Idina Menzel News

For Record Store Day 2026, Republic Records will release a special vinyl edition of Wicked: One Wonderful Night, the live soundtrack of the 2025 NBC special.

The full Korean cast has been announced for the first international production of Lempicka, opening March 21 at NOL Theater Coex in Seoul.

Harmony in the Hills, the Broadway-caliber concert series founded by Tony-nominated actor and producer Rory O'Malley, returns to Los Angeles on Saturday, February 7, 2026 for an evening in Vista Del Mar's Glorya Kaufman (GK) Performing Arts Center.

The Billy Barnes Foundation will present its third annual fundraising show on April 22, 2026, at Catalina Jazz Club, featuring top Broadway and cabaret talent.

During a recent episode of Jeopardy!, the fan-favorite game show dedicated a category to opening numbers featured in Broadway musicals. Watch the clip here to see if you answer each clue correctly!

Watch Adam Rapp and Adam Pascal reunite at BroadwayCon today to sing 'What You Own' from Rent. The performance was at the Jeffrey Seller In Conversation panel.

BroadwayCon has announced additional programming for the 2026 Convention, taking place this week. Learn more about the full upcoming lineup for the event here!

Between Ingrid Michelson’s heart-swelling score, a safe and steady book by Bekah Brunstetter and the co-direction of Michael Greif and Schele Williams, this entertaining but hardly remarkable tale kicks off the 2026 season at the Hollywood Pantages on an appropriately tear-streaked note.

BroadwayWorld spoke with casting director Bernard Telsey about his work on the pair of Wicked films, his reaction to being included on the Oscar shortlist, and how he hopes the new awards category will change the way people understand the work of casting directors everywhere.

Take a look at our guide to find out where you might have seen Stranger Things stars like Gaten Matarazzo and Sadie Sink on the stage and how the cast has appeared on Broadway.

With 2026 just around the corner, Broadway fans can close the curtain on 2025 with some Broadway and music favorites! Countdown to midnight with names like Michelle Williams, Kristin Chenoweth, Ethan Slater, Hugh Jackman, and many more.

37 Broadway shows opened in 2025, and while not all of them were loved by the critics, there were plenty of standouts all year long. We're breaking down the best Broadway shows of 2025 by month, as reviewed by New York City theatre critics and rounded up right here at BroadwayWorld.

Christmastime is here! As you deck the halls, trim the tree, and slice the roast beast, get into the holiday spirit this Christmas with a little bit of help from Broadway.

For the last couple of years or so, theatre nerds everywhere have been besotted with the film version of the hit musical Wicked. After the debut of the first installment, anticipation only grew for Part Two, which dropped this past November. But amid all the brouhaha and ballyhoo over the cinematic offerings, the origins of the musical itself were pushed to the background.

Tony and Emmy Award–winning comedian Alex Edelman will return to BroadwaySF’s Curran Theatre with his latest show, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, for one performance.

NBC will air a special encore presentation of “Wicked: One Wonderful Night” on Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Led by Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, the event featured musical performances from both films, including 'The Wizard and I,' 'What Is This Feeling?' 'Defying Gravity,' 'Thank Goodness,' and more. 

What went in to making the book to Chess 'work'? The Chess revival's book writer Danny Strong shared his process into rewriting the book to the musical, now playing on Broadway.

A rare sequel that understands what made part one beloved, sweeping the audience up in a storm of feeling. It gives us what musicals once promised: a world heightened enough to believe that, like Elphaba, emotion itself can fly.

3.6 million viewers tuned into NBC's Wicked: One Wonderful Night special over a three day period. This makes it the second-best special of the year for the network, coming in after SNL50: The Anniversary Special.

The Queen of Versailles, starring Kristin Chenoweth, is officially open at Broadway's St. James Theatre. See photos of Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, and more backstage.