Tuesday, August 26, 2025
What you don’t know – or don’t remember – about SWEENEY TODD could fill a book. Rick Pender has proved that by writing Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: Behind the Bloody Musical Ma…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 06:00AMTuesday, August 19, 2025
The Golden Girls' Broadway Connection
Lately, I've been enjoying a binge watch of The Golden Girls which is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary!
As I've been watching, it strik…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:03AMFriday, August 15, 2025
Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit (Moulin Rouge!), Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele (Funny Girl), and Nicholas Christopher (Sweeney Todd), stars of the upcoming revival of CHESS recently stopped b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMWednesday, August 6, 2025
The Fantastic Four cast isn't afraid to dream big. During a recent interview with IMDb for the new Marvel film, cast members Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMMonday, August 4, 2025
What was Mrs. Lovett’s life like before she met Sweeney Todd? I thought immediately of the moment she decided to start baking her pies using an unprecedented ingredient, thus turning th…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:02AMFriday, August 1, 2025
★★★★ TOP HAT, CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE Lovely to look at, but don't think too much
Glitz and glamour in revived dance show based on Fred and Ginger's movie
After 76 years, you�…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:12AMWednesday, July 30, 2025
One Performance Wonders:
The Moony Shapiro Songbook
It was an article on Playbill.com about Brenda Pressley joining the cast of 2025's Tony-winning Best Play, Purpose that put this show b…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:36AMTuesday, July 29, 2025
Infectious, deliriously feelgood melodies. Beachy, summery, Greek island vibes. Total romantic chaos. That’s right: the ABBA musical Mamma Mia! is back on Broadway.
Grant Reynolds plays…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AMWednesday, July 23, 2025
Tony Award winner Thomas Kail (Hamilton, Sweeney Todd) in partnership with television and film star Busy Philipps (“Busy This Week”, Mean Girls), in her stage producing debut, have joine…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMTuesday, July 22, 2025
Pen Pals Off-Broadway has revealed new additions to the rotating cast: Sharna Burgess (“Dancing with the Stars,” Regional: Esther) and Paige Davis (“Trading Spaces,” Boeing-Boeing on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMTuesday, July 15, 2025
It’s a game. It’s a battlefield. It’s a musical with, ahem, a checkered past. Yes, it’s Chess—and it’s coming to Broadway for the first time since 1988.
The revival, starring Aa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMIn honor of the movies She’s All That, Pitch Perfect 2, and The Little Mermaid, The Skivvies (Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley) perform a medley all about kissing.
Songs include: Kiss Me (S…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:34PMSaturday, July 12, 2025
The Great Gatsby's Samantha Pollino is taking over our Instagram today! Follow along here as Pollino takes our Instagram followers backstage at the hit Broadway musical. Tune in to see the d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03AMThe Library of Congress' new collection includes more than 5,000 items from the Broadway legend, including ideas for Sweeney Todd lyrics and notes for Glynis Johns as she sang "Send in the C…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:54AMFriday, July 11, 2025
If I said, "rolling pin and chaste silver razor" or "a cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, hair as yellow as corn, a slipper as pure as gold," you'd probably know right away what B…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:32AMTuesday, July 8, 2025
Watch highlights from Guys and Dolls, now running at Ogunquit Playhouse through July 19, 2025. The star-studded production is directed and choreographed by Emmy Award winner Al Blackstone. T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMWednesday, July 2, 2025
Now running at Ogunquit Playhouse is Guys and Dolls, which continues through July 19, 2025. The production is directed and choreographed by Emmy Award winner Al Blackstone. Watch a new video…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMTuesday, July 1, 2025
Jordan Fisher is an in-demand leading man, having done back-to-back Broadway roles in Sweeney Todd, Hadestown, and now, Moulin Rouge! Plus he did Urinetown at New York City Center for two we…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:06PMFriday, June 27, 2025
Now running at Ogunquit Playhouse is Guys and Dolls, which continues through July 19, 2025. The production is directed and choreographed by Emmy Award winner Al Blackstone.
Leading the cast …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMWednesday, June 25, 2025
Items from “Into the Woods,” “Company,” “Sweeney Todd” and more will be enshrined in the archive.
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 02:29PMThe musical theater titan left behind material from beloved shows like “Sweeney Todd” and “Sunday in the Park With George.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:32AMStephen Sondheim’s vast catalogue of work has been acquired for preservation by the Library of Congress. The collection has approximately 5,000 items such as manuscripts, notebooks, musics…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMTuesday, June 24, 2025
This afternoon, it was announced that the first-ever Broadway revival of CHESS will play at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, beginning performances Wednesday, October 15, 2025, and officially …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:54PMGet a first look at Ogunquit Playhouse's production of Guys and Dolls, which runs through July 19, 2025. The production is directed and choreographed by Emmy Award winner Al Blackstone.
Lead…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMWednesday, June 18, 2025
Frank “Fraver” Verlizzo, the preeminent theater poster designer whose iconic imagery defined decades of Broadway hits, is taking center stage in a new creative endeavor. Verlizzo, renown…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:24AMWednesday, June 11, 2025
Frank “Fraver” Verlizzo, the theater poster designer whose imagery defined decades of Broadway hits, has released a new novel. Verlizzo, known for his poster designs for the original Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMMonday, June 2, 2025
Pride meets prohibition at Joe’s Pub this June 17 with THE BIG GAY SPEAKEASY — a one-night-only theatrical fundraiser celebrating LGBTQ+ history through music, joy, and resistance. Showt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMThursday, May 29, 2025
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 29, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours:
Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele & Nicho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02AMWednesday, May 28, 2025
Chess, the ABBA-scored musical set set around a Cold War-era chess tournament, will return to Broadway in a revival directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer and choreographed by Lorin Lat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:48AMIt's official! As BroadwayWorld first reported last week, Chess is coming back to Broadway. Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit (Moulin Rouge), Emmy Award nominee Lea Michele (Funny Girl) and Nich…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMThe Pip with Pizzazz is returning to Broadway — Lea Michele will star in the long-rumored “Chess” revival as Florence Vassy. She will be joined by Tony Award winner Aaron Tveit (“Mou…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM