Grace Hodgett Young News

It's been a busy week on (and off) Broadway! 2025 has officially arrived and the second half of the 2024-25 Broadway season is almost complete. Catch up on all the latest from the week ending April 25, 2025 with videos from John Proctor Is the Villain, Floyd Collins, and more!

Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. The lineup includes Tom Kitt featuring Ariana DeBose, plus more! 

It's been a busy week on (and off) Broadway! 2025 has officially arrived and the second half of the 2024-25 Broadway season is very much underway. Catch up on all the latest from the week ending April 18, 2025 with videos from Dead Outlaw, Smash, and more!

I had the chance to chat with two of the stars and hear how they have been handling their “close up!” David Thaxton and Grace Hodgett Young are here! Grace and David both came with this show from the West End and have been living it up on Broadway and meeting this community. Watch in this video.

Catch up on all the latest from the week ending April 11, 2025 with videos from Smash, Boop! The Musical, and more!

The Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Blvd., directed by Jamie Lloyd, is partnering with Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS to auction off costume designer Soutra Gilmour's custom-made black slip dress worn by Nicole Scherzinger.

MCC Theater presented Miscast- one of the most anticipated and exciting theater events in New York each year, where the biggest stars of stage and screen take to the stage at Hammerstein Ballroom, to perform songs from roles in which they would not traditionally be cast. Check out photos from the red carpet here!

It's been half a year since Sunset Boulevard took its first Broadway bows at the St. James Theatre, and a year a half since the show's journey began in London in Fall 2023. Nicole Scherzinger, Tom Francis, Grace Hodgett Young and David Thaxton have been along for the whole ride. Watch in this video as all four chat more about their experience on Broadway so far.

There are six additional opportunities to see Olivier Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Nicole Scherzinger as ‘Norma Desmond’ in Sunset Boulevard at the St. James Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Josh O'Connor, Lance Bass, and Billy Magnussen recently paid a visit to Sunset Boulevard on Broadway. BroadwayWorld was there to capture the stars backstage after the show. Check out the photos here!

Sunset Blvd. standby Rashidra Scott made her debut as Norma Desmond on Tuesday night. See photos of her in the production and a video of her taking a bow in the character's signature bloody look below.

Rashidra Scott, currently on standby for Norma Desmond in Broadway's Sunset Blvd, will make her debut as the character tonight, March 4. This will be her first time performing the role since she joined the company in January.

Director Jamie Lloyd's new Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Blvd. starring Olivier Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Nicole Scherzinger as 'Norma Desmond' will play its final performance in July. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Sunset Blvd. on Broadway will welcome actress Rashidra Scott, as standby for the role of ‘Norma Desmond’ starting Monday, January 20. As previously announced, Caroline Bowman, who was the standby for ‘Norma Desmond,’ departs the production on Sunday, January 19.  

Having seen over 320 shows in cities like London, New York, Edinburgh in 2024, it was certainly difficult to narrow it down to my top ten shows of the year, but I have done my best! This list is a mix of plays, musicals and stand-up comedy shows that I have seen as both a critic, as well as some that I went to as a punter.

Hadestown: Live from London – the original London cast album for Tony and Grammy Award-winning “Best Musical” Hadestown – has been released as a limited-edition deluxe gatefold “pop-up” vinyl. Learn more!

Director Jamie Lloyd’s new Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Blvd. starring Nicole Scherzinger welcomed famous guests backstage, including Katy Perry, Meghan Trainor and Billy Porter. See photos! 

Next week, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Joe Iconis & more! See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

The all new cast recording of the West End production of Hadestown, titled 'Hadestown: Live From London' is available in digital formats. An all new video has been released of the cast performing 'Way Down Hadestown'.

We have your exclusive first listen to the upcoming album, Hadestown: Live From London! The original London cast album will be released on December 6. Listen to 'Why We Build the Wall' here!