Stephen Colbert News

With three nights remaining in the season, THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT has overtaken “The Tonight Show” as the most watched late night program and will win the traditional broadcast season in viewers, according to Nielsen most current ratings through May 19.

The Second City is launching a new Insights and Applied Improvisation division, dedicated to proving the impact improvisation techniques can have in real world situations.

Last weekend marked the 4th Annual Vulture Festival, which took place at Milk Studios in New York City on Saturday, May 20 and Sunday, May 21. BroadwayWorld has photos from the event below!

NBC's THE VOICE (1.9/7 in 18-49, 9.5 million viewers overall from 8-10 p.m. ET) is the #1 show of the night on the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49.

On last night's LATE SHOW, Tony nominee Ben Platt spoke with host Stephen Colbert about his hit Broadway musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN and performed the emotional number 'For Forever' from the show.

Gettysburg College's Majestic Theater has won a coveted spot on Lake Street Dive's summer tour and will appear on the historic Majestic stage on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.  'Lake Street Dive is a multi-genre, jazzy-pop band from Boston who is one of THE hottest concert tickets with millennials,' observed Jeffrey Gabel, the founding executive director of the Majestic.  'If you can only attend one concert this year, this is the one not to miss.'

Sing for Hope will bring their renowned Sing for Hope Pianos back to the streets of New York City this summer. The 2017 Collection will be revealed to the public for the first time during a kickoff event on Monday, June 5 at 12PM at 28 Liberty Plaza (28 Liberty Street).

As BWW previously reported, Tony nominee and star of Broadway's DEAR EVAN HANSEN, Ben Platt, will perform on tonight's LATE SHOW WITH Stephen Colbert on CBS. The show airs Monday through Friday at 11:35 PM - 12:37 AM, ET/PT. During a live Q&A with the 'Late Show' today, the actor revealed which song he will sing.

Tonight, Tony nominee and star of Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen, Ben Platt, will perform on CBS's LATE SHOW WITH Stephen Colbert. The show airs Monday through Friday at 11:35 PM - 12:37 AM, ET/PT on CBS. Below, check out a live Q&A with THE LATE SHOW!

NBC's season finale of THE BLACKLIST (0.9/4 in 18-49, 4.9 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET)is close to rounding to a 1.0 (currently reporting a 0.945 in these prelim fast-affiliate ratings).

Joe's Pub at The Public partners, once again, with Philadelphia's renowned Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts for the Kimmel Center Theater Residency. Under the guidance of Jay Wahl, Producing Artistic Director of the Kimmel Center, and Shanta Thake, Director of Joe's Pub, the intensive program serves as an incubator for artists and collaborators to create and develop innovative new musical theater projects and music. The program will be held in the Kimmel Center's SEI Innovation Studio (300 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA) from June 5-18 with free public workshops with audience feedback and Q&A on June 16 and 17.

On last night's LATE SHOW, English indie pop band performed the song 'I Dare You' from their album 'I See You.' Watch the appearance below!

BWW has learned that on Monday, May 22nd, Tony nominee and star of Broadway's DEAR EVAN HANSEN, Ben Platt, will perform on CBS's LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT.

Nick Kroll turned to Twitter today to announce the news that Broadway's OH HELLO! in which he co-starred with John Mulaney, will debut on Netflix on June 13th.

New England's longest-running comedy theater presents two comedy tournaments to keep the competitive spirit going: The Improv Classic: Boston Edition (a showcase of Boston's best improvisers affiliated with the popular Chicago tournament) and StandUp ThrowDown (a standup comedy tournament where more than 48 local comics compete for the title of "Boston's Funniest"). Each show pairs playful competition with high-energy hilarity for one relentless month of gut-busting comedy.

On May 21st, ImprovBoston proudly hosts Boston-area high school improv teams for the first-ever High School Improv Fest. Over the course of the day, students will have honed their craft with professional instructors, networked with other schools, and had a chance to perform a show in a professional comedy theater.

This summer, ImprovBoston and the Museum of Science team up for three groundbreaking, innovative, completely improvised out-of-this-world comedy shows for adults in the Charles Hayden Planetarium. On the fourth Thursday of June, July, and August, New England's oldest and biggest comedy theater combines its signature off-the-cuff laughs with the expert technological wizardry of the Planetarium.

NBC's THE VOICE (1.5/6 in 18-49, 8.4 million viewers overall from 8-9 p.m. ET) is the #1 show of the night on the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49.

On last night's LATE SHOW, Netflix's 'War Machine' star Brad Pitt cozied up by Stephen as to contemplate humanity's most puzzling uncertainties. Below, watch the latest edition of 'Big Questions.' 

On last night's LATE LATE SHOW,  Scottish alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain treated the audience to the song 'The Two Of Us' from their album 'Death and Joy' with some help from Sky Ferreira.