JES Theatrical announced the full cast for the upcoming invite-only industry reading of The Parts I Keep Inside, taking place on October 22 in New York City. Conceived by Jeffrey Schmelkin, the musical features…

As the leaves turn, the theatrical season blooms: Patrick Pacheco sits down with our experts—Ruthie Fierberg (Broadway News), Adam Feldman (Time Out New York), and Jan Simpson (Broadway Radio’s All the Dram…

Caroline Bowman (Wicked, Sunset Boulevard), Major Attaway (Aladdin), Megan Masako Haley (Mean Girls First National Tour), Will Connolly (Be More Chill, Teeth), and Xavier McKinnon (Wicked Second National Tour, …

Miguel Cervantes is among the cast leading the new work, which tracks the tumultuous relationship between a labor activist and an Italian revolutionary.

The North American tour of the Alicia Keys musical Hell’s Kitchen has found its three leads. Maya Drake will play Ali, Kennedy Caughell will play Jersey, and Roz White will play Miss Liza Jane when the produc…

Aisha Jackson has officially joined the cast of The Great Gatsby as Daisy Buchanan, beginning last night, June 16. Jacksons stars opposite Ryan McCartan as Jay Gatsby. Check out a video of Jackson's first bow i…

There's a new Daisy in town! As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Aisha Jackson joins the cast of The Great Gatsby as Daisy Buchanan, beginning tonight, June 16. Jackson will star opposite Ryan McCartan as Jay…

Aisha Jackson steps into the role of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby on June 16, replacing Sarah Hyland who played her final performance on June 15. Jackson stars opposite Ryan McCartan who leads the cast…

The Tony-winning star of "Paradise Square" brings an eclectic mix of songs to the stage at 54 Below. Lane Williamson reviews. The post Review: Joaquina Kalukango at 54 Below appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NY…

Watch in this video as Hailee Kaleem Wright (Moulin Rouge!, Six, Paradise Square) hits the rehearsal studio at ART/New York to give BroadwayWorld a very special sneak peek of 'I (Who Have Nothing)'.

Broadway's Hailee Kaleem Wright (Moulin Rouge!, Six, Paradise Square) is getting ready to hit the stage in her solo cabaret debut! “State of the Art-ist” premieres June 1st at 9pm at The Red Pavilion in Bro…

Aisha Jackson will join the cast of The Great Gatsby as Daisy Buchanan, beginning performances at the Broadway Theatre June 16. Jackson will star opposite Ryan McCartan who leads the cast as Jay Gatsby. His cur…

Aisha Jackson (The Notebook, Once Upon A One More Time, Waitress) will join the cast of The Great Gatsby as Daisy Buchanan, beginning Monday, June 16. Jackson will star opposite Ryan McCartan (Wicked, Frozen, H…

When the "Best Musical" Isn't Your "Favorite":A Strange Loop vs Girl From the North Country (and Six) It's been a while since we posted an article in this series, duty we thought we'd revive it with what m…

Garth Drabinsky, the Broadway producer known for Ragtime, Show Boat, and Paradise Square, has taken his case to the U.S. Supreme Court, petitioning for a review of his ongoing legal dispute with the Actors' Equ…

Aisha Jackson will take over the role of Middle Allie in The Notebook on Broadway. Her first performance at the Schoenfeld Theatre in the role will be on October 22. Jackson replaces original Broadway and Chica…

In this video, I am joined by Broadway star Hailee Kaleem Wright to share her incredible story! Before landing the role of the Satine Alternate in Moulin Rouge, Hailee starred in SIX The Musical on Broadway …

Garth Drabinsky, the Broadway producer behind Ragtime, Showboat, and Paradise Square, latest petition to have the courts revive a lawsuit against Actors' Equity Association has been denied.

