Peter Filichia, Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Bigfoot! @ New York City Center, Chinese Republicans @ Roundabout Theatre Company, The Unknown with Sean Hayes @ Studio Seaview, …

On January 20, The Broadway League and the Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds (COBUG) will present the 16th Annual Broadway Salutes, an industry-wide celebration honoring 450 Broadway veterans. This year�…

Sherie Rene Scott has joined The Queen of Versailles as the standby for the role of Jackie Siegel for select performances. The musical, starring Kristin Chenoweth, will begin performances on October 8 with…

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Three-time Tony nominee Sherie Renee Scott and Nicholas Christopher will be the next Audrey and Seymour to take up residency at the Westside Theatre in Michael Mayer's hit off-Broadway revival of Little Shop o…

Tony Award-winning composer David Yazbek will write original music for the upcoming Broadway premiere of Jen Silverman's The Roommate, beginning previews August 29 at the Booth Theatre ahead of a September 12…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Today we rewind to 2010, when Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown arrived on Broadway. Directed by Bartlett Sher, Women on the Verge ran for 69 performances at the Belasco T…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: In honor of Throwback Thursday, BroadwayWorld is celebrating the past with a new series that will take you back in time with some of our favorite vintage video features. That's rig…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Rachel Bay Jones has won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical for Dear Evan Hansen. This marks her first Tony nomination and firs…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Lincoln Center Theater's production of the new musical WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, based on the film by Pedro Almodóvar, with a book by Jeffrey Lane, music and lyri…

Laura Benanti is bringing her musical comedy show, Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares, back to the Minetta Lane Theatre. The show, which premiered with three sold-out performances at the venue in February, is back for…

Haydn Gwynne, celebrated stage actress of both Broadway and the West End, died on October 20 morning after a brief battle with cancer, according to a statement by producer Cameron Mackintosh. She was 66. Gwynn…

Celebrated actor was nominated for multiple Olivier awards in her theatrical roles and best known for Drop the Dead Donkey and The Windsors on TV The actor Haydn Gwynne has died of cancer at the age of 66. In a…

Justin Guarini burst into the public consciousness as first-ever runner-up of reality voice competition American Idol. Since then, Guarini hasn’t taken the traditional path of a pop vocalist. He’s starred i…

Laura Benanti joins The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley) to perform a medley from all the shows she’s done on Broadway. Songs include: Do Re Mi (The Sound of Music), Hit Me with a Hot Note and Watch…

Listen to what Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-winner Rachel Bay Jones has to say to Beltline to Broadway about seeing her first Broadway show, leaving the business, and returning triumphantly. Rachel Bay Jones wil…

Justin Guarini, Briga Heelan and Aisha Jackson will star in the upcoming musical Once Upon a One More Time, reprising the roles they originated in the show’s Washington, D.C., tryout. The musical examines th…

You probably know Justin from the very first season of American Idol in 2002 - or you may know him from his appearances on the Broadway stage, including Wicked, American Idiot, Romeo & Juliet, Women on the …

Tony winner Laura Benanti and her husband Patrick Brown welcomed a new addition to their family on July 9. Louisa Georgia Benanti-Brown was born at 2:43AM ET. Benanti shared the news on Instagram on July 10. …

Company star Patti LuPone will headline Lincoln Center Theater's 2022 Gala with a special Songs From a Hat concert. The one-night-only event will take place on May 9 at 7:30PM at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. …

Today, we continue our new series that is strictly to the letter. Broadway From A to Z, will look at the people, shows and history of The Great Bright Way! Obviously, with each entry, we'll only be able to scr…

I've been seeing shows at the Belasco Theatre long enough to have been there before and after its refurbishment. The Belasco of today is a far cry from the old, which was dingy, dirty, and visibly falling apar…

Broadway in a Box CD Review: Anything Goes (1987) At Christmas a few years ago, Jeff gave me a copy of Broadway in a Box: The Essential Broadway Musicals Collection. He has now given me the opportunity to use h…

We'll drink to this! The Hollywood Walk of Fame's class of 2022 has been revealed! ABC7 reports that Tony winner Patti LuPone will be among the honorees to be recognized at next year's induction ceremony. LuPo…

Name: Drew Larimore Hometown: Louisville, KY Education: B.A. Emerson College Why theater?: Honestly, it's the only medium that electrifies me, terrifies me, stymies me, inspires me; it's the closest thing to ma…

Justin Guarini’s robust performance career launched with the first season of American Idol in 2002. His stage and screen appearances since then include Broadway productions of American Idiot, Romeo and Juliet…

This edition of "Hit Songs" From Broadway Misfires proves two things. One, even the masters of the art form can have a flop, and, two, even a flop can generate a toe-tapping big number. These songs are those th…

