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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Ashley Loren and Christian Douglas to Star in Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway by Beth Stevens

Ashley Loren and Christian Douglas will take over the roles of Satine and Christian in Moulin Rouge! The Musical beginning July 22 at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre. They join the compan…

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Monday, June 9, 2025

2025 Tony Awards Scores Best TV Ratings Since 2019 and Highest Streaming Numbers Ever by Beth Stevens

Broadway’s biggest night brought in big numbers. The 78th Annual Tony Awards, hosted by Tony winner and Wicked movie star Cynthia Erivo and broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18PM
Sunday, June 8, 2025

Purpose’s Kara Young Makes Tony Awards History with Back-to-Back Wins by Beth Stevens

Kara Young has made Broadway history with her second consecutive Tony Award win. She earned Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Purpose, becoming the first Black performer…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54PM
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

It’s Showtime Again! Beetlejuice to Haunt Broadway in the Fall; Tickets Now on Sale by Beth Stevens

He said it three times and now he’s back! The chaos-loving ghost at the center of Beetlejuice has unfinished business on Broadway. The first national tour of the hit musical, based on Tim …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PM

It’s Showtime Again! Beetlejuice to Haunt Broadway in the Fall by Beth Stevens

He said it three times and now he’s back! The chaos-loving ghost at the center of Beetlejuice has unfinished business on Broadway. The first national tour of the hit musical, based on Tim …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:32AM
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

25 Tony Awards Moments That Made Us Gasp, Cheer and Do the Worm by Beth Stevens

To celebrate Broadway.com’s 25th anniversary, we’ve gathered the Tony Awards moments from the past quarter century that stuck with us long after the credits rolled. From surprise victori…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PM
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Dead Outlaw’s Julia Knitel on Tarot, Tony Nods and ‘Woo Woo’ Timing by Beth Stevens

Age: 32 Hometown: Fair Lawn, New Jersey Current Role: Julia Knitel takes on a chameleonic part in Dead Outlaw, a musical based on the true story of Elmer McCurdy, an early 20th-century out…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:32PM
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Alana Arenas on Her Broadway Debut in Purpose, Making an Entrance and Bunny Dreams by Beth Stevens

Age: "My age? To quote Claudine in the play…” [covers her mouth and whispers something we can’t quite catch, then laughs.] Current Role: Alana Arenas is making her Broadway debut as…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PM
Friday, April 4, 2025

Whitney White’s Booked and Busy Year: Directing Adrienne Warren and Nick Jonas in The Last Five Years and Premiering Liberation by Beth Stevens

“Moving too fast,” Jamie sings in The Last Five Years—and it’s not a bad way to describe Whitney White’s current pace. A rising force in American theater, White is a director, writ…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM

Inside the Black-and-White Ball: Photos of George Clooney and Good Night, and Good Luck’s A-List-Filled Broadway Opening by Beth Stevens

Under the grand arches of the New York Public Library, Broadway rolled out the red carpet for the splashy, starry opening-night party of Good Night, and Good Luck. The landmark venue played …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:24PM
Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Ali Louis Bourzgui and Myra Molloy Join Broadway’s Hadestown as Orpheus And Eurydice by Beth Stevens

Spring may be in full bloom, but two new stars are heading way down underground. Broadway’s Hadestown is welcoming Ali Louis Bourzgui and Myra Molloy in the roles of Orpheus and Eurydice,…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PM
Friday, March 21, 2025

Andrew Burnap Leaps from Snow White’s Fairy Tale to Othello’s Tragedy by Beth Stevens

Andrew Burnap is having a career-defining week, transitioning seamlessly from Disney fantasy to Shakespearean tragedy. Having finished his duties as Jonathan in the live-action Snow White, t…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AM
Monday, December 30, 2024

Linda Lavin, Tony Winner and Star of TV’s Alice, Dies at 87 by Beth Stevens

Linda Lavin, the warm and witty actress known for her lead role in the 1970s sitcom Alice and for her Tony-winning performance in Broadway Bound, died on December 29 in Los Angeles. She was …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PM
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck Is a Passion Project Rooted in Family Legacy by Beth Stevens

When George Clooney directed Good Night, and Good Luck in 2005, it was much more than just another film—it was a deeply personal endeavor. Set in the 1950s, the movie tells the story of th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:02PM
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Reaching for the Stars: Emmy Rossum and Zoë Winters Explore the Tensions of Family and Future in Walden by Beth Stevens

In the not-so-distant future, the boundaries between Earth and the cosmos are tested in Walden, a new play by Amy Berryman currently in previews and opening at Second Stage’s Tony Kiser Th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PM
Friday, October 11, 2024

