From BroadwayWorld's Archive: It's not long until the launch of the first national tour of THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, led by Elizabeth Stanley (On the Town, Million Dollar Quartet) as Francesca and Andrew S…

 For Gay Pride Parade Day:   This was my “I’m Still Queer” -a  parody-tribute of Stephen Sondheim's “I’m Still Here” looking at four decades of New York City theatergoing  https://www.youtube.co…

The yearly event serves as the culmination of Playbill's third annual Pride in Times Square.

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…

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From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Watch BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge discuss Parade's journey to the stage with Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown. Learn more: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Video-Jason-R…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Parade officially opened on Broadway last night and BroadwayWorld was there to celebrate with the company. Check out interviews with the cat and creative team in this video! Lear…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: How did some of your favorite songs come to be? BroadwayWorld is getting the story behind the song in exclusive interviews from your favorite Broadway composers. Below, watch as Ja…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Time stopped last night at the American Airlines Theatre, when Time and the Conways officially returned to Broadway. The Roundabout Theatre Companyproduction opened last night, Oct…

The Annapolis inspiration who won Season 4 of “Project Runway” on returning to his hometown.

Today we salute one of the key figures in the silent movie Renaissance of the last several decades: author, collector, preservationist, director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor Kevin Brownl…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Abingdon Theatre Company has a star-studded gala in the works featuring a musical revue with some of Broadway's best and brightest. And the World Goes 'Round is a stunning musical …

When La Liga Teatro Elástico came to Chicago, they built a puppet parade to dramatize our ecological interdependence.

Happy National Smile Day! With several Coney Island events fresh in our rear view mirror, and the Mermaid Parade just three weeks away, the natural topic of exploration today would appear to be the big smiling …

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Camp Broadway, under the direction of Artistic Director Tony Parise, has been selected to perform the parade's closing number, 'I Believe in Santa Claus' with music written by Wesl…

Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt will reopen Broadway’s Palace Theatre on May 28. The Dear Evan Hansen and Parade star will perform a limited 18-performance concert residency in celebration of the…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: The Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival (FLMTF) presents Jason Robert Brown's Tony Award winning musical drama, Parade. The show runs now through July 26 at the Merry-Go-Round Pl…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Manhattan Concert Productions is bringing the Drama Desk and Tony Award-winning score of PARADE back to Lincoln Center, where it all began in 1998. This concert performance of PARA…

Three talented performers in a revue that doesn’t add up to much Catchy even when the lyrics are at their cheesiest, the Jerry Herman Songbook serves up a string of memorable tunes: you’ll probably find tha…

Steven Pasquale will star in the Kennedy Center’s upcoming production of the Maury Yeston–Arthur Kopit musical Nine. Directed by three-time Tony winner Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton), the production will p…

A more-than-respectable entry in the endless parade of movies-to-musicals, this genuinely funny, effervescently performed pre-Broadway take on the 1992 Robert Zemeckis dark comedy “Death Becomes Her” has a …

Katerina McCrimmon captivated the crowd with her stirring rendition of the National Anthem at a San Francisco Giants game on Monday, May 13, 2024! FUNNY GIRL is playing at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco …

Video shows Original Broadway Cast, 2023 Winner of the 2023 Tony Award ® for Best Revival of a Musical, PARADE has been proclaimed as “a work of art! As commanding as any musical revival to hit Broadway in …

Darren Criss will return to Broadway this fall in the new musical Maybe Happy Ending.  The musical features music by Will Aronson, lyrics by Hue Park, a book by Aronson and Park and direction by Michael Arden,…

FUNNY GIRL is now playing at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco through May 26, 2024. WELCOME TO MUSICAL THEATER COMEDY HEAVEN! Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by Jule Styne and Bob Merr…

The Queen of Versailles, the new Stephen Schwartz musical starring Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham as billionarie-couple Jackie and David Siegel, has completed casting and extended its world-premiere…

