Japhy Weideman
Video: CRAZYSEXYCOOL – THE TLC MUSICAL Cast Begins Rehearsals at Arena Stage (May 19, 2026)
70th Annual Drama Desk Awards Winners - The Full List (May 17, 2026)
Video: Alex De Bard and J. Antonio Rodriguez Perform 'spotted hawk' From I & YOU: THE MUSICAL (May 12, 2026)
BIO
Off-Broadway: Sons of the Prophet, Tigers Be Still (Roundabout); All New People, The Talls (Second Stage); The Singing Forest (The Public/NYSF); Thinner Than Water, Jack Goes Boating (LAByrinth Theater Co, Drama Desk nom); Apple Cove (Women's Project); Frankenstein (Soho Rep, Drama Desk Nom). International: Blackbird (West End); Troilus and Cressida (RSC); Electra (Epidaurus- Greece). Opera: Bluebeard's Castle/Il Prigioniero (La Scala, Nederlandse Opera); Eugene Onegin, Don Giovanni (Opéra de Lyon). Regional: ACT, Berkeley Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Houston Grand Opera, Huntington Theater Co, The Old Globe, Santa Fe Opera, Shakespeare Theater Co, Signature Theatre Co, Westport, others.
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Productions
Awards and Nominations
Japhy Weideman, Beau the Musical
Japhy Weideman, The Piano Lesson
Japhy Weideman, Mary Jane
Japhy Weideman, Dear Evan Hansen
Japhy Weideman, Dear Evan Hansen
winner
Japhy Weideman
Japhy Weideman, The Visit
Japhy Weideman, Punk Rock
Japhy Weideman, The Visit
Japhy Weideman, Airline Highway
Japhy Weideman, Macbeth
Japhy Weideman, What's It all About? Bacharach Reimagined
Japhy Weideman, Of Mice and Men
Japhy Weideman, The Nance
Japhy Weideman, Jack Goes Boating
Videos
Video: CRAZYSEXYCOOL – THE TLC MUSICAL Cast Begins Rehearsals at Arena Stage
by Stephi Wild - 2026-05-19 09:11:09
Video: Alex De Bard and J. Antonio Rodriguez Perform 'spotted hawk' From I & YOU: THE MUSICAL
by Stephi Wild - 2026-05-12 09:30:39
Video: Billy Crudup, Ella Beatty and More in GHOSTS at LCT
by Chloe Rabinowitz - 2025-03-10 12:58:12
Video: Billy Crudup Recalls Panic Attack Onstage During HARRY CLARKE
by Josh Sharpe - 2025-03-04 13:58:17
Video: Liz Larsen and Aria Kane Perform 'To Me' from THE BEDWETTER
by Stephi Wild - 2025-02-26 06:43:54
Video: Watch 'Waving Through A Window' From the DEAR EVAN HANSEN Tour Led By Michael Fabisch
by Michael Major - 2025-01-09 14:01:04
Video: First Look At 2024/2025 DEAR EVAN HANSEN National Tour
by Joshua Wright - 2024-09-13 10:18:56
Video: Hear 'Everyone's Gone' From MAGGIE At Goodspeed Musicals
by A.A. Cristi - 2024-08-09 17:41:56
Photos/Video: First Look at THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL on Broadway
by Stephi Wild - 2024-04-17 08:07:13
Video: Watch Corey Cott & More in THE HEART OF ROCK AND ROLL Music Video
by Nicole Rosky - 2024-02-23 11:24:19
Video: Watch Alex Newell Perform 'Independently Owned' From SHUCKED on THE VIEW
by Michael Major - 2023-07-31 09:28:37
Video: Alex Newell Performs 'Independently Owned' From SHUCKED on THE VOICE
by Stephi Wild - 2023-05-23 06:11:40
Video: Watch Brandy Clark Perform From New Album at SHUCKED Curtain Call
by Blair Ingenthron - 2023-05-20 15:19:45
Exclusive: Watch Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally Perform First Song From SHUCKED, 'Maybe Love'
by Stephi Wild - 2023-02-23 09:34:26
VIDEO: LaTanya Richardson Jackson Reveals What She Wants PIANO LESSON Audiences to Take Away From the Play on FALLON
by Michael Major - 2022-11-03 13:40:18
News
by Stephi Wild - May 19, 2026
Arena Stage Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif recently welcomed the company of the world premiere of CRAZYSEXYCOOL – THE TLC MUSICAL to DC for the start of the show's journey. Check out footage from the rehearsal room in the video here!
by Nicole Rosky - May 17, 2026
The best of the New York City theatre community was at Town Hall for the 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards, the theater award honoring excellence across all of New York City’s theatrical landscape. Check out a full list of winners here.
by Stephi Wild - May 12, 2026
I & You: The Musical is running now through May 24 at the Olney Theatre Center. In this new video, watch Alex De Bard and J. Antonio Rodriguez perform 'spotted hawk' from the show.
