Nancy Sinatra, the eldest daughter of Frank Sinatra, has released a new album, Keep Walkin’: Singles, Demos & Rarities 1965-1978, which features previously unreleased music. One of the songs on the album is 'Do I Hear a Waltz?' by Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim, from the musical of the same name. Listen to the song here!
On May 21 of this year, BroadwayWorld threw a big party at Sony Hall in the heart of the theatre district, celebrating our 20th anniversary year online and in the community. It's an evening that I won't soon forget, and it all benefitted our longtime friends and collaborators at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. And the venue itself, Sony Hall, couldn't have been nicer to us or more cooperative.
As BroadwayWorld previously reported Emmy and Grammy winner and Oscar nominated songwriter Adam Schlesinger has passed away from coronavirus-related complications. He was 52 years old.
Last week, BroadwayHD released the filmed version of the 2003 Olivier Award winning National Theater production of JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA. Written by Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee, after it's acclaimed London premiere, the one-of-a-kind show made its way to New York City for a concert staging at Carnegie Hall in 2008, then later as part of the Off Broadway troupe New Group's 2017-18 season.
Ellen's friend Adam Levine chatted about his new baby girl Gio, how his older daughter is obsessed with her, and how he and wife Behati Prinsloo are planning for a 'Maroon 5' of kids.
On this day in 2003, the curtain went up on the legendary Bernadette Peters as Mama Rose in Gypsy on Broadway!
Donald Trump is digging himself into a deeper and deeper hole every day, and none of it is good for the country. So Jimmy Kimmel wanted to try something to help him out. By saying Donald Trump's name backwards three times, he was able to time travel back to 1946 and speak to baby Donald and give him a head's up about a few things. Check out the hilarious clip below!
Actress Eva Longoria is preparing for the birth of her first child, and Ellen helped choose the perfect name using her Baby Name Generator.
On last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live, Dwayne Johnson plays a prank on Jimmy, talks about expecting a baby, and he asks Jimmy if he will step in for him and be his Doula since the baby is due very soon and he may be out of the country for the birth. Dwayne also talks about his rivalry with John Cena and how he loves buying people cars. Check out the clips below!
Rose Byrne appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, February 7, 2018. Rose and Jimmy talk to her parents, who are in the audience, about their garlic farm in Australia, and she reveals that she thinks her three-month-old son doesn't look like her or his dad Bobby Cannavale, but resembles Jeff Sessions. Check out the hilarious clip below!
Kerry Washington stops by today's ELLEN to chat about the return of her hit show 'Scandal', her new baby boy, and dancing the night away at the White House.
Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of How I Learned To Drive, The Baltimore Waltz, And Baby Makes Seven, and this year's Indecent, led a public workshop at the Minneapolis Playwrights' Center as part of The Dramatists Guild Fund's Traveling Masters Program. Scroll down for a clip!
On this week's ELLEN, host Ellen DeGeneres talked to Ryan Gosling about his incomparable good looks and showcasing his skills in his upcoming film.
As BWW previously reported, ABC is at work on adapting the hit 1987 film DIRTY DANCING into a three-hour musical broadcast starring Abigail Breslin as Baby and Debra Messing (SMASH) as Baby's mom, Marjorie Houseman.
THE VIEW's Guest Co-host Ashanti performed 'Santa Baby' from her new album, 'A Wonderful Christmas with Ashanti' Check out the appearance below!
On last night's episode of NBC's new comedy THE NEW NORMAL titled 'THE BIG O.M.G' Broadway's favorite funny lady Jackie Hoffman guest starred as 'Francis', David (Justin Bartha's) mother. In the episode, David is planning a family dinner to tell his mother about the baby, while Bryan (Andrew Rannells) comisserates with Goldie (Georgia King) about mother-in-law woes. Check out two clips from last night's hilarious episode below!
Strand Theater Company plays host to the Momma Drama theater group from San Francisco, Calif. After 9 years of sold out shows, Momma Drama is presenting the East Coast premier of its highly acclaimed production StrechMarks: Growing into Motherhood. The play opens tonight, June 22, and BroadwayWorld has a teaser from the show. Click below to watch a rehearsal of 'Mommas Do the Hump.'
Happy Birthday Leslie Uggams! Uggams starred in Hallelujah, Baby!, which premiered on Broadway in 1967, and won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a musical. She appeared on Broadway in the revue Blues in the Night in 1982 and in the musical revue of the works of Jerry Herman, Jerry's Girls in 1985. Later Broadway roles include Muzzy in Thoroughly Modern Millie (2003 - 2004) and Ethel Thayer in On Golden Pond at the Kennedy Center in 2004 and on Broadway at the Cort Theatre in 2005. In 2001 she appeared in the August Wilson play King Hedley II, receiving a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play.
A trailer recently premiered for the Philip Seymour Hoffman-helmed 'Jack Goes Boating.' As previously reported by BroadwayWorld, Hoffman is making his directing debut with the Overture Films picture, an adaptation of Bob Glaudini's Off-Broadway play. 'Gone Baby Gone' star Amy Ryan co-stars opposite Hoffman, while John Ortiz and Daphne Rubin-Vega reprise their roles from the stage production. BroadwayWorld brings you a look at the trailer below!
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