Eddie Varley News

Basquiat, a new musical about the life and times of 80's art-star, Jean Michele Basquiat will be premiering a concert version of the show at Joe's Pub, December 16th and 7:30pm

On Saturday night, November 2, the Broadway community, family, and friends came together to celebrate the 50th birthday of the legendary Andrea McArdle. The birthday was a complete surprise to McArdle who was brought to the party by friend Tommy Tune under the impression that they were meeting Carol Channing for dessert! Scroll down for photos!

BroadwayWorld.com is very excited to announce that we will be returning to Joe's Pub at the Public Theater in 2014, kicking off a year-long celebration of the community and our 10th anniversary with regularly scheduled concerts, live streams and special events in a BIG way. The concert series will launch on January 20, 2014 with BROADWAYWORLD VISITS OZ, directed by Richard Jay-Alexander and with music direction by Mary-Mitchell Campbell. Tickets will go on sale on October 15, 2013 at 1pm. Below, watch a VERY special 10th Anniversary look back at the site's original concert series.

Basquiat, a new musical based on the life and times of 80's art-star, Jean-Michel Basquiat will get a private reading today, June 24th.

Basquiat, a new musical based on the life and times of 80's art-star, Jean-Michel Basquiat will get a private reading on Monday June 24th.

On Friday evening, May 24, Playbill's Blake Ross and BroadwayWorld.com's Rob and Jennifer Diamond co-hosted the only birthday party that took two editors of two major theatre web sites to plan ... Director/Producer Richard Jay-Alexander's 60th Birthday Bash! The party, held on the third floor of theatre district hot spot Angus McIndoe's restaurant, played host to friends, family, colleagues and more, so we couldn't resist sharing some of Linda Lenzi's wonderful pictures with you. Happy 60th Birthday!

A concert honoring the life and career of the late David Gurland has been scheduled for this coming Monday. The event, DAVID GURLAND: A Celebration, will take place Monday, July 11th, at 7:00 PM in the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre at 111 West 46th Street.

A concert honoring the life and career of the late David Gurland has been scheduled for this coming Monday. The event, DAVID GURLAND: A Celebration, will take place Monday, July 11th, at 7:00 PM in the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre at 111 West 46th Street. The concert, originally by invitation only, will now have a limited number of tickets available to the public.

Slant of Light Theatre Company of Norwalk, Connecticut is set to present an exclusive reading of a newly revised edition of Susan Cinoman's acclaimed play, All Me, All the Time on Wednesday, October 27th at 7:30 to 9:00 pm.

Slant of Light Theatre Company of Norwalk, Connecticut is set to present an exclusive reading of a newly revised edition of Susan Cinoman's acclaimed play, All Me, All the Time on Wednesday, October 27th at 7:30 to 9:00 pm.

Below are BroadwayWorld.com's most popular articles from 2009 - it's been quite a year. Here's a look at 40 of BroadwayWorld.com's most popular stories of the year in date order. Catch up below on anything that you might have missed from the past year on BroadwayWorld.com!

From the soaring melodies of classic revivals to the hottest dramas playing today - there is no experience like 'Broadway.' And part of what makes Broadway so exciting is that it's located right smack dab in the middle of New York City! With 'THE BROADWAY LOCAL', World MasterCard celebrates the creative theatre professionals who bring their talents to the city's Broadway stages and call the Big Apple home.

RACE star Kerry Washington, a native New Yorker, revealed her 'New York City' favorites to the Sunday NY Post.

The new theatre season is full of exciting works by some very well known artists. With the New Year almost upon us, we've turned our focus on the ten personalities we'll be keeping an extra special eye on here at BroadwayWorld.com in 2010.

For one night only, Layers of Love is bringing Jammin' in Jeans to NYC. They'll present a night of pure unadulterated musical fun with some of the most talented performers and singers in town!

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming production of THE MISANTHROPE, which is set to open on the West End with previews beginning December 7th. As previously announced, the cast will include Tara Fitzgerald, Keira Knightley, Damian Lewis, Tim McMullan, and Dominic Rowan. Joining the cast will be Chuk Iwuji, Kelly Price, and Nicholas Le Prevost. Directed by Thea Sharrock, the play opens at the Comedy Theatre on December 17.

Stage and screen star Jane Krakowski performs the song 'With You I'm Home' written by Wesley Whatley and William Schermerhorn.

Cheyenne Jackson sings 'Play to Win', written by Bill Schemerhorn and Michael Feinstein, at the 2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS' ' 2009/2010 Catalog of Giving' is here. With the holidays upon us there was no better time to check out the catalog, so we teamed with one of Broadway's favorite leading men, Brent Barrett, currently starring in CHICAGO, to bring you a special preview of the wonderful items waiting for you at www.broadwaycares.org!

The all new 20th Anniversary Season of Broadway Beat has begun! This week catch up with DREAMGIRLS, Encores! GIRL CRAZY and the new Broadway revival of RAGTIME.