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 29, 2026
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announced the full cast and creative team for CrazySexyCool – The TLC Musical.
by Pamela Roberts - Apr 29, 2026
I & You: The Musical, premiering at Olney Theatre Center, is ambitious. It’s full of tremendous verve, emotion and promise. But it’s not without flaws.
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 29, 2026
Raúl Esparza and Helen J Shen will announce the 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards nominations on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 10:00AM ET. Check out the nominees so far and check back later for teh complete list.
by Stephi Wild - Apr 20, 2026
Mirvish Productions announced a new stage production of DIRTY DANCING: THE MUSICAL will play Toronto's CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, directed by Tony nominee Lonny Price with choreography by Darrell Grand Moultrie.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 18, 2026
As part of Audible Theater and TOGETHER’s 2026 season, rehearsals began this week for What Happened Was… with Corey Stoll and Cecily Strong. See photos of the company in rehearsal.
by Stephi Wild - Mar 17, 2026
Elizabeth A. Davis will join the cast of BLOOD/LOVE as Valerie Bloodlove at certain performances. Davis will take the stage on Thursday, April 2, Sunday, April 12, April 19, April 26, and May 3.
by Stephi Wild - Mar 17, 2026
The world premiere of I & You: The Musical based on the play by Lauren M. Gunderson, with a book by Gunderson and music and lyrics by Ari Afsar, performs on Olney Theatre Center's Roberts Mainstage.
by Stephi Wild - Mar 16, 2026
Ensemble Arts Philly and The Shubert Organization will present the Philadelphia premiere of Shucked at the Forrest Theatre from April 21 through May 3, 2026.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 11, 2026
Audible Theater and TOGETHER, will present two additional productions for their 2026 season, directed by Ian Rickson and presented in repertory at Audible’s Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 10, 2026
The Chase Brock Experience, the New York based dance company of Broadway choreographer Chase Brock will return to New York with the debut of Come Home in a strictly limited seven-performance engagement at A.R.T./New York Theatres.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 4, 2026
Dirty Dancing: The Musical—a new stage production of the beloved film Dirty Dancing—will launch a North American Tour this August at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, MN.
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 21, 2026
Blood/Love will begin its off-Broadway run at Theater 555 in February 2026. Written by Carey Renee Sharpe and Dru DeCaro, the new musical features a full cast of performers and is directed by Hunter Bird. The limited engagement is scheduled to run through late March.
by Stephi Wild - Dec 4, 2025
The new original musical BLOOD/LOVE will make its way off-Broadway this spring. Blood/Love will begin performances at Theater 555 in February. Learn more about the production here!
by Herbert Paine - Dec 3, 2025
Only on Broadway can a show this proudly preposterous, this shamelessly corny, sneak up on the skeptics and knock the wind out of them. SHUCKED, the goofy little musical that could, arrives at ASU Gammage in Tempe like a hayride crashing into a punch bowl.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 12, 2025
Beau The Musical will launch an in-person ticket rush policy, now available at The Distillery at St. Luke’s Theatre.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 6, 2025
Beau The Musical will extend for an additional four weeks at The Distillery at St. Luke’s Theatre. Beau The Musical is conceived and written by Douglas Lyons, with music by Ethan D. Pakchar and Douglas Lyons, and lyrics by Douglas Lyons.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 27, 2025
Beau The Musical opens tonight at its new home at The Distillery at St. Luke’s Theatre. The production stars Matt Rodin as Ace Baker and Dead Outlaw Tony-nominee Jeb Brown. Read the reviews!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Outstanding Lighting Design of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Beau the Musical, Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Piano Lesson, Outstanding Lighting Design (The Lortels) for Mary Jane, Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Dear Evan Hansen, Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Dear Evan Hansen, Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design (Obie Awards), Outstanding Lighting Design (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Visit, Outstanding Lighting Design (The Lortels) for Punk Rock, Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Visit, Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Airline Highway, Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Macbeth, Outstanding Lighting Design (The Lortels) for What's It all About? Bacharach Reimagined, Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for Of Mice and Men, Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tony Awards) for The Nance and Outstanding Lighting Design (Drama Desk Awards) for Jack Goes Boating.
Sustained Excellence of Lighting Design (Obie Awards).
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