Saturday, September 20, 2025
Washington, D.C. has its very own perfectly awful last place home team, so it's inexplicable why the tweakers of Damn Yankees — originally about a Washington Senators fan who causes the Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32PMTuesday, June 4, 2024
From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Bronx Bombers, a new American play by Eric Simonson, began previews on January 10, 2014. The show is produced on Broadway by Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo, and …
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:24PMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Bronx Bombers, a new American play by Eric Simonson, is produced on Broadway by Fran Kirmser and Tony Ponturo, and directed by Eric Simonson. Bronx Bombers offi…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:24PMMonday, May 6, 2024
Friday, October 22, 2021
Stage and screen star Peter Scolari, a Broadway alum and Emmy winner, died on October 22 following a two-year battle with cancer, according to Deadline. He was 66.
Born in New York in 1955…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PMMr. Scolari's New York stage credits included Lucky Guy, Bronx Bombers, Wicked, Hairspray, and The True.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:04PMPeter Scolari's Broadway credits included The Wizard in Wicked, Wilbur Turnblad in Hairspray, Yogi in Bronx Bombers, and Michael Daly in Lucky Guy. He was also seen in Magic/Bird, Sly Fox, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:28PMScolari's Broadway appearances include Hairspray, Wicked, and Bronx Bombers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:48AMMonday, July 27, 2020
Here comes the general! In addition to watching Christopher Jackson as George Washington in Hamilton on Disney+ or in Hulu's We Are Freestyle Love Supreme documentary, fans of the smooth-v…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:06PMMonday, December 4, 2017
Retired New York Yankees right fielder and self-proclaimed “straw that stirs the drink” Reggie Jackson has joined the cast of the Damn Yankees Benefit Concert Reading slated f…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:07PMTuesday, October 10, 2017
The New York Yankees' 2017 post-season games have been offering up an exciting platform for Broadway talent, and it has paid off in spades, for baseball and theater fans alike. On Octobe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMMonday, October 9, 2017
AMERICAN SCOREBOARD The Trump Administration will present the next installment of its series of live dramatic political readings on Monday, October 23rd from 700 p.m. to 820 p.m. at Pace Uni…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMMonday, May 22, 2017
Peter Scolari will lead the cast of the Muny's production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Pseudolus, Broadway.com has learned exclusively. Gary Griffin directs the S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:05PMWednesday, July 20, 2016
Name: John RacioppoHometown: Toronto, Ontario, CanadaEducation: Brown University & London Academy of Dramatic ArtSelect Credits: New York: Breathing Time (Fault Line Theatre), She Stoops…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:23PMMonday, July 18, 2016
John Racioppo (pronounced ra - chop - oh) is an actor, composer, and filmmaker who is currently based in New York. Originally from Toronto, Canada, he has spent much of his adult life in the…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:52PMMonday, March 21, 2016
Beloved actor Peter Scolari (Girls, Bronx Bombers, Lucky Guy) recently joined the cast of Wicked, where he plays The Wizard. I first saw New York City through the thunderstruck eyes o…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:06PMTuesday, February 2, 2016
Rejoicify! Carrie St. Louis will step into Glinda's bubble in Broadway's Wicked on February 2, replacing Kara Lindsay. Peter Scolari is also set to begin performances in the producti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42AMTuesday, January 26, 2016
Emmy nominee Timothy Olyphant will star in the previously announced world premiere of Kenneth Lonergan’s Hold On to Me Darling. Also signing on are Adelaide Clemens, Tony nominee Jonat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:33PMThursday, January 21, 2016
Thrillifying news from Broadway's Wicked! Two-time Tony winner Judy Kaye will begin performances as Madame Morrible in the long-running tuner on February 16. Meanwhile, on February 2, Ca…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:16PMTuesday, July 7, 2015
Dave Thomas Brown, who recently appeared off-Broadway in the musical adaptation of Heathers, will star in the New York premiere of Matthew Lopez’s The Legend of Georgia McBride. The MC…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:45AMTuesday, February 17, 2015
The cast is now set for the previously announced world premiere of Iowa, a new musical play by Jenny Schwartz featuring music by Todd Almond and lyrics by both. Ken Rus Schmoll will direct a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:56PMTuesday, December 30, 2014
