Photo Coverage: Opening Night for Fiona Shaw in THE TESTAMENT OF MARYApril 23, 2013Award-winning stage and screen actress Fiona Shaw returned to Broadway last night, April 22, for the opening of The Testament of Mary, by the acclaimed author Colm Toibin, directed by Deborah Warner. The production will run for a twelve-week limited engagement through Sunday, June 16, at the Walter Kerr Theatre. Check out photos from the opening below!
Photo Coverage: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Celebrates 1 Year on Broadway!April 11, 2013The hit musical comedy Nice Work If You Can Get It, which recently welcomed Tony Award nominee Jessie Mueller, John Treacy Egan and Conrad John Schuck to the production, celebrated one year on Broadway after yesterday's matinee. BroadwayWorld was there for the celebration and you can check out photos of the festivities below!
Photo Coverage: Students from PS 69 Journey Prep Visit SPIDER-MANApril 11, 2013Just yesterday, the cast of SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off the Dark got a visit from a second grade class from PS 69. The 26 students, most of whom had never seen a Broadway show before, stuck around after the show to get a photo with stars Jake Epstein and Rebecca Faulkenberry. BroadwayWorld was there for the event and you can check out photos below!
Photo Coverage: Sally Field Hands Out the First Ever Sundance Institute Tennessee Williams AwardApril 9, 2013Sundance Institute just presented playwright and Sundance Institute Theatre Lab alum Branden Jacobs-Jenkins with the first-ever Tennessee Williams Award from the Institute's Theatre Program, which supports the development of new work for the stage. Sundance Institute Emeritus Trustee Sally Field presented the honor and accompanying $10,000 grant at the Celebrate Sundance Institute benefit for its Theatre Program last night at Stephan Weiss Studio in Greenwich Village.
BroadwayWorld was there for the festivities and you can check out who was there to celebrate below!
Photo Coverage: Inside DIVA's Album Release Concert!March 5, 2013Marty Thomas Presents DIVA celebrated the release of the long-awaited debut album, with a release concert and party. The concert was held last night, March 4 at New World Stages. Check out photos from the concert below!
Photo Coverage: City of Hope: Broadway Blows BackDecember 11, 2012CITY OF HOPE: BROADWAY BLOWS BACK, a benefit concert to raise funds for New York and New Jersey communities affected by Hurricane Sandy, took place last night, Monday, December 10.
Photo Coverage: Inside GYPSY OF THE YEAR 2012!December 6, 2012The 24th Annual GYPSY OF THE YEAR Competition, the culminating celebration of six weeks of fundraising by 51 participating Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies, raised $3,902,608 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Check out photos from inside the big event below!
Photo Coverage: Andy Mientus , Kate Rockwell, and More in BROADWAY SINGS BEYONCEDecember 4, 2012Last night, some of Broadway's best young talent sang dazzling new arrangements of songs from Beyonce's four hit albums, including a few selections from her previous group, Destiny's Child. The concert marked the third of the "Broadway Sings" series; previously honored were Adele and Michael Jackson. BroadwayWorld was there for the concert and you can check out photo coverage below!
Photo Coverage: New York Foundling Families Visit ANNIE!December 3, 2012The Foundling just hosted a pre-performance reception at The Palace Theatre featuring a special performance by students from The Foundling's charter school in the South Bronx, who serenaded ANNIE composer Charles Strouse with their own rendition of "Tomorrow." CNN "Starting Point" Anchor and Foundling volunteer, Soledad O'Brien emceed the event, and you can check out photo coverage below!
Photo Coverage: Walter McBride and the Cast of NEWSIES Receive AEA Awards!November 29, 2012Earlier this week, NEWSIES, Disney's popular new musical about a charismatic newsboy and leader of a ragged band of teenage "newsies", receiveed Actors' Equity Association's Advisory Committee on Chorus Affairs (ACCA) Sixth Annual ACCA Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. The honor is the only industry accolade of its kind and honors the distinctive talents and contributions made by the original chorus members of a Broadway musical.
Photo Coverage: In Rehearsal with the Cast of LET'S KILL GRANDMA THIS CHRISTMASNovember 20, 2012Contagious Laughter LLC. presents the World Premiere of LET'S KILL GRANDMA THIS CHRISTMAS by Brian Gianci, directed by John Dapolito. LET'S KILL GRANDMA THIS CHRISTMAS will begin performances on Sunday, November 25; it will celebrate its opening on Monday, December 3 and will run through January 6, 2013 at the Theatre at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street). Check out photos of the cast in rehearsal below!
Photo Coverage: Inside Opening Night of INNER VOICES!November 19, 2012Premieres Artistic Director Paulette Haupt presents Inner Voices, an evening of three one-act solo musicals including Arlington, Borrowed Dust, and Farhad or The Secret of Being. Opening was last night and BroadwayWorld brings you photo coverage below!
Photo Coverage: Meet MATILDA's Four Leading Ladies!November 15, 2012The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers today announced the casting of the title role in the RSC's eagerly anticipated Broadway-bound musical Matilda the Musical. Each of the four girls will play the role at difference performances: Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro. Each girl will be making her Broadway debut. The four leading ladies met the press earlier today and you can check out photos of the girls below!
Photo Coverage: Tyne Daly, Julie Halston, and More at Primary Stages' Annual GalaNovember 15, 2012Primary Stages last night held their annual Gala on Wednesday at The Edison Ballroom (240 W. 47th Street). The event, which honored Tony Award winner Tyne Daly (Master Class, Rabbit Hole, Gypsy), and producers and Primary Stages Board members Jamie deRoy and Ted Snowdon, featured performances by Tony Award nominee Tom Wopat (Sondheim on Sondheim, A Catered Affair), actor/director/producer Tamara Tunie ("Law & Order: SVU," "As The World Turns"), Lewis Cleale (The Book of Mormon, Spamalot, Call Me Madam), and Garrett Sorenson (Master Class).
BroadwayWorld was there for the event and we bring you full photo coverage below!
Photo Coverage: CHICAGO Celebrates 16 years on Broadway!November 14, 2012Yesterday, November 13, the record-breaking, Tony Award-winning worldwide musical smash Chicago celebrated 16 razzle-dazzle years on the Great White Way. With a legendary book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, Chicago is now the No. 1 longest-running American musical in Broadway history. BroadwayWord brings you photos from last night's celebration below!