Happy Birthday, Heather Headley!
Born on October 5, 1974 in Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago. In 1997, Heather Headley won the role of Nala in the original Broadway cast of the Elton John and Tim Rice's hit Tony winnin…
Born on October 5, 1974 in Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago. In 1997, Heather Headley won the role of Nala in the original Broadway cast of the Elton John and Tim Rice's hit Tony winnin…
By Mike Hallinan Hello, dear readers of the dark, welcome to another spook-light on a musical that has haunted the Broadway boards. Dear readers, as you have seen, many musical…
By Mike Hallinan Hello, dear readers! Welcome as we meet another Star You Should Know. In this ever changing world of Broadway, which has, as of late, made a turn to attracting…
Born on October 2, 1990 in Laxey, Isle of Man. Best known for her portrayal of Éponine in Les Misérables. In 2008, Samantha competed in the BBC talent show TV series I'd Do Anyth…
Wanna have some fun with Broadway stars outside the theatre? What about a more intimate show with new music? Or perhaps you just want to see Aaron Tveit belt his face off up close? Yo…
The team here at BroadwaySpotted.com got to thinking about the fact that we always covered SMASH and we used to cover GLEE, but really…those are not the only places you can see Broadwa…
By Mike Hallinan Hello, my dear readers of the dark! It is time once again to put the spook-light on another twisted tale of the stage. As you may well know readers, Tonys and …
September 26, 1898 " July 11, 1937 Born in Brooklyn, New York. George Gershwin is an American composer who is best known for his opera Porgy and Bess, and his orchestration com…
 Born on September 21, 1969 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Best known for his portrayal of drag queen Lola in the current Broadway production of Kinky Boots. He won the 2013 Tony Aw…
More than anything, when I see something I think could or should be a show, I love to speculate about who would play what roles. I love the way casting works and I love sticking my fa…
By Mike Hallinan Hello, dear readers of the dark! As we have seen with last week’s DSOB, it is very possible to have musicals with the same origins, though they may very …
Born on September 19, 1972 in Brea, California. Stephanie is best known for her portrayal of Elphaba in the Broadway production of Wicked, as well as originating the role in the First…
By Mike Hallinan Hello readers! Hoping this all finds you well and excited for another Star You Should Know. As you well may know, not all Broadway vets are regulated to the en…
More than anything, when I see something I think could or should be a show, I love to speculate about who would play what roles. I love the way casting works and I love stickin…
By Mike Hallinan Hello dear readers. Welcome to the Dark Side of Broadway’s favorite day, that, of course, being Friday the 13th. My dear readers of the dark, while there…
Born on September 12, 1970 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Best known for his portrayal of Roger in the final Broadway company of RENT, which was filmed for theatrical release, RENT: Filmed Li…
By Mike Hallinan Hello, dear readers! As we enter this scary month of September, there still remain plenty of dark musicals for us to put in the spook-light. As we have documen…
By Mike Hallinan Hello, readers! Welcome back to another segment of Backbone of Broadway! I apologize there wasn’t a Star You Should Know last week. This column is rather…
While earning her BFA in Commercial Dance from Pace University, Kacie Burns is learning the ins and outs of the industry as she interns for Penny Luedtke at the Luedtke Agency!…
Wanna have some fun with Broadway stars outside the theatre? What about a more intimate show with new music? Or perhaps you just want to see Aaron Tveit belt his face off up close? Yo…
By Mike Hallinan Hello, dear readers. I do hope this finds you well as we head into the frantic season of fall as well as our 25th DSOB in a couple of short weeks! As you know …
Ali Rosas-Salas, a Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies major at Barnard College is working as the Programming Apprentice at the New Victory Theater this summer. She talked to us about…
More than anything, when I see something I think could or should be a show, I love to speculate about who would play what roles. I love the way casting works and I love sticking my favorite,…
By Mike Hallinan Hello, dear readers! I do hope that this freakish Friday does not finds you in the dumps. As you may have heard, we are currently in a sort of countdown to a Cryptver…
By Mike Hallinan Hello, dear readers. As previously stated in last week's column, we are in a bit of a countdown to a major event here on the Dark Side of Broadway. In just two short weeks, …