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Taking on the electrifying and demanding leading role is Blake Jenner, a remarkably versatile talent of stage and screen, perhaps best known for his compelling performances in projects like Glee, What/If, and Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!! Here’s my conversation with him about the…
Today’s subject Robert Diamond is living his theatre life holding one of the most important jobs you could have in the theatre industry.
BroadwayWorld spoke with Gina Lamparella who plays Marjorie Houseman in Dirty Dancing: The Musical.
Anne Zander is bringing JUICEBOX to CoHo ClownFest on October 1 and 2.
Seventeen years after its high-profile, record-breaking Broadway run, playwright Keith Huff’s taut crime drama “A Steady Rain” will finally land in Boston for two performances only, September 17–18, at Boston Lyric Opera’s Community Studios.
A look at her lengthy list of credits – just a few of which are “Romeo and Juliet,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Much Ado About Nothing,” “Macbeth,” “All’s Well That Ends Well,” and “Richard III” with Actors’ Shakespeare Project (ASP), of which she is a founding member, a trio of Elliot Norton…
Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, and breakout star of the Netflix show America's Sweethearts, Reece Weaver, is taking on a new kind of spotlight! Weaver is currently making her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart! Read BroadwayWorld's Debut of the Month.
There is something especially exciting about watching a performer step into a role at exactly the right moment in her life.
Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing Jason Odell Williams about his career and Destroying David produced by American Theater Group.
She’s wonderful to play.
I spoke with Howard Skora about his decision to write about the human story behind one of the most important civil rights decisions in modern American history, his vision for directing its world premiere production, and why he chose to write about the real-life events that took place in Houston in…
POOJA REDDY IS WHITE TRASH, playing 9/18, 9/25 and 10/6, is a wildly funny cabaret show about what happens when the American South gets its hands on a South Indian girl.
Michelle Vezilj discusses turning her darkest chapter into the musical fantasy 300 FEET TALL, finding hope among the sequoias, and bringing the deeply personal film to New York for its Chelsea Film Festival debut.
Cy Coleman got started as a jazz musician.
Todd Schroeder is a multiple award-winning Music Director, Creative Director, Composer, Producer, Arranger, and Pianist whose artistry has graced some of the world’s most iconic stages.
I interviewed Chicago actor Tyler Meredith, who has the principal role in Goodman Theatre’s season opening production The Attic.
The Echo Theater Company presents the world premiere of The Peterson Show written by Emmy-nominated playwright Janine Nabers and directed by Michelle Bossy.
Ben Steinfeld has had a storied career both on Broadway and in multiple screen appearances.
BroadwayWorld spoke with Fernandes to discuss both projects, early theatrical memories, portraying several characters in a fast-paced farce, playing games with audiences, and his experience as a first-time director with the Shaw Festival.
Shelbie Rassler is a globally recognized composer, conductor, producer, arranger and music director who will be conducting the Sonic Live in Concert tour, making a stop at the San Diego Civic Theatre.
Brotherhood, a new cinematic musical coming to theaters this fall, explores connection, empathy, and our shared humanity through the story of two families whose lives intersect across cultural and political divides.
See New York performers with southern roots on 9/15.
We were very aligned in the sense that the thing that most stood out to us about the story was the sense of the stranger arriving in a strange land and being embraced, feared, bearing gifts, bearing mysterious gifts.
BroadwayWorld caught up with Zack Abbey, the actor who plays the title character in Dog Man: The Musical to find out what it’s like to play a dog-human mashup, what happens when an audience full of kids meets its comic-book hero in real life, and why Dog Man: The Musical might actually charm the…
Today’s subject Susan Derry is an example of an artist living their theatre life with a full plate of projects.
Sean MacLaughlin stars as Howard Hughes in TRULY, HOWARD HUGHES, a new musical exploring the man behind the myth and what happens when a lifetime spent looking forward finally forces him to look back.
MAC award nominee Natasha Castillo is returning to the stage with a new cabaret that takes an intimate look at the lesser-known parts of Bobby Darin’s life.
Back in 2021, Mario Vega was working as a youth care worker at the San Diego Convention Center, where he first encountered the migrant youth who would inspire Our Lady of the San Diego Convention Center.
There is a distinct, defiant magic that happens when queer storytelling plants its roots exactly where it is needed most.
Oyster Mill Playhouse stages the world premiere of Rob Urbinati’s Bad Seed under the direction of Matthew Golden, running September 11-27.
The Canadian premiere of Marin Ireland's Pre-Existing Condition, currently in performances through September 27th, marks Kash's Coal Mine Theatre directorial debut.
“She’s larger than life,” Melinda Page Hamilton shares.
This month, Rutledge brings her solo cabaret Good Grief, Dru Rutledge! back to Fuse Theatre Ensemble, after workshopping it at the Fertile Ground festival and performing it in her hometown.
Director Devon Hayakawa discusses making their solo directing debut with the Chicago area premiere of MEAN GIRLS at Paramount Theatre, a fierce, campy, and Gen-Z take on the hit musical set in 2026.
Madison Palmer discusses originating the role of Dyanne in Paramount Theatre's long-running production of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, now staged in the immersive Stolp Island Theatre designed to feel like 1956 Sun Studio.
Director Tony Isbell discusses staging Amy Herzog's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE at Playhouse on the Square's Circuit Playhouse, running September 11 through October 4, 2026 in Memphis.
Elizabeth Aspenlieder discusses playing Betty in C.
Director James Warwick discusses staging C.
After a run at Mayflower Studios Southampton this month, Thom Southerland’s adaptation of Wladyslaw Szpilman’s memoir, The Piano, is coming to the Park Theatre in London.
Chef Antelmo Ambrosio is one of Merchants Hospitality’s Award-Winning Culinary Experts.
