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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

A Knight's Tale: The Musical, World Premiere Set for 2025 by TheaterMania

A stage musical version of the 2001 Heath Ledger-Paul Bettany film A Knight's Tale will have its world premiere in April 2025 at the Manchester Opera House in England. Based on the Columbi…

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Monday, July 15, 2024

Scenes from Les Misérables at the Muny in St. Louis by TheaterMania

Running June 17-23, Les Miz starred John Riddle (Frozen) as Jean Valjean, Jordan Donica (Camelot) as Javert, Teal Wicks (Wicked) as Fantine, Red Concepción (Chicago) as Thénardier, Jade Jo…

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Disney's The Little Mermaid - Scenes from the Muny Production in St. Louis by TheaterMania

Savy Jackson (Bad Cinderella) stars as Ariel, alongside Michael Maliakel (Aladdin) as Prince Eric, Nicole Parker (Wicked) as Ursula, Christopher Sieber (Shrek) as Chef Louis, Ben Davis (La B…

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Scenes from Dreamgirls at The Muny in St. Louis by TheaterMania

Running June 27-July 3, Dreamgirls at the Muny featured Tiffany Mann (Be More Chill) as Effie Melody White, Aisha Jackson (Frozen) as Deena Jones, Courtnee Carter (Once on This Island) as Lo…

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Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Scenes From Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, the new Jason Robert Brown / Taylor Mac Musical by TheaterMania

This new musical inspired by John Berendt's classic is currently running at the Goodman Theatre.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Swept Away Teaser by TheaterMania

One hell of an adventure comes to Broadway this Fall.

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Thursday, June 6, 2024

Creating a Chosen Broadway Musical Family Based on S.E. Hinton's Beloved The Outsiders by TheaterMania

Tony nominated stars Sky Lakota-Lynch and Justin Boone, director Danya Taymor, and more tell us about building a new vocabulary on Broadway with their musical version of The Outsiders.

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How Justin Peck Turned Sufjan Stevens's Illinois Into a Tony-Nominated Folk Ballet by TheaterMania

Sufjan Stevens's album Illinois is a landmark album for a lot of elder millennials — and director/choreographer Justin Peck is no different. With writer Jackie Sibblies Drury, Peck turned …

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What Advice Do You Have for First Time Tony Award Nominees? by TheaterMania

Past Tony nominees Shoshana Bean, Brian d'Arcy James, Roger Bart, and Rick Elice share memorable advice for this year's first-time Tony nominees, including why you shouldn't mix vitamin C an…

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Who Are You Excited to Rub Shoulders With at This Year's Tony Awards (Rachel McAdams) by TheaterMania

Nominees including Jocelyn Bioh, Whitney White, and Sky Lakota-Lynch tell us who they're most excited to meet: Rachel McAdams. Check it out.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Will Butler, Amber Gray, John Gallagher Jr. Sing "Masquerade" from Stereophonic in Concert by TheaterMania

Tony Award nominated composer Will Butler announced from the stage at The Bowery Electric, that the hit Broadway play and the most Tony Award-nominated play of all time, Stereophonic by Davi…

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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Audra McDonald - GYPSY - Teaser by TheaterMania

Six-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald will return to Broadway this fall, taking on what is widely regarded as the greatest role in musical theatre, “Rose” in GYPSY.

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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

The Making of David Adjmi's Stereophonic, the Most Tony-Nominated Broadway Play in History by TheaterMania

For years, playwright David Adjmi, director Daniel Aukin, songwriter Will Butler, sound designer Ryan Rumery, and costume designer Enver Chakartash have been developing Stereophonic, a drama…

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Stranger Things: The First Shadow - Trailer for the Hit West End Production by TheaterMania

Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper’s car won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’t take his radio show seriously and Joyce Maldonado just wants to grad…

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Theater Gone Wrong: Sarah Paulson's Off-Broadway Costume Debacle by TheaterMania

In an off-Broadway play called Still Life, 2024 Tony Award nominee Sarah Paulson once discovered that she had a bit of a costume dilemma. How did she solve this issue? Find out in this new e…

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Monday, May 20, 2024

Jennifer Simard, Megan Hilty, and Christopher Sieber in a Scene From Death Becomes Her by TheaterMania

Watch a short clip from this new musical version of the iconic film, now premiering in Chicago.

