Matthew Steffens

BWW Interview: Catherine Porter of March 28th's VISIBLE INK: PERFORMANCE OF WORKS BY MSK PATIENTS

A live stream on Monday night will present the cancer-inspired artistic creations of patients from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's VISIBLE INK program.

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of IS THERE STILL SEX IN THE CITY?

Is There Still Sex in the City?, written by and starring Candace Bushnell, marks her stage debut in the city that started it all. Audiences will experience Bushnell's saucy humor and spot-on insights into life, love, relationships, and hear stories about how a young woman reinvented her life and in the process created a cultural phenomenon.

Photos: Go Inside Opening Night of THE VISITOR at the Public Theater

Just last night, The Public Theater celebrated the world premiere musical THE VISITOR, with music by Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Kitt, lyrics by Pulitzer Prize winner Brian Yorkey and a book by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Brian Yorkey.

Transcendence Theatre Company Announces Cast and Creative Team For BROADWAY HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR

Fresh off the heels of their highly successful 10th anniversary season of Broadway Under The Stars, Transcendence Theatre Company will present a new and reimagined holiday show for the whole family with holiday favorites, show stopping dance numbers, Broadway show tunes and modern twists on some of the world's most uplifting and cherished songs.

DANCEFEST - a Weekend of Free Dance Classes to Feature Artists From IN THE HEIGHTS, ON YOUR FEET, NYCB & More

CB Festival Productions has partnered with Salgado Productions to provide an international opportunity of a dance weekend training free of charge in 2021. Classes in ballet, hiphop, street jazz, and latin fusion will be given virtually on January 23rd and 24th.

R.Evolución Latina's BEYOND BROADWAY WORKSHOP SERIES Featuring Sergio Trujillo & More Has Moved Online

R.Evolución Latina's annual Beyond Workshop Series scheduled to begin on April 17th has moved to an online program. In light of the global response to Covid-19, RL rallied its teaching artists and creatives to take action.

Karen Olivo, Ariana DeBose & Sergio Trujillo Among Others Join R.Evolución Latina's 2019 Dance-A-Thon Fundraiser

The non-profit arts organization R.Evolución Latina (RL) has provided programming since 2007 and continues to unite artists, youth and beyond as they gear up for 2020 at the 7th Annual Dance-A-Thon on November 10th 2019. 

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Axelrod Inspires Theatregoers

Celebrating its 50th year of storytelling, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is currently being performed at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center. This Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice classic is a biblical reimagining of Joseph and his coat of many colors, following the journey of Israel's favorite son, his trials with his eleven brothers, and the triumps in giving and forgiveness.

BWW Interview: Josh Canfield in JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Axelrod Performing Arts Center

Broadwayworld.com had the pleasure of interviewing Josh Canfield about his career and 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' at Axelrod Performing Arts Center.

Casting Announced for JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT At Axelrod PAC

The Axelrod Performing Arts Center added an extra show this season-Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat-for beachgoing theatergoers on the Jersey Shore. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's first collaboration, which has had many lives over its fifty years, has been reimagined by director-choreographer Matthew Steffens and musical directorconductor Andrew Sotomayor. "So much of the score is iconic, but we had a tremendous desire to freshen it up, so we have voices and orchestrated the production so this is a one-of-a-kind production just for the Axelrod," says Steffens. 

VIDEO: R.Evolucion Latina Presents Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST

R.Evolucion Latina's new vision of one of William Shakespeare's final plays, The Tempest opened last night at Pregones Theater.

VIDEO: Get A First Look At The Muny's GUYS AND DOLLS

BroadwayWorld has a first look at The Muny's production of GUYS AND DOLLS! Check out the video!

Nothing screams comedy like a workplace fantasy sequence. The Nazareth College Theatre and Dance Department will take on the stage version of 9 to 5: the Musical, based on the 1980 hit film of the same name, April 21-22 at 7:30pm and April 23 at 2 pm in the Callahan Theatre at the Nazareth College Arts Center.

Upright Citizens Brigade just teamed with some top Broadway talent to parody Sia's new video for her song 'Elastic Heart'. Below, watch Mayor DeBlasio (Matthew Steffens) dance-battling with the NYPD (Colby Lindeman), all to new lyrics recorded by the legendary Natalie Weiss!

Randy Weiner's newest genre-crossing, environmental experience, Queen of the Night, which began performances on December 31, 2013, has announced an extension from its original six week limited run at the legendary supper club, Diamond Horseshoe (235 W. 46th Street, NYC) with an official opening night on Saturday, February 1, 2014. Check out a just-released trailer for the show below!

The cast of the Walnut Street Theatre's production of 'Grease' created a music video to pay tribute to the city of Philadelphia - the birthplace of America and home of the oldest theatre in the country - just in time for Independence Day! Directed and choreographed by Adolpho Blaire, who plays Roger in the production, the video takes viewers on a tour of some of the most famous sites in the city of Brotherly Love including Love Park, Independence Hall, the 'Rocky Steps' at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and even backstage at the 204 year old Theatre. The cast goes sightseeing and eventually dances through the streets to a disco-crazed version of 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' by Paul Jabara. The original tune, incidentally, was sung by George M. Cohan himself in 1904 at the Walnut Street Theatre in 'Little Johnny Jones' before it's opening on Broadway. Click below to watch the video!

Walnut Street Theatre concludes its landmark 204th season with an all-new production of Broadway and Hollywood's smash-hit, GREASE. Directed by Bruce Lumpkin, with choreography by Michelle Gaudette, this musical extravaganza opened on May 22nd and runs through July 14th on the WST Mainstage. Click below to watch highlights from the show!

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) presents the five-time Tony Award winning masterpiece Man of La Mancha, running now through March 10 at the Hobby Center for The Performing Arts. Click below to watch highlights from the show!

Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) presents the five-time Tony Award winning masterpiece Man of La Mancha, running Feb. 26 - March 10 at the Hobby Center for The Performing Arts. Click below to watch a trailer for the show!

Lincoln Center Theater's production of the new musical WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, based on the film by Pedro Almodóvar, with a book by Jeffrey Lane, music and lyrics by David Yazbek and direction by Bartlett Sher opened on November 4 at The Belasco Theatre on Broadway 111 West 44 Street and Broadway Beat was there to talk to the cast!