A modern musical theatre masterpiece. Directed by Anne Kauffman (The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window) and featuring Tony winner Chuck Cooper (Trouble in Mind), Eddie Cooper (Parade), Andrew Durand (Shucked),…

The 2024/25 season marks the return of six shows: Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins, The Last Five Years, Waitress, Parade, Bye Bye Birdie, and After Midnight! We’re taking you on a journey through…

Izaiah Montaque Harris (Eddie Ryan) talks with KPIX CBS News Bay Area about the iconic musical comedy FUNNY GIRL and his life in tap dancing. FUNNY GIRL is at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco from April 30…

This week, a literary legend and an anticipated Broadway revival come to The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal. But first, it’s a head-first dive into Tony season. Meet a few of this year’s Tony Award nomine…

Disneyland is set to hold a Union Election for 1,700 character and parade performers in May.

The highly anticipated Tony- Award winning musical Parade opens this week in Sydney. A true story about an unsolved murder

Set against the backdrop of early 20th century Atlanta, Georgia, Parade offers a window into a tumultuous and dark chapter

Katerina McCrimmon (Fanny Brice) and Melissa Manchester (Mrs. Brice) talk with ABC7 News Bay Area about why audiences around the country have fallen in love with FUNNY GIRL. FUNNY GIRL is at the Orpheum Theatr…

In May, Tony Award winner Ben Platt, best known for playing the title role in Dear Evan Hansen and, most recently, 2023's Parade, will take to the Broadway stage starring as… himself. “I want to make s…

Aussie Theatre has 2 x double passes to giveaway to PARADE – Sydney on Friday 10th May @ 7:30pm A

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…

 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…

Age: 32 Hometown: Newtown, CT Current Role: Hannah Cruz plays Inez Milholland, the American labor lawyer who led the 1913 women’s suffrage parade, in Shaina Taub's historical musical Suffs. Credits: Cruz …

Mention Dolly Levi and most people visualize Broadway legend Carol Channing who originated the icon or Barbra Streisand who brought the role to life in the film. Avid theatergoers may recall Pearl Bailey, Dorot…

There’s no raining on the “Funny Girl” parade! 🌦️ See what the cast and red carpet guests have to say about what @entertainmentweekly calls, “a love letter to the big, old-fashioned Broadway musica…

The Kennedy Center has announced full casting for its upcoming Broadway Center Stage production of Bye Bye Birdie, running for one week only in the D.C. venue's Eisenhower Theater from June 7 through June 15.…

Kelli Barrett and Jessica Vosk will star in the international premiere of Beaches the Musical at Theatre Calgary. Based on the book by Iris Rainer Dart that inspired the movie starring Bette Midler and Barbara …

Directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer (The Band’s Visit, Prayer for the French Republic), Dead Outlaw was conceived by Tony Award winner David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and has…

FUNNY GIRL is coming to the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco from April 30–May 26, 2024. WELCOME TO MUSICAL THEATER COMEDY HEAVEN! Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by Jule Styne and Bob M…

Ben Platt will lend his vocals to an upcoming concert residency on Broadway this spring. The Tony Award-winning actor most recently seen onstage in “Parade” will offer audiences an 18-performance engageme…

HAMILTON returns to the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco from November 27, 2024–January 5, 2025. Become a Member to get immediate first access to purchase tickets for the return of HAMILTON before they go on …

The Broadway Company of ‘Kimberly Akimbo.’ Photo: Joan Marcus. Blumenthal Arts has announced a strong lineup for the 2024–2025 season, including recent Tony Awards® winners Kimberly Akimbo and Parade. �…

Tony Award winner Ben Platt will play the newly refurbished Palace Theatre in a three-week concert residency from May 28 through June 15. Offering 18 performances only, the concert celebrates Platt's third albu…

& JULIET is playing the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco from July 1–27, 2025, as part of the BroadwaySF 2024–2025 Season. Become a Member to guarantee your seats before they go on public sale. The 2024–…

Ben Platt will play a concert residency at the newly remodeled Palace Theatre on Broadway. The three-week residency, which runs from May 28 through June 15, will feature selections from Platt’s upcoming album…

Jarvis Antonio Green directs the evening with musical direction by John Fischer.

