Gregg Edelman is one of an increasingly rare breed - the working Broadway actor. In a career spanning more than 40 years, he's really done it all: ensemble work, supporting roles, leading roles, originating, re…

Check out the new photo poster for the haunting sequel to the Halloween classic for a new look at Bette Midler (“The First Wives Club,” “Beaches”), Sarah Jessica Parker (“Sex and the City,” “Divor…

PATRICK OLIVER JONES - From his early roots in Birmingham, Alabama community theater to other venues like Tokyo DisneySea and Jubilee! in Las Vegas, Patrick has made his mark as an actor and singer. Since liv…

It has been 10 YEARS since I interviewed screenwriter & producer Caytha Jentis. I was introduced to Caytha in 2011 when her romantic gay comedy The One had its NYC premiere, a film I still watch today. Now,…

Singer/actress Bette Midler (“The First Wives Club,” “Beaches”) returns as Winifred Sanderson, with Sarah Jessica Parker (“Sex and the City”) and Kathy Najimy (“Sister Act”) back as her sisters,…

If you don't believe that four time Tony nominee Victor Garber has range just think that he is one of the only actors in his career to play both Jesus and the Devil. Not only was he in both Godspell and Damn Ya…

In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk about the 1996 hit movie 'The First Wives Club.' In addition to their in-depth analysis of the comedic talents of Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, and Diane Keaton, they also disc…

The First Wives Club, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, Marvin's Room, and more will soon be available to stream.

In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk to actor, singer, and drag legend Jeffery Roberson (aka Varla Jean Merman) about the 1966 cast recording of 'The Mad Show.' They also discuss Coco Peru, Frank DeCaro, Heklin…

In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk to Tony-winning Broadway star Faith Prince about Liza Minnelli's 1972 live album 'Liza with a Z.' They also discuss Tina Landau, Fanny Brice, Funny Girl, Jule Styne, Judy Ho…

Among his numerous credits were the original Broadway production of Peter Pan and the films Tootsie and The First Wives Club.

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…

The NYU grad may be breaking big in the “Diane Keaton role” of the new version of First Wives Club, but she laid her roots on the stage.

Tracy Oliver will adapt the hit 1996 film FIRST WIVES CLUB for a half-hour TV series, heading to the Paramount Network and Paramount TV. A reboot of the movie was originally in development and picked up by TV L…

As the two told Playbill, they were nearly in the film. The duo shares details on Watch What Happens Live.

Michael MustoRuPaul's Drag RaceMichael MustoBorn Alex Michaels in Manhattan, Alexis Michelle is a talented figure on the Gotham bar scene, playing Boots & Saddle on Wednesdays, Therapy on Thursdays an…

Born Alex Michaels in Manhattan, Alexis Michelle is a talented figure on the Gotham bar scene, playing Boots & Saddle on Wednesdays, Therapy on Thursdays and the Ritz on Sundays, with performances at Pieces…

Today, Deadline reports that the network has chosen to pass on the project, but shares that there is a possibility it could be redeveloped.

Below, BWW exclusively shares clips from this week's episode of COCKTAILS amp CLASSICS on Logo, featuring the classic hit First Wives Club

Below, get an exclusive look at the cast of FIRST WIVES CLUB backstage dance party to Tara Macri's summer single 'This Crush.' In addition, watch the official lyric video and a behind-the-scenes video of the ne…

TV Land's remake of THE FIRST WIVES CLUB has found its third leading lady in Vanessa Lachey.

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. Spend Xmas with Megan Hilty It's that will be the most wonderful time of the year! Broadway bombshell Megan Hilty is currently recording a …

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the weekend. Aaron Tveit Heading to Boston Attention Tveiter Tots! There's another chance to get up close and personal with your Br…

The Broadway actress will join Alyson Hannigan in the TV Land program.

According to Deadline, Tony Award nominee Megan Hilty has been tapped to star in TV Land's remake of 'The First Wives Club,' alongside How I Met Your Mother's Alyson Hannigan.

Name: Anastasia OlowinHometown: Lafayette, CAEducation: BFA NYU Tisch, Experimental Theatre WingSelect Credits: The Killer (TFANA); Stitches (To-By-For Productions); Plum de Force (harunalee); with Theater Reco…

Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton, who proved a hit two decades ago in "The First Wives Club," will reunite for a new feature film from Netflix, according to Deadline.com.

