Funny Girl w/ Pia Zadora, Adrien Zmed, and Kaye Ballad (1991) at the Long Beach Civic Light Opera

Lea Michele has given us a first listen of her take on Someone Else’s Story from the upcoming Broadway revival of Chess. The Glee and Funny Girl star is stepping into the role of Florence Vassey, leading a st…

The Glee and Funny Girl star is leading the upcoming Broadway revival with Tony winner Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher.

Broadway is gearing up for one of the most anticipated productions of the season: CHESS. Check out photos from inside the rehearsal room featuring Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele, Nicholas Christopher, Sean Allan Kril…

On the "New York" night of their Staycation festival at Brooklyn Steel in 2022, Gracie Lawrence and her band, Lawrence, performed a medley of Broadway songs with Tony-winner Darren Criss! Watch the Just In Time…

Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit (Moulin Rouge!), Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele (Funny Girl), and Nicholas Christopher (Sweeney Todd), stars of the upcoming revival of CHESS recently stopped by their new home, th…

Funny Girl tour star, Katerina McCrimmon, is making her debut at the Muny as Eva Perón, in Evita. Check out a new video teaser for the show, which opens July 18 and runs through July 24. Joining principals Kat…

It’s a game. It’s a battlefield. It’s a musical with, ahem, a checkered past. Yes, it’s Chess—and it’s coming to Broadway for the first time since 1988. The revival, starring Aaron Tveit, Lea Miche…

This fall, Broadway audiences will get to see theater history made when Chess returns to the Imperial Theatre, 37 years after its original debut there in 1988. Set during the Cold War, the sweeping musical foll…

This afternoon, it was announced that the first-ever Broadway revival of CHESS will play at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, beginning performances Wednesday, October 15, 2025, and officially open Sunday, Novembe…

Ms. Cowan was originally a performer, appearing in the original Broadway productions of Annie and Funny Girl.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that actor, dancer, and choreographer Edie Cowan passed away on May 22 at the age of 83. A multi-faceted artist, she lent her talents to numerous productions across the stage…

If you’ve seen Ramin Karimloo on stage, chances are you’ve seen him capture audiences in a troubled but lovable role (Les Miz’s Jean Valjean, Funny Girl’s Nick Arnstein, The Phantom of the Opera’s tit…

EXTENDED RUN through JUNE 29 only! Tickets and more at https://www.nytw.org/show/lights-out-nat-king-cole/ *** *** *** On December 17th, 1957, it was LIGHTS OUT on "The Nat ‘King’ Cole Show.” Despite b…

Spectrum News NY1's Frank DiLella will join Lee Roy Reams to co-host Hello, Dolly!, the company's one-night-only concert on Monday, June 23, at 8:00 p.m. at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carn…

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 29, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele & Nicholas Christopher Will…

It's official! As BroadwayWorld first reported last week, Chess is coming back to Broadway. Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit (Moulin Rouge), Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele (Funny Girl) and Nicholas Christopher (Sw…

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 23, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: Michael Mayer-Directed CHESS To Open On Broadway In Fall…

The long-rumored Broadway revival of Chess is officially moving forward. A series of newly released Equity casting notices confirm that the cult-favorite musical will return to Broadway in Fall 2025 in a produc…

Broadway's Lea Michele recently joined the hit podcast Therapuss, hosted by Jake Shane, to discuss her multifaceted career, including her new tour, Glee, and her return to Broadway in Funny Girl. Of her upcomin…

"He ran his leg of the race so that we can now run ours." GET TICKETS: https://www.nytw.org/show/lights-out-nat-king-cole/ *** *** *** On December 17th, 1957, it was LIGHTS OUT on "The Nat ‘King’ Cole Sho…

Four-time Tony-winning playwright, actor, author and quilter Harvey Fierstein will receive the 2025 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre at this year's Tony Awards. “Harvey Fierstein’…

Step into the rehearsal hall with us as… Broadway composer and arranger David Dabbon talks about the additional dance music he has arranged and orchestrated for Annie. David's job is to take the original musi…

The Funny Girl and Hello, Dolly! Broadway star joins a cast including fellow stage alum Steve Martin and Martin Short.

