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An upcoming film adaptation of J.T. Rogers' Oslo, has been announced it is in production, starring Andrew Scott (Fleabag, Black Mirror) and Ruth Wilson (HBO's His Dark Materials, Mrs. Wilson…
For the first time in nearly 10 months, the Broadway cast of the 15-time Tony Award-nominated musical Jagged Little Pill is reuniting on stage for one night only " in a special performance l…
Shorter days and cooler nights mean it's time to cozy up with some hot performances on BroadwayHD. The streaming platform announced their robust November lineup filled with rockin' musical n…
Hamilton's Leslie Odom Jr. has a critical message for every American: Election results are worth waiting for.
With record-shattering mail-in votes, states are reporting we may not know the …
Polydor Records/UMe has announced the forthcoming release of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella: The Musical (Original London Cast Recording). The album features cast from the highly anticipat…
Watch the TODAY anchors take the stage for Halloween as they channel Broadway stars.  Broadway may have gone dark due to the pandemic, but it's alive and well on TODAY, whose 202…
The Prom, is set to be released for streaming on Netflix starting December 11, 2020. The movie is directed by Ryan Murphy and is based on the Broadway musical of the same name.
The star-stud…
"I started crying," Laura Osnes revealed of the moment she was asked to be a part of One Royal Holiday, one of Hallmark Channel's 40 original Christmas movies premiering this winter season. …
Tonight, tune in to Act Out: Vote2020, a series of short, all new monologues and songs that will make up an hour-long video encouraging audiences to vote in the upcoming elections. Presen…
Tony Award nominees Karen Olivo and Aaron Tveit sing "Come What May", from Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Captured live on stage during the pre-Broadway run at Boston's Emerson Colonial Theatre.…
Halloween brings upon this time of the year where we can dress up and go as whatever you'd like to be for one day. Shed your current identity and decide to be a princess, or a frog! No matte…
If Karen from Mean Girls had her way, she'd make Halloween every single day. This year, Halloween certainly won't be one normal night as Wendy in The Addams Family would have it. The holiday…
BookFilter picks the best new theater book, exclusively for Broadway Direct readers. Broadway Baby By Russell Miller with Judith A. Proffer Illustrated by Yoko Matsuoka $24.95, Meteor 17 Boo…
Dee Dee Allen (three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep) and Barry Glickman (Tony Award winner James Corden) are New York City stage stars with a crisis on their hands: their expensive n…
Chicago, 1927. A recording session. Tensions rise between Ma Rainey (Viola Davis), her ambitious horn player (Chadwick Boseman), and the white management determined to control the legendary …
"History continues to repeat itself until we get it right." - Dominique Morisseau
There has never been a more important time to make your voice heard in an election. #Vote2020 because #Black…
Broadway power ballads are the songs in shows that hold so much emotion, and can fill the theatre with amazing energy, bringing the audience together in eager applause. Now, we've created a …
Lynn Nottage is optimistic about theater and what it will look like post-pandemic. The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright interviewed with me two days before the Broadway League anno…
Sarah Brightman returns as Christine when she's joined by four legendary Phantom's from years gone by as they sing the show's hit numbers, 'The Phantom of The Opera' and 'Music of The Night'…
Tony Award-winner James Monroe Iglehart announced the 2020 Tony Award nominees on October 15, 2020. Jagged Little Pill leads with the most nominations. As previously announced, the Ton…
Andrew Lloyd Webber is an iconic composer of musical theatre, having written at least 21 musicals so far. One of his most famous musicals is the highly popular and longest-running Broadway s…
Heidi Schreck's What The Constitution Means to Me is the little show that could " and is doing! The politically-infused work, which debuted off-Broadway in 2018 and later premiered on Broadw…
David Byrne's American Utopia will return to the live stage on Broadway in the fall of 2021 at a theatre to be announced. Performances will begin on Friday, September 17, 2021. Tickets are a…
As part of their "Broadway's Best" lineup, Great Performances raises the curtain once again for theater-lovers by broadcasting a theatre favorite every week on PBS, beginning on Friday, Nove…
Based on current information regarding COVID-19 and concern for the well-being and safety of its artists, audiences, and staff, Lincoln Center Theater, which had hoped to reopen its producti…