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Wake Up With BWW 9/22: New Photos of Lea Michele in FUNNY GIRL, and More!
by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2022
Top stories include Jonathan Bailey joining the cast of the Wicked movie as Fiyero. Plus, get a first look at all new photos of Lea Michele in Funny Girl on Broadway!
Video: Get A Peek At THE GRISWOLDS' BROADWAY VACATION Featuring Hunter Foster, Megan Reinking & More
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2022
The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation is now in previews, with opening night on September 22, 2022. Performances play through October 2, 2022. The production stars Hunter Foster as Clark Griswold, Megan Reinking as Ellen Griswold, and more! See video highlights from the world premiere musical!
COME FROM AWAY And New Yorkers for Parks Partner to Support The 21st Annual Daffodil Project
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2022
New Yorkers for Parks and the Tony & Olivier Award-winning musical Come From Away joined forces to honor the lives lost to 9/11 by partnering in support of the 21st Annual Daffodil Project, New York's largest annual volunteer program, which brings together volunteers across New York City to plant daffodils as a living memorial to honor New Yorkers lost to 9/11.
Janine LaManna and Felicia Finley to Lead Regional Premiere of THE PROM
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2022
The White Plains Performing Arts Center has announced the cast for its upcoming Mainstage production of THE PROM, playing October 7 – 23. Leading the cast are Broadway Veterans Janine LaManna (Seussical, Sweet Charity, Drowsy Chaperone) as Dee Dee Allen and Felicia Finley (Wedding Singer, The Life, Aida) as Angie.
Myles Frost, Ariana DeBose & More Make Ebony's Power 100 List
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2022
EBONY has just announced its 2022 Power 100 list, honoring the remarkable achievements of African-Americans across industries on October 29th, 2022.
James Lapine & Susan Stroman to Join Beowulf Boritt for Book Reading & Discussion at The Drama Book Shop
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2022
The Drama Book Shop will host a reading, discussion and signing for Tony Award-winning set designer Beowulf Boritt’s new book, Transforming Space Over Time: Set Design and Visual Storytelling with Broadway’s Legendary Directors on Tuesday, October 11 at 7:00pm.
VIDEO: Get A First Look At THE PROM In The Netherlands
by Team BWW - September 21, 2022
BroadwayWorld has a first look at the Dutch production of The Prom. The production is currently touring to various venues across the Netherlands.
VIDEO: Carol Burnett Calls for the Majestic Theatre to be Renamed the Harold Prince Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2022
Entertainment icon Carol Burnett has taken to social media to call for the Majestic Theatre to be renamed the Harold Prince Theatre. See Burnett's video message here!
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer For Sarah Jones' SELL/BUY/DATE Film Adaption
by Michael Major - September 21, 2022
Produced by Meryl Streep, Sell/Buy/Date is a hybrid doc/narrative following Tony winning performer and comedian Sarah Jones. Through interviews and even celebrity cameos, this film poses the question: how can we as a society have a healthy relationship to sex, power, race and our economy, without exploitation or stigma? Watch the video trailer now!
Jonathan Bailey Joins WICKED Movie as Fiyero
by Michael Major - September 21, 2022
It has been confirmed by director Jon M. Chu on Twitter, that Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey has joined the upcoming film adaption of Wicked as Fiyero. Bailey joins the previously announced Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in the two-part film adaption of the hit Broadway musical. The films will be produced by Jon M. Chu, who also directed the film adaption of In the Heights.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS' Khadija Sankoh Takes Over Our Instagram Today!
by Social Watch - September 21, 2022
Today is the day it all began in Little Shop of Horrors! To celebrate, tune into our Instagram story today as Khadija Sankoh takes you behind the scenes of her day at Little Shop of Horrors!
THE MUSIC MAN Cast Recording to be Released This Friday
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2022
The official cast recording of the Broadway revival of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man, starring two-time Tony Award, Grammy Award, and Emmy Award-winning star Hugh Jackman as Professor Harold Hill and two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as Marian Paroo, will be released this Friday, September 23 at 10 AM ET.
