The Civilians Videos

Get a first look at South Coast Repertory's world premiere of Galilee, 34 by Eleanor Burgess. Directed by Davis McCallum, the story exploring the disciples in the aftermath of the Crucifixion, runs through May 12, 2024 on the Julianne Argyros Stage.

Unknown Soldier: Original Cast Recording – one of the final scores from the beloved late Obie Award-winning songwriter Michael Friedman – will be released in digital and streaming formats on Friday, September 24, the date that would have been Friedman’s 46th birthday. 

As part of the Flying Free: Wicked Inspired Songs series (presented with ASCAP), watch an all new video of 'Token Goat Song', written by Rona Siddiqui, filmed last year and performed by Broadway's Mykal Kilgore with WICKED alums Gizel Jiménez and Kathryn Allison.

Today WICKED announced their next Flying Free songwriter: Rona Siddiqui. After working alongside composer Stephen Schwartz, Flying Free artists have their songs were professionally orchestrated, engineered, and imagined into never-before-seen music videos.

In lieu of a ceremony, 2020 Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Benjamin Velez shares what this grant means to him in a virtual acceptance speech.

2020 Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Rona Siddiqui accepts the grant with a virtual speech. In the speech, Siddiqui shares what this grant means to her.

Written by Grammy and Tony winner Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening, American Psycho) and Tony-nominated and Obie winner Kyle Jarrow (Spongebob Squarepants, The Broadway Musical, The Wildness) and directed by The Civilians' Artistic Director Steve Cosson, Whisper House combines a lush original score with a haunting story of loss, love, and forgiveness.

Mean Girls resident queen bee, Taylor Louderman, stopped by Broadway Boo this week. Check out her visit below!

Encores! Off-Center, New York City Center's popular summer musical theater series, continues tonight with Gone Missing. John Behlmann, Susan Blackwell, Aysan Celik, Deborah S. Craig, Taylor Mac, and David Ryan Smithwill star in the special two-night-only engagement, presented in honor of composer and 2017 Encores! Artistic Director Michael Friedman.

Encores! Off-Center, New York City Center's popular summer musical theater series, continues next week with Gone Missing. John Behlmann, Susan Blackwell, Aysan Celik, Deborah S. Craig, Taylor Mac, and David Ryan Smith will star in the special two-night-only engagement, presented in honor of composer and 2017 Encores! Artistic Director Michael Friedman.

GENESIS, Starring Olivia Grant, Chiké Okonkwo, Paul Nicholls, Warren Brown and John Hannah is available in theaters and on demand April 20th. The film is written and directed by Freddie-Hutton Mills and Bart Ruspoli

Last night, The Public Theater celebrated the life and legacy of Michael Friedman in all of their downtown theater spaces.

Sam Pinkleton picked up his first ever Tony nomination for his choreography in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Below, he explains why helping the show (and its movement) to grow on its journey to Broadway was his favorite part of the Comet's arc.

PRETTY FILTHY draws on actual conversationsexploring the real lives of people in the adult entertainment industry. Below, check out a special "Making of the Cast Album" video, featuring studio and production footage and interviews with the cast and creative team! 

Jared Zirilli, of RAIN at The Old Globe, ROMANCE LANGUAGE at Ars Nova, The Civilians PRETTY FILTHY, Broadway LYSISTRATA JONES, touring WE WILL ROCK YOU and WICKED, as well as Off Broadway FAT CAMP, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, BARE, and TWILIGHT THE MUSICAL plus The Alley Theatre's A FEW GOOD MEN brings you the latest 'Jared's Broadway Boo's' # 73 with WICKED and BROOKLYN's Eden Espinosa. Check out the episode below:

As a part of the Dramatists Guild Fund's Traveling Masters Program, playwright Anne Washburn visited Ellensburg, WA, to talk to students and early-career writers about the craft and business of being a dramatist. Click below to go behind the scenes!

Jared Zirilli, of The Civilians PRETTY FILTHY, Broadway LYSISTRATA JONES, touring WE WILL ROCK YOU and WICKED, as well as Off Broadway FAT CAMP, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, BARE, and TWILIGHT THE MUSICAL plus The Alley Theatre's A FEW GOOD MEN brings you the latest 'Jared's Broadway Boo's' # 72 with MATILDA's Lesli Margherita!

Jay Armstrong Johnson, star of Broadway's Tony nominated ON THE TOWN, stars in the second season of the award-winning comedic web series SEEKING, which is now live online. Click below to catch up with all the episodes!

Jay Armstrong Johnson, star of Broadway's Tony nominated ON THE TOWN, stars in the second season of the award-winning comedic web series SEEKING, which is now live online. Watch an episode featuring Johnson below!

The Belle of Amherst, William Luce's acclaimed one-woman play of the private yet prolific poet Emily Dickinson, opened last night, October 19 in a new production starring Golden Globe Award nominee Joely Richardson ('Nip/Tuck,' Side Effects) and directed by Steve Cosson (The Civilians, Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play). BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was there to chat with the company after the curtain went down and you can check out interviews with the whole gang below!