Ariana DeBose News

On Monday, May 22, Covenant House, the largest charity in the Americas helping homeless and trafficked youth, gathered supporters to celebrate their annual Night of Covenant House Stars Gala. The event took place at the Javits Center Terrace & Pavilion in New York City. Check out photos from the event here!

The Tony Awards will air as originally scheduled on June 11th, and WGA has agreed not to picket the broadcast, which will consist of non-scripted segments.

The fate of the 76th Annual Tony Awards has been hanging in the balance and we have all the latest details on the latest decisions made by the Tony Awards Management Committee.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Tony Awards will not be televised on June 11. The committee submitted a WGA waiver for the Tony Awards to air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ on June 11, but it was denied.

Stephen DeAngelis is continuing his ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys, Understudies and Alternates with the next edition in his monthly residency of AT THIS PERFORMANCE…™ to be held on Monday, May 22nd at The Green Room 42.

While the ongoing Writers Guild of America Strike continues to affect TV and film production, attention has turned this week towards its potential impact on Broadway's biggest night. BroadwayWorld has learned that the Tony Awards Management Committee will hold a meeting on Monday, May 15 to discuss what happens if the show cannot go on as planned on June 11.

WP Theater’s 2023 Gala, Celebrating Extraordinary Achievement By Women+ Artists and Industry Leaders, was held last night, May 8. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos here!

On Thursday, the nominees met the press and BroadwayWorld's Jennifer Broski was on hand to capture portraits of each of them on their big day!

The Television Academy has denied Apple's petition to move Schmigadoon! to the scripted variety category for the 2023 Emmy Awards. Apple had submitted Schmigadoon's second season in the scripted variety series category, after previously being placed in comedy series for season one.

Top stories: Meet the 2023 Tony Award nominees, get a first look at Grey House on Broadway, plus watch an exclusive video message from Krysta Rodriguez in honor of BroadwayWorld's 20th anniversary!

This week, the acclaimed Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd welcomed some celebrity guests to Fleet Street! Broadway superfan Rosie O’Donnell, Academy Award-nominee Billy Zane, Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose and guest Chloe Flower all attended Saturday's performances. Go backstage with photos of their meet and greet with Sweeney stars Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford!

Ariana DeBose kicked off the final episode of Schmigadoon! season two by belting out 'It's Over.' The song is heavily inspired by 'Hard to Say Goodbye, My Love' from Dreamgirls. The seond season of Schmigadoon! also featured references to Chicago, Pippin, Cabaret, Sweeney Todd, and more. Watch the video of the performance now!

See photos of the 2023 Tony Award nominees meeting the press!

Top stories: The Who's Tommy will have a reimagined production in Chicago, Lin-Manuel Miranda has teased a Hamilton/Sweeney Todd Ham4Ham performance, plus watch an exclusive video message from Casey Nicholaw in honor of BroadwayWorld's 20th anniversary!

Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming are back together for season two of Schmigadoon, teaming up for a bloody-good parody of Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett. BroadwayWorld sat down with Cumming and Chenoweth, who spilled on filming their big musical number, wanting to play their Sweeney Todd roles IRL, the Schmigadoon groupchat, and more!

Joel Grey and John Kander will each receive the 2023 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.

The album’s 26 vocal tracks are performed throughout the series’ 6 episodes by returning stars Cecily Strong, Keegan-Michael Key, Ariana DeBose, Martin Short, Dove Cameron, Jaime Camil, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Ann Harada, Jane Krakowski, and Aaron Tveit as well as season two newcomers Tituss Burgess and Patrick Page.

This morning in New York City, Funny Girl star, Lea Michele and 2022 Tony Award Winner Myles Frost (MJ) hosted The 76th Annual Tony Award Nominations LIVE from Sofitel New York. Check out photos of the duo here.

Broadway's biggest night is back in 2023! The Tony Awards, Broadway's most beloved tradition, returns this June, honoring theater professionals for distinguished achievement in the 2023/2023 Broadway season. What can you expect this time around? We've got the scoop!

The nominations are in! Check out how each show fared individually in a full list of nominations by show.