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Leading up to the 75th Annual Tony Awards, BroadwayWorld is getting up close and personal with the nominees. Today we're studying up on Sidney DuPont! 'We get to hold a mirror up t…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: On Tony night, promptly after giving a dazzling performance onstage at Radio City Music Hall, Joaquina Kalukango took home the 2022 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress i…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive:  The countdown to the Tony Awards has a officially begun! On June 12, the brightest stars of the 2021-22 season will shine even brighter as they gather at the iconic Radio City Mu…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Paradise Square officially resumed performances last night, April 19, after briefly going dark due to COVID cases within the cast. Joaquina Kalukango gave a speech after last nigh…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Paradise Square opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre last night, Sunday, April 3rd. Prior to the curtain rising, New York City Mayor Eric Adams made opening remarks on…

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Paradise Square is currently in previews at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where it is getting ready to open on Sunday, April 3. A.J. Shively, who plays Irish immigrant Owen Duignan …

Garth Drabinsky, the Broadway producer behind Ragtime, Showboat, and Paradise Square, is petitioning the courts once more to revive a lawsuit against Actors' Equity Association.

Chilina Kennedy will take over the role of Myrtle Wilson in Broadway's The Great Gatsby beginning July 15. She will cover the role while original cast member Sara Chase takes a medical leave of absence throug…

Chilina Kennedy (Beautiful, Paradise Square) will play the role of Myrtle beginning July 15 in the Broadway musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s landmark novel The Great Gatsby. Learn more about the sh…

Garth Drabinsky, the Broadway producer behind Ragtime, Showboat, and Paradise Square, has lost his appeal to revive a lawsuit against Actors' Equity Association.

Wendall K. Harrington’s career has embraced many diverse disciplines including theater, publishing and multi-image/video design and production and academia. As a designer of scenic projections for the stage, …

The full cast is set for the Broadway premiere of the new musical The Great Gatsby. As previously announced, the musical will star Tony nominees Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada, reprising their performances as …

Playwright Jeremy O. Harris announced via Instagram that his 2020 Tony-nominated play Slave Play will open in London's West End. No dates, venue or casting has been announced, but the social media post, feat…

A Sign of the Times, a new musical featuring hits by Petula Clark, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield and other popular artists of the 1960s, will follow its limited off-Broadway engagement with a commercial run. A…

Watch NEXT at the Kennedy Center: Cynthia Erivo & Friends, A New Year's Eve Celebration at https://www.pbs.org/show/next-kennedy-center/ Cynthia Erivo, enchanting star of the stage and screen, performs “I Lo…

Watch NEXT at the Kennedy Center: Cynthia Erivo & Friends, A New Year's Eve Celebration at https://www.pbs.org/show/next-kennedy-center/ Tony Award winners Cynthia Erivo and Ben Platt fill the stage with joy a…

This New Year’s Eve, join Cynthia Erivo, for a musical celebration filmed at the Kennedy Center. Joining Oscar-nominated Erivo are Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award–winner Ben Platt (Parade, Dear Evan Hansen), a…

Sign of the Times, Stranger Things, The Effect, Etc. By: David Sheward December 20. 2023: Yet another jukebox musical is headed our way. A Sign of the Times will feature music from 1960s pop legends such as…

CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Jim Axelrod spoke with Broadway understudy Kayla Pecchioni, who is currently a swing in Some Like it Hot, and was previously the Nelly O'Brien understudy in Paradise Square. Wa…

Paper Mill's Associate Artistic Director, Jen Bender, interviews The Great Gatsby director, Marc Bruni, and choreographer, Dominique Kelley! This world premiere musical adaptation of the acclaimed novel by F. …

Paper Mill Prologues offers our audience an extra layer of insight and context for our productions. In this video, we discuss the first production of our 85th season, The Great Gatsby. This world premiere musi…

40 Years of Broadway: 2013-2023: Favorite Songs & Scores Continuing with that third decade (August 20, 2013 - August 19, 2023), I've been thinking of my favorite songs and scores from that decade. There's…

In recent years, the number of theater-related lawsuits has shot up. I’m going to give you updates on a couple of cases.

Joining KTP on the final night of his summer residency are Tony Nominee Daniel J. Watts (Tina, Hamilton, After Midnight); Aisha Jackson (Once Upon a One More Time, Paradise Square, Frozen); and soul singer/song…

The producer had sued the actors' and stage managers' union for defamation.

The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) announced that Doug Wright’s Good Night, Oscar, which is slated for the current Broadway season, is one of six finalists for the 2023 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/…

Justin Guarini, Briga Heelan and Aisha Jackson will star in the upcoming musical Once Upon a One More Time, reprising the roles they originated in the show’s Washington, D.C., tryout. The musical examines th…

Band-frontman-turned-Broadway-writer Larry Kirwan has a new musical in development, “Iraqi Rose.” An industry reading, directed by Joe Barros, is set for Jan. 27. Kirwan, who conceived and co-wrote “Parad…

Joe Barros will direct the latest work from Paradise Square's Larry Kirwan.