Shaina Taub's Suffs to End Its Broadway Campaign in January by Beth Stevens

Shaina Taub's Suffs has set its closing date. The show, which won two 2024 Tony Awards for Taub's original book and score, will play its final performance at the Music Box Theatre on Janua…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:06PM
Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Orfeh Is Joining Broadway's Chicago as Matron 'Mama' Morton for Limited Engagement by Beth Stevens

Chicago is getting a new Keeper of the Keys! Golden-voiced Broadway star Orfeh is joining the cast of the long-running hit musical Chicago, beginning on August 26. The performer, perhaps bes…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AM
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s Here Lies Love Sets Broadway Closing Date by Beth Stevens

 Here Lies Love, the disco-flavored musical that examines the life of of Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines, as well as the rise of her husband, President Ferdinand Marcos, will …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PM
Thursday, October 26, 2023

Exclusive! See Wicked Stars Alyssa Fox and McKenzie Kurtz Sing ‘For Good’ on The Broadway Show by Beth Stevens

We do believe we have all been changed for the better by Wicked. To celebrate 20 years of the musical on Broadway, stars Alyssa Fox and McKenzie Kurtz headed to our studio to sing the song …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:43AM
Friday, December 9, 2022

Jordan E. Cooper's Ain't No Mo Sets Closing Date on Broadway by Beth Stevens

Jordan E. Cooper's Ain't No Mo' will play its final Broadway performance on December 18. The play, which stars the playwright and was directed by Stevie Walker-Webb, began performances at…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:48PM
Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Be a Part of It! New Kander & Ebb Musical New York, New York to Open on Broadway in the Spring by Beth Stevens

Start spreading the news! New York, New York, a new musical by the legendary songwriting team of John Kander and Fred Ebb, is coming to Broadway. The musical, inspired by the 1977 MGM film w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:55AM
Friday, September 9, 2022

Stephen McKinley Henderson and Off-Broadway Cast Reunite for Between Riverside and Crazy on Broadway by Beth Stevens

Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Between Riverside and Crazy will reunite its acclaimed off-Broadway cast. The production, directed by Austin Pendleton will begin previews on N…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:13PM
Thursday, July 7, 2022

Almost Famous Finds Broadway Home and Shifts Dates for Fall Bow by Beth Stevens

Almost Famous has found its Broadway home. The new musical, which is based on the 2000 film of the same, will play the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre with performances beginning on October 3. Op…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PM

Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope to Star as Warhol and Basquiat in The Collaboration on Broadway by Beth Stevens

Four-time Oscar-nominated writer Anthony McCarten's The Collaboration is coming to Broadway. The production,, which had its world premiere at London’s Young Vic Theatre earlier this year, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PM
Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Tony Nominee Kenita R. Miller and Justin Hicks Welcome First Child by Beth Stevens

Kenita R. Miller, 2022 Tony nominee for her performance in for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, and husband Justin Hicks have welcomed their first child. N…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PM
Monday, January 17, 2022

Jonathan Freeman, Aladdin's Original Jafar, on the Joy of Getting Audiences to Hate You by Beth Stevens

In the corporate world, employees leaving a job are often asked to sit through an exit interview with HR about their time at the company. That concept doesn’t exist for Broadway performers…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:48AM
Monday, September 20, 2021

New Musical Comedy Mrs. Doubtfire Confirms Cast for Broadway Return by Beth Stevens

Mrs. Doubtfire, the new musical comedy based on the 1993 hit movie of the same name, has confirmed casting for its return to Broadway. Tony nominee Rob McClure will lead the company in the …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM

Dear Evan Hansen Announces Stars for Broadway, West End and National Touring Productions by Beth Stevens

The returning casts for three productions of Dear Evan Hansen have been announced, and each of them feature the actors who were performing the title role in March 2020 at the time of the shu…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM
Friday, September 17, 2021

See Beanie Feldstein, Amy Schumer and More in the Trailer for the The Humans Movie by Beth Stevens

Get ready for an unsettling Thanksgiving with the trailer for the film version of Stephen Karam's 2016 Tony-winning play The Humans. Written and directed by Karam, the A24 film, which just t…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:48PM

Watch Hadestown Stars Offer Up an Electrifying Performance of 'Way Down Hadestown' by Beth Stevens

Times Square went to hell on September 17 as the cast of Hadestown offered a rousing performance of "Way Down Hadestown" on Good Morning America. The Tony-winning musical, which returned to …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:48PM

Yas, Queens! Watch the Stars of Broadway's Six Sing 'Ex-Wives' by Beth Stevens

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon got a royal visit on September 16 when the queens of Broadway’s Six performed “Ex-Wives." Six stars Adrianna Hicks as Catherine of Aragon, Andre…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PM