Jacob ben Widmar

ALL SHOOK UP to be Presented at Meadow Brook Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 23, 2025

Travel back to the 1950s as Meadow Brook Theatre, in collaboration with Oakland University’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, brings the musical All Shook Up to the stage. 

Wake Up With BWW 9/11: Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker in PLAZA SUITE, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2019

Today's top stories: Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker will lead Plaza Suite on Broadway, and more!

TV Exclusive: Brigham Young University Alumni Bring It at Broadway Sessions
by Ben Cameron - Sep 10, 2019

Broadway Sessions kicked off it's new season recently with a celebration of alumni of the formidable MDT (Music/Dance/Theatre) program at Brigham Young University. Clark Johnsen (The Book of Mormon, La cage), Tregoney Shepherd (Les Mis, Phantom), Erin Wilson (Wicked), Steven Fales (Confessions of a Mormon Boy), Jacob Ben Widmar (Xanadu), Peter Nelson (Chicago, Cinderella), Broadway wardrobe veteran Jake Fry, Don Alden (Open Jar Studios), Knikki Hess Roberts, recent graduate Ellora Lattin and host Ben Cameron (a Utah native) share songs and stories from the sincere to the spectacularly hilarious. Enjoy highlights here.

BYU Alumni Next Up at BROADWAY SESSIONS
by Julie Musbach - Aug 12, 2019

BROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway cast twice monthly. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron (Bway Wicked, Aida, Footloose, Dance Captain Dance Attack web series) and features musical director Joshua Stephen Kartes on piano.  This Thursday night, August 15th, Broadway Sessions welcomes an all star line up of Broadway and national vets who are all alumni of BYU.

VIDEO: Get A First Look At THE DROWSY CHAPERONE at Broadway at Music Circus
by Alan Henry - Jul 11, 2019

The third show in the 2019 season is the Broadway At Music Circus premiere of the award-winning musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone is now on stage, starring writeractorcomedian Bruce Vilanch and featuring a cast of Broadway veterans. The show runs Tuesday, July 9 through Sunday, July 14 at the Wells Fargo Pavilion in Sacramento. Check out video of the cast in action!

Photo Flash: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE At Broadway Music Circus
by Nate Ronning - Jul 10, 2019

The third show in the 2019 season is the Broadway At Music Circus premiere of the award-winning musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone is now on stage, starring writeractorcomedian Bruce Vilanch and featuring a cast of Broadway veterans. The show runs Tuesday, July 9 through Sunday, July 14 at the Wells Fargo Pavilion in Sacramento. Check out photos of the cast in action!

Bruce Vilanch Stars In THE DROWSY CHAPERONE At Broadway Music Circus Beginning Next Week
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 3, 2019

The third show in the 2019 season is the Broadway At Music Circus premiere of the award-winning musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone, starring writeractorcomedian Bruce Vilanch and featuring a cast of Broadway veterans. The show runs Tuesday, July 9 through Sunday, July 14 at the Wells Fargo Pavilion in Sacramento.

Lesli Margherita, Bruce Vilanch, Philip Boykin And More Announced For Broadway At Music Circus Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 3, 2019

Casting has been confirmed for the 69th Broadway At Music Circus season, which begins June 11 at the Wells Fargo Pavilion. The season includes four Broadway At Music Circus premieres, Shrek the Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Wiz, and In the Heights.

Photo Flash: Steffanie Leigh, Grey Henson & More Relive Teenage Glory Days at BROADWAY HIGH SCHOOL THROWBACK
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Feb 26, 2019

THE GREEN ROOM 42 - Broadway's newest intimate concert venue - just presented Broadway's High School Throwback.

VIDEO: Bonnie Milligan, Grey Henson, and More Rehearse For High School Throwback at The Green Room 42
by Stephi Wild - Feb 23, 2019

The Green Room 42 will present Broadway's High School Throwback. February 25th at 9:30pm. The cast, including Bonnie Milligan, Grey Henson, and more, have been hard at work in rehearsal. Check out the footage in the video below!

Bonnie Milligan, Grey Henson, Alysha Umphress And More Slated for BROADWAY HIGH SCHOOL THROWBACK At The Green Room 42
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 9, 2019

THE GREEN ROOM 42 - Broadway's newest intimate concert venue - will present Broadway's High School Throwback. February 25th at 9:30pm. 

Ann Hampton Callaway, XANADU Reunion, and More Take 54 Below This Week
by Julie Musbach - Sep 17, 2018

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.

XANADU Reunion Concert to Feature Elizabeth Stanley, Max Von Essen, and More
by Julie Musbach - Sep 13, 2018

On Monday, September 17th, members of the original Broadway cast and national tour of the musical Xanadu will reunite in concert at 54 Below. Set to reprise their roles are Jacob ben Widmar, Annie Golden, Curtis Holbrook, Anika Larsen, Kenita Miller, Elizabeth Stanley, Tony Roberts, Mary Testa, Andre Ward, and Max Von Essen.

