Monday, February 10, 2025

Alex Joseph Grayson to Play Dallas Winston in Broadway's The Outsiders by Hayley Levitt

Alex Joseph Grayson will join the cast of the Tony-winning musical The Outsiders on February 28. He takes over the role of Greaser Dallas "Dally" Winston from Tony nominee Joshua Boone, w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:42AM

Alex Joseph Grayson Will Take Over as 'Dallas' in THE OUTSIDERS

Alex Joseph Grayson (Parade, Into the Woods) will begin performances as “Dallas Winston” on Friday, February 28th at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AM

Lea Salonga's Child Nic Chien Will Join His Mother in INTO THE WOODS in the Philippines

Lea Salonga's child, Nic Chien, will join his mom on stage in Into The Woods when the musical comes to the Philippines this summer. Chien will star as Jack, alongside his mother, Salonga, in…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:27AM
Friday, February 7, 2025

Friday 5: 5 Broadway Props by JK

If you think about it, the story of Into the Woods hinges on four central props: a cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, hair as yellow as corn, and a slipper as pure as gold. Broa…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:02AM
Friday, January 24, 2025

Bernadette Peters: Sondheim's muse by bwaySHO

Bernadette Peters makes her return to Broadway in Sondheim's Old Friends at MTC. She was one of Sondheim's main muses, creating many of the legendary productions together, such as Sunday i…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:05PM
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Lea Salonga and Arielle Jacobs to Star in Into the Woods in the Philippines by Darryn King

Lea Salonga and Arielle Jacobs are set to star in the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical Into the Woods in the Philippines. Salonga will play the Witch and Jacobs will play Cinderella in…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PM

Arielle Jacobs Will Star Alongside Lea Salonga in INTO THE WOODS in the Philippines

Arielle Jacobs has joined the cast of the upcoming production of Into The Woods in the Philippines, playing Cinderella. As previously announced, Lea Salonga will take on the role of The Witc…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:45AM
Sunday, January 19, 2025

Lea Salonga Will Star in INTO THE WOODS in the Philippines This Summer

Lea Salonga will make her return to the Philippine musical stage after six years in an all new production of Into the Woods from Theatre Group Asia. Learn more here!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:22PM

Elaine Paige on Sunday Hands the Queue 'Over to You' by Broadway.com

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige hands the playlist "Over to You" in her …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AM
Friday, January 17, 2025

Merle Louise Dies: Original ‘Gypsy’ Cast Member, Sondheim Favorite Was 90 by Greg Evans

Merle Louise, whose Broadway debut in the original cast of Gypsy launched a decades-long association with Stephen Sondheim that would include notable appearances in Company, Sweeney Todd and…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:32AM
Wednesday, January 15, 2025

OPINION: These Two INTO THE WOODS Potion Ingredients are Too Similar in Color by Broadway Beat

by Rocky Paterra. @rockypaterra. The cow as white as milk. The cape as red as blood. The hair as yellow as corn. The slipper as pure as...

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:00AM
Monday, January 13, 2025

At This Theatre: The Broadhurst by JK

At This Theatre: The Broadhurst Since it opened in 1917, the Broadhurst has rarely been without a booking. It opened on September 27th of that year with the original production of George Be…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:42AM
Thursday, January 2, 2025

National Symphony Orchestra Rings in the New Year with Sara Bareilles and Guests

In last Tuesday's Playbill.com, Andrew Gans writes, “Tony-nominated Waitress composer and recent Into the Woods star Sara Bareilles rings in the ...

SOURCE: Google at 11:18PM
Wednesday, December 11, 2024

At This Theatre: The Al Hirschfeld by JK

At This Theatre: The Al Hirschfeld On November 11, the Al Hirschfeld Theatre turned 100 years old! Back then, it was known as the Martin Beck Theatre, and it stayed that way until June 21, …

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:54AM
Thursday, November 28, 2024

Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale! by JK

Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale! Happy Holidays, readers and fellow Broadway Collectors! Starting today and through Monday, December 2nd, ALL of our Playbills and Lights of Broadway Cards…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:48AM
Thursday, November 14, 2024

[Now Playing] Sutton Foster in Once Upon A Mattress - Ahmanson Theatre by Center Theatre Group

DIRECT FROM BROADWAY STARRING MUSICAL THEATRE LEGEND SUTTON FOSTER Musical theatre legend Sutton Foster (The Drowsy Chaperone, The Music Man) returns to the Ahmanson Theatre (Los Angeles,CA…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:23PM
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

East West Players presents “Pacific Overtures” by Terry Morgan

One of the things I most admire about the work of Stephen Sondheim is that he actively tried new things within the musical format. He certainly set himself technical challenges, such as tell…

