From BroadwayWorld's Archive: PRINCE OF BROADWAY, a new musical celebrating the extraordinary six-decade Broadway career of producer-director Harold Prince, plays from October 23-November 22, 2015 at Tokyu The…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: PRINCE OF BROADWAY, a new musical celebrating the extraordinary six-decade Broadway career of producer-director Harold Prince, plays from October 23-November 22, 2015 at Tokyu Thea…

Some things involving Hal Prince really only make sense in the context of Hal Prince, so I won’t take up your time attempting to explain why we did our first production of Prince of Broadway in Tokyo, but it�…

Michael John LaChiusa’s "The Gardens of Anuncia" is an interesting attempt to tell choreographer Graciela Daniele’s adolescent story. Unfortunately, as of now the show does not make the case that her coming…

40 Years of Broadway: Big Trends:  The Rise of the Jukebox Musical  Historically, musical revues and follies type show were once the bread and butter of Broadway. They were what we'd call the jukebox musical…

Happy Birthday Stephen Sondheim! SCENERY Bags has collaborated with the Dramatists Guild Foundation (DGF) to launch a new bag created from the Company backdrop used in the Broadway production of Prince of Broa…

SIMPLY SONDHEIM by Stephen Sondheim Now Available on MarqueeTV Created specifically for Signature Theatre with special permission from Sondheim himself in 2020, this jam-packed revue features over 30 songs fro…

Lee appeared on Broadway in Caroline, or Change and Prince of Broadway.

Brandon Uranowtiz is a three-time Tony nominee known for his work in both musicals and plays. He was nominated for his featured performances in An American in Paris, Falsettos and Burn This and appeared on Br…

Tony-winning producer and director Harold Prince has worked with some of the industry's most iconic writers and composers—now see how they all ...

The iconic sets of Company, Follies, Evita, The Phantom of the Opera, A Little Night Music, and Sweeney Todd can currently be seen in miniature form, re-created with LEGO bricks by creator Henry Lee. The sets …

Casting is set for Alex Wyse and Ben Fankhauser's A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet off-Broadway. Creators Wyse and Fankhauser will lead the musical along with Bryonha Marie Parham as Regina Comet. Marshal…

The Tony-winning composer celebrates his birthday June 20.

The popular St. Louis theater The Muny has announced the principal casting for its upcoming season, and a slew of Broadway favorites will be taking the stage under the stars this summer. As previously reported,…

SIMPLY SONDHEIM by Stephen Sondheim Now Extended Thru April 16 Created specifically for Signature Theatre with special permission from Sondheim himself, this jam-packed revue features over 30 songs from the c…

Watch Jason Robert Brown lead the band in a rousing rendition of the musical's impressive kickoff.

Dacal will also be part of Playbill and The Broadway League’s ¡VIVA Broadway! concert, celebrating Latinx Heritage Month and Latinx milestones on Broadway.

Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba (Broadway's Contact, Curtains, Prince of Broadway and many more) and Tony Award nominee Patrick Page (Hades in Broadway's Hadestown) lead the cast of TheatreWorks Silicon Vall…

Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba (Broadway's Contact, Curtains, Prince of Broadway and many more) and Tony Award nominee Patrick Page (Hades in Broadway's Hadestown) lead the cast of TheatreWorks Silicon Vall…

  By Brian Scott Lipton   While Janet Dacal may not be a household name, theatergoers around the country certainly know her name – from starring in such Broadway shows as In The Heights, Wonderland and Prin…

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…

In this final installment of January's Musical of the Month series, we take a look back at the creative team behind Applause.  The writing and design teams are chock full of Broadway royalty. On paper, at lea…

BroadwayWorld has a first look at Janet Dacal - most known for her performances in The Prince of Broadway, Wonderland, In the Heights, and Good Vibrations- in the national tour of The Band's Visit. She stepped…

The prince of Broadway was memorialized on December 16. The theater community gathered at the Majestic Theatre to honor 21-time Tony winner Harold Prince, who died on July 31 at the age of 91. Prince worked …

Janet Dacal - most known for her performances in The Prince of Broadway, Wonderland, In the Heights, and Good Vibrations- will be joining the cast of the national tour of The Band's Visit. She will be stepping …

Broadway.com can exclusively reveal that Drama Desk Award winner Janet Dacal, most recently seen on the Great White Way in Prince of Broadway, will join the national touring production of The Band's Visit on Ja…

The summer heat is fading and fall weather is settling into the air, which means change is coming: Broadway is about to say farewell to some leading ladies and a longtime hit musical. Here is all the info yo…

The revue, which showcased numbers from some of Prince's most beloved work, opened on Broadway in 2017.