WICKED is playing the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco from August 28–October 13, 2024, as part of the BroadwaySF 2024–2025 Season. Become a Member to guarantee your seats before they go on public sale. Th…

A Star is Born as Katerina McCrimmon takes on the role of Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl", playing the Ahmanson Theatre April 2 - 28, 2024. Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by Jule Styne and Bo…

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2023-2024/funny-girl/ Featuring one of the greatest musical scores of all time, including classic songs “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” “I’…

Recordings of Broadway musicals are often better than the shows they preserve. Here’s a ranking of last year’s crop, with samples and bonus tracks.

The Queen of Versailles, the new musical reuniting Wicked composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz with Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, has its full creative team. The show will have its world premiere…

Jarvis Antonio Green will direct the evening with musical direction by John Fischer.

Spamalot is performing on The View next week. The performance will mark the production's third televised appearance, following performances of 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' and 'Knights of the Round …

PARADE is playing the Curran Theater in San Francisco from May 13–June 8, 2025. Winner of the 2023 Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical, PARADE has been proclaimed as “a work of art! As commanding as…

The 2024–2025 Season includes seven incredible Broadway musicals at the Orpheum, Golden Gate, and Curran Theatres: WICKED, KIMBERLY AKIMBO, SOME LIKE IT HOT, BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE MUSICAL, PARADE, A BEAUTIF…

Journalists love stories about journalism. We even love the stories that cast us in a bad light. And I'll admit that’s part of the reason that The Connector, which was inspired by the stories of the notorious…

Earlier this week, Broadway star and Orlando native Michael James Scott kicked off Walt Disney World Resort’s Black History Month celebration as the grand marshal in a magical parade at Magic Kingdom Park. 

The Queen of Versailles, a new musical reuniting Wicked composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz with Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, will have its world premiere at Boston's Emerson Colonial Theatre…

A run of Pass Over plays at REP, Cannonball spreads love—and hope, and the Philadelphia Suns parade into the Lunar New Year. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

MCC Theater presents The Connector, a new musical. From Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown (Parade) comes a timely new musical about two talented young journalists on increasingly diverging paths.…

Congratulations to ‘Some Like It Hot’ for winning A Grammy for Best Music last night. It was up against Kimberly Akimbo another favorite, Parade and Shucked. The only show I missed was Parade.   I saw ‘H…

Some Like It Hot, the musical adaptation of Billy Wilder's 1959 film, won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. The honor was announced at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, held on February …

A host of Broadway veterans are climbing onboard the Encores! production of Titanic, now scheduled to run from June 11 through June 23 at New York City Center. The show, featuring music and lyrics by Maury Yest…

Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist and playwright Jason Robert Brown (Parade) will be honored at Miscast24, where Broadway stars perform songs from roles in which they would not traditionally be cast. The MC…

The Lost Boys, A New Musical will receive a private industry presentation on February 23 featuring Caissie Levy (Frozen), Nathan Levy (Once Upon a One More Time) and Tony Award nominee Lorna Courtney (& Ju…

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2023-2024/funny-girl/ Featuring one of the greatest musical scores of all time, including classic songs “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” “I’…

Douglas Lyons, author of Broadway's Chicken & Biscuits, will be penning a film adaptation of the country-gospel musical Big River, per an exclusive Variety report. Based on Mark Twain's classic America…

The complete cast is set for Dead Outlaw, a world-premiere musical from the Tony Award-winning creative team behind The Band’s Visit. Previews begin on February 28, with an official opening set for March 10…

WELCOME TO MUSICAL COMEDY HEAVEN! Featuring one of the most iconic scores of all time by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, an updated book from Harvey Fierstein based on the original classic by Isobel Lennart, tap c…