Lilli Cooper News

Rounding out Today's Best of Broadway week, the 12 time Tony nominated cast of SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS THE MUSICAL bring it in a live performance of HERO IS MY MIDDLE NAME. Check out the appearance below!

BroadwayWorld has been checking in with Tony Award nominees all morning! We caught up with the nominated cast and creative from SpongeBob Squarepants on Broadway to get their first reactions at being up for Tony Awards this season.

Project Broadway returns to Symphony Space

MTC's powerful new production of Saint Joan, opened on Broadway last night, April 25, at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Check out photos below of all of the stars arriving at opening night!

Stars from some of the most popular shows on Broadway, including Angels in America, The Band's Visit, Dear Evan Hansen, Frozen, Hello, Dolly!, The Lion King, Mean Girls, Once on This Island and SpongeBob SquarePants, gathered today at the Minskoff Theatre for the 32nd annual Easter Bonnet Competition. What were the results of this fundraising season? A whopping $5,721,879!

On Saturday, April 21st, BroadwayWorld went behind the scenes of SPONGEBOB BROADWAY on our Instagram!

Produced in association with Peter Dunn (So You Think You Can Belt and GAYS: The Series), songwriters Selda Sahin and Derek Gregor will make their Cutting Room debut on Monday, April 30th (9:30pm) with their show, Tricoastal: the songs of Selda and Derek

Saturday, April 21st, BroadwayWorld is going behind the scenes of SPONGEBOB BROADWAY on our Instagram!

Stars from some of the most popular shows on Broadway, including Angels in America, The Band's Visit, Dear Evan Hansen, Frozen, Hello, Dolly!, The Lion King, Mean Girls, Once on This Island and SpongeBob SquarePants, will make special appearances at the 32nd annual Easter Bonnet Competition on Monday, April 23, at 4:30 pm and Tuesday, April 24, at 2 pm.

One hundred and fifty talented NYC public school students made their Broadway debuts last night at the 4th annual SHUBERT FOUNDATION HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE FESTIVAL for NYC Public Schools at the fabled Shubert Theatre (225 W. 45 St. -- currently home to the Broadway smash HELLO, DOLLY!) This high-energy arts and education experience for students is presented by The Shubert Foundation and NYC Department of Education.

The American Theatre Wing just presented the 2018 Jonathan Larson® Grants recipients are Jay Adana (music and lyrics), Andrew R. Butler & Andrew Farmer (music, lyrics, and book), Emily Kaczmarek& Zoe Sarnak (music, lyrics, and book), and Mark Sonnenblick(music and lyrics). Four prestigious, unrestricted grants of $10,000 each, as well as additional support in the form of residencies, concerts, and recording grants, totaling over $48,000 were given at a private event at the WNYC Greene Space. 

Kirstin Maldonado, of the Grammy Award winning a capella group "Pentatonix" and current star of Kinky Boots, joins the lineup for the 15th installment of the acclaimed Broadway Sings concert series, Broadway Sings Rihanna. Cast members from other Broadway shows including Hamilton, Waitress, Dear Evan Hansen, and Wicked will also sing completely new arrangements of the hits of the R&B superstar, accompanied by a 14-piece orchestra playing original orchestrations of her music.

Among the Broadway stars scheduled to interact with students over the course of the day on March 19 are Tony Award winner Baayork Lee(choreographer, original cast of A CHORUS LINE), Sasha Hutchings, original cast of HAMILTON and currently in the Broadway revival of MY FAIR LADY, LaGuardia Arts alumnus Lilli Cooper, from the Broadway Musical, SpongeBob SquarePants, and John Cariani from The Band's Visit.

In honor of International Women's Day, the Broadway League asked 25 leading ladies of Broadway to describe Women in one word. Watch below as strong women of Broadway unite!

It's a beautiful Bikini Bottom day! Spongebob Squarepants the Musical celebrated 100 performances on Broadway on March 2. Check out photos from the celebrations below!

Check out the latest installment of Broadway Boo's featuring Sprongebob's own land mammal, Lilli Cooper!

The full lineup is set for the 15th installment of the acclaimed Broadway Sings concert series, Broadway Sings Rihanna. Cast members from Broadway shows including Hamilton, Waitress, Dear Evan Hansen, and Wicked will sing completely new arrangements of the hits of the hip hop and R&B superstar, accompanied by a 14-piece orchestra playing original orchestrations of her music.

BroadwayCon has announced that tickets for BroadwayCon Industry Day are now on sale.

BroadwayCon has announced initial programming for BroadwayCon Industry Day.

Directed by Gordon Greenberg, the book is by Gordon Greenberg & Steve Rosen, with music and lyrics by Michael Mahler & Alan Schmuckler, and music direction by Wendy Bobbitt Cavett.