Jennifer Nettles News

Today's top stories include casting for Waitress! Ciara Renee will take over the lead role of Jenna in the Broadway production, beginning November 29. Plus, further casting has been announced for the upcoming West End revival of Cabaret, the Broadway grosses report has been released for the week ending on October 31, and more!

BroadwayWorld has just learned that Ciara Renée will join the cast of Waitress on Broadway as Jenna starting November 29, 2021. Renée replaces Jennifer Nettles, who will play her final performance on November 24.

Today's top stories: get a first look at Celina Smith in Annie Live!, go inside opening night of Fairycakes off-Broadway, Dana H., and Is This A Room? move up their closing dates, Jennifer Nettles will embark on holiday tour, and more!

The tour comes on the heels of the release of her critically acclaimed genre-defying album, Always Like New for which Nettles teamed up with Alex Lacamoire to reimagine, arrange and produce some of the most beloved songs from the stage. Check out Nettles' new tour dates now!

Last night marked a shift change at Joe's Diner! Waitress just welcomed four new Broadway cast members at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, including Grammy Award-winning singer and actress Jennifer Nettles as Jenna. Watch Jennifer perform 'What Baking Can Do' in her final dress rehearsal!

TBS has released the trailer for the explosive new season of its extreme competition series “Go-Big Show”, judged by 'Waitress' star Jennifer Nettles, T-Pain, Rosario Dawson, Cody Rhodes and hosted by Bert Kreischer.

Today's top stories: Get a first look at Flying Over Sunset in a montage of clips, and more!

Apple Music Country's Hunter Kelly returns to 92 Online with his 'From Nashville' Music Talks. On November 8 at 7 PM Grammy Award-winning country star and lead singer of country-pop supergroup Sugarland, Jennifer Nettles joins Hunter Kelly for a conversation about her new Broadway album Always Like New, just as she steps into the lead in the current Broadway production of Waitress.

Last night marked a shift change at Joe's Diner! Waitress just welcomed four new Broadway cast members at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, including Grammy Award-winning singer and actress Jennifer Nettles as Jenna, Nik Dodani as Ogie, and former Waitress cast members Erich Bergen and Ben Thomspon as Dr. Pomatter and Earl respectively.

This weekend Tony-nominated composer Sara Bareilles, original cast member Christopher Fitzgerald, and both young actors who portray Lulu, Hattie Cecelia Tutalo and Nora Lincoln Weiner, took their final bows at Waitress on Broadway!

Grammy Award Winner Jennifer Nettles takes the stage in Broadway’s Waitress as Jenna next Tuesday October 19 – get a first look at Nettles in character!

Producers Barry and Fran Weissler today announced added Monday and Sunday evening performances starting November 1st for the hit Broadway musical Waitress, currently playing at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street, NYC) through January 9, 2022. The schedules for the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s can be found below.

The producers of Broadway’s Waitress announced today that on Tuesday October 19, Nik Dodani will take over the role of Ogie and Ben Thompson will step into Earl’s shoes. They join Jennifer Nettles, who will play Jenna through November 24.

We're taking you backstage with all of the evening's presenters, performers, and winners!

After two and a half years without Broadway's biggest night, the Tony Awards returned on Sunday, Sept. 26! This year's presentation honored the outstanding shows, performances and artistry of the 2019-2020 Broadway season. 

The big day is finally here! Follow along with BroadwayWorld ALL night, while you're glued to Paramount+ and CBS for all things Tony Awards. For now, we're taking you to the red carpet for a look at all of the stars (and what they're wearing)!

CBS and The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards announced that a bevy of stage and screen stars that will appear on 'The Tony Awards® Present: Broadway's Back!' live from The Winter Garden Theatre in New York City, Sunday, Sept. 26 on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.

The Ethel Barrymore Theatre will soon be opening up with a new leading lady. BroadwayWorld has learned that Jennifer Nettles will take over in the role of 'Jenna' in Waitress on Broadway starting October 19. Sara Bareilles will play her final performance on October 17.

After not being able to celebrate the holiday season last year on the road, they are excited to bring the merriment with Balsam Hill starting December 1st in Charleston, WV and continue for eight more dates that includes a stop in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre Tuesday, December 7 at 7:30 p.m.

PBS marked Broadway's return with Wicked IN CONCERT, a musical event celebrating the songs from one of the most iconic hits in Broadway history. This special performance featured reimagined, never-before-heard musical arrangements created just for this broadcast, performed by celebrity artists from the worlds of film, pop music and television.