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:42PM
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Review: Maybe Happy Ending by JK

Review of the Friday, November 8, 2024 preview performance at the Belasco Theatre in New York City. Starring Darren Criss, Helen J. Shen, Marcus Choi, Dez Duron and HwaBoon. Music by Will Ar…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 02:24PM
Friday, November 8, 2024

“AUGUST” HEAT by Ron Fassler

Estelle Parsons as Violet Weston in “August: Osage Country” (2008).November 8, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler In New York City this week, an unseasonably warm Novemb…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 10:06AM
Monday, November 4, 2024

[Coming Soon] Sutton Foster in Once Upon A Mattress - Ahmanson Theatre by Center Theatre Group

DIRECT FROM BROADWAY STARRING MUSICAL THEATRE LEGEND SUTTON FOSTER Musical theatre legend Sutton Foster (The Drowsy Chaperone, The Music Man) returns to the Ahmanson Theatre (Los Angeles,CA…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:14PM

A STIRRING “RAGTIME” FOR OUR TROUBLED TIMES by Ron Fassler

The company of “Ragtime” at City Center (photo by Joan Marcus).November 4, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Last June, as I exited the City Center Encores! production …

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 05:15PM
Thursday, October 31, 2024

Ragtime Highlights With Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz by TheaterMania

Winner of four Tony Awards in 1998, Ragtime follows three fictional families in pursuit of the American Dream at the turn of the 20th century: Black pianist Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Joshua He…

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:48PM
Wednesday, October 30, 2024

With Ragtime, Director Lear deBessonet Unpacks the ‘Grief’ and ‘Beauty’ of the American Dream by Joey Sims

Can Ragtime, a turn-of-the-20th-century story, help us collectively make sense of the fractures in America’s 21st-century society? Lear deBessonet—Tony-nominated director of Into the Woo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AM
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Bedtime Fairy Tales: A Review of Kokandy’s “Into the Woods” at The Chopin Studio Theatre by Mary Wisniewski

There is magic in the setting for Kokandy Productions’ fine and intimate telling of Stephen Sondheim’s 1986 musical “Into the Woods”—a tale of wishes, spells and deadly danger.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Thursday, October 24, 2024

Theatre Review: ‘Into the Woods’ at Vagabond Players by Pamela Steinik

As we find out in the Tony Award-winning “Into the Woods” by Vagabond Players, the seemingly peaceful woods are not what they appear and a cast of fairytale characters aren’t exactly l…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:49AM
Thursday, October 10, 2024

Tony Award Winner Joanna Gleason and Jeanine Serralles to Star in Joshua Harmon’s We Had a World by Darryn King

Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason and Drama Desk Award nominee Jeanine Serralles will star in the Manhattan Theatre Club world premiere of Tony Award nominee Joshua Harmon's We Had a World. …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PM

Peek Inside Rehearsal of A Beautiful Noise on Tour with Nick Fradiani, Robert Westenberg and More by Broadway.com

A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical is making its way across the country in its first national tour. Nick Fradiani, who led the biomusical on Broadway for over a year-and-a-half, i…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:12AM
Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Theatre Review: ‘Sondheim Tribute Revue’ at Creative Cauldron by Teniola Ayoola

The set unfolds in a whimsical setting, picking up where “Into the Woods” leaves off. It features Margie Jervis’ tree stencil design adorned with musical notes, and a climber plant of …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:01PM
Monday, September 30, 2024

Broadway Mourns Its Beloved Gavin Creel: “We Lost Our Prince”; Bette Midler, Casey Likes Among Those Paying Tribute by Greg Evans

REFRESH FOR UPDATES: Today’s shocking news of the cancer death of stage star Gavin Creel has left Broadway reeling and in deep mourning. “We lost our prince,” wrote New York City Cente…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:12PM

Gavin Creel, Tony Winner and Star of ‘Hair,’ ‘Hello, Dolly,’ ‘Into the Woods’ and More, Dies at 48 by Jordan Moreau

Gavin Creel, a Tony-winning Broadway star who appeared in “Hair,” “Hello, Dolly,” “Into the Woods” and more, died Monday at his home in Manhattan of metastatic melanotic peripher…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:03PM

Gavin Creel, Tony-Award Winning Actor From ‘Hair’ and ‘Hello, Dolly!,’ Dies at 48 by Caitlin Huston

Broadway actor Gavin Creel died Monday at the age of 48.  The Tony Award-winning star, known for his leading roles in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Hair, Hello Dolly! and the recent revival of …

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:56PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime