Tom Kitt News

Three Act Theatre announces its production of NEXT TO NORMAL. This Pulitzer Prize winning musical written by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey will get a new staging in Pelham, NY this October.

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Three Act Theatre announces its production of NEXT TO NORMAL. This Pulitzer Prize winning musical written by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey will get a new staging in Pelham, NY this October. Directed & Choreographed by Eric Mark Olson, Music Directed by Kevin A. Smith, and featuring a cast led by Cindy Finegan and Richard Lisenby. 

It's less than a week before the IF/THEN national tour officially opens in Denver, and the cast is hard at work. Check out Idina Menzel, James Snyder and LaChanze backstage below!

Just in from the Denver Center for the Performing Arts is a great time lapse video of the show loading into the theatre as it gets ready to begin performances in just under ten days!

The latest in unauthorized gossip and buzz from the heart of Chicago's showtune video bars, and musical theater news from Chicago to Broadway. 'Gentleman's Guide' reaches our shore, and 'Gotta Dance' and 'SpongeBob' plan the same. Madonna battles the French Revolution, dueling 'American Idiot's and 'Blood Brothers' debut, 'White Christmas' lasts nine weeks and 'Rent' returns for one night only. Plus 'Empire' conquers TV, and 'Hamilton' conquers everyone.

BroadwayWorld recently announced the full cast for the national tour of IF/THEN, starring Tony Award-winner and Broadway superstar Idina Menzel (Wicked, Rent, Frozen, Glee), Tony Award-winner LaChanze (The Color Purple, Once on This Island), Anthony Rapp (Rent, Six Degrees of Separation, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) and James Snyder (Cry-Baby, Rock of Ages). Cast member Janine DiVita, who will play Anne, took to Twitter with a photo of the entire tour team in rehearsal. Check it out below!

After a sold-out Feinstein's/54 Below debut in February, Ryann Redmond brings her very first solo show back to the stage! Ryann first broke onto the scene as Bridget in the Tony nominated Bring It On the Musical for which she received abundant critical acclaim. Stephen Brown of New York Magazine raved, 'As for show-stealers, well, it's a talent melee: Ryann Redmond slays us as Bridget, a nerdy, big-boned laugh-track of a cheer-wannabe who ends up with her own storyline.' David Rooney of the Hollywood Reporter applauded Ryann's 'winning comic turns.' Ryann recently appeared in Broadway's If/Then and then headed to the MUNY to play Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray this past summer.

SRO (Standing Room Only) Productions is producing AMERICAN IDIOT at Obisidian Theater in Houston, TX this fall. The original musical, by Billy Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer, won two Tony awards, a Drama Desk award, and a Grammy for best Musical Theatre Album. The story centers on three young men and their paths to self-discovery. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Director Chris Patton and Actor Justin White about the upcoming SRO production in Houston, TX.

Did you know that before taking on the role of Olivia Pope in SCANDAL, Kerry Washington collaborated with Tony Award-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda?

BroadwayWorld has just learned the complete cast list for the national tour of IF/THEN, starring Tony Award-winner and Broadway superstar Idina Menzel (Wicked, Rent, Frozen, Glee), Tony Award-winner LaChanze (The Color Purple, Once on This Island), Anthony Rapp (Rent, Six Degrees of Separation, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) and James Snyder (Cry-Baby, Rock of Ages).

The behind-the-scenes HAMILTON book has now set a release date for April 12, 2016 with the option to preorder now available. It will be available in both hardcover and ebook format. 

IF/THEN was a new musical that hinged on Idina Menzel's star power and the amazing ensemble. When it opened on Broadway in 2014 it was one of the most buzzed about new musicals. Now, If/Then is taking that formula on the road in the first national tour, but according to an article published in Denver Centerstage, the tour might not have happened without leading lady Idina Menzel. 

The America depicted here is a place of quests: Father's for the unknown horizon, Tateh's for a land where he and his daughter can prosper, Coalhouse's for reuniting with Sarah and raising his son in a world where blacks are regarded and treated as equals. To these quests might be added two more: Younger Brother's for some ideal he can build a life around and Mother's, a quieter one, to nurture a family, whatever contours her decency and generosity cause it to assume. And all of these quests are played out among the novelties and sensations of an exuberant American decade: among the things which will figure in the plot are Henry Ford's Model T, J.P. Morgan's library of priceless incunabula, the notorious charms of uber-courtesan Evelyn Nesbit, and the antics of escape artist Harry Houdini.

This year's New York City Center Encores! production of LADY, BE GOOD!, featuring Tommy Tune and more, releases a cast recording on digital today, September 18, plus scroll down for a listen!

Paradise Theatre announces seven family-friendly and diverse musicals for its 2015-2016 Season as they launch capital campaign 'Act Local' to save the arts on the Peninsula by creating a new performing arts and education center in Gig Harbor.

This year's New York City Center Encores! production of LADY, BE GOOD!, featuring Tommy Tune and more, is getting a cast recording, and BroadwayWorld has a first listen below!

Los elencos de Broadway y Argentina se reunieron para una serie de conciertos en el Teatro Astral.

It has been almost five years since Next to Normal played its final Broadway performance, but the show lives on! Just this week, some of the original Broadway cast (Alice Ripley, Louis Hobson and Jennifer Damiano) traveled to Buenos Aries to preform with the Argentinean cast- Casi Normales. Below, check out clips of 'I Miss the Mountains,' 'It's Gonna Be Good,' and 'Everything Else' from a special preview concert!