It has been an epic year for Broadway, with a whopping twenty-four plays having opened in 2014. Before we get wrapped up in the theatre season ahead, BroadwayWorld wants to stop and salute t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMThursday, July 31, 2014
You ever been curious about what happens behind the scenes in the world of stand-up comedians? Ever wondered how some of them are so flipping funny, or whether there’s something they&…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:27PMWednesday, June 25, 2014
Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
WTF's Living on Love, Starring Justin Long, Announces Full Cast and Creative
The full cast and creative team is now s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:50PMFriday, June 20, 2014
#1The numbers are in, and the 2013 - 2014 Broadway season showed gains in all three indicators (attendance, grosses and playing weeks) For more about the record books, click HERE.…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00AMFriday, June 13, 2014
#1 Again!The numbers are in and the entire 2013-2014 Broadway Season was one for the record books, in terms of the box office. Below, all 41 shows that played during the last 13 weeks …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:13PMSunday, June 8, 2014
ACT ONE's Beowulf Boritt has won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play. Act One marks Boritt's LCT debut. His Broadway credits include The Scottsboro Boys Tony nomination, Son…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48PMThursday, May 8, 2014
The complete cast is set for the previously announced New York premiere of Stephen Belber’s The Muscles in Our Toes. Bill Dawes, who recently appeared on Broadway in Bronx Bombers, wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMMonday, April 28, 2014
Lisa Joyce, CJ Wilson and Henry Kelemen will appear in the U.S. premiere of Nancy Harris’ Our New Girl as Annie, Richard and Daniel respectively, alongside the previously ann…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMMonday, April 21, 2014
One of the last minute additions to the theater season, “Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar And Grill” was quickly added after the abrupt closing of “Bronx Bombers” in March. The play opene…
SOURCE: BroadwayAudience.com at 10:26PMMonday, April 7, 2014
Holler if ya hear them! The cast is now set for the upcoming Broadway musical Holler If Ya Hear Me. Tony winner Tonya Pinkins, award-winning slam poet Saul Williams, Christopher Jackson…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:37AMTuesday, April 1, 2014
Harlem's hottest nightclub is about to get hotter. Christopher Jackson will join the cast of After Midnight from April 5 through 20 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Jackson will take over…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:37PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that Christopher Jackson In the Heights, Memphis, Bronx Bombers will join the cast of After Midnight from April 5-20. He will replace Everett Bradley, who will de…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:15PMFriday, March 28, 2014
Theatre Communications Group TCG, the national organization for theatre, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards. The awards, totaling 1,108,000…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMWednesday, March 26, 2014
Star of stage and screen, Peter Scolari, most recently seen on Broadway in Bronx Bombers, will vie for the final spot in the finale of CHOPPED's Tournament of Stars, airing this Sunday on Fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:57AMThursday, March 20, 2014
Listen up: more Tony eligibility rulings are in! The Tony Awards Administration committee has met for the third time this 2013-14 season and made rulings on five additional productions: Beau…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMFriday, March 7, 2014
According to the New York Daily News, Carmen Berra, the wife of Yankee star Yogi Berra, died on March 6, 2014 in West Caldwell, NJ due to complications of a stroke she suffered earlier this …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:40PMMonday, March 3, 2014
Aladdin and Les Miz both began previews on Broadway this week and turns out everyone wanted to see a carpet fly and how Ramin Karimloo would do on his Main Stem debut—both shows played…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:43PMThe following are the Broadway Grosses for the week ending March 2, 2014: Show GrossGross Total Attn %Cap AvgPdAdm A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER $388,472 5,126 70.64% $75.78 A…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:00AMSunday, March 2, 2014
Bronx Bombers, the new American play starring Peter Scolari (“Bosom Buddies,” “Newhart,” “Girls”) as Yogi Berra. Bronx Bombers played its final Broa…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 08:11PM 
