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Exclusive: 19 Songs by Jonathan Larson That You Probably Don't Know Yet
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Feb 18, 2025

Previews are now underway for The Jonathan Larson Project and fans who have checked out the new musical already have intel on the more than 20 undiscovered songs, as audiences are treated to a brief breakdown as they leave the Orpheum Theatre. BroadwayWorld is excited to share an exclusive, in-depth version of the story behind each song, courtesy of the show's conceiver, Jennifer Ashley Tepper.

ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE Comes to Candlelight Theatre This Summer
by Stephi Wild - Feb 17, 2025

Set your mind to island time and ESCAPE to MARGARITAVILLE! Featuring your favorite Jimmy Buffet classics with book by Greg Garcia and Mike O’Malley. Learn more here!

BRIGHT STAR Comes to the Candlelight Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Feb 14, 2025

Bright Star is coming to the Candlelight Theatre in Delaware next month. Performances run March 15 – April 19, 2025. Learn more about the upcoming show here!

Do Broadway Actors Ever Play Multiple Roles in the Same Show?
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Jul 29, 2023

This time, the reader question was: How many different roles has one actor been contracted to play in the same Broadway production?

BWW Interview: Thomas James O'Leary Smoothly Moves On From His Fiery Phantom Performance to Helming MARVIN'S ROOM
by Gil Kaan - Feb 3, 2022

Actors Co-op Theatre Company presents Scott McPherson’s multi-award-winning MARVIN’S ROOM opening February 18, 2022. Thomas James O'Leary directs a cast of Laura Esterman, Lee Guthrie, Mark Rosenthal and Jane MacIver. I had the chance to question Thomas on ROOM, his past directorial projects and his long run playing the titular Phantom.

BWW Interview: Thomas James O'Leary Directs NEXT TO NORMAL
by Don Grigware - Aug 15, 2016

Thomas James O'Leary's recent directing credits include Flim Flam: Houdini and the Hereafter, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Nine, Dusty de los Santos, The Debut of Georgia, A Horse with a View, and currently Sunday in the Park with George. Thomas is best known for his three-year run (over 1,000 performances) in the title role of Broadway's longest-running musical, The Phantom of the Opera. Other acting credits include Miss Saigon (Broadway original cast), Les Miserables (First National original cast), Chess (First National), You Never Can Tell (Yale Rep), Last Sunday in June (Century Center), Travels with My Aunt (Colony Theatre), and Take Me Out (LA Weekly Award, Celebration Theatre).  

BWW Reviews: New Jersey College Gets a Double LES MISERABLES Treat for Their Production
by Pati Buehler - Nov 29, 2013

Former Broadway Les Miserables cast members Deborah Bradshaw and Craig Schulman lend a hand in the Cumberland County College Theater Arts Department for their production of Les Miserables.

THE PRODUCERS Among NCT's 2013 Line Up
by Caryn Robbins - Jun 28, 2012

NCT presents the Award Winning 2013 Season!