Lee Roy Reams News

The date has been revealed for the 2026 Chita Rivera Awards, which will take place at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. The Chita Rivera Awards celebrate dance and choreographic excellence.

It's 100 years since Sammy Davis Jr. was born - let the celebration commence!

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

54 Below will present ONCE IN A LIFETIME: A SAMMY DAVIS, JR. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION this Sunday evening. The program will feature an all-star cast performing selections associated with Davis’s career, with music direction by Michael Lavine. The event will be presented live at 54 Below and streamed online.

54 Below, Broadway’s supper club and private event destination, will present a full month of concerts in December featuring Christine Ebersole with Billy Stritch, the 15th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza, Darius de Haas, Norm Lewis, Matthew Morrison, Charles Busch, Joy Woods, and more.

United Solo, the world’s largest solo theatre festival, ended its nineteenth season with its annual Closing Gala at Theatre Row in Manhattan. This fall’s edition featured artists from around the world working across classical texts, contemporary narratives, performance art, and pieces exploring both intimate personal stories and global political themes.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is November 20, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

See photos from the 11/18 show

Next week, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Melissa Errico, Sondheim Unplugged: The Final Season and more. 

Musical theater, television, and cabaret star Linda Purl presented her newest show, Tunes & Tales: Adventures in Survival. Purl was backed by musical director and pianist Tedd Firth, bassist David Finck and drummer Ray Marchica.

It's Debutante Season in the cabaret world and Terri Dannenberg is having her coming out party, and looking good while doing it.

The 'newly minted cabaret star' once again presented an evening of showtunes, standards, eleven o'clock numbers, and a little bit of diva worship on the side and the audience was cheering after every number.

Last week, Broadway producer Jamie deRoy celebrated her 80th birthday in style at the Redeye Grill surrounded by friends, family, Broadway industry professionals and celebrities. See photos here!

Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Beth Leavel, Casey Likes, Joe Iconis and more. See the full month of programming here! 

Tony nominees Lee Roy Reams, Penny Fuller and more have joined 54’s BROADWAY AT 50! The Musicals of 1975: From A Chorus Line to The Wiz. Learn how to purchase tickets!

United Solo Theatre Festival has officially opened ticket sales for its Fall 2025 season at its home base, Theatre Row, in New York City. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The brilliant Tony Award nominee CHRISTIANE NOLL, who closes theCOACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY 2025 SUMMER CABARET SERIES on July 31, has been announced to portray the iconic role of Mother Abbess (“Climb Every Mountain”)in Concord Theatricals and NETworks Presentations upcoming national tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music.

American Theater Group will present its musical revue, Broadway Tales and Tunes, featuring veteran theater critic Peter Filichia at 54 Below. Learn more about the show here!

Lee Roy Reams will present “Me and Betty” at LTV Studios as part of the celebrated Hamptons Summer Songbook by the Sea series. Learn more and see how to attend!