joined the cast of the Tony-winning Moulin Rouge! The Musical.…

A representative for the Broadway production confirmed to Playbill.com that rehearsals for the musical adaptation of the DreamWorks film of the ...

Hitchcockian thrills and witty humor coexist exceptionally well in this comedic mystery.

Terrance McNally’s 1960s-style musical comedy is now in its final week. Two powerful dramas are coming next—‘Drumfolk’ and ‘American Prophet.’

Katie Webber will join the cast of Broadway's Tina: The Tina Turner Musical as Rhonda beginning April 12. Webber is taking over the role from original cast member Jessica Rush, who will play her final perfor…

  Based on the true story of the young con artist, Frank Abagnale Jr. (and the 2002 film), the musical “Catch Me If You Can” opened on Broadway in 2011 and starred Aaron Tveit (currently performing his Ton…

The highlight of the production is Parker Esse's choreography, executed with sassy precision by a terrific chorus.

The 2011 musical, based on the 2002 movie, gets a overly glitzy, all too busy revival in Washington.

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has announced casting for a new version of the Tony-nominated musical comedy Catch Me If You Can.

By Douglas Mayo Bill Kenwright is to present Patrick Duffy, Linda Purl and Gray O’Brien in the Catch Me If You Can Uk Tour by Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert.  This post Catch Me If You Can UK Tour 2022 �…

“Catch Me If You Can,” with the libretto by Terrence McNally and a theatrical score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Whittman, borrows much from the 2002 film of the same name which, in turn, was based on a 1980 a…

Buckle up for a musical about one of the greatest con men of all time.

In-person theatre is back in NYC, both on Broadway and beyond. So we'll be phasing out these streaming roundups soon as more shows (re)open. I'm so glad virtual performances helped keep us going while theatres …

With in-person theatre still a rarity, many companies and performers from Broadway and beyond are showcasing their work online. Below are performances you can watch online this weekend, Friday, August 20 to Sun…

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Call Me Adam (@callmeadamnyc) If you missed my Instagram Live with Broadway actor Jay Armstrong Johnson, you can watch the REPLAY above ⬆️ or on my …

Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith and Executive Producer Edgar Dobie have announced the 2021/22 lineup for the company’s 72nd Season. Arena is excited to welcome back audiences into our spaces and roa…

The season also includes the world-premiere musical American Prophet: Frederick Douglass in His Own Words, the launch of the Cambodian Rock Band tour, and more.

The newest episode of Broadway Profiles features an interview with two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz, who is starring on NBC's new sci-fi drama Debris. The two-time Tony winner is known for his performance…

Broadway superstar Kerry Butler ("Hairspray," "Beetlejuice," "Mean Girls," "Catch Me if You Can," "Xanadu") joins David for an ultimate Disney-fan conversation. This Brooklyn girl has loved Disney her whole lif…

This Week in Broadway History: March 30 - April 5 🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭   April 6, 2017: Titans of the cosmetics world faced off in the musical War Paint at the Nederlander Theatre for 236 performances…

Jack and Brendon have a true Broadway legend gracing the Again From The Top airwaves this week. The one and only Angie Schworer is here! Angie is a Broadway veteran of over 10 Broadway shows including The Will …

March 12 marks one year since Broadway shut down due to COVID-19. To observe this surreal milestone, we checked in with Moulin Rouge! star Aaron Tveit, who went live on Broadway.com's Instagram with Edito…

Picture it. You are settled into your seat in a Broadway theater, the room abuzz, the energy is one of great expectation. You are at a "highly anticipated" new musical, written by an accomplished team. You are …

Tony Award nominee Derek Klena (Jagged Little Pill, Anastasia) brought his stories and charm to the theatre and entertainment podcast DRAMA. with Connor & Dylan MacDowell. The boys discuss how “Goodbye�…

Quentin Garzón has released a new video, featuring himself and Thom Sesma performing 'Butter Outta Cream' from Catch Me If You Can, with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman.

Last week's Musical of the Month column focused on what has become of the original cast of Hairspray since they took Broadway by storm during the summer of 2002. This week, we'll take a look at what has become…

We started off this month's Musical of the Month, Hairspray with a look back at the origins and facts behind the original Broadway production. This week, we take a closer look at that cast and what they've b…

Too on the nose? First day of Autumn? Broadway and Touring Star Autumn Hurlbert singing "Fly, Fly Away" from Catch Me If You Can!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas—all right, no it's not, but the Hallmark Channel has announced its forthcoming lineup of holiday movies. A few Broadway favorites are set to star in the merry and b…

On July 7th, we found the sweet Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman song "Seven Wonders" from the 2011 Broadway musical Catch Me If You Can starring Aaron Tveit.

Love 'em or hate 'em, musicals based on films have been on Broadway for decades. There have been some great ones (Grand Hotel, Sunset Boulevard), and some not so great ones (you know what we are talking about..…

It's Catch Me If You Can's 9th Broadway Anniversary! Enjoy a high energy YouTube spiral by the show's fantastic choreographer, the award winning Jerry Mitchell!

The stage adaptation of the 2002 film opened at the Neil Simon Theatre April 10, 2011.