Hear what Jason Robert Brown has to say to about his music, shows, and Hal Prince, the man he called a role model and friend. About the Guest The New York Times refers to Jason as “a leading member of a new g…

NPR's Scott Simon honors the legacy of theatrical producer and director Hal Prince, who died this week at the age of 91.

Somehow it seems only fitting that his last Broadway credit was called Prince of Broadway because Harold Prince was true theater royalty. We feel so fortunate that our lives were so enriched by the man. Over t…

Prolific Broadway producer and director Harold Prince died on July 31 in Reykjavik, Iceland at the age of 91. Evita, Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, Follies, Company, Show Boat and …

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As the theatre community mourns the loss of the legendary producer and director Harold Prince, we're looking back at the opening night of Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production of Prince of Broadway, whic…

Harold “Hal” Prince, a titan of Broadway who produced and/or directed many of the century’s most popular musicals, died Wednesday at age 91 in Reykjavik, Iceland. “He is missed and loved by his family �…

Hal Prince, quite literally the prince of Broadway and maybe the King, has died at age 91. Really, this incredible legendary figure

Hear what Tony Award-winner Karen Ziemba (CONTACT) has to say about music, dance, her first Broadway show, A CHORUS LINE, and of course, the North Carolina Theatre production of ANNIE.  About the Guest Karen Z…

Do you believe in Broadway after The Cher Show? You’re gonna have to because the musical, which traces the life of recording icon Cher and features her most beloved songs, has set its closing date. On Tuesda…

New York theater alum Kent Overshown will take the stage of City Center next month, co-starring in the Encores! Off-Center staging of Al Carmines and Maria Irene Fornés' 1969 musical Promenade. The previously …

Initial casting has been announced for the upcoming Encores! Off-Center staging of Al Carmines and Maria Irene Fornés' 1969 musical Promenade. The previously announced two-night production, directed by Laurie…

More casting has been announced for the highly anticipated benefit concert of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony-winning musical Into the Woods. The previously announced event, presented in support of C…

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…

A talent-packed company of stars have signed on to sing from Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony-winning musical Into the Woods for a one-night summer benefit. The concert, presented in support of Clevel…

Tony nominee Tony Yazbeck has signed on to headline the upcoming new off-Broadway staging of Marc Blitzstein's folk opera The Cradle Will Rock. The previously announced production of Classic Stage Company, …

Tony nominee Tony Yazbeck has been cast in the central role of Percy Blakeney in Manhattan Concert Productions' highly anticipated new staging of The Scarlet Pimpernel. The previously announced production, …

New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck has signed on to repeat her celebrated performance in the title role of Marie, a new musical set to appear at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre from March 22 thro…

Review of the Saturday, January 12, 2019 matinee performance at the Majestic Theatre in New York City.  Starring Ben Crawford, Kaley Ann Voorhees, Jason Forbach, Raquel Suarez Groen, Carlton Moe, Laird Mac…

Her Broadway career spans over two decades, starting with an ensemble role the original cast of Jekyll and Hyde and all the way up to playing and icon's mother in the just-opened The Cher Show. It was her …

The national touring production of William Finn and James Lapine's Falsettos has found its tight-knit family. Leading the company will be Tony nominee Max von Essen (Anastasia) as Marvin, Nick Ada…

The crown prince of Broadway talks politics, Hamilton and Mary Poppins Returns. By Hadley FreemanI spot Lin-Manuel Miranda half an hour before our interview, strolling through the New York hotel where we have a…

Roundabout Theatre Company will celebrate the late Tony-winning librettist Joe Masteroff's longstanding history with the company by dimming the lights of the American Airlines Theatre, Studio 54 and the Har…

Multi-talented two-time Tony nominee Brandon Uranowitz steps into the role of Itzik in the Tony-sweeping musical The Band's Visit on October 9. Uranowitz replaces Tony nominee John Cariani, who played his f…

Brandon Uranowitz is returning to Broadway. The multi-talented two-time Tony nominee will step into the role of Itzik in the 2018 Tony-winning musical The Band's Visit on October 9, replacing Tony nominee J…

A talented group of Broadway stars have been selected to lead Bristol Riverside Theatre's world premiere musical adaptation of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy The Rivals. The Broadway-ai…

On this day in 2017, the long-awaited Broadway tribute to the great Hal Prince, Prince of Broadway, celebrated its opening night at the Samuel J, Friedman Theatre.