Edward Hibbert will be welcomed to the Renaissance from November 10! The Broadway vet is set to take over for Peter Bartlett as Lord Clapham/Master of Justice in Something Rotten!, which is currently playing at…

Chicago has no doubt mastered the role of being the ultimate “tryout” city for Broadway. With recent Broadway productions like On Your Feet and Kinky Boots which started in the city and more still b…

Tony Award winner Faith Prince, who recently starred as Brenda in The First Wives Club at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre, celebrates her birthday August 6. Playbill.com takes a look at her career. Happy…

Faith Prince. Those two words served as the motivation for me to visit this pre-Broadway tryout of The First Wives Club: The Musical. I consider Prince among the very best musical comedy stars — right up …

Last week Jeff Pew took fans behind the scenes at the Broadway-Bound musical, THE FIRST WIVES CLUB, which recently closed at Chicago's Oriental Theatre. Pew, who was last seen on Broadway as the understudy for …

The Broadway-bound musical looks at love, loss, and broken marriages.

One of society’s favorite movies is finally coming to life on stage! The First Wives Club; made famous on-screen by Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton, is making it’s pre-Broadway tryout …

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, creator of the television series “Designing Women” and book writer of the new musical comedy “First Wives Club,” chatted with theater critic Chris Jones last week about the …

Opening night for pre-Broadway shows in Chicago can be fun. The excitement both real (will this be the next “The Producers” or “Kinky Boots”?) and manufactured (red carpets, Klieg lights and TV crews br…

The season heats up even more as The Audience opened on Broadway, First Wives Club The Musical opened in Chicago and The Hunchback of Notre Dame readied for opening night at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhous…

Vigilante black comedies aren't a new idea. Heck, some of 'em let you sing along. (Hello, "9 to 5" and "First Wives Club.") But the tricky part is getting the tone right. When mordant wit turns to heavy-handed …

The premiere of the new Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club opened last night, March 11, 2015 at the Oriental Theatre 24 West Randolph St. and runs through March 29, 2015. Sean Cullen, Mike McGowan, and Ton…

Let's see what the critics had to say...

As old Willy Shakes well knew, revenge is a tricky emotion to sell on the rialto. Buried in our Judeo-Christian consciousness is the nagging feeling that forgiveness is a preferable emotion. And, to paraphrase …

The new production of “First Wives Club” that just opened at Chicago’s Oriental Theater marks the second attempt to launch a Broadway-bound musical version of Paramount’s 1996 revenge comedy. A new dir…

The Chicago premiere of the new Broadway-aimed musical First Wives Club officially opened March 11 at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre. The new musical stars Faith Prince, Carmen Cusack and Christine Sh…

"First Wives Club" may have been a perfectly fine comedy of (bad) manners when it arrived as a film starring Bette Midler, Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn back in 1996. But now, in its musical incarnation — whic…

Faith Prince, Carmen Cusack, and Christine Sherrill star as the characters originally played by Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, and Goldie Hawn.

The premiere of the new Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club opens tonight, March 11, 2015 at the Oriental Theatre 24 West Randolph St. and runs through March 29, 2015. Below, BroadwayWorld has a first look …

The premiere of the new Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club opens tonight, March 11, 2015 at the Oriental Theatre 24 West Randolph St. and runs through March 29, 2015. Below, BroadwayWorld has a first look …

Click for photos from the Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre. The new production opens March 11, 2015.

Producers Paul Lambert, Jonas Neilson and Elizabeth Williams present the Chicago premiere of the new Broadway-aimed musical First Wives Club, which officially opens March 11 at 7:30 PM following previews th…

Faith Prince, Carmen Cusack and Christine Sherrill star in the Chicago premiere of Broadway-aimed First Wives Club The Musical. Based on the 1996 film "The First Wives Club" starring Goldie Hawn, …

Today’s Highlights: * First Wives Club, by Linda Bloodworth Thomason & Holland-Dozier-Holland, directed by Simon Phillips, featuring Faith Prince (Brenda), Carmen Cusack (Annie), Christine Sherrill (Eli…

Good morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it Today's big news THE FIRST WIVES CLUB holds its first 'meeting' in Chicago …

The premiere of the new Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club opens tonight, March 11, 2015 at the Oriental Theatre 24 West Randolph St. and runs through March 29, 2015.

