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BWW Interview: WAITRESS National Tour's Gabriella Marzetta Talks Playing 'Dawn' & More!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 28, 2022


The national tour of Waitress is currently making its way across the country, with stops in Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, Connecticut, South Carolina and more! Waitress' next stop is at The Kimmel Cultural Campus' Academy of Music in Philadelphia, where it will play from Tuesday, March 29 through Sunday, April 3, 2022.

BWW Review: WAITRESS At the Ordway Center for The Performing Arts in Saint Paul
by Jared F - Mar 9, 2022


The national touring production of the hit musical Waitress is traveling through the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul. Waitress is the find production in the Broadway @ the Ordway's series.

BWW Review: WAITRESS at Schubert Theatre
by Ariana Straznicky-Packer - Mar 6, 2022


WAITRESS, the hilarious hit Broadway musical, is playing at The Schubert, New Haven March 4–6, 2022. The Waitress tour is every bit as fresh and delightful as ever, serving up all the best ingredients of this fan-favorite musical.

WAITRESS is Coming to The Ordway This March
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 23, 2022


The Ordway will present the national touring production of Waitress, the popular Broadway musical that celebrates friendship, motherhood and the magic of a well-made pie. Waitress is the fourth and final show of the Saint Paul performing arts center’s series Broadway @ the Ordway with just eight performances March 8-13.

Stray And The Soundtrack Drop 'Save The City' Cover Tonight To Celebrate The Season Finale Of HAWKEYE
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 22, 2021


Stray and the Soundtrack are releasing an epic cover song and music video tonight for fans of “Hawkeye” and the Marvel Universe —“Save The City” from “Rogers: The Musical,” the fictional musical about Captain America featured in the first episode of Marvel Studios' new Disney+ original series “Hawkeye.” 

BWW Review: WAITRESS at Capital One Hall
by Alexander C. Kafka - Oct 30, 2021


The show still has a winning recipe, but this touring production doesn't measure up to its 2018 D.C. predecessor.

BWW Review: WAITRESS: A NEW MUSICAL Serves Up A Bittersweet Slice of Life at the Washington Pavilion
by Kaija Bonde - Mar 10, 2020


Based on the 2007 cult movie by Adrienne Shelly staring Kerry Russell and Nathan Fillion, Waitress: A New Musical is a new Broadway adaptation, featuring an original score from 8 time Grammy nominiee Sara Bareilles. Like the movie, this is the story of Jenna, played by the sensational Bailey McCall, a young woman caught in a terrible marriage to Ed, a narcissistic, physically and psychologically abusive excuse of a man, played by Clayton Howe. Jenna is an accomplished and wannabe award winning pie baker at Joe's Pie Diner, where she also waits tables with her two BF's, Becky and Dawn, played by Kennedy Salters and Gabriella Marzetta.

BWW Review: WAITRESS at Lied Center For Performing Arts Has All the Ingredients for a Delicious Concoction
by Christine Swerczek - Mar 7, 2020


Catchy melodies, clever lyrics, and a lot of heart go into this concoction about a waitress with a talent for baking pies and forming friendships. WAITRESS, now showing at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, blends just the right amount of sweet and bitter.

BWW Review: Broadway Across Canada's WAITRESS Will Leave You Feeling Warm and Fuzzy - and Craving Pie
by Courtney Castelino - Jan 2, 2020


Waitress, adapted from the 2007 film of the same name, tells the story of Jenna Hunterson, a pie-maker/waitress working at Joe's Pie Diner somewhere in the southern United States. Jenna (Bailey McCall) is unhappily married to Earl (Clayton Howe), who is physically and emotionally abusive. When she finds out that she is pregnant, even though she doesn't want it, Jenna vows to keep the baby and find a way out of her loveless marriage. Her co-workers, the nerdy Dawn (Gabriella Marzetta) and the no-nonsense Becky (Kennedy Salters), have their own personal issues but provide much-needed comfort and support to Jenna.

