"In The Heights" Trailer Reveals Lin-Manuel Miranda Playing Every Character "Nutty Professor" Style by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - The first trailer was just released for next summer's highly anticipated film adaptation of In The Heights, revealing for the first time that, des…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 1:08pm on December 12, 2019☆⚑

INTERVIEW: We Sat Down with the Guy Who Breaks the "Dear Evan Hansen" Lead's Arm Before Every Show by Broadway Beat

by Brendan Leonard. @brennylen. The unsung hero of Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen doesn't fit into any Tony category - but that doesn't mean their work isn't just as challenging or integral to …

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:12am on December 11, 2019☆⚑

He's At It Again! Harold Hill Cons "Beetlejuice" Into Closing So He Can Use the Theater by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - He's at it again! Reports are surfacing that famed con man Harold Hill has arrived in New York City, successfully pulling off one of his infamous …

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:27am on December 10, 2019☆⚑

Devastating: Spotify Wrapped Reveals "Theatre Nerd" Just Like Everybody Else by Broadway Beat

by HaleyJane Rose. @haleyisfamous. HOBOKEN, NJ - Self proclaimed "obsessed theatre nerd" Bethany Price, 24, has found herself truly devastated after her Spotify Wrapped, logging her most-lis…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:18am on December 9, 2019☆⚑

Report: Theatre Graduate with Office Job Using Way Too Much Vibrato at After-Work Karaoke by Broadway Beat

by Andrew Gillespie. @andrewg5000. FAIR HAVEN, NJ - Local accounting assistant and Marymount Manhattan musical theatre BFA Clara Barrett was witnessed last evening at their company's weekly …

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:50am on December 6, 2019☆⚑

"Freestyle Love Supreme" Faces Controversy After Accidentally Improvising Curse That Raises the Dead by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - Broadway's improvised hip-hop extravaganza Freestyle Love Supreme is facing controversy this week after the performers, who create a fresh, full-l…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:00am on December 5, 2019☆⚑

Musical Based on Your Cousin Trevor's Band Announced After All Other Artists Already Adapted by Broadway Beat

by Steven Hayet. @NotScubaSteve. NEW YORK, NY - After exhausting the catalogue of American & British popular music, Broadway producers, scrambling to find a popular musical artist with t…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:26am on December 4, 2019☆⚑

Humiliating: This Playwright Thought They Were Gonna Get Something Useful from a Talkback by Broadway Beat

by Catherine Weingarten. @sarahkaneissexy. NEW YORK, NY " Local indie playwright Autumn Crystal Summersmith found herself truly humiliated following a recent talkback for her new play, after…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:22am on December 3, 2019☆⚑

Large, Gorgeous, Extravagant Bouquet Wasted on Ensemble Member by Broadway Beat

by Aidan Sears. @aidanjsears. SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Confusion arose in the audience last night after the Schaumburg Community Theatre's performance of Catch Me If You Can, with theater-goers no…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:24am on December 2, 2019☆⚑

"Beetlejuice" Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Performance Goes Perfectly, No Mistakes, 19 Dead by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - The cast of the hit Broadway musical Beetlejuice performed during the 2019 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this morning, delighting viewers with a …

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:53am on November 28, 2019☆⚑

Researchers Discover Last Remaining Time Period "Hamlet" Hasn't Been Set In by Broadway Beat

by Cameron Smith. @CamRayNYC. CAMBRIDGE, England - Following their groundbreaking recent discovery of an unreleased Eugene O'Neill play, researchers at the University of Cambridge have uncov…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:57am on November 25, 2019☆⚑

High School Willy Loman Absolutely Going to Town on Prop Whiskey by Broadway Beat

by Aidan Sears. @aidanjsears. ROCHESTER, NY - North Valley High School's production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman opened to glowing reviews last night, with many audience members si…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:36am on November 22, 2019☆⚑

Next Democratic Debate to Address Candidates' Favorite Mama Rose by Broadway Beat

by Brendan Leonard. @brennylen. WASHINGTON, D. C. - CNN reports that the upcoming Democratic Presidential Debate will nix the usual topics of health care, gun control and the economy for wha…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:17am on November 20, 2019☆⚑