Are you ready, Upper East Siders? Tony winner Laura Benanti is joining the cast of the upcoming Gossip Girl reboot on HBO Max, according to Deadline. Serving as a sequel to the original series that aired on Th…

The Best Audition Song Suggestions for The Addams Family by Character Written by Tiffany Wilkie Updated July 22, 2020 You’ve got an audition coming up! Better check out these songs and accompanying vide…

From the Upper West Side to The Berkshires! Berkshire Theatre Group has announced that Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell is set to take the—socially distanced—stage at the Colonial Theatre for an intimate c…

Six-time Tony nominee and Moulin Rouge! standout Danny Burstein was named the winner of the Drama League's Distinguished Performance Award on June 18. Burstein's triumph was announced along with winners in the…

Last week, we began The Broadway Top 40 Countdown of the best new Broadway songs of the last decade. If you missed it, you can check it out HERE. This week, we get up to the middle of our list with the next te…

Love 'em or hate 'em, musicals based on films have been on Broadway for decades. There have been some great ones (Grand Hotel, Sunset Boulevard), and some not so great ones (you know what we are talking about..…

Only time will tell if the second decade of the 21st Century will have generated what will be known as a "classic Broadway musical." No one knows for sure. But with the wonderful mix of established writers and …

As previously reported, Laura Benanti gets high marks for spotlighting theater-loving students whose school musicals were canceled as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. The Tony winner's #SunshineSongs hashtag ha…

This charming little musical was all the more charming because of its thoroughly stellar cast. The talent on this roster of the original Broadway cast is mind-boggling. Not just chock full of award-winners, thi…

A trio of Broadway favorites have been selected to inaugurate Feinstein's/54 Below's new Diamond Series, which will feature concert-length performances at the midtown venue. Tony winners Kelli O'Hara and Laura …

We look back at our five favourite moments from the London production of School Of Rock The Musical, which you can still grab your tickets for! The post Our 5 fave School Of Rock The Musical moments appeared fi…

In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk to Tony-winning Broadway star Laura Benanti about Tori Amos's 1992 album 'Little Earthquakes.' They also discuss Patti LuPone, Arthur Laurents, Joni Mitchell, Elaine Stritch…

Name: Roberto AraujoHometown: Mexico City, MexicoEducation: Theatre Major in Mexico CitySelect Credits: West Side Story at North Shore Music Theatre, In the Heights at GALA Theatre, Evita at ZACH Theatre, Fame …

The American Idol alum, who made his Broadway debut in the 2010 musical adaptation of the film, celebrates his birthday October 28.

For theater lovers, Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott are as iconic a duo as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, PB&J, or Ethel Merman and things coming up roses. The award-winning performers are perhaps b…

Tony Award-winning Laura Benanti's work includes She Loves Me, Gypsy, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and, currently, playing her dream role: Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. This month, she al…

Pedro Almodóvar's acclaimed film "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown' has been adapted for the stage and plays in Lafayette through June 22.

A starry lineup of talent has been announced to appear in Transport Group's upcoming first-class concert presentation of the 1966 musical Sweet Charity. The previously announced one-night event will be held in…

I love it when my talented friends do great things! Travis Moser is debuting a brand new concert which excites me to no end because he presenting Just One Look: The Songs of Linda Ronstadt at The Green Room 42.…

Check out long-time collaborators and co-stars Sherie Rene Scott Everyday Rapture, The Little Mermaid, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and Norbert Leo Butz Wicked, Catch Me if You Can, My Fair Lady pr…

The spring season has sprung on Broadway with an abundance of new productions. To help get a handle on what's to come, Broadway.com presents our 2019 Spring Preview, hosted by Tony winner Laura Benanti and b…

Broadway favorites Sherie Rene Scott Everyday Rapture, The Little Mermaid, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown andNorbert Leo ButzWicked, Catch Me if You Can, My Fair Lady will present a new work in devel…

This news is just loverly! Tony winner Laura Benanti is extending her engagement as Eliza Doolittle in Lincoln Center Theater's Tony-nominated revival of My Fair Lady. Originally announced to play the …

She's been a Broadway favorite for years. And while she's made quite a name for herself on television with her hilarious Melania impression and appearances on such programs as Supergirl, we all love her for nev…

Laura Benanti takes on the central role of Eliza Doolittle in Lincoln Center Theater's acclaimed staging of My Fair Lady beginning on October 23, replacing original cast member Lauren Ambrose…

Won't it be loverly to have Danny Burstein back on Broadway? The six-time Tony nominee will step into the role of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady beginning on January 8; he will play a limited engagemen…