Curtains was a unabashed old-fashioned Broadway musical. Big sets, lots of costumes, splashy production numbers and a large cast. The book boasted an impressive twelve principal roles and a sizable ensemble. Fu…

The theater world was stunned by the death of playwright Terrence McNally, who left a remarkable canon of plays and musicals over his six-decade career as a playwright and librettist. Broadway.com illustrator T…

Originally from Miami, Florida, Stephen Christopher Anthony began his formal training at the New World School of the Art, before pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Performance (Music Theatre) degree from Florida S…

Corbin Bleu, last seen on Broadway in Kiss Me, Kate, is about to dance his way out of some white-collar crimes. Bleu will star as the conman Frank Abagnale Jr. in a production of Catch Me If You Can at Aren…

The season will also include a production of Catch Me If You Can starring Corbin Bleu, among many other offerings.

Arena Stage has announced its 2020/21 Season, which is set to include five world premieres, four plays and three musicals, including a Corbin Bleu-led Catch Me If You Can.

In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk to Tony-winning lyricist and director Scott Wittman about Frank Sinatra's 1966 live album, 'Sinatra at the Sands.' They also discuss Bette Midler, Patti LuPone, Sammy Davis …

by Aidan Sears. @aidanjsears. SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Confusion arose in the audience last night after the Schaumburg Community Theatre’s performance of Catch Me If You Can, with theater-goers noted that the large…

Find your next job with these Equity calls for Broadway productions and shows across the country.

Tony-winning composer Marc Shaiman has been recruited to pen original music for the upcoming Broadway revival of Neil Simon's 1968 comedy Plaza Suite. The previously announced production, directed by John Be…

“I Wanna Be a Producer”: 10 Q & A’s with a Tony Award-Winning Producer Written by: Alex Muscaro Date: October 14th, 2019 Some of the essential players in the theatre-making process are the produc…

These are heady times for Toby Orenstein. This weekend she commemorates 47 years as founding artistic director of the Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts (CCTA) and four decades at the helm of her Toby’s Dinn…

The spectacular spectacular, the ring-ding razzle dazzle, the gitchie gitchie ya-ya da-da: It’s all in Moulin Rouge!, a Broadway musical so stuffed with songs and sequins and sheer, outrageous excess that it�…

Who's our favorite Broadway Bohemian? This guy! Who's one of only a few people who made the Les Miz movie worth watching? This guy! Who was the very first Mr. Broadway on this blog - September 2009? This guy! …

Two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz is among a newly announced slate of stars set to appear in Flag Day, a new motion picture written by 2019 Tony winner Jez Butterworth (The Ferryman). Oscar winner Sean Penn…

Hear what six-time Tony Award-winner Costume Designer William Ivey Long, has to say about his North Carolina beginnings, TOOTSIE, BEETLEJUICE, DIANA: THE MUSICAL, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, act…

Terrence McNally is a titan of the theater. With two dozen Broadway productions under his belt, he has won Tony Awards for his plays Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Class as well as the books to the musica…

By the time I got to interview Jay Armstrong Johnson in 2012, I had already been a big fan of his as I had previously seen him in the Broadway revival of Hair & the Off-Broadway production of Wild Animals Y…

The producer who brought you Cry-Baby, High Fidelity and Rent, Lauren Peters, is thrilled to announce the stellar cast of the upcoming adventurous, inquisitive and ingeniously criminal musical Catch Me If You C…

I've had the pleasure of seeing Ms. Broadway May 2019 in nine different shows over the years, from her Broadway debut in Blood Brothers all the way through to her triple-role turn in last year's Mean Girls. A…

I'm a bad theater fan! I will be out of town when the Tony Award nominations are being announced. Actually, to be more specific, I will be en route to my destination and unable to see them for hours after they …

On this day in 2011, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN opened on Broadway at theNeil SimonTheatre.

Co-starring Norbert Leo Butz, the musical adaptation of the movie opened April 10, 2011.

With Brad Pitt and Diane Keaton as its cheering section, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art won unanimous approval Tuesday from the county Board of Supervisors for a $650-million new home that will span Wilsh…

Check out long-time collaborators and co-stars Sherie Rene Scott Everyday Rapture, The Little Mermaid, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and Norbert Leo Butz Wicked, Catch Me if You Can, My Fair Lady pr…

Broadway favorites Sherie Rene Scott Everyday Rapture, The Little Mermaid, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown andNorbert Leo ButzWicked, Catch Me if You Can, My Fair Lady will present a new work in devel…

“A cop in the country has a thousand problems,” quips small town dick Inspector Levine (Stan Rosen). But the problem at the center of genre-defying mystery “Catch Me if You Can,” is one …

In Montgomery Playhouse’s production of Catch Me If You Can, now playing at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn, Director Ed Starr has once again sprinkled fairy dust on an erstwhile gaggle of ordinary citizens wh…

Angie Schworer & Caitlin Kinnunen in "The Prom" (Photo by Deen Van Meer) “I get to do everything that I do. A little dance, a little acting, a little singing, a little bit of zazz.” …

Broadway.com #LiveatFive is a daily news show on Facebook Live, in which Broadway.com editors discuss what's going on in the theater community and chat with stage stars about their current and upcoming…

Scandal star Tony Goldwyn and Tony Award winner Frank Wood are among the newly announced complete cast of Network, the highly anticipated stage adaptation of Paddy Chayevsky's iconic film, debuting on Broad…

I'm pretty sure that if you take the time to read theater blogs, you love going to the theater. And you probably keep track of which shows you've seen. Maybe you keep all of your tickets, or collect each show's…