Producers Paul Lambert, Jonas Neilson and Elizabeth Williams present the Chicago premiere of the new Broadway-aimed musical First Wives Club, which officially opens March 11 at 7:30 PM following previews th…

The hit comedy "The First Wives Club," about divorced women seeking revenge on their former husbands, has been adapted into a stage musical playing Chicago's Oriental Theatre.

The three leading ladies of the new musical, "First Wives Club," chat about the show that is having its pre-Broadway tryout at Chicago's Oriental Theatre. The post The ladies of the ‘First Wives Club̵…

Good morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it Today's big news HAMILTON opens at the Public, Sienna Miller joins CABARET,…

The premiere of the new Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club begins tonight, February 17, 2015 at the Oriental Theatre 24 West Randolph St. and runs through March 29, 2015.

The production starts tonight at Broadway in Chicago's Oriental Theatre.

Producers Paul Lambert, Jonas Neilson and Elizabeth Williams present the Chicago premiere of the new Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club, which begins Feb. 17 at Broadway in Chicago’s Oriental…

"Husbands come and go," observes Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, dryly, sitting in the dark. "But girlfriends are forever."

"Husbands come and go," observes Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, dryly, sitting in the dark. "But girlfriends are forever."

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. Anna Kendrick's Musical Dreams Anna Kendrick, on the publicity trail for The Last Five Years screen adaptation, stopped by Conan O'Br…

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce proudly announced that songwriters and producers Holland-Dozier-Holland will be honored with the 2,543rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame tomorrow, Friday, February 13, at 11…

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced that songwriters and producers Holland-Dozier-Hollandwill be honored with the 2,543rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame tomorrow, Friday, February 13, at 1130 a.m. T…

SHOWBIZ CHICAGO SOCIAL SCENE: Broadway In Chicago’s FIRST WIVES CLUB PRESS LAUNCH from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Showbiz Chicago’s Christopher Vega gives us an inside look from the press launch of t…

BroadwayWorld Chicago was on hand to meet the cast and creative team of THE FIRST WIVES CLUB, set to begin its pre-Broadway world premiere at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre.

A first look at a new stage-to-screen musical

The team for "First Wives Club," the new musical based on the hit 1996 film comedy, "met the press" Wednesday at Chicago's Oriental Theatre. The post Sneak peek at Broadway-bound ‘First Wives Club’ …

In this Broadway.com exclusive video, the ladies of the new musical adaptation of The First Wives Club talk about their "delicious" new roles at a cast photo shoot.

The hit 1996 comedy of female camaraderie makes its musical debut in Chicago.

Producers Paul Lambert, Jonas Neilson and Elizabeth Williams announced today the full cast for the premiere of the new Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club, which begins this winter at Broadway in Chicago’…

Producers Paul Lambert, Jonas Neilson and Elizabeth Williams announced Jan. 7 the full cast for the Chicago premiere of the new Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club, which begins Feb. 17 at Broadway in C…

Broadway In Chicago and producers Paul Lambert, Jonas Neilson and Elizabeth Williams announced today the full cast for the premiere of the new Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club, which begins this winter a…

The first wives now have their first husbands! Broadway vets Sean Cullen, Mike McGowan and Gregg Edelman have been tapped for the Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club. The production, starring the previously…

Broadway In Chicago and producers Paul Lambert, Jonas Neilson and Elizabeth Williams announced today the full cast for the premiere of the new Broadway-bound musical First Wives Club, which begins this winter a…

The upcoming pre-Broadway tryout, “First Wives Club,” announced its full cast on Wednesday morning.

The three actresses (Faith Prince, Christine Sherrill and Carmen Cusack) who will star in "First Wives Club, The Musical" the Broadway-bound show that will have its Chicago tryout Feb. 17 - March 29 at the Orie…

A feature on FIRST WIVES CLUB musical's official blog details Broadway in Chicago's recent event to introduce the show at Chicago Playhouse. The evening featured a 'trio of musical legends' -- Eddie Holland pic…

JBN sits down with Jeff Pew, a professional actor, singer, dancer, and pianist (jeffreypew.com). Jeff is currently performing in RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA on Broadway as a member of the Ensemble and …