Ben Crawford News

The Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running show in Broadway history, announced today the launch of a brand-new Instagram AR Filter that lets fans become The Phantom. 

John Johnson and Very Intensive Productions have announced the release of 35MM: A Musical Exhibition in Focus, an album of commentary, original cast interviews, and track-by-track song breakdowns. The album is available now (March 9) via Spotify, Apple Music, and all streaming platforms.

Max Grossman will be premiering a video tribute to Jeanine tomorrow night, Thursday March 4th. Premiering at 8pm EST, the video will feature  Laurie Veldheer, Nic Rouleau, Rachel Prather, Andrea Prestinario, Talia Suskauer, Kendyl Ito, Ben Crawford, Kara Lindsay, Anthony Lee Medina, Kerstin Anderson, John Battagliese, and Daniel Yearwood and more!

Basado en la aclamada novela de Roald Dahl, CHARLIE Y LA FÁBRICA DE CHOCOLATE se estrenaba en Broadway en primavera de 2017 y tras 305 funciones y 27 previas, el 14 de enero de 2018 bajaba el telón por última vez.

BroadwayEvolved will continue their 'In-Depth Zoom Conversation' series featuring a special 'Jenna Reunion' including some of the Broadway leading ladies of WAITRESS. On Tuesday, November 17 at 8:00 PM ET Shoshana Bean, Jessie Mueller, Nicolette Robinson, Betsy Wolfe, and WAITRESS composer Sara Bareilles join together for the first time on Zoom.

Check out our tips for a bone-chilling Broadway Halloween party. 

Equity One: Broadway's Happy Hour has announced their Spooky Special. The podcast co-hosted by Caleb Dicke (Broadway Backwards, Goodspeed Opera House, Music Theatre Wichita) and Elliott Mattox (Beetlejuice, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) will be having a virtual Happy Hour with guests from I Put a Spell On You including: Jay Armstrong Johnson!

Equity One: Broadway's Happy Hour, in association with the Broadway Podcast Network, has announced their Three Year Anniversary Celebration.

We are excited to announce our online Summer Intensive 'Building the Confident Mind' July 13-17, 2020. This five-day development/Intensive program is designed to offer participants an opportunity to dive deeper into the 'Building the Confident Mind' Workshop. In addition to the core class, this unique and empowering intensive will also include; private vocal lessons, music coachings, yoga/movement classes, one-on-one mind empowering sessions, and daily master classes where students will work with top industry leaders/performers/coaches and teachers

On Thursday, May 7 at 8:00 PM ET the cast of FALSETTOS Stephanie J. Block, Christian Borle, Andrew Rannells, Anthony Rosenthal, Tracie Thoms, Brandon Uranowitz, and Betsy Wolfe will reunite for the first time since the 2017 film premiere.

There are some insanely talented Broadway artists out there! Check out their artwork from week 2's favorite lyrics challenge and get ready for week 3 of #BwayWorldFanArt-- favorite duo!

AT THIS PERFORMANCE... will return to The Green Room 42 featuring Standbys, Understudies and Alternates from Jagged Little Pill; West Side Story; Ain't Too Proud:The Life and Times of the Temptations; Emojiland and Fiddler on the Roof [Fiddler Afn Dakh] on MONDAY, MARCH 9TH at 7 PM.

The Phantom of the Opera celebrates its 32nd Anniversary today, January 26, 2020. Last night, January 25, the company celebrated. They posed backstage after the performance and held a pizza party in honor of the big day.

Sing for us, our angel of music! Abby Seim, who studies musical theatre at Viterbo University, recently took to the stage to perform a song from Broadway's longest-running musical The Phantom of the Opera, portraying both the Phantom and Christine simultaneously. Check out the video to see the incredible duel performance!

The legendary musical The Phantom of the Opera has been bringing the music of the night to Broadway audiences for over 31 years, and 14 years ago today, the production surpassed Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats to become the longest-running musical in Broadway history! To celebrate the history-making anniversary, we're throwing it back to that special night with the Tony-winning original Phantom Michael Crawford and Howard McGillin commemorating the special occasion!

AT THIS PERFORMANCEa??  returns to The Green Room 42 featuring Standbys and Understudies from LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS; HAMILTON; THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL and WICKED on MONDAY, DECEMBER 2ND at 7PM.

On Wednesday, October 16, Meghan Picerno, who previously thrilled audiences worldwide as Christine Daaé in the new World Tour of The Phantom of the Opera, will make her Broadway debut as Christine.  Kaley Ann Voorhees' final performance will be Sunday evening, October 13 at 7PM.

AT THIS PERFORMANCEa?? celebrates its 16th anniversary and returns to The Green Room 42 featuring Standbys and Understudies from Moulin Rouge; Ain't Too Proud; Broadway Bounty Hunter; Frozen; Kiss Me, Kate; Be More Chill; Alice By Heart; School Of Rock; and Bandstand on Monday, October 7th at 7pm.

AT THIS PERFORMANCEa?? returns to The Green Room 42 featuring Standbys and Understudies from AIN'T TOO PROUD; BROADWAY BOUNTY HUNTER; WICKED; KISS ME KATE; BE MORE CHILL; A STRANGE LOOP and ANASTASIA on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH at 7 PM.

Producers Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group announced today three principal cast changes for Broadway's blockbuster phenomenon, Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, directed by theater legend, the late Harold Prince.