Audra McDonald is set to kick off 2014 with a brief concert tour. She will make stops in California, Massachusetts, Georgia and Florida over the next few months. This comes right on the heel…
As Broadway’s 18th Kid’s Night approaches, The Broadway League has released a list of the shows that will participate in the event to include Newsies, Lion King, and Matild…
New principals Alan Campbell, Paul DeBoy, John Hemphill, Jon Jorgenson, and Elena Ricardo joined the cast of Mamma Mia! at the Broadhurst Theatre on Monday, February 3, 2014. They join Mamma…
The North American tour of Wicked will welcome Nick Adams, Tim Kazurinsky, and Jenny Florkowski as its newest cast members on Tuesday, February 4 in Pittsburgh, PA. They will play the roles …
Producers of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella took a note from Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit song “Call Me Maybe” and they have indeed called her for the role of C…
Hugh Jackman seems to have done a disappearing act when it comes to the upcoming Houdini musical. Producers for the show confirmed that Jackman pulled out of the lead role according to The H…
Andy Kelso and Jeanna de Waal are set to join the cast of the Tony Award winning Broadway production Kinky Boots. The two will succeed Tony nominees Stark Sands and Annaleigh Ashford, respec…
The Book of Mormon has garnered a wide variety of reactions from members of its namesake faith since its Broadway debut. Some Mormons have been very taken aback by the production written by …
A stage play based upon J.K. Rowling’s classic Harry Potter series is gearing up for a run on West End. Rowling herself is said to be co-producing and collaborating with a playwright i…
Faced with the upcoming ending of the popular musical television series Glee at the close of its sixth season, actor Matthew Morrison (Choirmaster Schuester) has announced that his fut…
Wicked, Lion King, and Kinky Boots are among several popular Broadway shows participating in this winter’s Broadway week, where two-for-one theatre tickets are offered to audiences. Pe…
The national tour of the award-winning musical Jersey Boys is set to welcome Adam Zelasko and Hayden Milanes to the cast beginning December 21 in Philadelphia, PA, with a scheduled run throu…
It seems as though a stage musical of the early story of Kinks front man Ray Davies will open on West End in 2014. The production entitled Sunday Afternoon will begin performances at London&…
Eric Coble’s family drama The Velocity of Autumn will play a limited engagement at Broadway’s Booth Theatre. The production will star Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons and two…
Minkyu Lee recently revealed on his blog sketches based on a possible animated version of the Broadway phenomenon Wicked. The Wicked concept drawings were originally created by Lee while he …
Legendary screen and stage performer Julie Andrews is scheduled to return to the U.K. for a tour of speaking engagements entitled An Evening with Julie Andrews. This announcement comes after…
Two-time Emmy nominee Fran Drescher is set to make her Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Cinderella. Drescher will begin performances on February 4, 2014, taking over …
Given the success of The Sound of Music Live!, NBC has announced that the network is working to stage another live musical for 2014. NBC’s chairman of the entertainment division Robert…
The debate regarding whether or not to enroll in drama school is one faced by countless people planning to pursue a career in acting. On the one hand, drama school can offer an array of know…
The Broadway Inspirational Voices, Michael McElroy’s Grammy-nominated gospel choir, is hosting an online holiday auction in order to raise funds for the choir’s musical outreach …
It seems that the huge success of Universal’s Les Miserables has reignited the movie studios interest in bringing the hit musical Cats to a movie theatre near you. This news comes from…
Angela Lansbury revealed in a new interview with Tavis Smiley and Cornel West on the podcast program The Conversation, that she will reprise her Tony Award-winning role of Madame Arcati in N…
The hit musical Mamma Mia! is making its way to the high seas late next year. The musical will partner with Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas in November of 2014, based upon an …
On Broadway, there is a lot that unfolds behind the scenes in order to make what we see a reality. The spectacular sets that we marvel at when we attend shows are the result of the effort…
Gina Beck and Alison Fraser are set to join the cast of the Wicked tour beginning December 16 at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago, IL. Beck will play the role of Glinda and Fraser will play t…