It kind of makes sense that so many people are drawing comparisons betweenThe Hills of California, the new Jez Butterworth play that opened this week at the Broadhurst Theatre; and Gypsy, the classic Jule Styne…

In this video, Ben is joined by a 'new guard' of leading men- Casey Likes (Back to the Future, Almost Famous), Kyle Selig (Water for Elephants, Mean Girls) and Vincent Jamal Hooper (The Lion King).

Solea Pfeiffer and John Cardoza will be the next Satine and Christian to lead Broadway's Moulin Rouge! The pair join the company at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on October 15 alongside Pepe Muñoz, who also joi…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Watch Almost Famous star Solea Pfeiffer sing “The Truth Is” from the musical The Violet Hour in this official music video here! On the Studio Cast Recording, Pfeiffer pla…

Drew Gehling will join the company of the hit musical as ‘Shakespeare’ on August 16, 2024. Gehling, who made his Broadway debut in Jersey Boys in 2009, most recently starred on Broadway in the original cast…

Drew Gehling (Jersey Boys, Almost Famous, Waitress) will assume the role of Shakespeare in Broadway’s & Juliet beginning August 16. He takes over for Austin Scott, who joined the company in August 2023…

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…

What is a musical without its music? Just a play... and while plays are great too, nothing says Broadway quite like a new musical. A handful of composers and orchestrators were singled out this year for their o…

Christopher Ryan Grant, Van Hughes and Patti Murin will lead La Jolla Playhouse's world premiere of the new musical The Ballad of Johnny and June, about the country music stars Johnny Cash and June Carter. Tony…

 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…

The College of New Jersey's Lyric Theatre will present 'A Jason Robert Brown Celebration,' with special guest, Broadway's Solea Pfeiffer (Hadestown, Almost Famous, Songs For A New World) on Wednesday, April 17 …

The world-premiere musical Gatsby, the new adaptation of the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald with music by Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine, has its cast. The show will begin performances at the American R…

Billy Crudup, renowned for his roles in ‘The Morning Show’ and ‘Almost Famous,’ is set to take the stage in

From the original Broadway cast of Almost Famous to starring in Titanique, Brandon Contreras really is that girl!

Yogi Berra said the future ain’t what it used to be. We know how he feels. The Broadway arrival of the West End hit “Back to the Future” continues the march of Hollywood brand extensions to the musical st…

The new residency comes after the musical's run on Broadway last season.

Discover the news about Eugene O’Neill Theater Center hosting a workshop residency for the Tony-nominated musical Almost Famous.

40 Years of Broadway: By Request: Differences of Opinion  Before we started our celebration I asked you to make suggestions of the kinds of things we should post about. You had a lot of really great ideas! S…

40 Years of Broadway: Creative Influencers: The Designers I've been so fortunate to see some of the greatest stage designs of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Many of the master influencers of their t…

Casey Likes fully expected to be performing on Broadway this year, but the plan was for him to be riding shotgun with Stillwater instead of sitting behind the wheel of a DeLorean. He’d appeared as teen rock j…

40 Years of Broadway: 5 Things I've Learned Slave Play and Be More Chill Learn some history. Sorry, young readers out there, but musical theater did not start with Be More Chill, and there were centuri…

"Back to the Future: The Musical," the time travel adventure, joins a long line of problematic screen to stage musicalizations which do not improve on the originals in any way. Joining the list that includes in…

Original Broadway Cast, 2022 (Masterworks Broadway) Meet the semi-jukebox musical: Almost Famous, based on the film about a 1970s rock band and the teen journalist William (Casey Likes) who embeds himself on to…

Yogi Berra said the future ain’t what it used to be. We know how he feels. The Broadway arrival of the West End hit “Back to the Future” continues the march of Hollywood brand extensions to the musical st…

2023 - 2024 Broadway Musical Logo:>>>>Back to the Future: The Musical<<<< If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right?  The Back to the Future logo is nearly as iconic as the film it comes f…

Solea Pfeiffer will take over the role of Eurydice in Hadestown beginning August 15. Pfeiffer succeeds Eva Noblezada, who originated the role on Broadway and will depart the production on August 13. In additi…

The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal, the weekly nationally-syndicated, Broadway-focused TV program, co-produced by Broadway.com’s parent company the John Gore Organization, has been honored with four 2023 Ne…

Billy Crudup, known for his work in “Almost Famous” and “The Morning Show,” reprises his off-Broadway role. 

