2,832 stories by "Matt Tamanini"
Quick, name the best composerlyricist in the history of the musical theatre. Did you say Stephen Sondheim If not, you're wrong. We love Mr. Sondheim so much here at BroadwayWorld that we are…
Making a film sequel is difficult, especially when it doesn't involve a superhero cinematic universe. In the case of following up 2012's surprise musical success PITCH PERFECT, the task was …
After 18 months of successful broadcasting, the popular Theater People Podcast has launched a KickStarter campaign to help fund their new season. Having interviewed Broadway greats from Lin-…
April showers may come your way, they bring flowers that bloom in May So go the words of the old Tin Pan Alley song. When the days begin to get longer, and the daffodils work to pop up throu…
Tomorrow is a day for celebration, musical theatre fans, as Image Entertainment releases THE STEPHEN SONDHEIM COLLECTION. This collection includes some of the most glorious productions of th…
On March 20, Netflix released its newest critically acclaimed drama BLOODLINE. This dark and twisted tale, which feels like a Southern Gothic novel, tells the story of one seemingly stable f…
Last week Jeff Pew took fans behind the scenes at the Broadway-Bound musical, THE FIRST WIVES CLUB, which recently closed at Chicago's Oriental Theatre. Pew, who was last seen on Broadway as…
Launching in conjunction with the Orlando International Fringe Festival is THE REPUBLIC. This unique, one-of-a-kind production is the brain-child of Sarah Elger with experience working for B…
Last week, Michael Paul Smith and Gillian Pensavalle, the co-creators and stars of BroadwayWorld's newest webseries partnership THE RESIDUALS were guests on the popular podcast New York Cine…
'If music be the food of love, play on.' Even before the invention of the musical comedy more on that later, William Shakespeare knew the importance of music in telling stories on stage. For…
How do you cram 50 hit songs, over 90 characters, and 25 years of history from one of music's most important companies into a dramatically satisfying, two hour and 45 minute musical The answ…
You know that fever dream where you walk onto a stage in front of a huge audience and you are nearly completely naked Well, throw in a cello, a ukulele, pop and musical theatre mashups, and …
Hawaii-born Elle McLemore burst onto the theatre scene in 2011 when she was cast as the evil Eva in the Pre-Broadway National Tour of BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL. Like most of that cast, McLemor…
Today, BroadwayWorld is proud debut a previously unreleased track from THE SOUND OF MUSIC 50th Anniversary Soundtrack. The track is titled 'Goodbye MariaHow Can Love Survive Waltz', which ti…
Are you struggling to fill out the top categories in your offic Oscar pool Well, have no fear, BroadwayWorld is here to help. We have assembled a panel of experts to help narrow things down …
On Monday, February 9 2015, the Theater People Podcast welcomes Keala Settle, Tony nominee for HANDS ON A HARDBODY, currently starring as Madame Thenardier in the Broadway production of LES …
Despite being a ratings disaster, there were a number of positive things that came out of SMASH's run on NBC Megan Hilty's star turn, endless internet memes, and Annoying Actor Friend. The i…
Over the weekend, I was the guest on the fantastic That'll Play podcast with John Nuzzi and Matt Candela. On the episode, we recap both the TV and Movie winners at the Golden Globes, and tak…
Last week I spoke with KINKY BOOTS' Ellyn Marie Marsh about the encore performance of her solo show debut 'Inappropriate' at 54 Below. In that article we talked about how the show came to be…
After seeing the new INTO THE WOODS movie twice over the holidays, I posted on Twitter about how two of the songs had stuck with me. After a tweet conversation, my BWW colleague Jeff Walker …
For the past 16 years, Vinnie Jones has been Hollywood's go-to British tough guy. Starting with Guy Ritchie's LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING in 1998, Jones has been beating guys up with a Briti…
The incredible talent and empowering storytelling of Broadway will soon be gracing Florida's shores with two star-studded performances of Jason Robert Brown's beloved 1995 musical SONGS FOR …
Do you love musical theatre Of course you do. Do you love ridiculously talented musical theatre professionals delivering insanely funny versions of classic songs That goes without saying, ri…
The biggest TV surprise of 2015 hasn't been Gina Rodriguez winning a Golden Globe for JANE THE VIRGIN or the success of EMPIRE on Fox, it has been the fact that ABC's new musical comedy extr…
If you are a regular reader of BWW TV, you know that we are very fortunate to have Broadway's biggest BACHELOR fan, Patti Murin, recapping the show for us every week. However, there is far m…