Kerry Butler, Stephanie D'Abruzzo and More Lead Staged Industry Reading Of SEEING RED
by Stephi Wild - Jan 22, 2018

Tony Award nominees Kerry Butler (Disaster!, Xanadu, the upcoming Mean Girls), Charl Brown (Motown), John Ellison Conlee (The Full Monty, Murder Ballad), and Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Avenue Q, I Love You Because) will head a special reading presentation of the new musical Seeing Red, by Emmy Award winner Joey Mazzarino and award-winning composer Aron Accurso on Thursday, January 25 in New York City at 11am and 3pm. Seeing Red takes a look at immigration through a fairy tale lens. In fact, it's about all the things that divide us as humans Religion, borders, race. It's the story of Little Red Riding Hood, now a grown woman who still spends her days delivering baskets full of goodies through her company Red Ex. She wishes she could change her fate but in Everafteropolis, once your story is written, it's written. When Red meets the Man From Nantucket, her life is suddenly turned upside down. He convinces her to smuggle Limerick characters (nameless people from faraway places) over Humpty Dumpty's wall and into her Fairy Tale Utopia. But human trafficking ain't easy and she's going to have to face off against the Big Bad Wolf, the citizens of Everafteropolis and the Great God Grimm himself to save the day. Seeing Red takes all of the tropes of children's theater and spins them on their head to tell a very grown-up story. It's got romance! It's got murder! It's got hand-puppets! Butler, Brown, Conlee, and D'Abruzzo will be joined by Jennifer Barnhart (Sesame Street, Avenue Q), Haven Burton (Violet, Kinky Boots, Shrek), Tyler Bunch (The Muppets, Julie's Greenroom, Bear in the Big Blue House), Paul Castree (Disaster!, 9 to 5, Young Frankenstein), Katie McCreary, Deont L. Warren (Aladdin), and Jacob ben Widmar (The Book of Mormon, White Christmas). Paul Staroba (War Paint, Gentleman's Guide ) serves as Musical Director along with C. Renee Alexander as the Stage Manager and Dailey-Monda Management as the General Manager. JOEY MAZZARINO is currently writing on the new Showtime project Kidding which stars Jim Carrey. Mazzarino has over 20 Emmy Awards in multiple categories for his work on Sesame Street (Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Original Song - Power of Yet). He directed all 13 episodes of Julie Andrews Netflix series Julie's Greenroom where he also served as a writer and producer. ARON ACCURSO Composer: The Dogs of Pripyat (Jerry Bock Award, NAMT, Goodspeed Festival, Weston New Musical Award), Co-composer/Co-book for We Have Apples (featured in the Washington Post, received a showcase produced by Theatre Now NY), Composer/Co-lyrics Strega Nona (National Tour). Training: BMI Workshop (Harrington Award), Dramatist Guild Fellow, St. Olaf College. Music Director/Incidental Music for Up Here by Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (La Jolla), and Calvin Berger (George Street). Broadway: Aladdin, Sister Act, Nice Work , The Little Mermaid, Billy Elliot.

Ophelia Theatre Group Presents The Songs Of Lewis Flinn
by Julie Musbach - Jan 2, 2018

This March, Ophelia Theatre Group is bringing back Lewis Flinn and Douglas Carter Beane's Broadway musical Lysistrata Jones! This will be its first New York production since Broadway. To celebrate, we're bringing you a night of Lewis Flinn's songs, performed by New York's brightest talent, with a special performance by Lewis Flinn.

Sally Struthers and More to Lead Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS at The Music Hall
by BWW News Desk - Nov 29, 2017

The Music Hall and the Ogunquit Playhouse have announce the stars of the beloved Irving Berlin classic White Christmas at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, November 29 - December 17.

Sally Struthers and More to Lead Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS at The Music Hall
by BWW News Desk - Nov 17, 2017

The Music Hall and the Ogunquit Playhouse have announce the stars of the beloved Irving Berlin classic White Christmas at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, November 29 - December 17.

Review Roundup: 42ND STREET at North Shore Music Theatre - What Did The Critics Think?
by BWW Intern - Nov 14, 2017

42ND STREET runs at North Shore Music Theatre through November 12, and the critics are weighing in!

TV Exclusive: Watch Highlights from 42ND STREET at North Shore Music Theatre
by BroadwayWorld TV - Nov 3, 2017

The glamour, spectacle and fashion of 1930s Broadway comes to Bill Hanney's award-winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) as a chorus girl from a small town aspires to find love and success on the Great White Way in the Tony Award-winning 42ND STREET, tapping across the NSMT main stage now through November 12, 2017. BroadwayWorld is excited to share exclusive highlights from the show below!

Photo Flash: First Look at Tari Kelly, Burke Moses, Jessica Wockenfuss and More in 42ND STREET at North Shore Music Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Nov 1, 2017

The glamour, spectacle and fashion of 1930s Broadway comes to Bill Hanney's award-winning North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) as a chorus girl from a small town aspires to find love and success on the Great White Way in the Tony Award-winning 42ND STREET, tapping across the NSMT main stage now through November 12, 2017. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!