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

You're a 2024 Tony Award Nominee! How Do You Feel? by TheaterMania

Lives changed on the morning of April 30, when a group of Broadway artists suddenly became able to add the prefix "Tony Award nominee" to their names. A couple days later, when the Tony clas…

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Jeremy Jordan and Frances Mayli McCann in Bonnie & Clyde, Streaming in June by TheaterMania

The professionally shot concert film Bonnie & Clyde the Musical: Filmed Live, starring Jeremy Jordan and Frances Mayli McCann, will begin streaming on demand world wide beginning Monday, Jun…

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How Lempicka Stars Amber Iman and Eden Espinosa Found Out About Their Tony Award Nominations by TheaterMania

Some people want to be alone. Amber Iman and Eden Espinosa thought that. Then they realized the pressure was too much. Here, the stars of @LempickaMusical tell us about how they found out th…

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Friday, April 26, 2024

Montage: Scenes from Justin Peck and Sufjan Stevens's Illinoise on Broadway by TheaterMania

A full company of performers brings the original story to life, set to the entirety of Stevens’ album with new arrangements by composer, pianist, and frequent Stevens collaborator Timo And…

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Montage: Shaina Taub's Musical Suffs on Broadway by TheaterMania

Following a sold-out, extended run at The Public Theater, Suffs arrives on Broadway next spring — and not a moment too soon. From the singular mind of Shaina Taub, this “remarkable, epic…

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Melanie La Barrie and Jon Jon Briones on the Challenges of Playing Hermes in Hadestown by TheaterMania

Anaïs Mitchell’s Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical Hadestown is currently lighting up both sides of the Atlantic, enjoying a record-breaking run at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York…

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Montage: Rachel McAdams Makes Broadway Debut in Amy Herzog's Mary Jane by TheaterMania

Academy Award nominee Rachel McAdams stars in the Broadway premiere of MARY JANE, written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog (4000 Miles, the recent Tony-nominated adaptation of A Doll’…

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Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox, and The Wiz Cast Take Opening-Night Bows by TheaterMania

This groundbreaking twist on The Wizard of Oz changed the face of Broadway—from its iconic score packed with soul, gospel, rock, and finger-snapping 70s funk to its stirring tale of Doroth…

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Leslie Odom Jr. and Kara Young in a Scene From Purlie Victorious by TheaterMania

Purlie Victorious is a comedy about a Black preacher’s scheme to reclaim his inheritance and win back his church from a plantation owner. Written by Kennedy Center honoree Ossie Davis with…

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"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" from Sting Ballet Message in a Bottle by TheaterMania

Initially inspired by Sting’s “Desert Rose” and including “Every Breath You Take,” “Roxanne,” “Fields of Gold,” and 23 more of the artist’s most beloved songs, this dance…

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Trailer for Broadway's Alicia Keys Musical Hell's Kitchen by TheaterMania

That’s Hell’s Kitchen, a new musical created by 15-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys that’s about to make Broadway feel brand new. In the mid 90’s, in an apartment high above the…

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Trailer for Patriots on Broadway, Starring Michael Stuhlbarg and Will Keen by TheaterMania

In 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union, the new Russia belongs to its oligarchs — and no one is more powerful than billionaire Boris Berezovsky. When an eventual successor to Presiden…

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Steve Carell, Anika Noni Rose, Alfred Molina, and More in Uncle Vanya on Broadway by TheaterMania

The Lincoln Center Theater production of Anton Chekhov’s UNCLE VANYA, with a new version by Heidi Schreck and directed by Lila Neugebauer is currently in previews and will open Wednesday, …

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

The Outsiders on Broadway: First Footage of the New Musical by TheaterMania

ased on the S.E. Hinton young adult novel about a circle of working-class Tulsa “greasers” and their encounters with the bourgeois “socs” of the south side, The Outsiders is currentl…

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

Stereophonic Broadway "Masquerade" Music Video by TheaterMania

Direct from its smash hit world premiere engagement at Playwrights Horizons, David Adjmi’s Stereophonic is directed by Daniel Aukin and features songs by Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fi…

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