"Chicago" Changes Slogan to "Broadway's Sure, I Guess We Can See It, No Seriously It's Fine, Thing" by Broadway Beat

by Alec Brown. @brownta3. NEW YORK, NY - Producers of the long-running Broadway musical Chicago announced today that they're updating the show's famous slogan, "Broadway's Sure Thing", to a …

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:35am on November 19, 2019☆⚑

Report: Method Actor Draws the Line at Oedipus by Broadway Beat

by Roxy Arecco. @roxyarecco. NEW YORK, NY - Local method actor Preston Roberts submitted his resignation for a production of Oedipus Rex yesterday after finally reading the play, in which th…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:12am on November 18, 2019☆⚑

Halftime = Intermission: NFL Releases Translation Guide for Theatre Fans Forced to Watch Football by Broadway Beat

by Erika Hakmiller. @ErikaFromMaine. NEW YORK, NY - The National Football League released today a new, official translation guide for theatre lovers who are put in situations where they may …

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:35am on November 15, 2019☆⚑

"Provocative" New Drama Book Shop to Include Fire, Sex-Positive Skeletons, a Whole Bunch of Snakes by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - The Theater District's beloved Drama Book Shop - which shuttered its doors earlier this year - is set to reopen in 2020 under the new ownership of…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 2:54pm on November 13, 2019☆⚑

Audience Disappointed After "The Irishman" Understudy "Goodfellas" Goes On In Its Place by Broadway Beat

by Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. NEW YORK, NY - Attendees of this past Sunday's matinee screening of The Irishman at Broadway's Belasco Theater expressed their disappointment after the much…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 2:06pm on November 13, 2019☆⚑

Sean Spicer Spotted at Non-Union Open Call Following "Dancing with the Stars" Elimination by Broadway Beat

by Rebecca Slaman. @rebeccaslaman. LOS ANGELES, CA - Controversial former U.S. Press Secretary Sean Spicer was spotted at an open call for a regional production of Little Shop of Horrors thi…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:44am on November 12, 2019☆⚑

We Interviewed the Wrong Lin-Manuel Miranda, But At Least We Got to Meet a Polyamorous Couple by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio If anyone has established themselves as a centerpiece of the last decade's musical theatre zeitgeist, it's beloved Hamilton wordsmith Lin-Manuel Miranda. When our…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:19am on November 11, 2019☆⚑

Broadway's Next "Evan Hansen" Debuts at 8lbs, 13oz by Broadway Beat

by Brendan Leonard. @brennylen. NEW YORK, NY " Producers of the hit musical Dear Evan Hansen were in the delivery room of Mount Sinai West Hospital this afternoon in eager anticipation of th…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:44am on November 4, 2019☆⚑

Local Woman Upset Nobody Understands Her Obscure Theatre Reference Halloween Costume by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. BELLEVUE, Wash. - Local theatre fan Kaitlyn Womack expressed her outrage today after none of the co-workers at her company Halloween party understood her obscure…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:13am on October 31, 2019☆⚑

Man Desperately Waiting for Sondheim to Die So He Can Repost High School "Into The Woods" Photos by Broadway Beat

by Sarah Jae Leiber. @sarahjaeleiber. PHILADELPHIA, Penn. "  Local actor and social media wiz Wesley Zimmerman expressed frustration this week while desperately waiting for the death of m…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:20am on October 29, 2019☆⚑

Freshman Acting Major Responds to All of Family's Questions in Meisner Repetition by Broadway Beat

by HaleyJane Rose. @haleyisfamous. SEWICKLY, PA - 18-year old Bryan Dowry, a Freshman acting major at Carnegie Mellon University, announced this week that he intends to answer all of his fam…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:51am on October 29, 2019☆⚑

Gossip Alert! We Caught the King Kong Puppet and the Audrey II Puppet Getting Steamy at a Diner by Broadway Beat

by Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. NEW YORK, NY - Rumors and romance swung through the Great White Way last night after paparazzi snapped a pic of the King Kong Puppet - last seen as the titu…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:05am on October 25, 2019☆⚑