Wake Up With BroadwayWorld May 13, 2025
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 13, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Bernadette Peters News
Date of Birth: February 28, 1948 (78)
Birth Place: Ozone Park, NY, USA
STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS Sets Final Extension Through Late June
Manhattan Theatre Club will present a final two-week extension for Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, starring two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters and Tony Award winner Lea Salonga.
Which Shows Have Been Revived the Most in the 21st Century?
Three of this season’s plays and two of this season’s musicals are already getting revived for the second or third time this century! Twenty-five years into the 21st century and Broadway has already seen multiple revivals of Glengarry Glen Ross, Our Town, Romeo and Juliet, Gypsy, and Sunset Boul
Brandy and Rita Ora Set to Return for New DESCENDANTS Film
Superstars Brandy and Rita Ora will reprise their roles of Cinderella and the Queen of Hearts, respectively, in the new “Descendants” movie, officially titled “Descendants: Wicked Wonderland.
2025 Theatre World Awards Winners Announced
Theatre World Awards Board of Directors has just announced the Honorees for Theatre World Award for an Outstanding Debut Performance in a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production.
GOING BACHARACH A New Revue To Hold Private Industry Presentations
Lewin Productions will present private, by-invitation only industry presentations of Going Bacharach: The Songs of an Icon, a new revue created by Will Friedwald, Adrian Galante, Tedd Firth and Jack Lewin, and directed by Bill Castellino.
Plano Symphony Orchestra Will Host An Evening With Bernadette Peters
The Plano Symphony Orchestra will bring the incomparable Bernadette Peters to Dallas for an inspiring evening of music in August.
Photos: BOOP!, SUNSET BLVD., Stars and More Join BROADWAY DREAM ROLES Benefit
A bevy of Broadway’s brightest stars - from icons Jennifer Holliday and Andrea Martin to show-stopping newcomers Tom Francis and Jasmine Amy Rogers - lit up the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 28, 2025, at the inaugural Broadway Dream Roles.
Who Has Hosted the Tony Awards the Most? A Complete History of Tony Hosts
On June 7, 2026, viewers will be able to tune in to watch P!nk take the stage at Radio City Music Hall as a first-time host for the 79th annual ceremony.
Celia Keenan-Bolger Will Receive the 2025 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award
The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced that Celia Keenan-Bolger will receive the 2025 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for her unwavering dedication to advocacy work through the arts.
Feature: Signature Theatre Honors Mandy Patinkin with The 2025 Sondheim Award at its Annual Gala
My emotional and artistic journey with performer extraordinaire Mandy Patinkin was renewed as I watched the Signature Theatre’s Sondheim Award Gala celebrating Mandy Patinkin (at the Anthem on the Wharf on April 14, 2025).
Recap Tony Awards Eligibility Decisions of the 2024/25 Season
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has been meeting all year to discuss the eligibility of the 2024/25 Broadway productions.
Tony Awards Committee Determines Eligibility for THE LAST FIVE YEARS, FLOYD COLLINS and More
The Tony Awards Administration Committee met to confirm the eligibility status of 12 Broadway productions for the 2024-2025 season.
Photos: DEATH BECOMES HER's Megan Hilty Gets Honored with a Sardi's Portrait
Megan Hilty, who is currently portraying the role of Madeline Ashton in the Broadway musical Death Becomes Her, recently received her Sardi's portrait! See the photos below.
Jake Gyllenhaal Will Be Honored at Manhattan Theatre Club's Spring Gala
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that their 2025 annual Spring Gala will honor Academy Award and Tony Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal.
Review: Donna McKechnie Illuminates The Essence of Stephen Sondheim at 54 Below
Donna McKechnie's TAKE ME TO THE WORLD – THE SONGS OF STEPHEN SONDHEIM continues 4/26 at 54 Below.
George Young Brings SINGIN' AND SWINGIN' To 54 Below In June
54 BELOW will present George Young in Singin' and Swingin' on June 19th at 7:00pm.
Unpack the Tony Awards History of the 2025 Nominated Revivals
The results of the 2025 Tony races are very much still up in the air, but many of this season's nominated revivals have been Tony-tested before.
Video: Watch the Trailer for Palace Theatre Documentary PLAYING THE PALACE
The trailer has been released for Playing the Palace, a new feature documentary chronicling the history and recent transformation of Broadway’s Palace Theatre.
See Lea Salonga and Frank DiLella in Conversation at 92NY
Tony Award winner Lea Salonga will join 92NY withVFrank DiLella, to talk about her role in the new Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J.
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