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These performers may have received other awards and accolades, but a Tony Award is shockingly not on their résumé.

Grab a tissue — these Tony Awards speeches may make you teary-eyed!

Is there a world in which the Wicked movie could have starred a Jonas brother? On a recent episode of the Hey Jonas! podcast, Joe Jonas revealed some of the auditions that didn’t go in his favor, one of which was for Wicked. 

Quinn VanAntwerp and Mackenzie Bell exclusively tell BroadwayWorld how they made touring with 'Shucked' a family affair.

BroadwayWorld breaks down why some actors are choosing not to stage door at Broadway shows as safety concerns continue to rise.

Rhaamell Burke, who was accused of shoving a 76-year-old man in a Chelsea subway station, has reportedly been indicted on a murder charge.

Lea Michele exclusively tells BroadwayWorld about auditioning for her first Broadway show, the 1987 production of 'Les Miserables,' on a whim.

Alex Bartlett, who worked on Broadway for over 20 years as a dresser and wardrobe supervisor, has died. He was 51. 

After Christopher and Clay Rice-Thomson were married in November 2019, they dreamed of starting a family. Nearly seven years later, the proud dads are about to celebrate their twins’ first birthday on May 31. 

Daniel Radcliffe, Tony-nominated for his performance in the one-person play, picks and chooses a select few at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre every night who help him tell the story of a person coming to terms with his past and reflecting on the beauty he’s seen along the way. 

If you think Duncan Macmillan’s Every Brilliant Thing is a one-person play, think again. The Tony Award-nominated Best Revival relies on its audience to move the story along, and if you’re part of the crowd, you may end up getting married to Daniel Radcliffe — in the show, that is!

EPIC: The Musical was certainly an epic undertaking. The viral, sung-through musical adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey began as Jorge Rivera-Herrans’ thesis during his senior year at the University of Notre Dame — and since then, it has taken on a life of its own. 

The actress, best known for playing Meadow Soprano on The Sopranos, was asked to audition for the role of Belle in Beauty and the Beast a few weeks after her 21st birthday, she recalled in her memoir And So It Is...: A Memoir of Acceptance and Hope (out Tuesday, May 5). 

It’s been two years since Marisha Wallace surprised her mother, Rowshell Wallace, with a new home in Goldsboro, North Carolina.

It’s been 30 years since Jonathan Larson’s rock opera Rent opened at the Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996, and arguably changed the theatrical landscape of Broadway.

Dylan Mulvaney, who stars as Anne Boleyn in the Broadway musical Six through May 31, is addressing her critics. In a candid “Get Ready With Me” video shared to her social media platforms late last week, Mulvaney — who made her Broadway debut with the production in February — explained what it is like to replace an actor in a long-running musical as a trans person. 

Everyone, including Jim Parsons, is awaiting Ariana Grande’s arrival at Broadway’s St. James Theatre to support her brother, Frankie Grande, in Titaníque. 

BroadwayWorld breaks down how and why The Rocky Horror Show callouts began and explains what you could expect before taking a jump to the left, a step to the right and joining Dr. Frank-N-Furter in Transsexual, Transylvania. 

A young Wichita, Kansas-area actress made hearts melt after her mother shared the moment Phoebe Forsberg learned she’d been cast in her first production on “the big stage.” 

Christina Applegate had mixed feelings about one of the most triumphant moments of her career.  In her candid new memoir You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir (out now), the 54-year-old actress looked back on her rocky road to Broadway.