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Gloria Estefan and Joy Huerta to Host Special Talkback at Real Women Have Curves On April 22, Gloria Estefan and Joy Huerta (of the band Jesse & Jo…

Chita Rivera and Dick Van Dyke perform “Rosie” in “Bye Bye Birdie” (1960).Producer Edward Padula was worried. He liked the show he was working hard to raise money for, but he was taking a big risk on w…

Lea Michele is thrilled to share a milestone moment: “April marks 30 years that I’ve been working on Broadway!” she gushed during an interview for an upcoming episode of The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fada…

GLEE, SPRING AWAKENING and FUNNY GIRL favorite Lea Michele speaks with Broadway.com Editor-in-Chief Paul Wontorek about her upcoming concert tour.

The musical and subsequent film would make an international star of Barbra Streisand.

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) It’s hard to believe, but until three years ago there had never been a revival of Funny Girl on Broadway. The starring vehicle in 1964 that turned…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. A Succession reunion on Broadway On Tuesday, former onscreen siblings Kieran Culkin and Sarah Snook—both beginning performances on Broadway this wee…

The Funny Girl star will offer songs she performed on Glee, in Spring Awakening, and more.

Amber Ardolino will join the downtown musical comedy Titanique as Céline Dion. She replaces Dee Roscioli, who will play her final performance at the Daryl Roth Theatre on March 16.  Ardolino most recently …

Could Lea Michele be reprising her role of Rachel Berry from Glee? The Funny Girl star has recently been teasing a musical announcement and is now asking her followers what songs Rachel Berry would cover now.

At This Theatre: The Majestic Lately, the Majestic Theatre has been in the news lately. First, after more than three and a half decades, it lost its longest-running tenant, The Phantom of the Opera. Then it wa…

Enjoy songs from musicals like The Bridges of Madison County, Hadestown, Wicked, Carousel, The Sound of Music, The Color Purple, Aida, West Side Story, The Phantom of the Opera, South Pacific, Parade, Follies, …

This Broadway classic is back! Funny Girl, which embarked on a national tour following its hit Broadway revival, is dazzling audiences at the Kravis Center all week long. Directed by Michael Mayer, with music …

Broadway Games: Where Haven't We Seen You Before III Wicked Edition Pick the one show each Wicked cast member hasn't been in: 1. Eden Espinosa (former Elphaba)     A. Broadway: Brooklyn     B. Broadway: …

The show: The Broadway revival of the musical “Gypsy.” …

Broadway legend Idina Menzel performs Funny Girl's 'Don't Rain On My Parade' at the Olivier Awards 2013 with Mastercard. Official London Theatre is the number one site to get theatre tickets, news and exclusiv…

Telling the story of Lower East Side native Fanny Brice and her rise to fame on Broadway, “Funny Girl” opens at the Benedum Center on Tuesday and runs through Sunday with showtimes at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday thr…

Additional Broadway casting has been announced for Just in Time, the new musical starring Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff as "Dream Lover" crooner Bobby Darin. The show begins performances at Circle in the Squ…

Broadway Star Julie Benko, best known for Funny Girl and more, and her husband Jason Yeagar have welcomed a baby girl! Learn more about the pair and about this exciting birth announcement.

It’s a bit startling to hear Michael Mayer admit that he feared the pandemic would put an end to his career as a Tony Award-winning director. “I thought we were done,” he says of Broadway, “and then I t…

EXCLUSIVE: The View cohost Joy Behar will lead a cast of Susie Essman (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Tovah Feldshuh (Broadway’s recent Funny Girl) and Adrienne C. Moore (Juror #2) in an Off Broadway production of he…

We’ve partnered with Criterion to give away a FUNNY GIRL (1968) 4K disc autographed by star Barbra Streisand. Available to two lucky winners! Witness the birth of a movie star as Barbra Streisand makes a scre…

Now available on 4K UHD & Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection! Barbra Streisand makes a screen debut for the ages in FUNNY GIRL (1968), William Wyler’s Oscar-winning musical spectacular costarring Omar…

Hannah Shankman and Stephen Mark Lucas are bringing Fanny Brice and Nick Arnstein to a city near you over the next six months in the national tour of Funny Girl. In this video, watch as the duo chats about thei…

Meet the new cast of the Funny Girl Tour! Hannah Shankman and Stephen Mark Lucas are bringing Fanny Brice and Nick Arnstein to a city near you over the next six months. Watch more here: https://bway.world/b3u6l

Hannah Shankman and Stephen Mark Lucas are bringing Fanny Brice and Nick Arnstein to a city near you over the next six months in the national tour of Funny Girl. In this video, watch as the duo chats about th…

She was best known as half of a comedy team with her husband, Phil Ford, until her hall-filling voice earned her raves in a role made famous by Barbra Streisand.

