Joe Mantello News

The producers of Wicked have announced that Los Angeles will be home to a new production the smash musical, beginning in February of 2007

Adam Fleming, who has been seen on Broadway in Hairspray, recently replaced Telly Leung as Boq in the smash Chicago production of Wicked

Stephanie J. Block, the talented performer who will soon be appearing in concert at Birdland, dishes on her soon-to-be reign as The Pirate Queen, on her turn as Wicked's Elphaba, and on other favorite roles

With nearly 1,000,000 audience members having attended since it landed permanently in the Windy City, Chicago's open-ended production of Wicked celebrates one year of playing sold-out performances at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre; a celebration will be held on June 20th

Shoshana Bean and Megan Hilty--who respectively played Elphaba and Glinda on Broadway--will once again take on those roles for three stops in the current Wicked tour

Joe Mantello, Doug Hughes and more will take part in the American Theatre Wing's June 15th seminar on directing

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that two-time Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello will direct the American premiere of David Harrower's Blackbird at New York City Center - Stage I; the play opens April 10th, 2007

Today, May 30th, Kate Reinders will start performances as Glinda in Broadway's Wicked

Complete casting has been announced for the West End production of Wicked.

Variety reports that Three Days of Rain is headed to the big screen, with production to begin in the Spring of 2007.

Julia Roberts arrives on the Great White Way in a revival of Richard Greenberg's 1997 play.

Kate Reinders, who originated the role of Glinda in the Chicago production of Wicked, will join the Broadway company of the smash-hit musical at the Gershwin Theatre, beginning Tuesday, May 30; she replaces Megan Hilty as the popular witch

Catch scenes from Three Days of Rain right now on BroadwayWorld.com!

Carole Shelley will step in for Rondi Reed in the Chicago production of Wicked from April 25th through June 25th

IDINA MENZEL, star of the original Broadway production of WICKED, will recreate her award-winning role in London in September for a limited season.

The highly-anticipated opening night of Three Days of Rain starring Julia Roberts, Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper took place on April 19th and BroadwayWorld was there!

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (David Van Asselt, Artistic Director; Sandra Coudert, Managing Director) presents the New York premiere of a provocative new play by Christopher Denham (star of Red Light Winter), directed by Adam Rapp (Red Light Winter, 'Winter Passing').

Three Days of Rain, starring Julia Roberts, has reportedly grossed almost a million dollars at the box office in its first week of previews

According to an Associated Press article, tickets for Three Days of Rain, starring Julia Roberts, are available--but becoming very scarce

Julia Roberts began previews in Three Days of Rain on March 28th; the Richard Greenberg play opens on April 19th for a 12-week limited engagement