A personal interview with the visionary and multi-talented Matthew C. Yee reveals exclusive insights into his musical Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon, directed by Amanda Dehnert and currently premiering in Chica…

She’s played Evita and Penny Lane in Almost Famous. Now she's playing someone who is mixed race and demanding to be heard—much like herself.

The 76th annual Tony Awards were presented on June 11, 2023 at New York City's United Palace. Find out who took home trophies on Broadway's biggest night! Winners of the 2023 Tony Awards are marked in bold.  …

Enjoy songs from sone of the Tony nominated show sof the season, including: Some Like It Hot, Shucked, Parade, & Juliet, Into the Woods, Kimberly Akimbo, KPOP, Almost Famous, and more!

Heading back to the future & re-creating this iconic moment with @justcaseylikes! Who else can’t wait for Back to the Future coming to Broadway & loved seeing him in Almost Famous? Thanks @jackieleibz for t…

Get an insider's look at the Almost Famous Original Broadway Cast Recording listening party.

The Oscar-winning screenwriter and Tony Award-nominated lyricist exposes what it was like to turn his life into a movie and then a musical.

See photos from the Almost Famous Original Cast Recording Listening Party, celebrating Cameron Crowe and Tom Kitt’s 2023 Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score.

The year is 1973 and it’s all happening. Led Zeppelin is king, Richard Nixon is President, and idealistic 15-year-old William Miller is an aspiring music journalist. When Rolling Stone magazine hires him to g…

The 2023 JKTS Awards It's that time of year once again! Here are the things that stood out to us - some serious, some just for fun. Why not "award" them? Maverick Award Justin David Sullivan - & Julie…

2022 - 2023 Season Wrap-up:  Broadway Logos - The Best and the Worst We make it no secret that we love Broadway show art and advertising campaigns here at JK's TheatreScene. And we are thrilled that a lot of …

Cameron Crowe, Tom Kitt, Casey Likes, Solea Pfeiffer and more will join the streaming series hosted by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley.

“Stars In The House” co-hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley are reuniting the cast of Almost Famous the Musical after their run on Broadway last fall.

With Gerard Canonico, Julia Cassandra, Rob Colletti, Brandon Contreras, Cameron Crowe, Drew Gehling, Tom Kitt, Claire Kwon, Anika Larsen, Casey Likes, Danny Lindgren, Erica Mansfield, Alisa Melendez, Solea Pfei…

Trends of the 2022/2023 Broadway Season: On Stage Logos Now that the season is behind us, pre-Tonys time is when we like to look at recurring trends. Being the show art lover that I am, I couldn't help but n…

Over the past two weeks, you've been nominating your Broadway favorites in a variety of categories not covered by The Tony Awards. Well, the hundreds of nominations have been tabulated, and it's pretty terrific…

DON'T FORGET! The 2023 JKTS Awards Nominations close on Friday, May 5  CLICK THIS LINK TO NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITES: https://poll-maker.com/Q7DDCXHNS The 2023 Tony Awards Nominations: Our Thoughts Like …

DON'T FORGET! The 2023 JKTS Awards Nominations close on Friday, May 5   With such a rich, varied, and pretty accomplished season now behind us, it's time to crown the winners and finish the season. We can'…

The composer dissects the 24-track cast recording, revealing his classic rock influences for the songwriting and sharing details about the collaboration with Cameron Crowe, the musical's (and the film's) writer…

The Cameron Crowe-Tom Kitt tuner is based on Crowe's film of the same name.

