Ken Billington News

The new U.S. National Tour of ANNIE will play the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) in Providence December 29, 2015  - January 3, 2016. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 19th time, this production of ANNIE is a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award-winning original.

Beginning today, December 8, Dames at Sea will offer an online lottery, giving fans a chance at $32 tickets, BroadwayWorld has learned. To

Watch the touring cast of CHICAGO, starring Dylis Croman and Terra C. MacLeod, sing classics from the show, including 'Nowadays,' 'Roxie,' 'And All That Jazz,' and more!

The Playhouse on Rodney Square will kick off its new Broadway in Wilmington series with the new U.S. National Tour of ANNIE this week, December 1-6, 2015.

They're back on the cell block! Broadway favorites Bianca Marroquín (as Roxie Hart) and Terra C. MacLeod (as Velma Kelly) return to Broadway's Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago beginning tonight, Monday, November 30th. Chicago is now playing at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St., NYC).

A beautiful video about the strength of love and trust from one of Times Square's familiar faces.

Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago welcomes actress and TV sensation NeNe Leakes (Bravo's 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta'), returning to Broadway for four weeks only in the role of Matron 'Mama' Morton, through December 20, 2015 at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St., NYC). BroadwayWorld was there for her first night and you can check out photos from her curtain call below!

Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago welcomes actress and TV sensation NeNe Leakes(Bravo's 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta'), returning to Broadway for four weeks only in the role of Matron 'Mama' Morton, beginning tonight, November 23, 2015. She will perform through December 20, 2015 at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St., NYC). Check out a very first look at Leakes in costume below!

BroadwayWorld has just learned that DAMES AT SEA will play its final performance at the Helen Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street), Sunday January 3, 2016, at 3pm.  DAMES AT SEA will have played 32 preview and 85 regular performances, having opened Thursday, October 22, 2015.  

She's back! Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago welcomes actress and TV sensation NeNe Leakes (Bravo's 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta'), returning to Broadway for four weeks only in the role of Matron 'Mama' Morton, beginning tonight, November 23, 2015. She will perform through December 20, 2015 at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St., NYC).

The Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago has hit another milestone! Just yesterday, the show celebrated its 19th Anniversary and BroadwayWorld was there for the special occasion. Check out photos from the big day below!

"Murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery and treachery… all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts"… so begins the international award-winning musical CHICAGO, which opens a national tour at the New Theatre Oxford on Friday 12 February 2016 starring John Partridge as Billy Flynn, Hayley Tamaddon as Roxie Hart and Sam Bailey as Mama Morton. Tour schedule below with further dates to be announced. Full casting to be announced soon. www.chicagotour.co.uk

Need a pick-me-up from a bad day? Aching to smile heartily through a pleasantly peppy stage musical? Then you need not look further than the rousing, just-launched new touring production of the Tony Award-winning hit 42ND STREET, now currently entertaining audiences at Orange County's Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa through November 22. Earnestly cheerful and unabashedly optimistic, this feel-good, all-singing, all-dancing 1980 stage adaptation of Busby Berkeley's classic 1933 movie musical is back on the road in a brand new, non-Equity national tour directed by co-writer Mark Bramble, who earned a Tony nomination for directing the Tony-winning 2001 Broadway revival. Aside from its Broadway-caliber creative aspects, this new tour succeeds tremendously thanks to its young, energetic, and incredibly likable ensemble cast that brings vim and vigor to the aging Great-Great-Grand-Daddy of all backstage musicals.

ACT ONE, Lincoln Center Theater's Tony Award-nominated production from last year, written and directed by James Lapine from the autobiography by Moss Hart, will air on PBS's LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER tonight, November 13, 2015 from 9 to 11:30 p.m. ET.

Last night, the two couples danced a lively Charleston to the show's iconic numbers 'All That Jazz' and 'Hot Honey Rag'.

The quintessential backstage musical comedy classic 42nd STREET will celebrate a two-week engagement at Segerstrom Center for the Arts with a sparkling new production, tonight, November 10 - 22. 42nd STREET will be directed by co-author Mark Bramble and choreographed by Randy Skinner, the team that staged the 2001 Tony Award® winning Best Revival.

IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, the stage adaptation of the beloved classic film, is coming to the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) December 8 - 13, 2015. In Providence, IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS is part of the Taco/White Family Foundation Broadway Series.

The Broadway company of the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago welcomes Charlotte Kate Fox, the American-born star of the popular NHK TV series 'Massan,' making her Broadway debut in the role of Roxie Hart for 16 performances only, tonight, November 2, to November 15, 2015 at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St., NYC).

DAMES AT SEA is offering special Halloween ticket pricing. For performances now through Sunday, November 1, patrons can use the code DAMES1031 online at telechargeoffers.com (212-239-6200) to purchase $55 orchestra seats to the tap- happy musical comedy, BroadwayWorld has confirmed.

The Playhouse on Rodney Square will kick off its new Broadway in Wilmington series with the new U.S. National Tour of ANNIE December 1-6, 2015. Directed by original lyricist and director Martin Charnin for the 19th time, this production is a brand new physical incarnation of the iconic Tony Award-winning original. Tickets are $40-$90 and may be purchased by calling The Playhouse Box Office at 302.888.0200 or online at ThePlayhouseDE.org. Discounts are available to children ages 12 and under.