'Wicked' on Top; 'Mormon' and 'Newsies' Set Records
The week after Easter saw "Wicked" hopping to the top of the charts while "Book of Mormon" and "Newsies" set house records.
George Gershwin Theatre
The week after Easter saw "Wicked" hopping to the top of the charts while "Book of Mormon" and "Newsies" set house records.
Money makes the world go round in this week’s clinking clanking round-up of theater news: The Lion King proved it rules the entertainment jungle as it became the highest grossing Br…
The international hit musical Wicked, which is based on the novel by Gregory Maguire and features a score by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman, has made its creators multimillion…
Broadway productions of Wit by Margaret Edson and Wicked by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman have been award New York Education Grants by The Broadway League. Each production receives a $…
"Wicked" soars to first place, while “Book of Mormon” and “Death of a Salesman” shatter records for their Broadway theaters.
Superfan Mike Meko of Denver will mark his 15th and 16th viewings of the Broadway musical "Wicked" when it returns to Denver's Buell Theatre Wednesday through May 20.
The Broadway League has awarded coveted New York Education Grants to the Broadway productions of Wit by Margaret Edson, and Wicked by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman. Each production rec…
The Broadway League has awarded New York Education Grants to the Broadway productions of Margaret Edson's Wit, recently produced by Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) at the Samuel J. Friedma…
The Lion King jumps in front of Wicked this week end. The show grossed $1,843,641, about $100,000 more than last, and played at just more than 100% capacity. Wicked, however, is not far behi…
Kerry Ellis has an impressive list of West End credits to her name, including Les Miserables, Wicked, Oliver, Miss Saigon, We Will Rock You and My Fair Lady. Now, the former Elphaba (and sta…
The Broadway company of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked will offer a special performance to benefit The Actors Fund.
This is a question posed by Tuirenn Hurstfield, a lecturer from the third year of my undergraduate degree in musical theatre. In his blog, he discusses the apparent lack of drive he has foun…
The Tony Award winning musical 'Wicked' returns to Philadelphia due to insistent public demand. It is slated to play the Academy of Music at the Kimmel Center for six weeks, from June 26 to …
For a whole month this fall, the Tony Award winning musical 'Wicked' returns to Seattle. It is slated to play the Paramount Theatre from October 10 to November 17, 2012. They say so much hap…
The first full-length Broadway Las Vegas season at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts will kick off with the hit Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical Wicked beginning Aug. 29.
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts has announced productions for its first ever, full-length Broadway Las Vegas season. First up is Wicked (August 29-October 7, 2012), based on the n…
Smash star Megan Hilty was a lady in red when she sashayed on to The Tonight Show on March 27, but the actress quickly diminshed host Jay Leno's fantasies by demonstrating a farting…
Tim Tebow, the former Denver Broncos quarterback who was recently traded to the New York Jets, paid a visit to Broadway this weekend, attending a performance of the hit musical "Wicked" at t…
The magical musical continues to dominate, while "Newsies" joins the top ten and "Death of a Salesman" breaks a house record.
This week, it's WICKED and HAIRSPRAY alum Shoshana Bean, who was just back in New York City from her current home on the West Coast. She recently sat down with Richard to reminisce about her…
After two years in London, Caissie Levy is back stateside to bring tear-jerking mega-musical Ghost to Broadway, and of course she celebrated her return with an appearance on Show People with…
News broke this week that Oprah Winfrey’s network OWN has canceled Rosie O’Donnell’s talk show, which means that Broadway’s biggest cheerleader is coming home to New …
Today we are continuing BroadwayWorlds extensive coverage of NBCs hit musical drama series SMASH with a new entry in our ever-expanding collection of interviews with the cast, creative team …
With a Broadway resume that includes Elphaba in Wicked and Irish chieftain Grace O’Malley in The Pirate Queen, it’s no wonder Stephanie J. Block laughingly declares, “Peopl…
The long-running "Wicked" continues to cast its spell over Broadway, topping the Broadway box office for the week ending on Mar. 18.