The Almost Famous – Original Broadway Cast Recording is now available! Listen to the full album here!

The celebratory event also featured Ariana DeBose, Elizabeth Stanley, Derek Klena, Casey Likes, Anika Larsen, Jason Robert Brown, and more

Broadway Celebrates Earth Day! Broadway stars are taking the stage at the crossroads of the world to demand climate action this Earth Day. The second annual Broadway Celebrates Earth Day concert takes over Time…

Broadway Celebrates Earth Day! Broadway stars are taking the stage at the crossroads of the world to demand climate action this Earth Day. The second annual Broadway Celebrates Earth Day concert takes over Time…

Almost Famous star Larsen leads the discussion series for New York City Children's Theater.

The live stream, benefiting the Entertainment Community Fund, is hosted by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley.

The Cameron Crowe-Tom Kitt tuner will release its original cast recording April 21.

Stars in the House will be hosting a game night featuring cast members of Almost Famous! See who will be taking part and learn how to tune in!

Celebrate the upcoming album release for Almost Famous the Musical! With Chad Burris, Rob Colletti, Cameron Crowe, Tom Kitt, Anika Larsen, Casey Likes, Jakeim Hart, and Libby Winters.

Likes recently lead the cast of Almost Famous.

The Waitress and Almost Famous star joins the Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical at the Westside Theatre.

Exciting news for fans of the hit Broadway musical, Almost Famous! The original cast recording is set to be released

The Waitress and Almost Famous star will join the Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical later this month.

The original Broadway cast recording of Almost Famous will be released on April 21 by Sony Masterworks Broadway. The album’s fifth single, “1973,” is now available to be streamed. Almost Famous began pre…

The original Broadway cast recording of “Almost Famous” will be released on April 21 by Sony Masterworks Broadway. The album’s fifth single, “1973,” is now available to be streamed. “Almost Famous�…

The Cameron Crowe-Tom Kitt tuner has set a new release date for the original cast recording.

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of Almost Famous will be released April 21, 2023. Learn how to preorder and presave the album here! The new track “1973” has also been released today, performed by Casey…

Exciting news for Back to the Future fans! Casey Likes, who made his Broadway debut this season in Almost Famous,

This March, Broadway fans will be keeping themselves busy with several new albums, movies, and television shows to binge. From the new musical series Up Here to Some Like It Hot and Almost Famous cast recording…

Casey Likes has been tapped to play the role of Marty McFly in the Broadway premiere of the musical adaptation of Back to the Future. The part was first made famous by Michael J. Fox in the eponymous film. Li…

The Almost Famous star will play Marty McFly in the production transferring from the West End to Broadway this summer.

Casey Likes has been cast as Marty McFly in “Back to the Future: The Musical,” which is coming to Broadway this spring. He joins the previously announced Tony Award winner Roger Bart, who will play Doc Brow…

Casey Likes has been tapped to play the role of Marty McFly in the Broadway premiere of the musical adaptation of “Back to the Future.” The part was first made famous by Michael J. Fox in the eponymous film…

The Almost Famous star continues his streak of leading Broadway roles. 

Broadway’s Almost Famous star Casey Likes has landed the coveted role of Marty McFly in the upcoming Back To The Future: The Musical, joining the previously announced Roger Bart as Doc Brown. The casting was …

Broadway Sessions is back for 2023! In this video, check out highlights from the cast of Almost Famous, which concluded its Broadway run on January 8, 2023.

The Tony Awards Administration Committee has made eligibility decisions for 20 Broadway productions for the 2022-2023 season. This was the first time the committee met to decide the eligibility for the 76th Ann…

The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced its first round of eligibility rulings for this Broadway season, determining some of the trickier potential nominees and their respective categories. Both …

We're still playing catch up on the Broadway logos for the 2022 - 2023 season. So today we'll take a look at a pair of shows from the fall. One has closed, the other seems to be gaining traction. Did their logo…

Almost Famous's Anika Larson on how to navigate heartbreak and how to pick yourself back up again.