Bernadette Peters News

Experience the magic of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST presented by Vanguard University's award-winning theatre arts department.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 3, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Listen to Bernadette Peters as she shares which Sondheim role she would like to play and more in a new interview in which she talks about Sweeney Todd, her past work and more!

Lizzy & the Triggermen, a 10-piece jazz band helmed by Lizzy Shapiro, delights in infusing swing era music with a modern sound – “Duke Ellington meets Amy Winehouse,” as Shapiro describes it. They’ll be making a stop at Joe’s Pub for a double-header on April 6th. Shapiro and I spoke about the upcoming show, the origins of the band, and more.

54 BELOW will welcome Broadway and West End star Gavin Lee on June 14 & 15 at 7pm. Learn how to purchase tickets.

On April 29, 2024, Signature Theatre will honor icon of stage and screen Nathan Lane with the company’s thirteenth Stephen Sondheim Award. Learn more!

MTI Concert Dance will license choreographed works from well-known choreographers across many genres of dance. For its launch, MTI has partnered with The Robbins Rights Trust to exclusively license the entire ballet repertory of the legendary Jerome Robbins.

This time, the reader question was: How often is a musical revived on Broadway directed by its original director?

In this video, Christian Borle sings 'Chip on My Shoulder' from LEGALLY BLONDE on the Broadway Cruise, while discussing a failed audition for Stanley Tucci, his famous Ebay commercial, and more!

MPAC's May lineup features Bernadette Peters, Buddy Guy, Lyle Lovett and Lisa Loeb and more. See the full lineup here!

No matter your preference, your favorite Sondheim shows will be represented in Theo Ubique's latest cabaret revue, which is as much an informative crash course in the composer's oeuvre as it is a heartfelt memorial to his rich life and lasting legacy. The production runs through April 28 at Theo's performance space in Evanston.

In its 10th year, more than 100 talented young NYC public school theatre artists will make their Broadway debuts in The 2024 Shubert Foundation High School Theatre Festival. See who is taking part!

Last night, March 18, David Lawrence, the Emmy nominated son of Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé, and Tony Award winner Debbie Gravitte, celebrated the musical legacy of Steve & Eydie with “A Toast To Steve & Eydie,” a one-night-only event at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall. Check out photos here!

The 2024 theatre awards season is quickly approaching, and keeping track of all of the important dates for the many ceremonies and their corresponding nomination announcements is no easy feat. BroadwayWorld has all of the details!

Originally written and produced by Team Starkid (of A Very Potter Musical fame), The Trail to Oregon! parodies the video game The Oregon Trail, which follows a pioneer family on their journey westward to make a new life for themselves. Described as “hilarious and ‘edu-macational’ musical comedy,” the audience chooses the characters’ names at each show and making the decision of which family member succumbs to dysentery on the way to the Pacific Northwest.

Birdland has announced that singer/actress Linda Purl, joined with internationally, acclaimed DIVA Jazz Orchestra, returns to its historic stage on Monday April 1 at 7pm.

We sat down with director Eamon Foley, who is currently staging The Axelrod Performing Arts Center's bold new production of Stephen Sondheim’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE.

Single tickets and subscriptions are on sale now for Gretna Theatre's 97th season, including five mainstage productions and four Family Series presentations, most of which will take place this summer at the historic Mt. Gretna Playhouse.

Experience Sondheim's SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, NJ, this March. The show features a dance-forward staging by EAMON FOLEY and stars GRAHAM PHILLIPS and TALIA SUSKAUER.

Broadway luminary Bernadette Peters is set to perform at The Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA on Saturday, March 9, at 8:00 pm.