Sam Harris, starred on Broadway in The Producers, Grease and The Life. He was also the first ever Grand Champion of TV's Star Search, and joins the star-studded lineup of Broadway @ The Art House this weekend, July 24 & 25 for two shows only at 7PM.
The Broadway community was a-buzz over the weekend with chatter about President Obama attending Saturday's matinee of HAMILTON. While the attendance of POTUS gave the cast enough reason to celebrate, they also marked the end of their first week of performances with the help of Hennessy. BroadwayWorld was there for the special night and you can check out photos from inside the party below! The cast reacts to their Presidential visit!
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: The crazy cat lady tells her tale off-Broadway, and stage stars stand up for freedom in concert!
It's not every day that Broadway actors get to perform for the President of the United States. But the HAMILTON cast got just such a privilege on Saturday afternoon, as BroadwayWorld previously reported. Now a day later, they are still glowing.
Working up your strategy for how to win the Hamilton? lottery? Fantasizing over the cute puppy you saw at Broadway Barks? Didn't have time check in on all of the latest Broadway news? Well don't worry BroadwayWorld has rounded up some of the biggest stories from this week from Broadway and beyond with BroadwayWorld's 'This Week in Pictures.'
Highlights from this week include a first look at THE WILD PARTY, AMAZING GRACE and Benedict Cumberbatch and so much more!
Today, HAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jonathan Groff recreated their first IN THE HEIGHTS collaboration from 2007 to get lottery participants amped up for the draw. Click below to watch them rap up a storm!
Alexander Hamilton, 'the ten-dollar Founding Father without a father,' comes to Broadway in the new musical HAMILTON, beginning previews at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 W. 46 St.) tonight, July 13, prior to an official opening night on August 6.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's latest musical, Hamilton has recently moved into the Richard Rodgers theatre in anticipation of previews, which begin tomorrow, July 13. With opening fast approaching, the team sent Susan Blackwell to see how well some of Broadway's best knew their Hamilton History. Take a look to see how Helen Mirren, Laura Benanti, Titus Burgess, and more did!
Lin-Manuel Miranda's latest musical, Hamilton has recently moved into the Richard Rodgers theatre in anticipation of a July 13 opening, and tech rehearsals just kicked off last week, on July 2nd. The team has been posting awesome behind-the-scenes photos all week, so BroadwayWorld brings you the latest shots below!
After #CellphoneGate at HAND TO GOD, Patti LuPone's flabbergasted phone-snatching at SHOWS FOR DAYS and Madonna's rude behavior at HAMILTON, it's time for a solution beyond the 'act now, apologize later' tactic. Addressing this, a new article in The New York Times digs into potential fixes for the ever-present, cellphone-using theatergoer.
Sirius XM Radio host & Broadway personality Seth Rudetsky paid a visit to renowned Catskill theater camp French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts this week. Broadway's Mandy Gonzalez joined Seth for an evening full of backstage stories and songs from her Broadway repertoire including Wicked & In The Heights.
Sam Harris, starred on Broadway in The Producers, Grease and The Life. He was also the first ever Grand Champion of TV's Star Search, and joins the star-studded lineup of Broadway @ The Art House on July 24 & 25 for two shows only at 7PM. This will be the first time that Harris is paired with Sirius XM Radio's Seth Rudetsky as interviewer and pianist. Given the pair have known each other for twenty years since the Broadway revival of Grease, the evening should prove to be hilariously entertaining and filled with incredible music. For tickets please visit www.ptownarthouse.com, or call 1-800-838-3006.
Groff talk about the highly publicized incident involving Lin-Manuel Miranda's refusal to allow audience member Madonna backstage due to her poor theater etiquette during the show's off-Broadway run.