Inside Broadway News

Dana H., by Obie Award winner Lucas Hnath and directed by Obie Award winner Les Waters, opened earlier this week on October 17, at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre, playing on a rotating schedule with Is This a Room. Deirdre O'Connell reprises her Obie Award-winning performance.

Get ready! The Temptations are back on Broadway. Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations officially returned to Broadway at the Imperial Theatre on Saturday night and BroadwayWorld is taking you inside the big night!

Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of the Temptations officially returned to Broadway at the Imperial Theatre on Saturday, October 16.

Last night, the five-time Olivier Award® nominated epic play, The Lehman Trilogy, (finally) celebrated its triumphant Opening Night at the Nederlander Theatre. Starring Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley, and Adrian Lester (in his Broadway debut), The Lehman Trilogy returns to Broadway after playing only three preview performances in March 2020.

On Sunday night, the audience at the Circle in the Square Theatre was treated to an extra helping of joy, as CHICKEN & BISCUITS, the new comedy written by Douglas Lyons and directed by Zhailon Levingston, officially opened. 

TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL officially reopened at Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street) last night, October 8, 2021. Watch below as we take you inside the big night, which included a curtain speech by Pulitzer Prize Winner and Tony Nominee Katori Hall, the full cast curtain call, and encore performances of 'Nutbush City Limits' and 'Proud Mary'.

The new Broadway production of the Tony Award nominated and Olivier Award-winning musical Caroline, or Change, began previews, last night at Studio 54. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was in attendance to address the crowd and pay a visit backstage with the cast and creatives.

Performances for the Broadway production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will begin at the Lyric Theatre in New York on November 12, 2021 and we have a first look at rehearsals for the show. The world’s most award-winning new play returns to North America as a newly staged, single show magical experience. 

Just last night, To Kill a Mockingbird celebrated its return to Broadway at the Shubert Theatre, playing its first performance since the shutdown in March 2020. Watch a video featuring the new cast celebrating their return to Broadway.

When you think 'haunted houses' you probably don't picture the inside of a theatre. But with an over 100 year history, many of Broadway's most famous houses are positively teeming with reports of the supernatural.

Broadway gave Six a royal welcome last night, as the new musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss finally opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre and BroadwayWorld TV was there to capture interviews & more.

The vibrant pieces showcase a variety of subjects from Fort Myers' landscapes to flora and fauna. The highlight of the exhibition is the show-stopping, six-foot resin painting of Fort Myers Beach titled Purple Rain in which Chari stated her “use of color and composition creates a dreamlike effect.”  

It was the start of a new moment last last the the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, as the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Come From Away officially returned to Broadway.

Nineteen months after the band’s last performance together, David Byrne’s American Utopia returned to the live stage this evening – Friday, September 17 – at the St. James Theatre on Broadway (246 West 44th Street).

SIX the Musical made its highly anticipated Broadway return last night at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.SIX will celebrate its long-awaited official Broadway opening night on Sunday, October 3, 2021. Check out footage from the first curtain call back and photos from the big night.

Last night, Wicked was one of four beloved musicals to resume performances on Broadway, following a 18-month hiatus. To celebrate the occasion, composer Stephen Schwartz and original Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth, were on hand at the Gershwin Theatre. Watch as Kristin speaks to the crowd, the cast performs their opening number, and takes their first bows since March 2020.

Yesterday was good, grand, and great- wasn't it? After an 18-month long shutdown, four Broadway musicals re-opened last night, and one of them was the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago. Watch below as director Walter Bobbie tribute the late, great Ann Reinking before the show, the company takes the stage for 'All That Jazz', and takes their first bows since March 2020.

History had its eyes on Broadway last night, as not one, but four beloved musicals officially returned to the stage. One of them was Hamilton, which celebrated its re-opening night at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Watch as creator Lin-Manuel Miranda kicks off the show with a special speech and the company takes their first bows since March 2020!

The Lion King officially returned to Broadway last night! Check out all new photos of the cast taking their first bow back since March 2020!

BroadwayWorld is thrilled to announce the return of The Seth Concert Series this fall! Regular Sunday evening performances will resume beginning October 3rd at 8 PM - with a five star lineup now on sale.