David Willinger (Book/Lyrics/Director) has written the book and lyrics for a musical version of Thomas Hardy’s famous novel Casterbridge with Christopher Beste in addition to The Tale of Teiresias and the Idi…

The fall theater season is here with an abundance of new Broadway offerings. Get ready to fill your calendar with new plays and musicals and exciting revivals. To help get a handle on what's to come, Broadw…

The fall theater season is here with an abundance of new Broadway offerings. Get ready to fill your calendar with new plays and musicals and exciting revivals. To help get a handle on what's to come, B…

Over the past weeks, I began to celebrate the start of my 36th year of going to Broadway shows, by looking at the theaters where I've seen multiple distinct productions. Miss the first part? Click HERE. Or…

What ingredients made Waitress a hit?If we could define the perfect formula for guaranteeing that a musical will be a smash hit, we'd all be very wealthy, wouldn't we theater fans? I suppose it makes good …

Tony-winning actress Laura Benanti, known for critically acclaimed work in such productions as Nine, Into the Woods, Gypsy, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and She Loves Me, has found her next Broadw…

Laura Benanti is joining Lincoln Center Theater's acclaimed staging of My Fair Lady. The Tony winner will take on the central role of Eliza Doolittle in the Lerner & Loewe musical beginning on Octo…

Review of the Saturday matinee preview performance on July 14, 2018 at The Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston, MA. Starring Karen Olivo, Aaron Tveit, Danny Burstein, Sahr Ngaujah, Tam Mutu, Ricky Rojas and Roby…

Many of Broadway's biggest musical talents have had revues done of their works - From Maltby and Shire (Closer Than Ever), Rodgers and Hammerstein (A Grand Night For Singing), Kander and Ebb (And the World Goes…

The Band's Visit composer and lyricist David Yazbek received a Sardi's portrait on June 7. The acclaimed composer has worked on six Broadway shows with an array of stars. Two-time Tony winner Patti…

The Broadway League has announced that Tony winner Laura Benanti will emcee the 10th-annual Jimmy Awards ceremony on June 25 at 7:30pm at the Minskoff Theatre. The Jimmys honor the best in high-school musi…

I've been a fan of David Yazbek since his first Broadway score for The Full Monty.  I've loved every one of his subsequent scores, even the love-it-or-hate it Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown…

After penning the scores to musicals like The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and now the widely acclaimed The Band's Visit, three-time Tony nominee David Yazb…

Current Tony-winning Dear Evan Hansen star Rachel Bay Jones has landed a role in God Friended Me, a comedy pilot being developed for CBS, according to Variety. Jones will take on a guest role for the pilot…

This week, I thought I'd talk about the five (+ one honorable mention!) theatrical elements I'm most looking forward to this winter/spring of play-going.  And just like with the acting choices, it was very…

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. The Band's Visit Music Maker David Yazbek to Shine in New Cabaret Tony nominee and The Band's Visit composer David Yazbek will return t…

David Yazbek has been one of the less publicized composer/lyricists from the generation of writers who followed those who wrote musicals in the “Golden Age” of Broadway. Yazbek has earned nomination…

Today we celebrate the Broadway production of WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, which opened on this day in 2010.

Musical Theatre Guild, the winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in the theatre, will continue their 22nd Anniversary season with the West Coast profess…

We'd like to propose a toast! Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company is heading to London's Gielgud Theatre, and this time, it's about Bobbi, not Bobby. According to Baz Bamigboye, Olivier …

Tony nominees Sherie Rene Scott and Mary Testa, along with Pico Alexander, will appear in John Patrick Shanley's new play The Portuguese Kid, set to play Manhattan Theatre Club's off-Broadway venue, New…

Rachel Bay Jones has won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical forDear Evan Hansen. This marks her first Tony nomination and first win. Her other Broadway credit…

Rachel Bay Jones has won her first Tony! She earned the award in the Best Featured Actress in a Musical category for her touching performance in Dear Evan Hansen. The win was announced at the Tonys ceremony on …

Recent In Transit star Justin Guarini will appear as Vincenzo in the Muny’s upcoming production of The Unsinkable Molly Brown, running July 21-27 at the St. Louis outdoor theater. Guarini joins the previo…

To see it or not to see it: it's not even a question with this cast! Tony nominees Arian Moayed, Sherie Rene Scott and Micah Stock are set to play Hamlet, Gertrude and Horatio, respectively, in Waterwell…

YOU GUYS!! today is the day that we get to bring you our interview with the one and only Rachel Bay Jones. You all helped us book her when you all responded to my call via twitter to let her know just how much…

We’re sure all that research has paid off. Tony winner Laura Benanti and her husband Patrick Brown welcomed a new addition to their family on February 14. The baby's name and other details have not b…