Joaquina Kalukango, Tony winner for Paradise Square, brings down the house with this Sondheim tune in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods at the St. James Theatre.

The Broadway musical Paradise Square had announced that it would be releasing an original Broadway cast recording this past summer. Amid the delayed release of the cast album, Paradise Square's composer Jason H…

The previously announced recording has languished in purgatory in the wake of financial and legal troubles for producer Garth Drabinsky.

 2022 in Review: Our Favorite Broadway Productions (2 Categories + Final Wrap-up) We were fortunate enough to see 13 different productions on Broadway in 2022; these are the shows we considered in all cat…

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The Paradise Square producer is unhappy with the way the union treated him during and after the show's run.

This past week, there have been updates in a couple of the big theater-related lawsuits. BroadwayWorld has the latest on Paradise Square and Garth Drabinsky, and The New York Post and Laura Osnes.

The Paradise Square Tony winner succeeds Patina Miller and Montego Glover in the Stephen Sondheim revival.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s landmark novel The Great Gatsby will receive another stage musical retelling. This production will feature music and lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Jason Howland and a book by Kait Kerrigan…

How badly can this group maim “The Great Gatsby”? Weren’t two movies enough? And yet, here comes a “Gatsby” musical from the

A District Court judge ruled in favor of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and that Paradise Square Broadway owes the petitioner over $140K, in addition to over $9K in attorneys fees and other costs. 

The Paradise Square Tony nominee stars opposite Emmy winner Jim Parsons in the Classic Stage Company production.

Kalukango won the 2022 Tony Award for her performance in Paradise Square.

There's a new witch in town! Tony winner Joaquina Kalukango will take over the role of the Witch in the Broadway revival of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods beginning on December 16. She wi…

The Paradise Square Tony winner will succeed Patina Miller and Montego Glover in the Stephen Sondheim revival in December.

New song-filled shows by a Pulitzer Prize winner, an indie rocker and more --- Broadway isn't the only destination for exciting new musicals this fall. In fact, there are almost twice as many opening Off Broadw…

The union previously placed the Paradise Square producer on its "Do Not Work" list for unpaid wages.

Three months after his hoped-for Broadway comeback Paradise Square closed amidst bad box office, legal battles, a Covid outbreak and allegations of a toxic work environment, producer Garth Drabinsky is suing Ac…

Attorneys representing producer Garth Drabinsky filed suit against Actors’ Equity Association for defamation. Actors' Equity had placed the Paradise Square producer on the company's Do Not Work list due to 'o…

This week we look at a prop from the set of Paradise Square. A troubled musical with more scandals than an Olivia Wilde movie, today's prop relates to a minor but nonetheless perplexing mystery involving the sh…

ROUGH TRADE, a new glam bam thank you ma’am rock musical, will present a one-night-only concert performance on Sunday, October 23, 2022, at 9:30 pm at Joe’s Pub. The cast is led by Chilina Kennedy …

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Catch two new plays by Pulitzer Prize winners, three new musicals and four Tony-winning actors There may be 20 shows bowing on Broadway this fall but Off Broadway there are dozens of productions opening just th…

Anderson is being honored for her play the ripple, the wave that carried me home.

Source: https://www.spreaker.com/user/16701876/a-conversation-with-paradise-squares-kay Hear what Kayla Pecchioni (Paradise Square) has to say about the show, that Tony performance, and the community of artist…

will add Paradise Square producer Garth Drabinsky to its "Do Not Work" list, effectively ending his ability to produce on Broadway. playbill.com.

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society is the latest to join the fray in the ongoing legal troubles for the Broadway production of Paradise Square.

The shuttered show is facing legal action from the actors, stage managers and designers who worked on the production.

The latest move follows earlier filings by theatrical unions representing actors, stage managers, and designers.

Broadway Update: What’s Up with Into the Woods and Piano Lesson? By: David Sheward July 22, 2022: The Encores! revival of Into the Woods is such a big hit that there are rumors it will extend beyond its r…

The union is standing in solidarity with American Equity's own ban while leaving room for Drabinsky to possibly work with both CAEA and AEA members in the future.