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Thursday, April 2, 2015

Move Over, Aaron Tveit! NYU Stars Are Killing It in Promo Pics for Catch Me If You Can by Paul Wontorek

Who can forget the image of Aaron Tveit rocking a pilot uniform with a sexy line-up of stewardesses in periwinkle in the 2011 Broadway musical Catch Me If You Can? Here's a refresher: …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:29PM
Saturday, March 21, 2015

Happy Birthday, Stephen Sondheim! Check Out Our List of Your 85 Best Songs! by Paul Wontorek

Loving Sondheim is not a choice. It's who we are. And no matter what age he was turning on March 22, we could easily fill up a list of his best songs to match the number. But the musical…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:26PM
Thursday, February 19, 2015

Broadway Star Krysta Rodriguez Reveals Breast Cancer Fight and New Fashion Blog by Paul Wontorek

Smash star and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Krysta Rodriguez revealed her fight with breast cancer on this week’s episode of the new Broadway.com cooking series Broadway N…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:01PM
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Hand to God Scribe Robert Askins Is Still a Bartender, Not a Fancy Broadway Playwright Yet by Paul Wontorek

Robert Askins moved to New York City 10 years ago from suburban Texas with dreams of being a Broadway playwright. And guess what? Dreams come true! His dark comedy Hand to God starts preview…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PM
Monday, February 9, 2015

With a Grammy Win and a Big Screen Last Five Years Launch, Kurt Deutsch is Having a Good Week by Paul Wontorek

Even before winning his record label's third Grammy Award on Sunday night, Kurt Deutsch was planning on having a big week. The film version of The Last Five Years that he spearheaded is …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:41PM
Monday, February 2, 2015

Cheat Sheet: Six Things We Learned about Lin-Manuel Miranda & Hamilton Today by Paul Wontorek

The New Yorker just published 8,000 words about In the Heights Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is currently the talk of the town for his new history-soaked musical Hamilton, now in previ…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:19PM
Sunday, December 28, 2014

Hollywood Will Listen: Into the Woods Celebrates Biggest Movie Musical Opening Ever by Paul Wontorek

Rob Marshall’s starry big-screen adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical Into the Woods celebrated the biggest opening weekend ever for a movie adapted from a Broadway …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:11PM
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

After Into the Woods, Will Director Rob Marshall Take Stephen Sondheim's Follies to the Big Screen? by Paul Wontorek

While Broadway fans eagerly await the chance to go Into the Woods on Christmas Day with Disney’s all-star film version of the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine musical, director Rob Marsha…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:20AM
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

James Corden’s Big Career Plan: Fail Miserably on Late Night TV, Get Back to Broadway Dream Roles ASAP by Paul Wontorek

James Corden is on the brink of real fame in America, with his stint as the host of CBS’ The Late Late Show scheduled to start on March 9, 2015. Sure, that’s fine and all, but wh…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:20PM
Thursday, November 6, 2014

Oh, Soph! Billy & Ray's Sophie von Haselberg on Growing Up With Bette, Craving TV & Her Five-Year Plan by Paul Wontorek

Age: 27—“But I turn 28 next week!" Hometown: Although she was born and spent a chunk of her childhood in Los Angeles, von Haselberg calls New York City home. Current R…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PM
Monday, October 6, 2014

Thumbs Up! Can-Can Has All the Makings of a Broadway Winner by Paul Wontorek

Stop waiting around for that Moulin Rouge! musical and check yourself into another bawdy Parisian nightclub currently winning over audiences in the unlikely locale of Millburn, New Jersey. W…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:39PM
Monday, June 23, 2014

Oh, What a (So-So) Weekend! Jersey Boys Movie Not a Chart Topper by Paul Wontorek

Clint Eastwood’s big-screen adaptation of the Broadway smash Jersey Boys brought in $13.5 million in its first weekend in multiplexes, landing in 4th place at the box office. Those num…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AM
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Bullets Oscar Winner Dianne Wiest is Happy to Let Marin Mazzie Be the Diva This Time Out! by Paul Wontorek

Helen Sinclair has finally landed on Broadway! And for Dianne Wiest, who won an Oscar when she brought the Jazz Age stage diva to life in Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway, that&rsqu…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:45PM
Saturday, March 29, 2014

A Broadway Baby for a Broadway Bombshell: Wicked and Smash Star Megan Hilty is Pregnant! by Paul Wontorek

Congrats (and happy birthday!) to Megan Hilty! The Broadway bombshell told Us Weekly that she's expecting her first child with hubby Brian Gallagher, leaking the news on March 29, her 33…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:10AM
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Who's Your Daddy? Norm Lewis on Starring Opposite Former Onstage Daughter Sierra Boggess in Phantom: 'Just Go with It' by Paul Wontorek

When we found out that Broadway heartthrob Norm Lewis had finally landed his dream role, the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera opposite his former Little Mermaid daughter Sierra Bogge…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:19PM

Les Miz Flag-Waver Kyle Scatliffe on Wearing the Vest, Cruising with Villains & Why He'd Make a Terrible Ninja by Paul Wontorek

