Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Ready to bring their A-list talent to an unprecedented primetime event, Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige — multi-award winners, giants of the recording industry and stars of both the small …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:51PMJames Lecesne’s solo performance piece, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, opened last night at at the Westside Theatre. Directed by Tony Speciale with original music by Dunca…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:51AMFriday, July 24, 2015
Things will be getting devilishly creepy on Broadway in 2016. The producers of the new musical American Psycho are pleased to announce the show will make its Broadway premiere this season wi…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:03PMThursday, July 23, 2015
It’s been a decade since “Full House” aired its final television episode, but have no fear—the Tanner Family is coming to Toronto on August 18 and New York City on Septe…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:25PMThe Broadway community mourns the loss of acclaimed performer Theodore Bikel, who passed away on July 21, 2015 at age 91. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in his…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:56AMWednesday, July 22, 2015
Broadway Blog founder Thomas Mizer has co-authored Triangle, a new musical making its premiere at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. The road to producing a commercially viable musical isn’t…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:57PMTuesday, July 21, 2015
Tuck Everlasting, the new musical based on Natalie Babbitt’s beloved best-selling novel of the same name, will play Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre (235 West 44th Street) this spring with …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:03AMMonday, July 20, 2015
All good things must eventually end. Seen by over 45 million people around the world, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ global smash hit musical Mamma Mia!, is celebrating over …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:46PMSaturday, July 18, 2015
John Newton is not your average protagonist for a musical. The British sailor worked for many years in the slave trade, and it was only after a tumultuous storm at sea did he begin to questi…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 06:52PMWednesday, July 15, 2015
Every third Wednesday of the month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer fills out editor Matthew Wexler’s nosey little questionnaire and offers a glimpse of what he looks like from a bit closer…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:16AMMonday, July 13, 2015
by Jim Gladstone “We’re asking folks to share programs,” explained an usher distributing black-and-white photocopies to the patrons who only filled up about a quarter of the 1000-plus …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:06AMSunday, July 12, 2015
by Alex Robinson Nearly 30 years after their award-winning Broadway debut, the comedy/magic duo of Penn & Teller have returned to the Great White Way for a third time in their latest sho…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:09PMRoger Rees, the legendary, Tony Award-winning actor, and Tony Award nominated director, passed away on July 10, 2015 at his home in New York City, after a brief journey with cancer. His hu…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:32AMFriday, July 10, 2015
Broadway’s brightest talent will gather on Monday, July 20, for Broadway Stands Up For Freedom, a celebratory event in honor of the recent Supreme Court victory for the freedom to marry. P…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:00PMThursday, July 9, 2015
by Samuel L. Leiter First: a few background words on this show’s evolution. In the years following the end of America’s postwar occupation of Japan (1952), a steady stream of movies and …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:04PMHave you been following the latest news about Patti LuPone’s now legendary digital dilemma at a recent performance of Shows For Days? CLICK HERE for details!
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:44PMWednesday, July 8, 2015
When the techies from Google, Yahoo!, and Intuit get a hankering for some musical theater, they turn to TheatreWorks, which welcomes upwards of 100,000 patrons each year. The company kicks …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:50AMTuesday, July 7, 2015
American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copeland will make her Broadway debut as ‘Ivy Smith’ in On The Town this summer for 12 performances only from August 25 – Septemb…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:21PMMonday, July 6, 2015
Summer sizzles as Broadway and beyond heats up with new productions and some old favorites. Here’s what The Broadway Blog recommends this month… Penn & Teller on Broadway For 40 year…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:52AMSaturday, July 4, 2015
Fireworks may light up the sky tonight, but July 4th also gives us the opportunity to reflect on some of our favorite patriotic musicals… take a look! 1776 It doesn’t get much mo…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:58PMThursday, July 2, 2015
Broadway Barks announces their 17th annual star-studded dog and cat adoption event to benefit New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies. Founded by Bernadette Peters and Mary …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:12PMTuesday, June 30, 2015
by Samuel L. Leiter A group of disparate people gathering for a weekend at a country or beach house—what a lovely idea for a play! At least that’s what writers as gifted as Noël Coward …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:06PMby Mark Lingenfelter Want more Broadway Blog? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! The most captivating aspect of the current Broadway production of An American in Paris is the sum of its p…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:27AMSunday, June 28, 2015
In honor of the Supreme Court’s historic decision to give marriage equality to all, It Shoulda Been You is inviting everyone to celebrate love and equality with buy-one, get-one-free tic…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:10AMSaturday, June 27, 2015
by Mark Lingenfelter The Broadway by the Year concert series at Town Hall is, in many ways, an embarrassment of riches. It’s an evening of musical theater songs introduced with a healthy d…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:13AMFriday, June 26, 2015
by Jim Gladstone San Francisco’s newest performance space—the American Conservatory Theater’s sleek Strand Theater—debuted last week with a bracing production of Caryl Churchill’s …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:38AMWednesday, June 24, 2015
Do you need your summer fix of the brightest Broadway and Hollywood talent? Voices for the Voiceless: Stars for Foster Kids will raise awareness about the plight of kids in foster care, part…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:21PMTuesday, June 23, 2015
Is Broadway ready for Marilyn Monroe? Following the well-received Actors Fund benefit that featured the music of Bombshell from the NBC television series Smash, Universal Stage Productions h…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:45AMMonday, June 22, 2015
by Jim Gladstone After a year of sporadic workshops, The Wong Street Journal—a solo work by the enormously talented agitprop performer Kristina Wong—had its official world premiere in a …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:25PMFriday, June 19, 2015
by Samuel L. Leiter Last autumn, New York theatergoers had the rare opportunity to witness Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine; now, another of that infrequently revived Elizabethan playwrig…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:09PMThursday, June 18, 2015
We’re offering you a special edition of Theater Buff this month, as Broadway Bares celebrates its 25th spectacular edition of raising funds and awareness for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights …
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