James Earl Jones News

Now in its 27th year, Disney's game-changing, Tony Award-winning global megahit THE LION KING has once again taken over OC's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa for another month of performances that continues through February 25, 2024. Even today, the show still manages to elicit genuine wonder and awe for kids and adults alike.

McLaren Engineering Group has announced that William Gorlin PE, SE Vice President of Entertainment Engineering, will receive the prestigious Tenth Annual 'Backstage Legends and Masters' Award from the Broadway Technical Theatre History Project.

Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center (THPAC), in collaboration with Central Baptist Church of NYC, will present its second Black History Month Program at the church, 166 W. 92nd Street, on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at 4 p.m. The event is FREE to the public.

The 104-year-old Selwyn Theatre, previously known as the American Airlines Theatre, is now officially named the Todd Haimes Theatre.

Gutenberg! The Musical! will release a cast recording! After taking their final bows on the stage of the Jones Theatre, Josh Gad  and Andrew Rannells step into the studio to record the upcoming Original Broadway Cast Album. The album will be released this spring on Center Stage Records and Yellow Sound Label.

The touring company of Stephen Sondheim's and George Furth's Company, currently running in Greenville, SC, celebrated the actual birthday of the show's star, Britney Coleman, at their most recent performance!

MadKap Productions will present ON GOLDEN POND for 13 live performances at the Skokie Theatre, 7924 Lincoln Ave in Downtown Skokie. 

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 25, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Gutenberg! The Musical! will play its final performance at on Broadway after 29 previews and 125 regular performances. 

Gutenberg! The Muscial is entering its final week of performances on Broadway, and by this point you probably know all about the production's nightly special guests... but unless you've made it to the James Earl Jones Theatre, you likely haven't seen its surprise final set! We have the exclusive details!

Check out a full list of which Broadway shows are set to close in 2024.

MadKap Productions will present ON GOLDEN POND for 13 live performances at the Skokie Theatre, 7924 Lincoln Ave in Downtown Skokie. Feb 2 - Feb 25, 2024, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 2:00 pm, with one Wed. matinee on Feb 21 at 1:30 pm.

Andrew Rannells sat down with Gayle King on CBS Mornings to discuss her recent 'Broadway debut' as the producer in the show. Rannells also opened up about his friendship with his co-star, Josh Gad, revealing that he tries to get him to break character on stage now after they starred in Book of Mormon together. Watch the video!

COMPANY will make its St. Louis debut at the Fabulous Fox Theatre from February 27 to March 10. Get all the details and casting information on our website.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 17, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The full cast has been revealed for the upcoming Broadway production of The Heart of Rock and Roll, the new musical inspired by the iconic songs written and performed by Huey Lewis and The News. Find out who is starring in the musical here!

BroadwayWorld talks to director/playwright/producer Andrea Gordon about her new play 'Miriam and Esther Go to the Diamond District' running at San Francisco's Magic Theatre January 18-28. The play tells a story of 2 sisters (daughters of an opera singer & concert pianist) meeting to go through their mother's belongings 45 years after she's died.

What did our critic think of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's COMPANY at Straz Center For The Performing Arts?

MadKap Productions will present ON GOLDEN POND for 13 live performances at the Skokie Theatre, 7924 Lincoln Ave in Downtown Skokie.