Photo: 'Scream Queens' Lea Michele & Jamie Lee Curtis Reunite at FUNNY GIRL
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2022
A Scream Queens reunion took place when Jamie Lee Curtis paid a visit to her former co-star Lea Michele at Funny Girl! See a photo of the reunion here!
Review Roundup: JAGGED LITTLE PILL on Tour; Read All of the Reviews!
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2022
The National Tour of Jagged Little Pill is now underway! The tour opened in Las Vegas on September 6. Read all of the reviews for Jagged Little Pill on tour.
VIDEO: Lea Michele Discusses Relating to FUNNY GIRL on THE DREW BARRYMORE SHOW
by Michael Major - September 21, 2022
On the latest episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, Lea Michele sat down on the stage of the August Wilson Theatre with Barrymore to discuss her current Broadway run as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. Michele spoke to Barrymore about her upbringing, relating to the role, landing her first Broadway show, and more. Watch videos from the interview now!
Photos: First Look at Lea Michele & Tovah Feldshuh in FUNNY GIRL on Broadway
by Nicole Rosky - September 21, 2022
Hello, gorgeous! The company of Funny Girl recently welcomed two new greatest stars- Lea Michele as “Fanny Brice” and Tovah Feldshuh as “Mrs. Rosie Brice”. Check out a first look at the new cast in action with these new photos!
Box Office Is Now Open For A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2022
The Broadhurst Theatre box office opens today at 10 AM for A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical. A Beautiful Noise will begin preview performances Wednesday, November 2 ahead of a Sunday, December 4 opening night at the Broadhurst Theatre.
Photos: Go Inside The COME FROM AWAY Gander Concerts
by Team BWW - September 21, 2022
Go inside Come From Away: The Concert Steele Community Centre in Gander and September 19-21 at the Mary Brown's Centre in St. John's, which brought home the musical about the small Canadian town that temporarily doubled in population in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and tells the real-life stories of the people from there, and those who came from away. 
Video: Judy Kaye Reveals How Her Looks Factored into Not Being Cast in ASPECTS OF LOVE
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2022
In a recent interview with Alexander Rodriguez for the “On the Rocks Radio Show,” two-time Tony Award Winner Judy Kaye explained why her looks factored into not getting the leading role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love.
Broadway's Catherine Wreford Ledlow and Craig Ramsay Win THE AMAZING RACE CANADA
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2022
Best friends and Broadway performers Catherine Wreford Ledlow and Craig Ramsay took home the top prize on The Amazing Race Canada on Tuesday night. 
Wake Up With BWW 9/21: BEETLEJUICE Sets Closing, GUYS & DOLLS Casting, and More!
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2022
Top stories include Beetlejuice setting its closing date for January 2023. Plus, additional casting has been announced for Guys and Dolls at the Kennedy Center, and more.
Royal Shakespeare Company Appoints Daniel Evans And Tamara Harvey As Co-Artistic Directors
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2022
The RSC has announced that Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey, will be the Co-Artistic Directors of the Royal Shakespeare Company taking up the post from June 2023. 
Mike Birbiglia's THE OLD MAN & THE POOL To Open On Broadway, November 13
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2022
The new solo play Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & the Pool will open on Broadway this fall at the esteemed Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center.
BEETLEJUICE to Close on Broadway January 2023
by BWW News Desk - September 20, 2022
BEETLEJUICE will officially close on Broadway on Sunday, January 8, 2023. When BEETLEJUICE makes its final Broadway bow, it will have played 27 previews at the Winter Garden Theatre and 366 regular performances, and 313 regular performances during its resurrection at Broadways’ Marquis Theater, for a total of 679 Broadway performances.
David Alan Grier Joins ABC's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 30th Anniversary Special as Cogsworth
by Michael Major - September 20, 2022
David Alan Grier has been cast as Cogsworth in ABC's upcoming animated and live-action blended special, “Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration.” Grier will join the previously announced H.E.R. in the role of Belle, Joshua Henry as Gaston, Josh Groban as the Beast, and Rita Moreno as the Narrator.

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