By Christopher Caggiano, Contributing Writer, August 13, 2018 Before the 1980s, Boston was a major out-of-town stop for plays and musicals before they went to Broadway. The economics of such tryouts have change…

By Christopher Caggiano, Contributing Writer, August 2, 2018 Why do bad musicals happen to good theater companies? That’s a question that I find myself asking quite a bit in the summer, when Manhattan’s num…

By Christopher Caggiano, Contributing Writer, July 27, 2018 The process of creating a jukebox musical involves at least one pivotal decision. You can either use a particular songbook to tell the story of the ar…

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS will release How We React and How We Recover, the new album from three-time Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown. His first solo recording in over a deca…

Saturday night, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, the 2nd Annual Kristi Awards took place, culminating the end of a week's work and training at the 4th year of Kristin Chenoweth's BROADWAY BOOTCAMP.

Readers, apparently, if you had your way, they'd have gotten 11 Tonys...Your choice for the Best Ensemble of a Musical Tony Award goes to...The Band's VisitFirst things first, thank you all for your support and…

I can't believe it's Tony time already! As has been tradition over the years, my theater buddy, Mike, and I offer our thoughts on who we think SHOULD win the coveted spinning medallion, and who WILL win.This ye…

Photo: Matthew Murray2018 DRAMA DESK AWARDS Outstanding Play**Admissions, by Joshua Harmon, Lincoln Center TheaterMary Jane, by Amy Herzog, New York Theatre WorkshopMiles for Mary, by The Ma…

Bryonha Marie Parham and Karen Ziemba also performed at the cast album event at Barnes & Noble.

I turn my attention to the latest set of Broadway cast recordings with Frozen, Prince of Broadway and Mean Girls.

Ghostlight Records celebrated the release of PRINCE OF BROADWAY Original Broadway Cast Recording with an exclusive in-store event at Barnes amp Noble on Friday, June 1. PRINCE OF BROADWAY is a musical celebrati…

Hal Prince, Jason Robert Brown, and members of the original company of 'Prince of Broadway' celebrate the release of the cast album on June 1 at Barnes & Noble in New York City.

The June 1 event will also feature performances from the Broadway musical.

Honoring the best of dance in the 2017-2018 theater and film seasons, the Chita Rivera Awards named winners May 20 during a ceremony at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Big winners from the…

Kick up your heels! Winners have been announced for the 2018 Chita Rivera Awards, honoring the best in dance during the 2017-2018 theater and film seasons. Winners include Summer: The Donna Summer Musical chore…

Tony-nominated Broadway couple Andy Karl (Groundhog Day) and Orfeh (Pretty Woman) have been announced as co-hosts of the 2018 Chita Rivera Awards, taking place at NYU's Skirball Center on May 20 at 7:30pm. …

Happy Monday, Broadway fans! We are truly in the thick of awards season. What better way to look back at the incredible 2017-2018 year of theater than with resident artist Justin "Squigs" Robertson…

A talented group of stage stars comprise the newly announced complete cast of Dave, a world premiere musical adaptation of the 1993 White House comedy flick of the same name. The previously announced …

By Douglas Mayo If you are a fan of Broadway then the Prince Of Broadway cast album is a must for your collection. It’s a fitting tribute for a man who has given his life and soul and more than any other …

Bryonha Marie Parham stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Prince of Broadway, including the new cast recording, and more with Paul Wontorek. 

Before I start today, I want to take a moment to thank the many of you that have have come back to my blog after my time away.  I really appreciate it! (Tell your friends!)  And thank you to to those …

Are you willing to ride If so, then you will get to hear the enchanting Tony Award winner Karen Ziemba look back on her incredible career which includes show-stealing turns in And The World Goes Round, Crazy Fo…

Tony Award nominations will be announced bright and early on May 1. If you’re like us, you’re already obsessing about which shows, performers and more will be nominated for this year’s trophie…