Age: 27 Hometown: Westwood, NJ Current Role: Waving the flag as Enjolras, student revolutionary, in the Broadway revival of Les Miserables. Stage Cred: Coalhouse Walker in Ragtime i…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:52PM
Saturday, March 15, 2014

A Whole New Musical: StarKid Set to Make 54 Below Debut with Hit Aladdin Parody Twisted by Paul Wontorek

Got Aladdin fever? You're not alone! The acclaimed theater troupe StarKid are bringing a concert version of their hit musical parody Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier to 54 Bel…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:25PM
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Killing It! Five Musical Theater Roles We'd Pay to See Norman Bates (Yes, Norman Bates) Play by Paul Wontorek

We didn't expect Broadway to pop up on Bates Motel, but in the latest episode of A&E's brilliant Psycho prequel series, Norma Bates (Vera Fermiga) dragged troubled son Norman (SP…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:38PM
Thursday, March 6, 2014

Get Ready, 'New York, New York'! On the Town is Coming Back to Broadway! by Paul Wontorek

The classic New York City musical On the Town is coming back to Broadway. The revival will start performances in October 2014 at the newly-named Lyric Theatre, formerly the Foxwoods Theatre,…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PM
Monday, March 3, 2014

Watch Idina Menzel Jam to "Let It Go" on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Roots and Toy Instruments by Paul Wontorek

There wasn't an Adele Dazeem joke in sight when If/Then star Idina Menzel joined Jimmy Fallon and his band The Roots on The Tonight Show on March 3 for a (taped prior to the Oscars?) jam…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:52PM
Thursday, February 27, 2014

10 Photos That Prove Beaches: The Musical is Delivering All the Sass and Schmaltz We Love by Paul Wontorek

The musical Beaches is here (well, if "here" is Arlington, Virginia, where it's at the Signature Theatre through March 30), and based on these photos, it's delivering every…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:35PM
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Anna Kendrick: I Like Beer & Cheese So Stop Casting Me in Movie Musicals! by Paul Wontorek

Been dreaming up more movie musical roles for Anna Kendrick now that she's got Into the Woods and The Last Five Years in the can? Well, STOP DREAMING. Kendrick told Broadway.com at the F…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:37PM

Stars Jeremy Jordan & Anna Kendrick Snap a Selfie and Share Their Fave Scenes at VIP Screening of The Last Five Years by Paul Wontorek

Most of you reading this article are probably desperate to get your eyes on the feature film adaptation of the cult musical The Last Five Years, to fall in and out of love with stars An…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:38AM
Friday, February 21, 2014

Lea Michele as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl on Broadway! No, Really! Maybe Soon! by Paul Wontorek

Hey, did you know that Lea Michele wants to play Fanny Brice in Funny Girl on Broadway? Yeah, we thought so. The Glee star has definitely been vocal about her love of Barbra Streisand and…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:19PM

TV for Kazee! Tony Winner Steve Kazee Lands Role on ABC's Warriors by Paul Wontorek

Tony winner Steve Kazee has booked a TV gig. The former Broadway.com video blogger and Star of the Year will appear on the ABC military-themed medical pilot Warriors, according to TVLine. …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:45PM

Liam Neeson's Heartbreaking Memories of Natasha Richardson's Final Days by Paul Wontorek

Their love affair started on Broadway, when they sizzled onstage in Anna Christie in 1993. They went on to become a highly-respected married acting couple on the stage and screen, until she …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PM
Friday, February 7, 2014

Kristin Chenoweth on Returning to Glee, Romancing a Stormtrooper and Getting Back to Glinda Pink by Paul Wontorek

Between guest-starring on Glee, prepping for Carnegie Hall and falling in love, Broadway favorite Kristin Chenoweth has got a lot on her plate these days. But she’s still got time to s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:15PM
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Too Busy With Hedwig, Neil Patrick Harris Won't Return as Host of 2014 Tony Awards by Paul Wontorek

Neil Patrick Harris, who has won three Emmy Awards for hosting the Tony Awards in the past, won't be back to emcee the 2014 ceremony. Instead, he'll hopefully be on hand as a nominee…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:26AM
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Oscar Song Shocker: Academy Eliminates Nominee, Bringing Frozen and ‘Let It Go’ One Step Closer to Win by Paul Wontorek

Good news, Frozen fans! “Let It Go,” your soaring ice castle anthem, has one less song to beat to take home the Best Original Song Oscar on March 2. The board of governors of the…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:35AM
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

End of a Tail: Laura Osnes & Santino Fontana's Beloved Cinderella Pal Herman the Fish Dies by Paul Wontorek

Herman the Fish, the waterlogged backstage buddy to Cinderella stars Santino Fontana and Laura Osnes, has gone to the big fishbowl in the sky. As confirmed in the final episode of Osnes&rsqu…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:40PM
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

NBC Doesn't Save Sean Saves the World; Low-Rated Sean Hayes Sitcom Canned by Paul Wontorek

The bad news: NBC has sent Sean Saves the World packing. The low-rated Sean Hayes sitcom vehicle (the Broadway vet is both a producer and star) has been struggling to find an audience since …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06PM

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