2,031 stories by "Theatermania"
Since making her stage debut at the ripe age of nine, Bernadette Peters has earned her stripes as a "Broadway Baby" through and through. It's only fitting that the Sondheim standard became o…
I Hope I Get It: Stories From The Audition Room With Jason Biggs
Looking at Jason Biggs, you might not think, "There's a guy cut out to play an 1800s mobster." And neither did…
This Is Not Over Yet - Parade in Rehearsal
Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan and Tony winner Laura Benanti will star as Leo Frank and Lucille Frank in Manhattan Concert Productions' February 1…
Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan and Tony winner Laura Benanti will star as Leo Frank and Lucille Frank in Manhattan Concert Productions' February 16 presentation of Jason Robert Brown and Alfred …
The Kitchen Concerts: Alysha Umphress Swings Jeff Blumenkrantz
Eight times a week, Broadway songstress Alysha Umphress lights up the stage of the Lyric Theatre as sexy cab driver Hildy in O…
The March 19 opening night of The Heidi Chronicles, starring Elisabeth Moss and Jason Biggs, will mark the first-ever Broadway revival of one of Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Wendy Wasserst…
It seems like fate that the incredibly full schedules of Laura Benanti, Jeremy Jordan, and composer Jason Robert Brown all lined up for one week of rehearsals and a concert presentation of P…
Manhattan Concert Productions followed up its previous stagings of Ragtime and Titanic with an elaborate concert production of Jason Robert Brown's Parade. The event took place on January 16…
At a recent Broadway opening night, Jeremy Jordan, one of the two stars of the soon-to-be-released Last Five Years movie, took a few minutes to talk to TheaterMania about the filming experie…
It's oft remarked that one of the most disheartening aspects of auditioning is being up against dozens of actors who look just like you. Though most thespians grin and bear the slight indign…
When the Keen Company revival of Tom Greenwald and Andrew Lippa's John and Jen opens at the Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row on February 26, it will mark the first time the musical has been st…
The first-ever Broadway revival of Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Cy Coleman's musical comedy On the Twentieth Century is less than a week away from its first performance at the American Ai…
Ray Leeper of So You Think You Can Dance Leads New Pop-Rock Musical One Day
In One Day, a new pop-rock musical set to open at the 3LD Art & Technology Center on February 19, Michael Sot…
Lady, Be Good Taps Its Way to New York City Center
George and Ira Gershwin's debut musical Lady Be Good begins performances tonight at New York City Center, opening the 2015 City Center…
Jennifer Nettles and Carly Hughes Preview Their Roxie and Velma in Broadway's Chicago
Jennifer Nettles and Carly Hughes come from two different worlds. Hughes is a Broadway baby, having…
British actress Cush Jumbo will make her third foray onto the New York stage when she begins performances in her solo show Josephine & I later this month at The Public Theater. Previously, J…
It's been more than three decades since nine-time Tony winner Tommy Tune has starred in a full-scale musical in New York. For just seven performances, from February 4-8, you can see this leg…
Cush Jumbo Is on Her Own in Her Solo Show Josephine & I at The Public Theater
British actress Cush Jumbo will make her third foray onto the New York stage when she begins performances i…
I Hope I Get It: Stories From the Audition Room With Rob McClure
Before Rob McClure took a Honeymoon in Vegas, before he even became Broadway's Charlie Chaplin, he auditioned for the ro…
It's Only a Play Welcomes Martin Short, Katie Finneran, and Maulik Pancholy to the Hit Broadway Cast
Broadway's hit comedy It's Only a Play recently said goodbye to a few member…
After nearly six years and over 2,300 Broadway performances, Rock of Ages packed it up at the Helen Hayes Theatre this weekend. But not without one more epic sing-along to Journey's power ba…
Broadway's newest musical comedy, Honeymoon in Vegas, celebrated its opening night last evening at the Nederlander Theatre. The cast, which includes Rob McClure, Brynn O'Malley, and Tony Dan…
Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal and Golden Globe Award winner Ruth Wilson opened the Broadway production of Nick Payne's abstract two-hander Constellations last evening at the Samuel J…
Broadway's Rock of Ages - Just Like Paradise / Nothin' But A Good Time
Rock of Ages packs up its fog machines and amplifiers this Sunday at the Helen Hayes Theatre after nearly six …
The Broadway-bound production of Lerner and Loewe's classic musical Gigi, directed by Eric Schaeffer, begins performances at the Kennedy Center on January 16. High School Musical veteran Van…