Alan Cumming News

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: IF/THEN gets fresh faces on tour, three shows begin off-Broadway and more!

The musical masterpiece returns, direct from Broadway! As part of their 50th Anniversary Season, Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony Award-winning production of Sam Mendes (Spectre, American Beauty) and Rob Marshall's (Into the Woods and Chicago, the films) CABARET begins performances tonight, January 26, in Providence, RI at the Providence Performing Arts Center.

The musical masterpiece returns, direct from Broadway! As part of their 50th Anniversary Season, Roundabout Theatre Company's Tony Award-winning production of Sam Mendes (Spectre, American Beauty) and Rob Marshall's (Into the Woods and Chicago, the films) CABARET will begin performances on Tuesday, Jan. 26 in Providence, RI at the Providence Performing Arts Center.

Producer Rick Murray will present the 2016 Broadway Series in Provincetown, Massachusetts this summer at The Crown & Anchor's Paramount Theatre and Town Hall Auditorium. Tickets are now on sale for the Series, in which an impressive list of Oscar, Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning stars will be performing live in full concerts. Following up on last summer's smash hit season, the 2016 Broadway Series will include the talents of Rita Moreno, Bernadette Peters, Alan Cumming, Lucie Arnaz, Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway, Linda Eder, Levi Kreis, and Randy Graff.

The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center announced today that tickets for ALAN CUMMING SINGS SAPPY SONGS will go on sale Friday, January 29 at 10 a.m. Alan Cumming will perform two shows with his longtime collaborator and Emmy Award-winning musical director Lance Horne and cellist Eleanor Norton at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, 2016 at Dallas City Performance Hall in the Dallas Arts District. 

For native New Yorker Brooke Moriber - the singer/songwriter, rocker, and accomplished Broadway sensation who's had a knack for stage performance since she was a young starlet - it seems 2016 is set to be yet another year of milestones, including helping the fight against Epidermolysis Bullosa and dropping her brand new single "Up All Night".

Breaking News! The fourth annual BroadwayWorld New York Cabaret Awards results are official and for 2015 some bold-faced Broadway names, long-time cabaret stars, and some exciting newcomers were the people's choices this year. More than 32,000 votes were cast for performers and shows in 14 categories. 

For more than four decades, SESAME STREET has helped children grow smarter, stronger and kinder by providing preschoolers with the gold-standard in quality educational programming. 

Sydney Festival's opening weekend took over the city in an explosion of exceptional theatre, dance, music, visual arts, opera and more.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: James Lecesne's THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY travels to L.A., it's National Swing Day (use #EquityTeamSwing to celebrate), and the company of THE WOODSMAN meets the press, so stay tuned for coverage!

Kristin Chenoweth, the Tony Award winning star of stage and screen, will join Alan Cumming as a special guest for his headlining debut at Carnegie Hall on Monday, February 8 at 8:00 PM, BroadwayWorld has confirmed.

It looks like Kristin Chenoweth may be returning to Broadway sooner than we thought!  I recently had the opportunity to talk to the Kristin about a variety of topics. She filled me in about her next big project, I Am Anne Hutchinson, and shared some insights into the expectations of Hollywood, specifically for women. Of course we also talked about her plans for the future, which include a return to Broadway in the near future in Tammy Faye Bakker - The Musical!

Tonight's the night! As of this evening, the 2016 awards season officially begins with the Golden Globes, honoring excellence in film and television.

I feel like when it comes to 'Iowa', Alicia has finally kicked off her shoes. There is a shot of her slipper-clad feet, right before she takes a stack of plates and throws them at Eli's head, that makes me think about her being closer to the ground now, more real. The rage that comes after, the attacking Eli, and the sobbing in her bedroom, that's all so real, too.

California Musical Theatre and BroadwayWorld bring you the 2016 lineup for Sacramento Music Circus at the Wells Fargo Pavilion, the 66th season for the venerable institution. The season includes four shows that have never been produced at Music Circus: The smash hit musical comedy Legally Blonde, based on the hilarious film starring Reese Witherspoon; the family favorite Seussical, a journey through the witty and whimsical world of Dr. Seuss; Nice Work If You Can Get It, the song-and-dance spectacular filled with the music of George and Ira Gershwin; and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a brand new musical exploring the dark themes of the epic novel while featuring the beautiful music of the animated Disney film. The 2016 Music Circus season will also feature two shows that are all-time patron favorites, the irresistible musical theatre gem Hello, Dolly! and the Tony-winning Kander and Ebb classic Cabaret.

Each January, Sydney Festival enlivens and transforms Sydney with a bold cultural celebration based on the highest quality art and big ideas. Sydney Festival opens today to celebrate its 40th anniversary and the final year for esteemed Festival Director Lieven Bertels with a spectacular program bursting with free and ticketed events across theatre, dance, circus, opera and contemporary and classical music.

CABARET, the musical masterpiece, returns direct from Broadway!

Producer Daniel Nardicio will present the eclectic and electric Tony Award-winning performer ALAN CUMMINNG in his headlining debut at Carnegie Hall on Monday, February 8 at 8:00 PM. The show Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs with Friends features guest stars Darren Criss and Ricki Lake, in addition to a special performance by the New York City Gay Men's Chorus.

Hot off the back of a New York Times best-selling memoir NOT MY FATHER'S SON, Scottish actor-singer-author Alan Cumming is making his debut in Melbourne for a raucous adults-only one-man cabaret show, ALAN CUMMING SINGS SAPPY SONGS, at Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse from tonight 5 - 7 January, 2016.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, just presented BENJAMIN EAKELEY in his solo cabaret debut, 'BROADWAY SWINGER.' Benjamin Eakeley and his four-piece jazz band reinterpret classic songs from the 1960s in a lounge act that chronicles the American stage's evolution from conservative to carefree. 'BROADWAY SWINGER' is a groovy romp through the decade that gave us Oliver!, Cabaret, Hair and Promises, Promises. True to its name, this swingin' show examines shifting attitudes toward relationships and sex as it explores life, love and everything in between.