BWW Review: WAITRESS SERVES UP PIE AND PASSION at Broadway San Jose
by Linda Hodges - Dec 19, 2019


BWW Review: WAITRESS SERVES UP PIE AND PASSION at Broadway San Jose, now thru Dec. 22

BWW Review: Sugar, Butter, Vancouver! WAITRESS “Opens Up” at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
by Alyson Eng - Nov 15, 2019


Delicious pies, love stories, and music written by Sara Bareilles are just a few things of many that make the musical: WAITRESS, a must-see this season. Playing at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre until November 17th, Broadway Across Canada's WAITRESS officially premiered in Vancouver, B.C. with a brand new National Tour cast on Tuesday. Led by the amazing Bailey McCall as the show's lead: Jenna Hunterson, this touring production did not fail to impress me with its emotion, music, and energy.

BWW Review: WAITRESS at Morrison Center
by Jessa moore - Nov 12, 2019


Based on a film by the late Adriene Shelly. Waitress began its pre-Broadway run in 2015 at the ART ( American Repertory Theatre). Having it's Broadway opening when it opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on August 15, 2016. The score includes numbers such as Opening Up, When He Sees Me and She Used to Be Mine; it appeals to those who like classic show tunes, and those who prefer pop. With music from seven time Grammy® nominee, Sara Barellies, a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson, and choreography originally by Lorin Latarrom, but recreated for this tour by Abbey O'Brien.

WAITRESS Announces National Touring Cast
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 15, 2019


The diner is a?oeOpening Upa?? with a full cast for the upcoming National Touring Production of WAITRESS, the Hilarious Hit Broadway Musical from Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles, inspired by Adrienne Shelley's 2007 motion picture.

WAITRESS Set for Run at San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts
by Julie Musbach - Oct 14, 2019


Broadway San Jose, a Nederlander Presentation, is thrilled to announce that the national touring production of WAITRESSa?"the hilarious hit Broadway musical from Grammy Award nominee Sara Bareilles, inspired by Adrienne Shelley's 2007 motion picturea?" will play San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts (255 S. Almaden Blvd.) for a limited one-week engagement

Bailey McCall to Lead WAITRESS on Tour; Full New Cast
by Julie Musbach - Oct 10, 2019


The diner is a?oeOpening Upa?? with a full cast for the upcoming National Touring Production of WAITRESS, the Hilarious Hit Broadway Musical from Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles (composer of a?oeLove Songa?? and a?oeBravea??), inspired by Adrienne Shelley's 2007 motion picture.  

THE JUMPER FACTORY And RED DUST ROAD Come To Home Manchester
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 19, 2019


In 2017, Young Vic Taking Part took the Young Vic's production of The Brothers Size, by Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney, into HMP Wandsworth. The workshops led by Liverpool-born playwright Luke Barnes and director Justin Audibert which followed resulted in a brand-new piece of theatre - The Jumper Factory - developed with eight Wandsworth prisoners.

Complete Cast Announced For THE JUMPER FACTORY
by Stephi Wild - Aug 13, 2019


The Young Vic today announce the complete cast for The Jumper Factory. Joining original company members Ayomide Adegun, Jake Mills, Pierre Moullier and Raphael Gwilliams-Akuwudike are Joe Haddad and Rasaq Kukoyi. The production is presented by a cast of young men aged from 18 a?" 25, whose lives have all been affected in some way by the criminal justice system. The production will be staged for prisoners in HMP Brixton and HMP Wandsworth in early September, before playing at HOME Manchester from 10 a?" 14 September.

BWW Review: SOUTH PACIFIC is a Visually Stunning Production Presented by The Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival
by Natasha Ashley - Aug 8, 2019


The Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival is now presenting a breathtaking and visually stunning production of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical South Pacific. The beautiful, relevant, and captivating love story sweeps the audience away to an island paradise under the creative direction of Scott Weinstein. This musical, that has garnered ten Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, can now add this brilliant production to its lists of accomplishments. The visual appeal, the creativity, the pertinent story, the music, and the cast are all phenomenal. Once again the magical stage at the Merry a?' Go -Round Playhouse has proven that they bring the Broadway-wow factor with a fresh take on this classic musical.

Photo Flash: SOUTH PACIFIC At Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 7, 2019


The Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival (FLMTF) opens its third production this season, Rodgers and Hammerstein's legendary musical, South Pacific. The show runs August 7 through August 28 at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Emerson Park. 

SOUTH PACIFIC Opens At The Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 7, 2019


The Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival (FLMTF) opens its third production this season, Rodgers and Hammerstein's legendary musical, South Pacific. The show runs August 7 through August 28 at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in Emerson Park.

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