If you’re looking for a romantic comedy on Broadway, turn Left on Tenth! Based on Delia Ephron’s bestselling memoir, this warm and witty new play is directed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman an…

Mimi Hines, the Canadian comedian and stage actress who succeeded Barbra Streisand in the Broadway production of “Funny Girl,” has died. She was 91. Hines died of natural causes on Oct. 21 in her home in Lo…

Mimi Hines, the Canadian actress, singer and comedian who replaced Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl, has died. Her death by natural causes, at her home in Las Vegas, was announced by her longtime attorney Mark Se…

Mimi Hines, who along with her comedy and musical partner (and husband) Phil Ford was a staple of late-night talk shows and variety shows of the 1960s before making a name for herself on Broadway as the replace…

Broadway is saddened to report the passing of Mimi Hines. Hines, a Canadian-born star of stage, television and nightclubs, died peacefully Monday at her home in Las Vegas of natural causes at age 91.

Broadway’s brightest stars are gathering for an unforgettable night to celebrate and raise funds to save The West Bank Cafe. On Tuesday, October 8th, the iconic restaurant and its famed downstairs venue, The …

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The North American tour of the classic musical ‘Funny Girl’ is making a big change as it arrives in Seattle,

Curtains up on Seattle’s new theater season Misha BersonAs the city's vaunted theater scene navigates some major shifts, a lively fall lineup ranges from a ribald political farce to a trip to the Taj Mahal, t…

There was a time when Billy Rose — Broadway producer, impresario, lyricist, columnist, and all-around theatrical showman — was a leading figure on Broadway. Born 125 years ago on September 6, 1899, he, is n…

Hannah Shankman will play Fanny Brice in the national tour of Funny Girl. She takes over the role from Katerina McCrimmon beginning September 24 in Seattle, WA. Shankman was previously the standby for the rol…

The producers of Funny Girl, the sensational musical comedy revival, are thrilled to announce Broadway veteran, Hannah Shankman, as Fanny Brice. Shankman is assuming the role having previously been the standb…

Hannah Shankman will take over the role of Fanny Brice when the tour opens in Seattle on September 24th, 2024. She joins returning cast members Melissa Manchester as Mrs. Brice, Stephen Mark Lukas as Nick Arns…

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has its cast and creative team. The show will play Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater from Octob…

The national tour of FUNNY GIRL has wrapped up its first year on the road and to cap things off, the show's star, Katerina McCrimmon, stepped out after curtain call for a special performance. Watch the video!

Lea Michele has given birth to her second child, Emery Sol Reich, with husband Zandy Reich. “Our hearts are so full,” she wrote on Instagram in the birth announcement. Michele made her Broadway debut in 19…

Randy Rainbow has returned with a new Funny Girl-inspired video, this time taking on J.D. Vance. The new video is set to the tune of “Sadie, Sadie” from Funny Girl, while joking about Donald Trump's runnin…

Here's how to nab affordable tickets to "Kimberly Akimbo," "Funny Girl" "Life of Pi," "Moulin Rouge," and more at the Buell Theatre.

A show unlike any other produced by Paper Mill Playhouse, this special concert features 122 talented young performers, including Rising Star Award winners and nominees. The 2024 New Voices Concert showcases che…

Over the course of each month, we'll collect pictures and newsy tidbits from the "TheatreScene." We'll be scouring Twitter, Instagram and other social media for interesting items. And we'd love to share your lo…

The Criterion Collection has revealed the November lineup of Blu-ray titles, which includes the 1968 musical film Funny Girl starring Barbra Streisand. The release will include exclusive special features includ…

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige keeps the Edinburgh Fringe picks coming. Plus, she's got a p…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Jason A. Coombs and Samantha Tuozzolo are back and sit down with actor Ephie Aardema, who shares what it’s like being part of the “Fanny Pack” as one of the Fanny Brice under…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this video, your favorite podcast hosts Jason A. Coombs and Samantha Tuozzolo are back with the vastly talented, kind and funny actor Daniel Beeman, who made his Broadway debut …

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Funny Girl hosted a cast album signing at the August Wilson Theater with cast members Lea Michele, Ramin Karimloo, Tovah Feldshuh, and Jared Grimes on Friday, January 20th. Check o…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The highly anticipated Broadway revival of Funny Girl is beginning performances this month and we have our first look at the cast singing with the orchestra for the first time at t…

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY is coming to the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco from July 30–August 18, 2024. The 2023–2024 Season includes six spectacular Broadway musicals at the Orpheum and Golden Gat…